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Polarn
Norway96 Posts
On December 02 2010 00:18 Deadlyfish wrote: It's just as funny when Scandinavians complain of heatwave when it's like 30-35C  ) It's always all over the news as soon as something is warmer than 30C.Wow, I dunno bro. Over 26C and I can't function anymore.. | ||
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Chimpychomp
United Kingdom7 Posts
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Scorcher2k
United States802 Posts
On December 01 2010 20:25 Kennigit wrote: The article says up to 30cm fell. It's not that the snow itself is bad, its that the govt isn't set to deal with it. In canada when theres big snow fall, the roads are loaded with salt/sand trucks + plows all night long and through the day + snow tires + everyone is used to driving in it. It sounds ridiculous, but its actually a pretty reasonable situation imo.] edit: ah i didn't realize this happens every year. Do you not have snow tires in UK lol? That is really the only thing. I live in Vermont and most people are aware that snow on the ground means that you slow down to be safe. We actually have a winter policy to NOT clear the roads completely to save money. If you go elsewhere south of us though the people just do not have the common sense to slow down in order to avoid having an accident. I took a trip to NJ once and had near white out on the way down with bad road conditions. Once I got to the NJ parkway it was clear and sunny but I also started seeing cars off the road left and right... TLDR: horrible drivers are horrible. | ||
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reg
United States134 Posts
On December 01 2010 20:26 sinjitsu_ wrote: ive never seen snow in my life. I envy you. | ||
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Reason
United Kingdom2770 Posts
The snow is deep enough that your car can just get straight up stuck on the roads. Unsurprisingly this makes delivering by vehicles difficult. Since as previously explained this happens like once a decade no everyone does not have a set of winter tyres and although we have gritters and snowplows etc we don't have enough to clear the entire country instantly as soon as it snows. Also it's been snowing almost non stop for days now. Good times though. Wish I was still at school to take advantage of the closures. Working 5pm tonight and using public transport to get there. Ground to a halt my ass -_- | ||
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kazansky
Germany931 Posts
I don't, that's so sad :-( Snow is so awesome | ||
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eVul
Sweden52 Posts
On December 01 2010 20:26 sinjitsu_ wrote: ive never seen snow in my life. I feel for you  It is the best time of the year ! Wish all of you in the UK a better preparation this year! | ||
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optical630
United Kingdom768 Posts
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Reason
United Kingdom2770 Posts
On December 02 2010 00:54 eVul wrote: Wish all of you in the UK a better preparation this year! This has already been explained but you clearly don't get it. It would be a massive amount of spending to protect against a slim chance. That is just not mathematically sound when the consequences of not being absolutely prepared are so small. Do you get it yet?  | ||
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eVul
Sweden52 Posts
On December 02 2010 01:03 Reason wrote: This has already been explained but you clearly don't get it. It would be a massive amount of spending to protect against a slim chance. That is just not mathematically sound when the consequences of not being absolutely prepared are so small. Do you get it yet? I did not mean that the lack of preparations are from incompetence, sorry if I was unclear about that. Just meant that I hoped something more has been done so you can enjoy it more instead of having so much problems from it. Just wish everyone could enjoy the winter weather as much as I do without all the problem. Not saying we are without problem, everything by cable was out this morning and my train was cancelled as well. | ||
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Miggins
Netherlands23 Posts
Cheer up guys, take a few sips of hot chocolate milk and simply enjoy the view. It will pass eventually. | ||
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Scrimpton
United Kingdom465 Posts
It's snowed twice in the last 15 years in my part of the UK, things "ground to a halt" for 2-3 days in those periods. It hasn't snowed here this year either. I'd imagine if we do get a couple of CM's the same thing will happen again. Thats a pretty decent "uptime" overall, and i'm not quite sure why a big deal is to be made of it. Or why it would even slightly concern the rest of EU or america. Seems pretty trivial and petty, but any excuse to take the piss out of different people eh? ;D | ||
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bmml
United Kingdom962 Posts
On December 02 2010 00:18 Deadlyfish wrote: It's just as funny when Scandinavians complain of heatwave when it's like 30-35C ) It's always all over the news as soon as something is warmer than 30C.We moan about it being warm too, the UK can whine about anything! | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10990 Posts
On December 02 2010 01:53 Scrimpton wrote: So its "funny" that a country that doesn't usually face more than 2-3mm of snow finds it difficult to deal with snow when it does start to stick to the ground? Yes. Yes it is if your used to it. Wasn't it just last year when the whole of GB was covered in snow? Probably it will be "normal" in a few years... | ||
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Scrimpton
United Kingdom465 Posts
On December 02 2010 02:01 Velr wrote: Yes. Yes it is if your used to it. Wasn't it just last year when the whole of GB was covered in snow? Probably it will be "normal" in a few years... If it becomes a normality for the country, then we will obviously have to invest in "anti snow capability". Thus it wont be a problem, Problem trolls? | ||
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Offhand
United States1869 Posts
On December 01 2010 20:30 jello_biafra wrote: Uh...it happened last year but that was the coldest winter for 30 years. For the last like 8 years before that we got one token day of snow a year. This is the earliest and biggest snowfall since 1993 and certainly the most snow that I can remember seeing. Anyway here's the view out my window atm ![[image loading]](http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/1962/dsc00015kg.jpg) Seriously, buy a shovel and drive a bit slower. | ||
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
On December 02 2010 00:24 Polarn wrote: Wow, I dunno bro. Over 26C and I can't function anymore.. HAHAHAHAHAHA. On December 02 2010 02:08 Offhand wrote: Seriously, buy a shovel and drive a bit slower. Yea. I think in Toronto (which isn't really cold for Canadian standards) that much snow is nothing. | ||
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cLemenZa
England66 Posts
The problem we have is that our gritters and snow ploughs are run by local councils who are incompetent at the best of times | ||
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Weken
United Kingdom580 Posts
However atm in reading THERE IS NO ******* SNOW hopefully it will come soon no school ftw!!! | ||
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Offhand
United States1869 Posts
I live in New England and we don't get bombarded by snow every year. We also don't shut down schools unless we're expecting a foot of snow. I've never heard of public transportation getting shut down and businesses rarely close as a result. It's not hard to deal with snow. | ||
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