Bad driving conditions
Well, the winter weather we have been having recently certainly makes for dangerous driving conditions! This area does not get this kind of weather frequently enough for the government(s) to invest a lot of money in snow plows and sanding machines, and the employment of the driver/operators needed to run them.
What’s sad is that so many businesses still expect their employees to come to work, even in extreme weather! I don’t think that speaks well of those businesses. I think that if the local schools are closed, it is because their experts have determinedthat it is not safe driving for the school buses to get the children safely to school. And I feel that if the roads are not safe enough for the school buses to be out there, then all businesses (except the essential hospitals and emergency services) should be closed, too. Simply out of concern for the safety of the workers.