Monday, February 3, a snow storm struck Utah. It was expected that here in West Valley we were going to get 8-10 inches, but when the storm was over we had 12 inches of snow on the ground. Here at Hunter High an email was sent out around 6:45 AM Monday morning telling parents that we were going to have two hour late-start. School would start at 9:30 rather than 7:30, and to keep their children home if they felt it was an unsafe drive. Hunter left the school open so that students who could not stay at home or needed a hot meal could come and be at the school during its normal school hours. Here at Hunter we have 2,000 students, but only about 100 of them showed up for school. Students who initially did stay home said that they watched movies and slept during their day off. Along with that, teachers did not take attendance Monday so students didn’t have to worry about their CPA.

Snow started late on Sunday night and didn’t end until around 5 PM on Monday night. Roads were icy Tuesday morning, but definitely safer to drive on, considering how they were the day before. Any traveling plans that were made for the Super Bowl were easy to uphold, but any plans for the Monday morning after were delayed. Traffic was heavy due to people driving extra slowly trying not to slide on the icy roads.

As for Salt lake City, people were advised to stay home and stay of the roads. Due to the roads being slippery, there were around 100 car accidents that happened that morning. Snow was predicted to impact morning and afternoon commutes and it did just that. Snow was piled onto the roads which caused many cars to get stuck until snow plows went out and plowed the main roads.

By Tuesday morning roads were better to drive on, as stated above, which meant that students were expected to understand the weather and leave their homes accordingly so they could arrive to school on time. First period started at 7:30 on February 4th, and the school day went on as normal.