Storm dumps snow on Germany

[unhappycamper]

Alex Lewis, left, and Ethan Montang, both juniors at Baumholder High School, clear snow from a parking lot in Smith Barracks. A late autumn storm dumped several inches of snow on western Germany on Wednesday morning, closing Baumholder schools and delaying buses in the Kaiserslautern area.


Storm dumps snow on Germany
By Seth Robbins, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Thursday, December 4, 2008

Winter came early Wednesday morning with the first heavy snowfall of the season in western Germany.

The snow and freezing rain slicked roadways causing at least one bus accident, and children were happy as buses were delayed and schools closed early.

"I can’t say that there wasn’t a parent somewhere that was inconvenienced," said Maggie Menzies, spokeswoman for Department of Defense Dependent Schools Europe. "I can say no complaints have come to the attention of this office."

There was one serious incident, though, when a bus carrying children veered off the roadway in Boerrstadt, a small town about 15 miles north of Kaiserslautern. The bus was traveling around a bend about 7:35 a.m. when it slid off the shoulder and into a ditch, Menzies said. No children were injured.

Schools in Wiesbaden and Baumholder dismissed early, sending Baumholder students home before lunch as two inches of snow blanketed the area.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=59204

[Eurobabe]

1. I say yea! Bring it on!

Now it just needs to migrate over to the Garmisch area. :D