Did you hear the shout? Did you? Right after 8 am this morning. People were monitoring the TV about East Noble and its 2-hour Delay.  The winter storm is a little slower than predicted, but at 6 am we got the delay notice and started waiting. I heard groans as 8 am grew near and nothing changed; I heard people get up and  abandon the TV scroll at the bottom . . .  and then, then . . . this grandma glanced up to see the last flash of “East Noble – CLOSED”. I called it out, but all were afraid to believe me, and to tell the truth since I didn’t have my glasses on, I wondered if perhaps I had seen it wrong. But really I knew I hadn’t; it’s just that people rushing in to view your magical TV of miracles and Cameron saying, “Grandma, if you’re wrong, I’ll have to box your ears” makes you a little nervous.

So we waited through the scrolling all the way round again and, finally, there it was: East Noble: CLOSED. I think what proved to be the deciding factor for the “delay czar and cohorts” was the appearance of rapidly moving clouds into the winter warning map.

The county east of us stayed at a delay; for them, it was close, but no cigar. I do wonder if there will a bit of a mess getting those students home this afternoon. Although, school’s always manage to do it.

The wind is picking up now.

Stay tuned . . .  maybe pictures at eleven.