Due to adverse weather conditions classes are canceled but offices are
open today - 03/20/13.
- informed Finlandia University this morning via Facebook.
I’ve been here only 9 days and this is already the second time when bad
weather conditions effect total changes to operation of Finlandia University.
To be honest, I was more than amused when I heard first time about Snow
Days here. How on earth can thing like snowfall cause changes to whole
academy’s action by cancelling all classes and closing offices? It was troubled
to understand for a Finn, who has lived always surrounded by snow and
frost.
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| Snow day at Lapland, Finland few weeks before I left to Michigan. 0°F and a lot of fun! |
But last Monday, when I arrived here, I began understand immediately.
Snow here is wet and slippery and when it is falling, it usually comes a lot of
time. Now it has been falling almost three days and strong wind blows huge snow
banks along the roads. Rear wheel drive cars slither on slippery streets which
are hilly and also sharp here in town. Using studded snow tires is nowadays
illegal here, so the driving in these conditions may be very challenging and
cause dangerous situations. People who work and study here at the campus may
live far away from here, so commute to here would be too risky. So that’s why
the academy wants to secure everyone’s safety.
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| A snowy downtown of Hancock. Good shoes are needed on sidewalk! |
Ok, that’s about the weather which is always a current topic, wherever you
go. It’s also an easy topic to discuss about with anyone, because they all have
individual experience and expertise about it!
