UK'S SNOW CHAOS

[Fisherking]

Yep!

It looks as if they may have gotten a whole inch!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7864395.stm



It is a good thing all the Brits possess indominumable fortitude!

Did I spell that right?

[FactionHeir]

indomitable I believe is what you meant?

London's frozen over yesterday and I ended up being one of 4 people who bothered even showing up for work. Heard from a friend that his A&E department had only 2 docs available day round.

I suppose the main problem on Monday was that just about any tube and bus was not running more than the snow on the streets. While walking to work (rather than bussing it), I noted large amounts of cars driving about, hence my thought that people ust couldn't be bothered to leave their homes and get their feets wet

Today, services are back to just about normal but sidewalks are frozen and slippery. I wonder what the next falls audit will show in that regard.

[Husar]

Yes, looks like a whole inch, how horrible.

My prayers for all the startled brits who are locked in in their houses by the white inch of terror.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

We have had three inches, not one. All the pavements are frozen, and the snow came down so quick that a lot of the roads weren't gritted.

So, an inconvenience.

[rory_20_uk]

Snow was up to my mid calf, so 4 or more inches.

4 mile walk through the now and ice to get to work. Many of the sods didn't even bother to cancel their appointments.

[FactionHeir]

Sidewalks still aren't gritted here in H&F. Lazy council.

[Scurvy]

I was stuck in London overnight due to train cancellations which was annoying

its amazing how the smallest amount of snow causes the entire tansport system to break down, and its also amazing how many people take a day of work - bbc say almost 1/5th of people didn't turn up, I can't believe all those people could'nt of got to work if they wanted to

[InsaneApache]

We got over a foot last night and everything is tikkity boo up here.

Southern jessies, they're all yitten and nesh.

[Idaho]

The UK has no infrastructure to deal with snow. Apparently you need to have 6+ snow events a year to justify standing snow ploughs and teams of clearers and gritters. We get 1 snow event every 4 years.

[Hooahguy]

down here, central GA hasent gotten serious snow in....
i think the last time was... 1998 i think.

[Furunculus]

it is blizzardizing here atm.

[Furunculus]

Snow was up to my mid calf, so 4 or more inches.

4 mile walk through the now and ice to get to work. Many of the sods didn't even bother to cancel their appointments.

i dunno about you, but 4 inches takes me to my ankle, not halfway up my calf!

[Hosakawa Tito]

i dunno about you, but 4 inches takes me to my ankle, not halfway up my calf!

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing but the doctor should know. at least he didn't make me do a metric conversion...

Many cities & areas that infrequently deal with snow & ice removal tend to shut down during such events. When I worked on Long Island, NY the local people used to call in when it rained hard.

[Husar]

I was stuck in London overnight due to train cancellations which was annoying

its amazing how the smallest amount of snow causes the entire tansport system to break down, and its also amazing how many people take a day of work - bbc say almost 1/5th of people didn't turn up, I can't believe all those people could'nt of got to work if they wanted to

My point exactly. Except for the train cancellations, while it is somewhat weird that a manymany ton train is stopped by a tiny bit of frozen water, last time I got to see two really fast trains passing by while I was waiting for 40 mins and they whirled up snow and it was just beautiful to watch and made me really, really happy, so it was worth the wait.

On the topic of gritting, that is the absolutely worst thing people always do with snow and it's so annoying as well. You finally get some nice snow and people start throwing salt at it so they can use their darned annoying tin cans with wheels. It's like they're all addicted to those bloody tin cans and cannot even think about using public transport or their own bloody feet. Oh gosh, they might be 10 minutes late and the world could stop turning due to that!

After the last snow here, everything was covered in salt, I even had to wash my leather boots because they had salt everywhere and I think that's a bad thing, down in the subway station I felt like something was in the air and it seemed to hurt my eyes now and then, probably that bloody salt they put everywhere in masses...
So I wish for some snow and once I get it everybody else tries to destroy it as fast as they can so they can drive their environment-destroying tin cans around everywhere.

[Justiciar]

I had a driving test today. It was cancelled. Act of god?

[KukriKhan]

We got over a foot last night and everything is tikkity boo up here.

Southern jessies, they're all yitten and nesh.

You blokes are really giving my Brit-to-Yank translator a good workout.

[LittleGrizzly]

The valleys have a nice white shine to em, got over half a foot of snow in the garden

[FactionHeir]

On the topic of gritting, that is the absolutely worst thing people always do with snow and it's so annoying as well. You finally get some nice snow and people start throwing salt at it so they can use their darned annoying tin cans with wheels.

I'm only annoyed they gritted the roads but not the sidewalk. Think of the poor frail elderly who will be tripping and falling.

[KukriKhan]

I'm only annoyed they gritted the roads but not the sidewalk. Think of the poor frail elderly who will be tripping and falling.

People in the neighborhoods don't have shovels? You know, those rectangular metal thingees attached to a stick? Ya slid 'em across the sidewalk and pitch the snow into the yard... where kids, released from school build snowmen?

[Devastatin Dave]

Global WARMING strikes again. Better buy more carbon credits and repent to Al Gore before its too late!!!

[Sigurd]

I'm only annoyed they gritted the roads but not the sidewalk. Think of the poor frail elderly who will be tripping and falling.

Over here where the snow is fairly common, we have this rule that the property owner of the house or building which the sidewalk passes, is responsible for clearing the sidewalk in front of the building.
We even have council workers with the full time job of taking pictures of neglected sidewalks and fining the property owners. The council is responsible for sidewalks which does not pass by private buildings.

[Andres]

Over here where the snow is fairly common, we have this rule that the property owner of the house or building which the sidewalk passes, is responsible for clearing the sidewalk in front of the building.
We even have council workers with the full time job of taking pictures of neglected sidewalks and fining the property owners. The council is responsible for sidewalks which does not pass by private buildings.

Idem dito here in Belgium.

[Fisherking]

We even have council workers with the full time job of taking pictures of neglected sidewalks and fining the property owners.

Heh, heh, heh!

Lets just think about that for a moment shall we!

Full time work…

Fine the property owners…

Full time work?

Wonder what it pays? A percentage of the fines? Nahw!!

Isn’t it bad enough that the continent gave us traffic cameras! Now they are all surveillance crazy in the government….

Not something I would like to see…

Doesn’t that sound like a Government Job though!!

Right now there are people in Georgia , Texas , and Louisiana applying for that position at $80,000 a year…

[Sigurd]

Heh, heh, heh!

Lets just think about that for a moment shall we!

Full time work…

Fine the property owners…

Full time work?

Wonder what it pays? A percentage of the fines? Nahw!!

Isn’t it bad enough that the continent gave us traffic cameras! Now they are all surveillance crazy in the government….

Not something I would like to see…

Doesn’t that sound like a Government Job though!!

Right now there are people in Georgia , Texas , and Louisiana applying for that position at $80,000 a year…

Heh... The property owners are mad considering the council not being able to clear their sidewalks.
They're all: Give the man a shovel not a camera (in a more colourful language).

[Tribesman]

bbc say almost 1/5th of people didn't turn up, I can't believe all those people could'nt of got to work if they wanted to

Maybe it had something to do with the schools closing so people were having to mind their kids .

Global WARMING strikes again.

Yes Dave good point , what used to be a regular occuarance hadn't happened for 20 years

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Maybe it had something to do with the schools closing so people were having to mind their kids .

Make the child shovel.

[InsaneApache]

Make the child shovel.

hear, hear....

[LittleGrizzly]

Had a wicked 2 days out in the snow, loads of snowball fighting today, it was great.

[KukriKhan]

Had a wicked 2 days out in the snow, loads of snowball fighting today, it was great.

Rests his case.

[HoreTore]

Heh... The property owners are mad considering the council not being able to clear their sidewalks.
They're all: Give the man a shovel not a camera (in a more colourful language).

So..... they're mad because they're too lazy to shovel their own damned sidewalk?

I'm happy I live on this side of the mountain