The university I went to prided itself on not closing due to weather in 70 years... it closed twice during the four years I was there. Once, we got 36" of snow over 36 hours... it piled up so fast students couldn't get in the doors of the main lecture hall, they were blocked by snow.
That week will be talked of for years to come, I'm sure.
No one could remember that many snow days happening in a YEAR before, let alone during one week! It was nuts!
Made for some purty views, though.