Hi,

temps were as low as -30 to -40 for a week. Another Finland friend said that
when she was at school the only concession made on PE was that when it got to
below -12, skating outside was stopped and PE was held inside the gym instead.
I think we are wimps in the UK ;-)

LOL! I've seen that in some countries they have to light a fire under
their cars so they can start them up too! What's going to happen to the
UK if this thing with the Gulf Stream happens?!

Dunno if people were panicking, but I tried my mobile phone when the
snow was really coming down and the network was busy! Unbelievable.

No doubt the supermarkets were full of people stockpiling bread and milk
in case they weren't capable of walking out of their front doors in the
next few days due to the sheer number of mm of snow.

Simon