Hoboken schools closed Thursday too
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February
2/10/2010 Update:
Board of Ed says Schools closed Thursday as well
Overheard that the Hoboken Board of Education has closed the schools for Thursday as well.
Free day for Hoboken kids, headaches for the rest
Hoboken schools have officially been closed on Wednesday due to the pending snow event for tonight and tomorrow.
Weather forecasters are currently predicting around a foot of windblown snow for our area. Hopefully the ensuing winds don’t cause any unnecessary damage. Have fun, people!
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2/9/2010:
Get ready for a white out!
It’s great to see the week’s top story before it happens! Weather forecasters are predicting between 12-18″ of windswept snow (and junior meteorologists want even more than that!) for the Hoboken area, beginning sometime close to midnight. How much we eventually get depends on Mother Nature, of course!
What do you think our final storm totals will be?
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2/7/2010:
Update: The five-day forecast simply says “BLIZZARD” for our area – and weather nuts are scouring the computer models – and think that we may be in for a doozy. BE PREPARED JUST IN CASE!!!
False expectations?
No – this isn’t a political thread about our current administration – it’s a weather thread!
The NYC area has been somewhat gypped this winter – with all the big snow jackpots hitting elsewhere.
However, forecasters are *currently* predicting that our area may be “ground zero” for the next storm – expected to hit sometime late Tuesday night / Wednesday morning. At this time, weather experts say that “all the models are in consensus” about this next system coming from the midwest (although some are trending slightly south).
Will this be our turn? Or just another big “date-night” letdown?
February 8th 2010 - 21:57:40 |
More like pack some reading material for while I am stuck on the Skyway.
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February 8th 2010 - 21:59:17 |
I never have milk, bread or eggs in the house anyway but never know if I am legally required to have them when it snows. Is this so everyone can make French (Freedom) toast?
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Dateline 8-Feb-2010 – Hoboken -NJ – 07030
CITY DWELLERS ARE ADVISED THAT IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT SUPERMARKETS WILL REMAIN – REPEAT- WILL REMAIN- WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE IN THE EVENT OF SNOW. IT IS PREDICTED THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO STOCK UP FOR BEING SNOWBOUND BY A FOOT OR SO OF SNOW IF A STORE IS WITHIN A FEW BLOCKS OF YOUR HOME–IT IS ALSO PREDICTED YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY SUDDEN CRAVINGS FOR MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF BREAD, MILK OR EGGS-UPDATES WHEN WE HAVE THEM
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February 8th 2010 - 23:03:09 |
——–THIS JUST IN——-
——UPDATE———-
Dateline 8-Feb-2010 11:05 PM– Hoboken -NJ – 07030
NBC NEWS NETWORK ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF STUDY DEEMING PRESENT SYSTEMS IN PLACE ARE EASILY ABLE TO KEEP ROADS OPEN DESPITE A FOOT OF SNOW – REPORTERS FLOOD STORES LOOKING FOR AGE_INAPPROPRIATE SNOW GEAR TO WEAR DURING “SIDE OF THE ROAD” SEGMENTS – MYSTERIOUS COMMODITY GLITCH SPIKES PRICES OF BREAD, MILK AND EGGS – ALL ARE ADVISED THAT MARTHA STEWART WILL ANNOUNCE TOMORROW AT 7 AM ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA SEVEN FIGURE DEAL -REPEATING- SEVEN FIGURES- FOR “THE NEW FRENCH TOAST COOKBOOK” AVAILABLE AS A DOWNLOAD BY TWELVE NOON EST– TOME HERALDED AS “MUST READ” FOR ‘EDGE’ CONSUMERS – THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN SEABOARD SANDWICH EATERS ARE STAGING MASSIVE PROTESTS PENDING ANTICIPATED FREEZER BURNT BREAD THEY WILL BE ASKED TO EAT IN THE SPRING WHEN HOARDING SEASON ENDS; MANY QUOTED AS SAYING “IT TASTES FUNNY” – ANTICIPATE UPTICK IN CHILD / PARENT STRAIN AS MEDIA HYPE WORK ALL INTO A NEWS REPORT WATCHING “SNOW DAY” FRENZY DESPITE INEVITABLE LACKLUSTER STORM – UPDATES WHEN WE HAVE THEM
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February 8th 2010 - 23:11:17 |
Mmm, French toast.
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——UPDATE———-
Dateline 8-Feb-2010 11:05 PM– Hoboken -NJ – 07030
NBC NEWS NETWORK ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF STUDY DEEMING PRESENT SYSTEMS IN PLACE ARE EASILY ABLE TO KEEP ROADS OPEN DESPITE A FOOT OF SNOW – REPORTERS FLOOD STORES LOOKING FOR AGE_INAPPROPRIATE SNOW GEAR TO WEAR DURING “SIDE OF THE ROAD” SEGMENTS – MYSTERIOUS COMMODITY GLITCH SPIKES PRICES OF BREAD, MILK AND EGGS – ALL ARE ADVISED THAT MARTHA STEWART WILL ANNOUNCE TOMORROW AT 7 AM ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA SEVEN FIGURE DEAL -REPEATING- SEVEN FIGURES- FOR “THE NEW FRENCH TOAST COOKBOOK” AVAILABLE AS A DOWNLOAD BY TWELVE NOON EST– TOME HERALDED AS “MUST READ” FOR ‘EDGE’ CONSUMERS – THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN SEABOARD SANDWICH EATERS ARE STAGING MASSIVE PROTESTS PENDING ANTICIPATED FREEZER BURNT BREAD THEY WILL BE ASKED TO EAT IN THE SPRING WHEN HOARDING SEASON ENDS; MANY QUOTED AS SAYING “IT TASTES FUNNY” – ANTICIPATE UPTICK IN CHILD / PARENT STRAIN AS MEDIA HYPE WORK ALL INTO A NEWS REPORT WATCHING “SNOW DAY” FRENZY DESPITE INEVITABLE LACKLUSTER STORM – UPDATES WHEN WE HAVE THEM
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February 9th 2010 - 11:38:43 |
The last two times Hoboken escaped the worst of whatever else
the rest of the country got. We might be lucky again or not…
Having an extra day or two of food in the house, water and a workable flashlight in case the overhead wires get corrupted is not a bad idea. Hobokenites are resilient and will survive….
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February 9th 2010 - 13:19:14 |
NYC already closed schools. Wonder if they do that here? There’s definitely room in the school calendar for a snow day.
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February 9th 2010 - 14:32:32 |
Blizzard coming? Well first off no french toast if you are going to develop a proper faux siege mentality. Skip the line for the milk and bread and center yourself and consider what you would really want for breakfast given the fact that when you wake up and cannot leave home due to the snowdrifts you will need a nice breakfast motivate some snow shoveling. A blizzard breakfast should have warm and comforting components like homemade biscuits and muffins, and your favorite style of eggs, add in your favorite breakfast meats, and some fresh squeezed orange juice and top it off with and a decent sparkling wine or champagne.
If a whiteout is really coming it also calls for some kind of braise for dinner. Short ribs braised in red wine come to mind for me. Pair your short ribs with a creamy Polenta, and add in some root vegetables on the side complete your meal. A bold Italian Barolo wine goes without saying.
Dessert should be richer than the King of Saudi Arabia. Pair some raspberry chocolate swirl cheesecake with espresso and a good grappa.
Bad weather, real or imagined, is a great excuse for serious indulgence in the kitchen. Don’t let the opportunity pass, you may not get paid to stay home and cook for quite some time.
So skip the supermarket lines and head to the butcher, the wine shop and the bakery instead.
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February 9th 2010 - 20:31:26 |
Elections are over, so no more free parking for anyone. Remove them from office!
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February 9th 2010 - 21:52:47 |
——–THIS JUST IN——-
——UPDATE———-
Dateline 9-Feb-2010 09:55 PM– Hoboken -NJ – 07030
IT HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED THAT PICKING UP POOP AFTER YOUR DOG IS NOT – REPEAT – IS NOT – SUSPENDED EVEN IF THERE IS OVER TWO INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND
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February 9th 2010 - 22:17:32 |
Just read on the City’s website that City Hall is closed! I guess the bike riders have no way to get to work? What about the rest of the tax payers who might have a question for the leaders of the City?
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February 10th 2010 - 21:19:34 |
My tax dollars hard at work. Doesn’t all COH employees live in Hoboken? What commute? What a joke. Is the City of Hoboken closed tomorrow too? Too much drift?
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February 10th 2010 - 21:55:51 |
Is anyone else outraged that the Board of Ed has already announced a school closing for Thursday!? Why is it that the NYC schools are able to open and ours are not? Given that the snow is supposed to end tonight, couldn’t they at least wait and see how things look in the morning before throwing in the towel?
Feels like the usual “us before the tax payer” mentality of our local civil servants at play here, using this relatively light snow storm as an excuse for another vacation day, without any regard for the inconvenience caused for working parents.
-An annoyed parent
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February 10th 2010 - 22:01:17 |
NYC schools are open tomorrow.
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February 10th 2010 - 22:05:49 |
Vacation Day? Isn’t it one of those floating holidays? How can we find out? It’s going to cost me more to go to work and leave my daughter at the sitter “all day” and still pay through my taxes for schools to close plus overtime for the snow removal plus City Hall was closed today…wow WTG Zimmer adm.
In response to Uptown Fox who said:
Feels like the usual “us before the tax payer” mentality of our local civil servants at play here, using this relatively light snow storm as an excuse for another vacation day, without any regard for the inconvenience caused for working parents.
-An annoyed parent
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February 10th 2010 - 22:39:54 |
I would assume the rationale for closing schools (whether you/I agree) is that the sidewalks aren’t clear. At least here it is in relation to actual snow as opposed to when schools close way prematurely.
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February 10th 2010 - 22:43:32 |
Why is it that everyone always feels the need to group civil servants into a category of “incompetent” and/or “selfish”? It’s almost comical. As if those of us that are civil servants are here to purposely make your life miserable. Is it really necessary to lower the merit of other individuals as professionals because you were inconvenienced for 2 days? I cannot begin to imagine how you would have fared were you a resident of DC in the last week. Your kids would have been off the entire week. I guess all of the civil servants there are idiots too.
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February 11th 2010 - 07:36:36 |
1) It is better for them to make the announcement in the evening than in the morning. At least in the evening parents have the opportunity to line up back-up care.
2) Regardless of what goes on in NYC, if all residents/businesses properly cleared their sidewalks, maybe it wouldn’t be like an expedition up Mount Everest to get the kids to school. I admit that a second snow day is a little over-the-top, but it is pretty treacherous out there. You want 3- and 4-year-old kids walking in the street? It’s bad enough for adults.
3) “Inconvenience caused for working parents” – this is why you have back-up plans. That is why you have vacation days. No one wants to use them for things like this, but it is reality. Life isn’t always smooth sailing; you have to anticipate these things. Especially when the decisions are made based on the safety of children, rather than the convenience of their parents.
In response to Uptown Fox who said:
Feels like the usual “us before the tax payer” mentality of our local civil servants at play here, using this relatively light snow storm as an excuse for another vacation day, without any regard for the inconvenience caused for working parents.
-An annoyed parent
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February 11th 2010 - 08:30:53 |
I’m guessing that one reason for the closure today is that not all teachers and staff live in or near Hoboken, and might not have an easy time of it getting to work today.
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February 11th 2010 - 14:11:09 |
When I was a student (‘85 – ‘98), it seemed most of the teachers lived outside of Hoboken. Other than the Blizzard of ‘96, we usually didn’t get the announcement until the morning. It does give parents more time to plan if they announce it the night before.
NYC is different in that probably most people don’t drive to school there, they just use mass transit.
I was the son of a working parent when I was in school. Until they are old enough to stay home alone, you just have to plan for these things. Unless things have changed, they make up snow days at the end of the year. So, you still send your kids to school for the same amount of days. That’s one less day you have to pay for a full day babysitter in June.
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