Preemptive Snow Plows

This morning I wasn't required to be at work until a little later in the morning. (8:00 rather than 7:50)

We spent a lot of time learning about benefit options and what sort of computer training we need to complete before actually doing specific things in the laboratory. Apparently I can actually get 100% tuition reimbursement for the major that I want to complete. So that's pretty cool.

At about noon we found out that the U was shutting down campus because of a blizzard that was supposed to be worse than Utah has seen in around two years. Everyone was encouraged to go home sooner rather than later. I clocked out at 2:45 or so (we were supposed to have a full 8 hour day) and got picked up at 3:30.

On the way back home we saw a snow plow already laying down salt. The sky was kind of gray-ish and the sky to the northwest was blue. It didn't look like there would be a storm rolling in to hit us all with a nasty blizzard... but that's what they said was going to happen.

When I got home I checked wunderground.com for more information about the weather. The "winter weather warning" explained that 4-8 inches of snow are expected to accumulate by morning. There was also a travel advisory based on high speed winds with gusts up to 60 mph. The high-wind-speed-warning was taken down at about 6 or 7 in the evening and after riding with Emma from Becca's back home... I have decided that all the hype from earlier today was almost completely unnecessary.

Maybe things will be different in the morning.

Maybe not.

Either way I still get to go to work for the first time in the Molecular Genetics department.