"Up in New Hampshire; we get eighteen inches of snow, and we don't even close the schools!"
Uh...most Red Hampshire schools have already been closed for the day tomorrow; there is no snow on the ground at the moment, and there should be no worse than an inch or two by tomorrow afternoon.
Times change, eh? Maybe the union teachers wanted a three-day weekend...
They already have closings here too. Prudent IMO because they can get the timing wrong. I came back from a trip in Oct when they predicted a dusting turning into rain an hour after I touched down, so I planned to drive home from the airport. No plows anyplace (they listened to the predictions too) and 6-8 inches of unplowed snow on the road. Jack-knifed TT, stuck cars, I almost got stuck on a hill about 3 miles from home. A few pucker moments.
I never make fun of people who worry about weather events. Texas and the South have no plowing infrastructure, so a few inches can be pretty devastating. When they had that cold snap (2010? 2011?) when the power grid failed, I knew it was tough for them—no wood stoves, no insulation, no experience. My cousins in west Texas huddled around their fireplace.
These kinds of events are not typical for the area (as in 1 or 2 a year), but not abnormal either. We have some experience with them. A Cat 4 or 5 hurricane? A tornado? Not so much.