Swoosh, we had a total of 20 inches, and many people are still stuck in their driveways. The superintendent rode a bus on the news, last night, and explained that some roads have only one lane cleared, and it's "too dangerous" for buses to travel down those roads. He also has indicated that he would rather "make the call and regret it later" than not make the call and have something happen.
I think there are a couple of other factors in SW MO:
1. People will keep their kids home, not wanting to dig themselves out, and it becomes an attendance issue that dings us on our MSIP.
2. We have 3-6 inches more on the way tomorrow.
3. State cutbacks have his the transportation budget pretty hard, and it costs more to run bus routes in snow.
4. Folks are pretty wimpy around here.
This could be a top-ten list if a certain forum member puts his imagination to it.