Wow, this is pretty amazing. Yesterday, there were hurricane force winds in Ohio! Apparently, the winds were strong enough to lift my trampoline over my neighbor's fence into their yard. My whole house was shaking for most of the day.
Routinely, I had gotten up at 5 a.m. today to get ready for school. When I turned on the TV, I decided to look at the news. Lo and behold, over 9000 200 schools were closed! The best part was that mine was in there! :D
tl;dr: Holy stuff, Hurricane Ike was strong enough to close schools in Ohio.