If you are going to live in Alaska, learn to operate in Alaska. In the 50's and 60's in Fairbanks we went to school at -60, in the 80's and early 90's schools in Glennallen were open at -55. In the 60's, I do not remember the schools in Anchorage closing no matter what the weather. Now like everything else, people just can't handle a little inconvenience.