One day of snow and the place grinds to a halt...

[pwig]

Grrrrrrr.... some spraying of snow in good old stockport.. today.. and it just took my bus..

35 mintues, to travel a distance that would normally take 2...


WHY WHY WHY???

The whole place grinds to a halt after a bit of snow..

I suppose it was funny, the fact that the hourly bus would be an hour late.. .even funnier with it being a circular

[pwig]

Oh yeah, in the end I just got off and walked.. much quicker! what I needed was a

[anonymous-user]

Theris still a few little bits of snow here in Essex, after our blizzard last week.

[Agent006]

And it took ITV 15 minutes (yes half the news) to tell the whole country that london was snowed under. "Snow brings the country to a grinding halt". No, the south east, but the news is broadcast in london so that's all that matters.

Aberdeen and the surrounding area is/has been under a good 4to6 inches of snow and we're still motoring around fine.
Was creeping up the M74 yesterday and people were still howling past in the non-existant outside lane. Just because you've got 4WD doesn't mean your brakes are any better in snow. One accident is all it takes to shut a motorway. Then everyone gets pissed off and just leaves their cars on the motorway (M11) so the gritters can't get through.

...and calm.

[gnomesmith]

I've experienced the same thing during the first day of snow in Sweden and have sat snowed in on the Autobahn outside Essen.

Difference is that those nations appreciate that sometimes the weather wins out and they don't spend days winging about it unlike we Brits.

[dougt]

It took me over 4 hours to drive the 19 miles from Stockport to Buxton Yesterday. There was only about an inch of snow. Where the hell were the gritters ????

[Basil Brush]

The stupid thing is that this seems to happen most winters, and after levels of snow fall that most countries would laugh at. What fell here yesterday would be considered a light frost in Sweden.

>> Edited by Basil Brush on Tuesday 4th February 10:56

[marki]

Basil Brush said: The stupid thing is that this seems to happen most winters, and after levels of snow fall that most countries would laugh at. What fell here yesterday would be considered a light frost in Sweden.

>> Edited by Basil Brush on Tuesday 4th February 10:56

I live in Sweden and couple of weeks ago we got around 12-16" of snow in one night , in fact it improved the driving situation because people used indicators and mirrors and started to be a little more considerate .

To be fair to the UK its not often the south really gets any snow is it , over here its a given that you will get it ,also its "The Law" to have winter tyres fitted from 1st Dec to the 1 st March and that is a big reason why it all just keeps moving along

[Basil Brush]

I was actually talking about Leeds rather than the South. We get snow every year in varying quantities and still grind to a halt when it happens. I accept your point about the South, although it was forecast.

[marki]

Basil Brush said: I was actually talking about Leeds rather than the South. We get snow every year in varying quantities and still grind to a halt when it happens. I accept your point about the South, although it was forecast.

OK i had the feeling that they had the problem sorted opp North

[goodlife]

Let's hope that one of Sadam's weapons of mass destruction is not a giant snow-making machine. If he points it at London he'll bring the capital to it's knees for weeks!!

[Basil Brush]

goodlife said: Let's hope that one of Sadam's weapons of mass destruction is not a giant snow-making machine. If he points it at London he'll bring the capital to it's knees for weeks!!

Would that be a Weapon of Mass Disruption?



>> Edited by Basil Brush on Tuesday 4th February 14:12

[robkola]

That's so true - maybe there'll be a weapons inspector checking for snow-machines in Saddam's palaces . . .ready for the front line!