Snow Way

The school is in panic today because of the chance of snow in San Antonio this afternoon. (What? Snow in San Antonio? Snow way!)

The dental school is proudly open for business, as it usually is, regardless of rain or snow. (This decision was probably influenced by the fact that last Friday we had to close because a water main on campus broke overnight. Overcompensation, perhaps?) Every other school district in the area is closed, not because the weather is bad right now, but because the thought of afternoon snow trapping thousands of booger-nosed first graders at school indefinitely is terrifying to teachers and administrators alike.

It's really no matter to us if the school is open or closed, though, because none of our patients can be counted on to show when the weather is remotely bad. Here's a little dental school math for you--

0% chance of rain, sleet, or snow = 80% chance your patient will show up
10% chance of rain = 50% chance your patient will cancel last minute
50% chance of rain = 90% chance your patient will no show, but expect you to re-schedule them within 24 hrs
30% chance of snow = 99% chance all dental students will be attempting to do fillings on each other in an effort to generate some points for the day, and 0% chance of real patients showing up at all

Tomorrow we are scheduled to have a sealant day where the dental school will provide free sealants to area children through their schools. There is a 50% chance of snow tomorrow. That means there is a 15% chance that I will be snowed in at the dental school tomorrow with a crying, sealant-ed first grader in my dental chair.

Snow way out of it.