{"id":2942,"date":"2015-02-27T12:47:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T18:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=2942"},"modified":"2015-02-27T12:47:37","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T18:47:37","slug":"im-sorry-mississippi-is-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=2942","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Sorry, Mississippi Is Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>True!<\/p>\n<p>The entire state of Mississippi came to a screeching halt for two days yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>We received 5&#8243; of snow.<\/p>\n<p>Yup. \u00a0That&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, schools had early release. \u00a0Most of them at noon. \u00a0Seeing as it was supposed to snow on Wednesday, they wanted to be safe and not sorry. \u00a0Better to let the little ones be snug and home than stuck on the roads should the weather arrive early.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, the snow was supposed to arrive in the morning. EVERYTHING was closed! We did get some freezing rain in the morning but the snow didn&#8217;t get here until around 3:30 pm. \u00a0When it got started, it didn&#8217;t stop until around 9:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday morning, all schools and Universities cancelled all classes again. \u00a0There actually WAS snow on the ground! \u00a0No driving. \u00a0People were encouraged to stay home. \u00a0They did.<\/p>\n<p>By noon, Thursday, all the snow was melted. \u00a0The roads were as clear as a whistle. \u00a0No problems.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it&#8217;s Friday, the sun is shining and everything is back to normal.<\/p>\n<p>Whew!<\/p>\n<p>That was close!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=2943\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2943\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2943\" alt=\"11024799_740836212703184_1029247506063360325_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/11024799_740836212703184_1029247506063360325_n.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/11024799_740836212703184_1029247506063360325_n.jpg 640w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/11024799_740836212703184_1029247506063360325_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/11024799_740836212703184_1029247506063360325_n-300x297.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/11024799_740836212703184_1029247506063360325_n-302x300.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>True! The entire state of Mississippi came to a screeching halt for two days yesterday. Why? We received 5&#8243; of snow. Yup. \u00a0That&#8217;s why. On Tuesday, schools had early release. \u00a0Most of them at noon. \u00a0Seeing as it was supposed to snow on Wednesday, they wanted to be safe and not sorry. \u00a0Better to let [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,8,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2942"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2945,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942\/revisions\/2945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}