Here in Stupidville, they closed the schools at eleven yesterday morning and cancelled it completely today for a snowstorm that didn't start until five this afternoon. And since the predicted snow has finally started, I'm sure they've cancelled tomorrow already. Everybody makes fun of those "when I was a kid" stories but -- good Lord -- there is no way we'd have two and a half days off for a storm that didn't show up until the third day. The people of Pompeii didn't panic at the pyroclastic flows like this town does over a snowflake.