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02 Feb 09 - 05:26 PM (#2555586) Subject: Coping with snow in Britain From: bubblyrat It is currently extremely embarrassing to be British !! We have had,in the last 24 hours or so, a modicum of snow, a few inches at best,and yet the entire nation has come to a virtual halt !!Is this the same nation that once forged and administered the greatest Empire the world has ever known ?? The same nation that endured five years of bombing,blockade,privation & starvation whilst under attack from Nazi Germany ?? I could not BELIEVE the utter chaos and confusion that reigned supreme throughout the land today,following what amounted to,let's face it,a dusting of snow that countries like Switzerland, Norway,Canada, Sweden,Austria,Russia,Poland,even North Korea,would ,quite possibly ,not have even noticed !! WHY did all the schools close ?? WHY did the buses in London not run ??WHY were there no underground (subway) trains ??WHY were all the airports closed ?? It is, without a doubt,a NATIONAL DISGRACE !!Our enemies must be very happy !! |
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02 Feb 09 - 05:59 PM (#2555625) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: The Sandman yes, indeed,are you from Tunbridge Wells? I am not sure the British Empire ,was the greatest the world has ever known.could you explain why you think it was? |
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02 Feb 09 - 06:05 PM (#2555632) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Mrs.Duck Well firstly all the schools didn't close - I was at one. Secondly we only get snow like this very infrequently so it is not worth the expenditure of having all the equipment other countries use. I am not going to fit studded tyres for 1 day every ten years when I can't drive safely. Secondly, what's the problem? One day out of 365 won't ruin us! |
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02 Feb 09 - 06:30 PM (#2555657) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Eric the Viking Orkney schools didn't close. Orkney got no snow. So it is not all the UK anyway.There are loads of reasons to be embarrased as a nation. |
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02 Feb 09 - 06:42 PM (#2555667) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Big Al Whittle I think we should all close everything and put our feet up - til its nice again. double grog rations all round. Where's global warming when you need it? |
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02 Feb 09 - 07:00 PM (#2555681) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Alice pop some corn watch some movies play some music read some books |
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02 Feb 09 - 07:26 PM (#2555703) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Bill D you know, bubblyrat, if you'd use what they did when the Empire was at its highest, you would have little trouble. Horses & carts do well in the snow. |
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02 Feb 09 - 07:52 PM (#2555721) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Charley Noble A whole three inches! That is something to marvel over. Outside we now have a foot and a half of snow, most of which we've had for a month. The temperature has been well below freezing for at least a month and a half. Today it was 40 degrees F. I was tempted to go to the beach. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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02 Feb 09 - 09:31 PM (#2555777) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Peace A whole two inches? Hope you have a dog sled. Remember, ya can't eat a skidoo. |
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02 Feb 09 - 09:36 PM (#2555779) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Peace PS I'm a Canuck (Canadian colonial) and I shed more dandruff than that on a daily basis. Sorry. No sympathy here. But one can locate it in the dictionary somewhere between shit and syphilis--both snow and sympathy. |
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02 Feb 09 - 09:37 PM (#2555781) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Peace PPS You could melt that stuff with a good electric hair dryer. Just make sure you're insulated. |
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02 Feb 09 - 09:40 PM (#2555784) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Peace My hometown, September 15, 2006. |
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02 Feb 09 - 09:43 PM (#2555786) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Peace As Bobert would say, "I'm jus' funnin' with ya." Snow is snow, and if y'ain't used to it, any amount is too much. Dress warmly and be careful if it melts and freezes. That stuff is called ice and it can be slippery. |
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02 Feb 09 - 09:54 PM (#2555792) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: 3refs "I am not sure the British Empire ,was the greatest the world has ever known.could you explain why you think it was?" This was not asked of me, but as a fellow Canadian Colonialist I'll give you my slant. At one time in our recent history, the sun never set on the British Empire! I don't think the Mongols, Alexander or even the Americans can make the same statement! |
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02 Feb 09 - 11:36 PM (#2555834) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: katlaughing I understand closing things down when folks are not used to it; it saves a lot of grief and overtime for the safety folks if there aren't a lot of drivers out having accidents. There is a lot of contrast to where we live now in Colorado, in the "Banana Belt," to Casper, WY where there was always plenty of snow: 2nd day of Autumn 2000 out my front door. Here it hardly ever snows and rarely stays around, though this year has been the exception. There are always a few idiots out and about causing accidents when it does. There were those kinds of drivers in Casper, but generally people know how to drive in it up there. |
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03 Feb 09 - 12:34 AM (#2555849) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Ebbie kat, Morgan looks just like you did when you were little! Does he also resemble his mother? |
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03 Feb 09 - 03:21 AM (#2555885) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Stu "Snow is snow, and if y'ain't used to it, any amount is too much" Well the rest of the country gets it and copes, but London has ground to a halt. They really should have been able to cope with what fell but there wasn't a bus running in the capital yesterday morning, which is rather pathetic. |
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03 Feb 09 - 03:46 AM (#2555889) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Will Fly Well, we had 6" to 8" of snow down here in Sussex, and I can't recall the last time it was that deep. Our last snowfall of any significance in this area was 5th April last year. As other folks have said, there's no point in having snow tyres, chains, etc. in a country where - in parts, at any rate - there's now very little regular snow. Anyway, the lunchtime beer tasted good in my local (Harveys, Speckled Hen, Youngs and London Pride), and I spent a pleasant morning working out a fingerstyle arrangement of "Moonlight Bay" for guitar, and created a SN/tab/chord sheet for it. More snow please! |
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03 Feb 09 - 04:13 AM (#2555898) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: peregrina odd that no one even used the word snow plow on the news today. They take up less storage space than grit and can be attached to vehicles normally used for other purposes... |
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03 Feb 09 - 04:20 AM (#2555901) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Cats We had very little snow in Cornwall yesterday and my school was definitley open. I drove down to Truro [just over 50 miles] and saw the odd snowflake. This morning is a bit different. We have about 3 inches of snow up here on the high moors. The main roads have snow ploughs on them but my school [25 miles away over the moors] has closed today. The lanes aren't clear and there is ice under the snow. The West of Cornwall has been worst hit. So, Jon's out taking pikkies ready for next years Christmas cards, the cats are curled up and snoozing, and after I have done this I am going to curl up in front of the wood fire with a good book and a very large mug of hot chocolate and have the day to myself. I for one would rather have money spent on our infrastructure and our schools than have it spent on something that last happened down here about 18 years ago. [3 years ago when Bodmin Moor was closed doesn't count as, had the lorry not jacknifed going up the hill on the A30, it would have been kept open... anyway I was in Birmingham and missed it!] |
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03 Feb 09 - 04:22 AM (#2555902) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Tangledwood "and yet the entire nation has come to a virtual halt " Did anybody notice? hehehe |
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03 Feb 09 - 04:30 AM (#2555904) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Jack Blandiver Where's global warming when you need it? One of the most alarming aspects of global warming is the predicted failure of the Gulf Stream, which depends on a certain salinity to keep it moving, but this salinity is being diluted by fresh melt water from the Arctic which could, according to some scientists, bring it to a standstill. In such an eventuality, at these latitudes, Britain becomes a frozen tundra - the nothingness, the whiteness, the endlessness stretching on beyond the human imagination; desolation of the soul! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig2NtHY2g9k |
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03 Feb 09 - 04:37 AM (#2555908) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: goatfell in Glasgow yesterday people just got on with their day after all it's just snow I can imgine wee places that a rural being closed off but not towns or cities. |
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03 Feb 09 - 04:52 AM (#2555914) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: manitas_at_work yes, let's not forget that London and the South are not the be all and end all of the UK. Scotland and the North of England cope with this every year. However, it is worth the while of councils up there to invest in snow ploughs to keep the roads open. In London we rarely get enough snow to make it unsafe to drive and this sort of stuff happens less than once a decade. Economics! That said, I do think more effort could have been made. I haven't seen a single council worker with a shovel, the pavements haven't been gritted, Phoebe's school couldn't even bother to put a message on their telephone system to say that the school was closed. |
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03 Feb 09 - 05:06 AM (#2555928) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Bryn Pugh " . . . the sun never set on the British Empire . . . ". You know why ? Because even God wouldn't trust an Englishman in the dark :-) |
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03 Feb 09 - 05:15 AM (#2555932) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Sarah the flute Over a foot of the white stuff here in Surrey. School closed. Road outside impassable (in fact I only just slid home in time on Sunday night before the great shutdown), no bus, no trains for a second day - eerily quiet. Decision on the school opening tomorrow to be taken this afternoon but no sign of any melting despite the sunshine and blue sky. It all looks very pretty - from indoors! Sarah |
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03 Feb 09 - 05:45 AM (#2555951) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Big Al Whittle yeh, we'll all have an annexe built onto the house for the snow plough so we'll all be ready for the three days that it snows this decade. |
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03 Feb 09 - 08:05 AM (#2556045) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: McGrath of Harlow At school on the rare occasions it froze and snowed they'd announce a snow holiday or a skating holiday, and it was brilliant. It still is. |
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03 Feb 09 - 08:08 AM (#2556047) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: My guru always said We had over a foot of snow here yesterday in Leatherhead and I for one was not surprised that public bus service couldn't run. I managed to walk to work where I help to organise our Dial-a-Ride service for the elderly and disabled. My manager couldn't get to the office and neither could 2 other office workers. One bus driver walked in and between us we phoned every single Client who was due to travel yesterday to say that we were not running the buses. Every single person (about 150 of them) totally understood and were grateful that we had phoned. We're not running today or tomorrow either as the sideroads are atrocious and we are a door-to-door service. We have rung every Client to let them know. It would be foolish of us to attempt to run the service when elderly Clients are unsteady on their feet & there is any risk to them or to our drivers. Lucky you, Roger, to only get 2 inches of snow, and you're not that far from Leatherhead either...... |
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03 Feb 09 - 08:08 AM (#2556048) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: SINSULL I thought Disney was in Florida? Glad to share the white stuff with our friends in the UK. SINS, in snowy Maine |
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03 Feb 09 - 08:09 AM (#2556049) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work 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 |
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03 Feb 09 - 08:40 AM (#2556075) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: SINSULL A foot of the stuff is headed to Scotland and Wales. Enjoy, folks. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/4445836/Snow-Britain-forecasters-predict-ice-and-hail-to-follow-snow.html |
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03 Feb 09 - 09:04 AM (#2556091) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Mrs.Duck Rain here overnight and much of the snow has melted. I waited for the call to close school but it didn't come so I set off. I actually had driven the full 25 miles and was sat in the car park when the call came through to say they had to close as roads to outlying villages were too dangerous (most of the kids are bussed in as its a special school). So 25 mile drive back home again! Twins are back at school today but Maddie's off. She has a trip to London tomorrow so is hoping it can still go ahead - me too given that there may not be a refund if it doesn't! |
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03 Feb 09 - 09:23 AM (#2556109) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: G-Force Saddest thing I heard was, on a day when loads of kids had the day off school, the London parks were closed for 'health and safety' reasons. |
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03 Feb 09 - 10:53 AM (#2556160) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Liz the Squeak Many parks were closed simply because they had been shut at dusk on Sunday and those with the keys to open them couldn't get in to work on Monday. LTS |
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03 Feb 09 - 11:09 AM (#2556178) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Anne Lister I was in Luton yesterday to run a storytelling workshop. Roads were not good, to put it mildly, and my participant list was completely re-drawn from people who had made it in to the children's centre where the workshop was happening, instead of those who had signed up and couldn't get in. Conditions were not improving when I got back to where I was staying in Leighton Buzzard, and I consulted with the charity who are funding the workshops - we decided to cancel today's session and I drove home to Wales. As I headed west it was a different world, with far less snow and roads all cleared, so I wondered if I'd made a mistake to be so cautious - but near to home I found the Disneyland ride which is our hill. Like an uphill skating rink. Made it to the house but not into our drive, where ice under the snow meant my wheels were determined to take me and my car into a gate post. So I parked outside. Today husband has been unable to get his car out of the road to get to work and we've watched council workmen (bin men included) try and fail to get to the local houses. The main roads have been gritted and are clear, but these local roads haven't been and aren't. The snow has continued to fall. I've heard from my contact that the venue for today's workshop would have been difficult to access because of ice and the chances were high that participants would have failed to make it in. And my journey home would have been even more difficult tonight. It's all very well to say that other countries do this stuff better - I've been in Toronto when there was an unusually large amount of snow and there were delays and difficulties there, too. Same in Moscow. Same in France. You can cope with your usual climate, but sudden excesses of precipitation will throw us all off course whether it's frozen or not. As to the daft wazzock who said schools closing would give children the wrong impression - she obviously hadn't realised that schools can't operate when their staff can't get to work. I've made a snow cat in the garden and we're cosy enough here. No idea yet what tomorrow will bring and whether I can make it into the school where I should be teaching songwriting, but I intend to keep safe. Anne |
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03 Feb 09 - 11:09 AM (#2556180) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Bonzo3legs We had 24cm according to my ruler which is about 9.5 inches which is a good length anyday!! In Coulsdon, Surrey some 8 miles further out, there was 40 cm which is 16 inches. Now, with the limited number of snowploughs and gritters available in the Croydon area, they have done pretty well to get all primary roots open. As the schools are all closed, I would have though all able bodied boys over the age of say 14 should have been required to report for snow clearing duty! |
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03 Feb 09 - 11:11 AM (#2556182) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: robomatic 3ref said: ""I am not sure the British Empire ,was the greatest the world has ever known.could you explain why you think it was?" This was not asked of me, but as a fellow Canadian Colonialist I'll give you my slant. At one time in our recent history, the sun never set on the British Empire! I don't think the Mongols, Alexander or even the Americans can make the same statement! " This is true enough, and one realizes what a miracle that statement encompasses when one actually meets the British! |
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03 Feb 09 - 11:13 AM (#2556188) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: katlaughing Ebbie, yes. All of my kids looked like me as a kid. I think he does esp. because of the red hair and, now, very faint freckles.:-) To the rest of you, who gives a flying fuck where anything is and whether someone can plough or not?! It's not a permanent situation and why not just have fun with it...stay mellow, drink cocoa, read a good book, do what you must, but chill out (not literally!) The parks are locked?! Really? |
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03 Feb 09 - 11:24 AM (#2556205) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Liz the Squeak Yes... in many places park gates are locked at dusk - to save the cost of policing them I suppose.. if anyone breaks in and damages something then they get charged with trespass as well... there are very few truly 'public' parks in London, they're owned and maintained by local borough councils and estates so can be quite legally shut at night or an entrance fee charged for events and displays. Only 'Common' land cannot be fenced off and an entry fee charged. LTS |
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03 Feb 09 - 12:00 PM (#2556236) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: GUEST,Green Wellies The whole country has NOT ground to a halt. All the staff in our company made it in - and on time too. Please do not tar us with the same brush and those lazy individuals to use every excuse under the sun (Ha) for not going to work ! PLEASE REMEMBER THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO, IF WE CANT DRIVE - WE WALK ! Thank you rant over. |
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03 Feb 09 - 02:39 PM (#2556385) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: PoppaGator I read about halfway down and then skipped to the end, so ~ sorry if I'm repeating anything already noted: It's not the amount of snow that determines whether a locality shuts down: it's how much more snow falls than usual, than people are prepared for. We get an inch or two every 15-20 years in New Orleans. There are no snowplows here, of course, and most people have absolutely no experience driving on any kind of frozen surface. So, when we have a snow day like we did last month, the whole town shuts down (for ONE day). Washington DC is somewhat further north and gets a bit more snow than we do, but they are almost as helpless as we are when there is more snow than minor flurries, and when the stuff "sticks" and actually stays on the ground for more than a predawn hour or two. The Obama family recently moved there from Chicago, where they are VERY accustomed to, and well-equipped for, major snowstorms. On about his third or fourth day in office, the President told the press corps that his daughters had to stay home from school and couldn't understand why such a piddling amount of snow caused their school to shut down. Incidentally, the DC public schools stayed open. It was only the suburban private schools, like Sidwell Friends, that closed. |
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03 Feb 09 - 03:25 PM (#2556425) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: SINSULL Agreed, Poppa. The snow we get in Maine on a regular basis would shut down NYC for a week. There, they attach plows to their sanitation trucks for plowing - cumbersome and no trash gets picked up. It gets plowed under. Here there are real plows clearing the mess as it accumulates. 14" may mean a late opening for some but not a closure. My office closed early (4PM) once this year. No late openings. The power outage after the ice storm was inconvenient and I took the day off but the office opened on time and stayed open until 5PM despite on/off power all day. |
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04 Feb 09 - 08:30 AM (#2556964) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: SINSULL This thread is drifting deeper than the snow in London. Has the rest of the UK gotten their fair share of it yet? Maine had another inch or two last night. |
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04 Feb 09 - 11:49 AM (#2557110) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: manitas_at_work It seems to be over in London. The roads are pretty clear but the pavements are deadly with ice. I'm told there's more snow on the way but with sleet and rain so I don't think it'll settle. |
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04 Feb 09 - 11:56 AM (#2557114) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Folkiedave the London parks were closed for 'health and safety' reasons. Rother Valley Country Park was open. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/7868765.stm |
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04 Feb 09 - 05:38 PM (#2557376) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Big Al Whittle You know - if every single person in England and Scotland, quite independent of each other - filled a carrier bag to the brim with snow....... it would be strange thing to do. |
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04 Feb 09 - 10:39 PM (#2557596) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: GUEST,leeneia Last Friday we had small amount of ice under a thin dusting of snow. The police reported 230 accidents in the city alone, never mind the suburbs. And we get snow fairly often. Slick roads are nothing to sneeze at. The last time I looked, that island with England at the bottom, Scotland to the north, Wales at the hipline and Cornwall off to the left was called Great Britain. The geographers needed to name it something, I guess. |
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04 Feb 09 - 11:52 PM (#2557644) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Alice dogs have to cope with snow, too |
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05 Feb 09 - 06:25 AM (#2557796) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Penny S. Back to the snow. Back in the dim and distant past, about 25 years ago, maybe, farmers in Kent and Gloucestershire (only places I can speak for) used to put up snow fencing in their fields some yards from the road so that drifts would not form in the road itself. Also, Kent county council would retain farmers to go out and plough their local roads, and you could see the snowplough attachment sitting around in the yard waiting for use. We haven't had winters like those for some time, and as the sensible people keep saying - we can't keep heavy plant around for three days every ten years. Canada and Chicago, if they couldn't do it, they should be criticised, but if we did do it, and then ran out of cash for something more frequent, it would be wrong. Someone round here, I suspect the farmer up the road, did a bit of clearing, and made a heap which made turning into our road a bit tricky, so i shovelled it out of the way - it wasn't a plough, though, more like a small bulldozer, from the blade marks. Perhaps the retainer idea is still in force. Town roads are another matter - would you want to foot the bill for the damaged cars as the plough scraped them and dumped them on the pavement with the snow? |
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05 Feb 09 - 07:58 AM (#2557856) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: GUEST,Jim Martin The old Highland Railway line from Inverness to Thurso used to maintain snow fences along the side of the line which were, I believe, very effective. They were also connected to the old mechanical semaphore signals so that if they (the fences)were blown down, the signals would automatically be returned to the danger position in order to protect oncoming trains (what is know in the business as fail safe operation. What kind of protection would you get on today's roads th that extent?: http://www.highlandrail.org/info-lines-far_north.htm |
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05 Feb 09 - 08:36 AM (#2557889) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: SINSULL My neighbor and I keep the drain in front of my property free of plow poop mostly for self preservation. The one time it was blocked we both had water in our basement. |
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05 Feb 09 - 08:40 AM (#2557895) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: theleveller I think we've run short of grit in more ways than one. |
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05 Feb 09 - 12:57 PM (#2558127) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: GUEST,PeterC A fresh fall in the Chilterns today. More problems down to crap driving than to the snow itself. |
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05 Feb 09 - 01:32 PM (#2558154) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: kendall You Londoners are lucky, we get mountains of snow plus bitter cold! And, it doesn't go away until spring! |
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05 Feb 09 - 01:41 PM (#2558162) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: SINSULL And we like it that way - it keeps the tourists away for a while. |
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05 Feb 09 - 02:01 PM (#2558171) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: jacqui.c My grandson is very happy with the snow. He has been wanting to come to Maine in the winter to jump in the snow and to make a snowman. I got photos from my daughter today showing that Newark had its fair share of the white stuff and he is having a great time. |
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05 Feb 09 - 02:03 PM (#2558180) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: SINSULL I wish I had sent him a snowman kit for Christmas. LOL |
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05 Feb 09 - 02:28 PM (#2558206) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Big Al Whittle handy hint Pop a quantity of snow in an deep oven dish - in a preheated oven - about 200 degrees. After a period of less than fifteen minutes, remove from the oven - much of the unpleasant 'cold' qualities associated with snow will have dissipated and been neutralised to a large extent. |
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05 Feb 09 - 02:37 PM (#2558212) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: The Sandman WLD,i dont know what you are on,but can I have some too .really funny,ha ha |
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05 Feb 09 - 02:53 PM (#2558226) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: SINSULL Will it reconstitute if I put it in the freezer? Refreezing is not recommended for most items. |
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05 Feb 09 - 03:00 PM (#2558233) Subject: RE: Coping with snow in Britain From: Mrs.Duck It will Sins, but then its useless for snow balls unless you really don't like someone :0)) We had another few inches today but luckily (not sure if that's quite right) I was nursing a stomach bug and told by work that I couldn't return for 48 hours. So at least today I was spared driving to Rotherham just to have the kids sent home again mid morning. Back to normal tomorrow perhaps? |
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05 Feb 09 - 03:53 PM (#2558287) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: Joe Offer This was a discussion about snow. Please keep it on the topic of snow.Take your personal catfights elsewhere. We're not going to tolerate them here. Thank you. -Joe Offer, Forum Moderator- |
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05 Feb 09 - 04:03 PM (#2558299) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: SINSULL Don't eat the yellow snow and my comment were on topic. SHHHEEEEESE |
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06 Feb 09 - 04:21 AM (#2558747) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler Well I tried to get to our farmhouse in the pennines last night. The purpose was to go and meet the boiler engineer who is coming to get the oil boiler to work again (it stopped a week ago and I couldn't get it going at the weekend). I managed to get to about 1/4 mile from the house along the lane (while I could'nt see over the top of the snow at the side of the road), then came to a car stopped with someone shovelling in front. At that point I phoned the engineer, told him no go and turned around. At the end of the lane there's still two fields to cross and I don't think he'll manage to get his equipment there in an ordinary van. I'll probably have a solid phase heating system by now! And as I went back down the hill it started snowing again. |
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06 Feb 09 - 04:22 AM (#2558749) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: goatfell that is the first lesson eximoes learn |
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06 Feb 09 - 04:32 AM (#2558752) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: goatfell i got a phonecall from my brother Jim out in Australia and he's say that it 40c or 120f great |
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06 Feb 09 - 04:49 AM (#2558758) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: John MacKenzie We have had anothe 3" overnight, and it's still falling. |
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06 Feb 09 - 06:32 AM (#2558795) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: manitas_at_work "You Londoners are lucky, we get mountains of snow plus bitter cold" Make up your mind, Kendall. When you were over here you were complaining about the heat! |
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06 Feb 09 - 08:37 AM (#2558891) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: kendall I always complain about extremes. |
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06 Feb 09 - 10:10 AM (#2558996) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: jacqui.c Kendall complains about the heat here in the summer, Manitas. |
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06 Feb 09 - 10:34 AM (#2559031) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: goatfell well it is winter |
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06 Feb 09 - 11:58 PM (#2559748) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: Cats We had snow on Tuesday, here on Bodmin Moor and when we awoke yesterday we had about 6 inches and snow was still falling. We couldn't get out until the late afternoon but I work at home on Fridays anyway. It's now 5am and it snowed overnight as well. I love the stuff. My school was closed on Tuesday as most of the main roads were closed and the staff couldn't get in and about half of the students are bussed in from the surrounding villages. All Ok yesterday, though. |
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07 Feb 09 - 06:44 AM (#2559863) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: Cats This morning we have snow and thunderstorms at the same time. Impressive |
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07 Feb 09 - 05:30 PM (#2560340) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: Pistachio East Yorkshire has been VERY lucky and much of the 1/2 Feb snow cleared by Thursday. Back near the top someone warned of being correctly dressed for the conditions and ICE! I currently have a hand sized purple/green bruise on my thigh as my cosiest boots kept me warm but not upright. OUCH, I dropped sideways like a skittle (in slow motion) and still feel like I'm 2 inches narrower on my left side! I used to live in Germany where we were obliged to clear the pavement outside our property before 7am. I know there are so many who will say they do not have the time/aren't able /etcetera but it simply makes sense.(Of course I've not seen the volume of snow that others have suffered.) The most used pavements /school and hospital entrances, main routes to town should IMHO be dealt with by the council!(my employer) Anyway, it's been pretty round here and it's currently dry so I'll get back to work. H. |
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08 Feb 09 - 09:05 AM (#2560765) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: goatfell I had a phone call from my Brother Jim out in Australia and he was telling me that it was 40.C/120.F good I;m glad of the cold and my brother John is in Melbourne so I hope that he and his wife Sarah are all right. |
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09 Feb 09 - 06:27 AM (#2561536) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: Cats Snow's all gone and we are back to rain. |
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09 Feb 09 - 07:10 AM (#2561560) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: bubblyrat Well,Will Fly, I grew up in Sussex (Midhurst) and back then (1950s) snow was a regular winter feature,often with quite heavy falls.But nothing ever came to a halt,as I recall---What vehicles there were clanked around happily on snow-chains,buses ran,albeit slowly,and no steam-train (Midhurst had a station in those days) was ever inconvenienced to the degree that our modern trains are.We walked long distances to school,in Easebourne,as did the teachers,and a cosy "glow" was enjoyed by all !! I suppose,because we EXPECTED snow,we were better placed to deal with it,although I disagree with the specious argument put forward by some of my detractors,about it not being worth London having any snow defences ----shall we disband the armed forces then ??? After all,we haven't been attacked since the 1940s !! |
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09 Feb 09 - 08:19 AM (#2561593) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: SINSULL The temperatures went intot he 40s yesterday and my wall of ice (combined icycles) melted and fell off in huge chunks. A sigh of relief - the build up of snow and ice on the sunroom roof had me worried. It's cold and the streets are icy but compared to the nightmare in Australia life is easy here. |
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09 Feb 09 - 10:46 PM (#2562383) Subject: RE: BS: Coping With Snow In Britain (revisited) From: GUEST,Jim Martin I hear on the news it's back again in a big way, albeit briefly! |
