UPDATE (3:00 p.m.): All public schools, early childhood and after school programs will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 22, the School District of Philadelphia announced this afternoon.
All School District of Philadelphia schools and early childhood programs had early dismissal today (Tuesday, Jan 21) due to the severe weather forecast. Students were dismissed at 12:30 p.m.
Weather people are predicting between 7 inches and a foot of snow from this thing. The snow keeps falling and the temperatures are expected to drop below 10 overnight.
January 21st, 2014 at 11:38 am
I drove from 48th & Pine to 22nd & Market at 9:45 this morning. By 10:45am, the route back was terrible — streets were really icy with no salt or sand on them. Fortunately, most people were driving about 15mph and giving each other plenty of room. Be careful out there!