What a joke! There's a few flakes of snow here in S.East England and the local radio BBC Kent is whipping itself into a frenzy of snow reports and phone-ins about the weather. Just been to the supermarket and it looks like it's under seige - people are stocking up just in case they're not able to make the shops for a day or two this week. I've just bought the usual amount of stuff and refuse to partake of this seige mentality! However, my wife is making some delicious tomato soup from our summer toms and this will no doubt sustain us whilst we cope with 2" of snow for the next couple of days. I hate to think what would happen in the UK if we had to cope with the sort of conditions our US friends are experiencing - our trains grind to a halt with only the lightest sprinkling of snow and we are totally unprepared for anything more serious.