PSU Snow Day: Highly Unlikely

The last time Penn State University Park had a snow day was.... February 14th, 2007...before that.... February 17, 2003.

My conclusion: Penn State is kickass.

Students often want a snowday, they're quite a lot of fun, but it's kind of nice to brag about still going to classes during the Snowpocalypse of 2010. Everyone else closed around the region but University Park remained open. There's even a facebook group dedicated to the hardiness of PSU: If the world ends in 2012, Penn State University Park will still be open. It is annoying to walk to class in x feet of snow or on solid ice but it also makes us much more awesome than other schools, other campuses even. We're kickass enough, and possibly foolish enough, to keep on going no matter what the weather.

Apparently Hitler felt the need to chime in on the issue: check out the Youtube video

Ultimate Snowplow Smackdown: State College, PA

Forecast: Snowy in PA

South-central Pennsylvania is supposed to get snow. It should start around 3am and again at 8am according to my brother. It should start around 10am according to another friend. Yet another source claims that there is a 100% chance of precipitation (which would mean that it's currently precipitating). I've heard anywhere from slushy mix to 8 inches of snow.

What will likely happen? Enough snow for kids to look out their window and expect school to be canceled, enough snow for parents to grumble about cleaning off their cars. Enough snow to be fun and a nuisance while not being enough to shut down the state.

The place to be if you want to keep on living when it snows is State College, PA. Last year's 'Snowpocalypse'/ 'snowmaggedon' had little to no effect. I was told that the amount of snow received was totally normal for Happy Valley. At 2am I was hoping that classes would be canceled and we could have that elusive snow day....then I heard the scraping and looked outside. Snow plow...at 2am....it didn't go away when I yelled at it. Classes continued the same as they always did, by morning the roads and sidewalks were mostly clear although we had received about 2 inches overnight. I've heard that Penn State: University Park has heated sidewalks and I believe it, they were totally clear, not just pushed to the side.

If you're looking for a snow day, stay away from State College....but when the world ends in 2012...University Park will be open for classes.