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This even more just in - the weather thread
94ssd:
The campus has an emergency siren system that they test on the first Wednesday of every month at 11:50 AM, RIGHT when I am usually walking out of a building that has one of the sirens on top of it. And even though I expect it, it still makes me jump every time.
For some reason our brand new library's fire alarm is pathetically quiet. It went off the other day and it took me a second to realize what it was. It sounds more like the tardy bell from my high school than an alarm.
Anyway, we listened to the entire Winter Storm Warning. It had a lot of detail that I didn't expect. What to bring in your car if you have to drive, not to over-exert yourself when shoveling, etc.
cesium133:
The apartment I lived in a couple years ago had one of the city's tornado sirens right outside the window. They test them every Saturday at noon, so there was no sleeping in on Saturdays while I lived there. Better than living next to the train tracks where the train blows its horn at 4:30 AM, though.
bhtooefr:
The tornado siren at work is about 40 feet from where I usually park.
It sounds at 12:17 every Wednesday.
I've been known to use my car as a private room for when I need to call my (off-site) manager.
I once did this at 12:15 on a Wednesday.
Yeeeeeep.
94ssd:
The University is closing at noon. This is different from "classes are cancelled" in that the dining hall, library, and (most important for me) student union are closed. However, my Arabic professor lives higher up and is already snowed in, so my 10-11 class is cancelled.
Basically that means I have to go down to the Student Union and work for one hour before the building closes at noon. I'm trying to figure out what excuse I can make up so I don't have to walk through the cold and (ever-worsening) snow for $7.50.
They're saying this will be the most snow the area has seen since the winter of 2010.
lepetitfromage:
Ugh. I feel your pain. We're getting it a little later than you are, but it's gonna be a doozie. They're forecasting 10-18 inches. On top of the 12 inches we already have on the ground. :psyduck:
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