The campus was closed due to snow.

I drove all the way, not even thinking it should be closed, only to find it entirely empty and the garage locked down.

However, all told, it only took me like an extra 5 minutes each way.

What is the matter with these people?

I'm also beginning to think that Columbus is doing another thing I saw a lot in Pittsburgh... no plowing until the snow stops falling. Only on my way back did I even begin to see any evidence of plowing, and even then, the plow was only doing the shoulder for some reason.

There were no lanes on the freeway. It was all one big lane. You Clevelanders know how it is with everyone sensibly driving in the tracks left by the car in front of them, and creating very carefully defined lanes in the snow, and how hard it it to switch lanes because of the build-up in between the well-traveled lanes. Not so in Columbus. No lanes. Every inch of the freeway with the same level of trample, and most cars driving will-nilly in basically just two lanes instead of the three actually marked on the road. Totally ridiculous.

I feel like Obama did today talking about his girls having a snow day... for what, to a Chicagoan, was a tiny amount of snow. They'd still be having recess outdoors, as he put it. The difference is that places like Cleveland and Chicago take snow seriously and they know precisely how to manage it. Places like Columbus and Pittsburgh and Washington, don't take snow seriously and don't have the first clue what to do. They really need to take lessons. Surely, with limited resources, they could at least try to keep the freeway cleared? The amount of productive man-hours lost from people sitting in traffic because of accidents and long commutes must surely be worth a few more snow plows and some preventive salting.