Snow. Should it really cause this much trouble?

[humpees]

Personally, I'm loving all this snow. I've had a really easy week and playing in it will never get old. But I'm curious, this much snow wouldn't cause too much trouble anywhere else, but schools and public transport are in a right state, london buses stopped running for the first time. Those things ran through the blitz! Not to mention the damage it's apparantly done to the economy. Any thoughts?

 

[Neosage]

I don't think we are correctly prepared for it, because this hardly ever happens.

 

[Hookman]

The UK barely ever gets any snow so we usually lose any sanity we had whenever it comes along. The snow has been annoying me though as I hate throwing snowballs yet everyone at school thinks its brilliant!

 

[Pigeon_Grenade]

snow is great

 

[NeoAC]

As I've said before; 15 snowstorms this Winter, another foot coming yesterday. If Britain wants to deal with real snow, it can visit its offspring here in Canada.

 

[ellimist337]

Snow always seemed so much more fun when I was younger... Ah the good old days. When you didn't have to help clear the drive and the sidewalk, you enjoyed playing in the snow, you didn't have to scrape your car or brush of the snow, and you didn't have to drive 25 in a 55 to get to work or class every day. Sledding is still pretty good fun, though.

 

[Lost In The Void]

Yes Britain is not prepared for it thats why everything out there goes in the shitter when it comes. It's like when California got some this year people were in a huge panic and i was driving in that before i even got my learners permit. Peoples reaction to weather is based on their norm. So yes if you haven't had to deal with snow on that level of course it's going to start problems. Canada however it won't cause a stir.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

It's not to much the snow that is a problem I think as the day after when it's packed down into ice and makes the whole country scary to walk on. It now takes me like 15 minutes to do the 200 yards from my home to the bus stop, heh, but, the buses are still running here. (UK)

 

[Dilla]

I don't know about anywhere else in Britain - but here in London there were signs of people panic buying earlier in the week - bread and milk were flying off the shelves like people were going to be snowed into their homes for days!!

 

[KungFuMaster]

Yes Britain is not prepared for it thats why everything out there goes in the shitter when it comes. It's like when California got some this year people were in a huge panic and i was driving in that before i even got my learners permit. Peoples reaction to weather is based on their norm. So yes if you haven't had to deal with snow on that level of course it's going to start problems. Canada however it won't cause a stir.

I'm from Duluth, MN. If it ain't five feet, it ain't snowin'.

 

[TMAN10112]

Over here in new york we've been getting snow since befor december. Last week when I walked out of my house I found that my driveway was a 25' by 20' sheet of solid ice. over here we're prepared for snow but the temputure is always going over then down below 30 degrees farenhiet(0 celcius) so our main problem is all the ice that forms overnight.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

As I've said before; 15 snowstorms this Winter, another foot coming yesterday. If Britain wants to deal with real snow, it can visit its offspring here in Canada.

I'll take you up on that.

 

[Archemetis]

it brings out the best in the youth of this country, no longer then a few hours ago i endeavoured to make a snowball taller then myself, of course the physical restraints of my meager frame was some-what causing a premature halt to the process, but by chance a young lad, couldn't have been any older then 5 simply strolled up to me and asked if i wanted some help, jokingly i said "Yeah, maybe a little" and he actually helped me push the bloody thing, with some actual results, we maanged to get it so big that eventually even with him and his dad helping it wouldn't bloody move. (it was about a foot shorter then me which would make it about 4.7") so in the end they walked away and i sat ontop of it thinking "Boy. little does that kid know that when he's like my age he'll realise how many problems this stuff actually causes..." then i buggered off home.

 

[Hobo Of Hell]

To quote a polish worker who's son's school had been closed
"Snow this is not Snow 5 more weeks like this and you have snow." seriously though supposedly being in the area of Britain that got "worst hit" I wouldn't want to drive in it and theres no busses or goods lorries running so it seems no one else wants to either.

 

[johnman]

Just and the news Britain can make 30 tons of salt a week, but we are using 25 tons a day....
Just back in from school, they finally decided to call it off after 1st lesson. Normally my route their is salted, but not today, theres none left.

 

[RAWKSTAR]

I hate snow so much, if I wanted to look at a blanket of white I'd look at a white blanket.

 

[Andalusa]

Snow. It's pretty and it's funny watching kittens try to catch snowflakes. But I really don't like it, it's cold and wet, people insist on throwing it at each other but later on complain about being... cold and wet. They might as well be chucking cups of cold water at each other.
Then it go two ways, either the snow get compacted and freezes causeing more troubles and accidents. Or it get horrible and slushy and really really wet. Both of these make it harder for me to walk to and from school (cos we still have to go).
After a while the snow all melts. Now the town I live in is in a valley which means all the melted snow (water) runs down into our rivers and floods the place.

I hate snow.

 

[Gooble]

It's because we can't exactly have people to clear snow on standby for 4 months of the year in case it snows, it would be a waste of money. All these comparisons to Russia/Scandinavia/Canada are useless, because they are guaranteed large amounts of snow every year, whereas we are not.

 

[Washboard]

Personally, I'm loving all this snow. I've had a really easy week and playing in it will never get old. But I'm curious, this much snow wouldn't cause too much trouble anywhere else, but schools and public transport are in a right state, london buses stopped running for the first time. Those things ran through the blitz! Not to mention the damage it's apparantly done to the economy. Any thoughts?

Because everyone wants to skive off and have a snowday imo i know i did.
We also dont really have the infastructure to deal with it being a relatively warm (if rainy) place, and snow only happening in any real quantity about one every 5-8 years