asterroc ([personal profile] asterroc) wrote2008-12-17 11:46 am
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Nooooooo!

Date the message was sent: December 17, 2008
Time the event occured or will occur: 10:20 AM
Subject of this message: WEATHER UPDATE

Message: Alert Message:

There will be a significant snowstorm entering the Commonwealth on Friday, and another possible significant storm on Sunday. For Friday the snow will move across the State from West to East beginning around 9 AM in the West and entering Boston around midday. This storm will drop 8 to 14 inches of snow. The heaviest snow will fall between the hours of 1 PM to 7 PM at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour. Worcester County and West is looking towards 12 to 14 inches, East of Worcester 10 to 12 inches, the South East to include the Cape could get 8 to 10, the Island looks to get more Freezing rain. The winds will be gusting from the North East from 30 to 40 mph. Minor Coastal flooding in the form of splash over is expected. It is advised that people do not travel in this storm. Use public transportation where possible, do not travel at the height of the storm. Sunday another significant storm is expected looking at another 6 plus inches of snow. Further details will follow as more in formation becomes available on this storm.

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Nooooo! Friday's my last final! Curse you, New England weather!
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[identity profile] framefolly.livejournal.com 2008-12-17 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Agh that sucks. Sorry! Allow me to curse the weather with you.

[identity profile] jennekirby.livejournal.com 2008-12-17 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Nooooooo :( When will they reschedule the rescheduled final for?

[identity profile] zandperl.livejournal.com 2008-12-17 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
It's still two days out, I'm hoping the forecasters end up wrong.

[identity profile] zandperl.livejournal.com 2008-12-17 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
They're canceling Christmas!

[identity profile] meig.livejournal.com 2008-12-17 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
We're supposed to get an "ice event". Maybe 1/4" of ice on Thursday, then we're supposed to have some snow on Friday.

I know it sucks for people with schedules, and driving to and from work is going to be shitastic for me tomorrow and Friday, but I enjoy snow and having everything covered in the white stuff.

[identity profile] best-ken-ever.livejournal.com 2008-12-17 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Eek. Well, be safe and warm, and I guess figure out the academic crap when you can. You'll get though it. And, hey, Hunt is Coming! (:

[identity profile] zandperl.livejournal.com 2008-12-17 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I know! We're so excited about that. :) T$'s been doing a great job of captaining this year, he's been taking all the initiative to make sure we get a room, and phone numbers submitted, and everything, it's such a relief b/c I don't like doing that stuff, and I also didn't like pressuring other people into doing it. We're requesting the same room as last year, we liked it a lot, and we've only got a few more people signed up for this year - last year we had 25 signed up and I think 20 actually showed up, and this year we have 30 signed up.

[identity profile] spazzy444.livejournal.com 2008-12-17 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe it is about time to make it an on-line exam?

[identity profile] zandperl.livejournal.com 2008-12-17 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately no: the distance ed people are already struggling with increasing the duration of the existing online courses. To make this online, the distance ed people would have to create a new course, add all the students, add me, and I'd have to add the exam which is really frickin' hard to do. Plus, can you imagine trying to type the steps of a physics problem on a keyboard?

The closest I could come is a take-home exam, if I emailed the Word document of the exam to them all, but I don't like that idea one bit.
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