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HereSince1628

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8. I suspect the median is much less than 12" in the Milwaukee area

Reply to pokerfan (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2014, 02:56 PM

Jan 2014

Over the last ten years it might average 12", but we've had only a handful of storms more than 12" in that time.

Six to eight has certainly closed schools when it has fallen fast.

When it's been dry snow that is easily blown by the wind, schools with mostly rural populations will shut down if the roads can't be kept clear of drifting snow.

It seems to not be so much about amounts of snow as it is about the potential for liability.

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I suspect the median is much less than 12" in the Milwaukee area HereSince1628 Jan 2014 #8

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