Snow Day!!!! Classes Cancelled Today and Possibly Tomorrow!

So today's classes were cancelled because of all of the snow we have been getting. So the buses were not running out to the campus and the parking lot there was too full of snow for any of the professors to park! There has been close to 2.5-3ft of snowfall so far since Saturday. According to the Scotsman:

SCOTLAND came to a near standstill today as severe winter weather forced schools to close and caused havoc for road and rail travellers. Much of the country remains under snow with more flurries predicted throughout the day. The Met Office issued severe weather warnings of heavy snow and icy roads in Grampian, Strathclyde, Central, Tayside, Fife, Lothian and Borders and South West Scotland. Around 3,000 homes in Tayside and Central have lost electricity.

Schools
All schools in the Lothians, Fife, Dundee, Perth and Kinross and the Shetland Islands are closed to pupils.

Trains
ScotRail warned those travelling by train to expect disruption, particularly in the central belt where further heavy snowfalls were forecast.

The main Glasgow-Edinburgh service has been reduced to twice per hour.
Trains between Perth and Aberdeen are also disrupted.


When it snows in Edinburgh, EVERYTHING comes to a standstill! I received another e-mail a short while ago stating that classes for tomorrow may be cancelled as well. I hiked up to Arthur's Seat yesterday and got to play in the snow! I hiked all the way up to the top. I think I was the second crazy person that decided to ascend the icy steps of Arthur's Seat. Once at the top, it was blizzard-like conditions for about 20 minutes. After that, it cleared up and the sun came out. At that point, I was able to get some really good pictures of the city and the mountains to the South with clouds hanging in the mountains. Wearing jeans was not the brightest idea either. By the end of my hike, the bottoms of my jeans were stuffed with snow and were soaking! I apparently kept myself nice and warm too! I had on an under armor shirt, a long sleeved shirt over that, my ski jacket, ski mask, hat, gloves and ski socks. Walking to Arthur's Seat, my body was so warm from all of the insulation that when the snow fell on my jacket, it melted instantly. My jacket was absolutely soaking by the time I got to the top of Arthur's Seat! There must have been hundreds of people sledding! There were even skiers and snowboarders at the top going down small hills.

The pictures that I took are uploaded into my picassa web album. Click on the link to the left if you want to check them out! Two more weeks and exams! Ahhh! I am almost finished memorizing Pharmacology and I think I'm going to go crazy! I still have Pathology to review. Only three more weeks and I'll be back in AZ! Am looking forward to the warmer weather. I do love the snow though, it gets me in the mood for skiing. Hope you all have a great day and I'll post again soon!