Snow in Sarthe: why was the decision to suspend school transport taken so late?

As Météo-France had predicted by placing Sarthe on orange alert, the snow has fallen well in Sarthe this Thursday. Safe for the 23,000 children who take school transport since the service was suspended by decision of the prefect. Except that this decision was not communicated until after 9 p.m., more than ten hours after the announcement of the orange vigilance. Why did you wait so long? And what should we expect for Friday?

Several shades of orange

Questioned by France Bleu Maine, the chief of staff of the prefect of Sarthe, said she understood “the questions and organizational problems that this may pose to parents“But Anne-Charlotte Bertrand indicates that we had to wait.”the details from Météo-France on the precipitation expected during the night and the next day in order to be able to take the right decision for the right measure of the impact of the meteorological phenomenon on the department“.

“The evolution of a climatic situation occurs throughout the day“, explains the chief of staff, “and to make decisions we need to know exactly where we are placed in terms of vigilance. We can have orange alerts bordering on yellow and others that border on red.“.

No school transport on Friday

At 6 p.m. this Friday, France Bleu Maine learned from the Sarthe prefecture that the order banning school transport was maintained for Friday. Anne-Charlotte Bertrand recommends that parents monitor the official accounts of the prefecture on the networks, in particular Facebook. Families registered for school transport can also be alerted by SMS or via the establishments' digital work spaces.