WDIV school closings
Definition
A real-time online service and broadcast segment from WDIV Local 4 News (ClickOnDetroit.com), the NBC affiliate in Detroit, Michigan, providing updates on school closures, delays, and early dismissals across southeast Michigan, usually triggered by snowstorms, ice, or other weather woes.
The go-to digital scroll of doom (or delight) for parents and kids in Metro Detroit, listing which schools are calling it quits for the day due to Mother Nature's tantrums.
Examples
Kids across Detroit are refreshing WDIV school closings every five seconds, praying their algebra class gets iced out by the latest lake-effect blizzard.
Mom's coffee went cold while glued to WDIV school closings, finally exhaling when 'closed' flashed next to Little Timmy's elementary school.
In a city that treats snow like a national holiday, WDIV school closings is the unofficial kingmaker of pajama days.
The boss texted 'work from home' just as WDIV school closings confirmed the district-wide shutdown—talk about perfect timing.