BBC running with snow as headline
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There was a snow report on the BBC yesterday. They got the camera right down at ground level so we could see it sitting on some blades of grass (which were all still visible).
They then panned up to show a tiny bit sitting in top of a sign.
The reporter was standing on some light slush by the road saying it could be slippery.
They then panned up to show a tiny bit sitting in top of a sign.
The reporter was standing on some light slush by the road saying it could be slippery.
chrispmartha said:
Well I always thought the 'BMW's are crap in snow' comment was hyperbole... until today, I was quite embarrassed being stuck whilst other cars went past :-)
I've run Land Rovers for years, so I'm out an about, even when everyone else has given up trying, and it is noticeable that BMWs make up a disproportionate number of the cars I've seen stuck in hedges and ditches on my snowbound travels.Wife ran a couple of 3 series and I think it's as much to do with the tyres - width, tread and temperature operating range - as with just being RWD.
Manchester airport isn't actually "shut" though, they closed the runways for an hour to clear the snow which came down suddenly, I was at the gym nearish the airport when it started to snow at about 8.15am. The airport is running most international flights, lots of national flights to smaller airports are cancelled though.
Usual scare mongering bulls
t. Its just a bit of snow...
Usual scare mongering bulls
t. Its just a bit of snow...How the hell would today's Britain have coped in 1963?
Schools shut everywhere apparently because of one day of snow.
We had 3 months of it in 63, so bloody cold we had icicles hanging 2 to 3 feet from guttering, snow was in places VERY deep but did we stop going to school (rarely) and I was wearing short trousers!
I love this 63 pic of the old lady going to her neighbour at the end of the road.
Today, Elf 'n Safety would reprimand her while health professionals would probably section her!
And for those too young on here who think a few flakes is a snowstorm...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI
Schools shut everywhere apparently because of one day of snow.
We had 3 months of it in 63, so bloody cold we had icicles hanging 2 to 3 feet from guttering, snow was in places VERY deep but did we stop going to school (rarely) and I was wearing short trousers!
I love this 63 pic of the old lady going to her neighbour at the end of the road.
Today, Elf 'n Safety would reprimand her while health professionals would probably section her!
And for those too young on here who think a few flakes is a snowstorm...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI
dandarez said:
How the hell would today's Britain have coped in 1963?
Schools shut everywhere apparently because of one day of snow.
We had 3 months of it in 63, so bloody cold we had icicles hanging 2 to 3 feet from guttering, snow was in places VERY deep but did we stop going to school (rarely) and I was wearing short trousers!
I love this 63 pic of the old lady going to her neighbour at the end of the road.
Today, Elf 'n Safety would reprimand her while health professionals would probably section her!
And for those too young on here who think a few flakes is a snowstorm...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI
I remember that. I also remember going to school in it. We made ice slides in the playground with the teachers........Schools shut everywhere apparently because of one day of snow.
We had 3 months of it in 63, so bloody cold we had icicles hanging 2 to 3 feet from guttering, snow was in places VERY deep but did we stop going to school (rarely) and I was wearing short trousers!
I love this 63 pic of the old lady going to her neighbour at the end of the road.
Today, Elf 'n Safety would reprimand her while health professionals would probably section her!
And for those too young on here who think a few flakes is a snowstorm...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI
Couldn't have stayed at home because both my parents were at work.
How times have changed......
dandarez said:
How the hell would today's Britain have coped in 1963?
Schools shut everywhere apparently because of one day of snow.
We had 3 months of it in 63, so bloody cold we had icicles hanging 2 to 3 feet from guttering, snow was in places VERY deep but did we stop going to school (rarely) and I was wearing short trousers!
I love this 63 pic of the old lady going to her neighbour at the end of the road.
Today, Elf 'n Safety would reprimand her while health professionals would probably section her!
And for those too young on here who think a few flakes is a snowstorm...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI
So what you're saying is... this is evidence snowfall is much rarer now than it was.Schools shut everywhere apparently because of one day of snow.
We had 3 months of it in 63, so bloody cold we had icicles hanging 2 to 3 feet from guttering, snow was in places VERY deep but did we stop going to school (rarely) and I was wearing short trousers!
I love this 63 pic of the old lady going to her neighbour at the end of the road.
Today, Elf 'n Safety would reprimand her while health professionals would probably section her!
And for those too young on here who think a few flakes is a snowstorm...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI
And that this is somehow evidence global warming is not happening.
PH, first grade logic doesn't matter.
dandarez said:
How the hell would today's Britain have coped in 1963?
Schools shut everywhere apparently because of one day of snow.
We had 3 months of it in 63, so bloody cold we had icicles hanging 2 to 3 feet from guttering, snow was in places VERY deep but did we stop going to school (rarely) and I was wearing short trousers!
I love this 63 pic of the old lady going to her neighbour at the end of the road.
Today, Elf 'n Safety would reprimand her while health professionals would probably section her!
I remember that too! We lived on a farm 2 miles from the nearest town. It was 2 weeks before we could get to the town, the snow was wall top to wall top on the road, that's 6ft deep across all the road. We eventually dug ourselves halfway to town and met a JCB digging the snow out towards us. I was only 5 at the time and loved every minute of it. My mother did tell me however, that the winter 1947 was even worse!!Schools shut everywhere apparently because of one day of snow.
We had 3 months of it in 63, so bloody cold we had icicles hanging 2 to 3 feet from guttering, snow was in places VERY deep but did we stop going to school (rarely) and I was wearing short trousers!
I love this 63 pic of the old lady going to her neighbour at the end of the road.
Today, Elf 'n Safety would reprimand her while health professionals would probably section her!
cornet said:
"Edinburgh" figures.Morningside said:
Makes a change with the BBC as normally unless there is no snow within the M25 they don't bother to report it.
I pointed this out last week, when we had a over a foot of snow come down in a couple of hours. No mention, yet if the shandy drinkers get so much as a hard frost they're crying into their lattes and dying of hypothermia.I get a bit embarrassed about the UK talk of snow - spoke to a us firm today who'd cleared up 3 foot of snow (using their own loading shovels) on their site that had fallen in one day.
I can also remember sitting on a plane in arctic Finland in 2010, in -17C and snow everywhere, ready to take off but delayed because E. Mids airport had had a few inches of snow. Never felt less proud to be British.
I can also remember sitting on a plane in arctic Finland in 2010, in -17C and snow everywhere, ready to take off but delayed because E. Mids airport had had a few inches of snow. Never felt less proud to be British.
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