Snow Days

Wednesday February 7th, 2008, classes were cancelled at 4:30 following extreme weather conditions on Burnaby Mountain. The hasty last-minute decision caused a panic among students with vehicles and transit-bound. Buses were not running and many were claiming the Roads were closed.

There were staff and students warning student that they could not leave the buildings as it was unsafe. We were al supposed to huddle together in some KIN room and wait it out. This strategy was over-cautious at best.

Some did not listen and left in car or on foot regardless. Students driving down the hill were occasionally forced to abandon their vehicles on the side of the road. There were a few crashes and a total gridlock in term of driving.

Fortunately, I was hiking down the mountain. Passing cars and trucks alike, it did not seem like these drivers or their cars were going anywhere fast. An hour or so later, I had arrived to the Duthie and Hasting 135 bus stop to find about 50 fellow students in the same situation.

Recently there have been several classes cancelled and SFU has declared snow days this past several weeks of the 2008 spring semester. The weather is not as bad now, so keep those fingers crossed and make sure to bring up some good boots to class if it starts to get bad, unless you want to spend the night sleeping in a Gym at SFU.