Just to be picky....

Many buses couldn't get into the capital to run because they are garaged in outlying areas where the snow was deeper and roads less frequented. Certainly that's the problem with at least one Underground rail line, and when a defective train blocks another line, it's safer to just stop all the trains.

Besides, would YOU like to have a double decker bus sliding sideways at you because icy roads have rendered its brakes useless for stopping purposes?

Today's Metro paper (freebie, left at train stations) featured a picture of a snowplough - stuck in snow! So what do we do then?

LTS