Ja, es ist Schnee, der fällt

[wondersofwine]

We had about five inches Jan. 10. Non-essential personnel at Fort Bragg were given admin. leave for Jan. 10 and 11 and four hours delayed reporting to work on the 12th. Secondary roads were icy and dangerous until the melt came the morning of the 12th. I stayed in for two days except to brush some of the snow and ice off my car the afternoon of the 11th. What's infuriating is that even though forecasters knew that we would be hit with a winter storm on the 10th, the Fort Bragg command didn't put out word about non-essential personnel being excused from work until 7:30 that morning. I was supposed to be at work at 0800 and I was warming up my car and beginning to brush off the snow when I decided to call the inclement weather number on post one more time only to learn that they had just put out the message. My supervisor who reports to work at 0730 had tried to go in but couldn't get out of her subdivision because of unplowed streets. Another worker heard on the radio on the way to work and turned around to head home and one got the word only when she reached the gate of the post. With a predicted storm like this one they could have made the announcement the night before and let people sleep in.