In article ,
Simon Wyndham writes:
It brings up another problem however. Within half an hour of the snow
falling what should happen but the power goes off! So am I to assume
that not only do the people of this country have any resilience to
snow, the stuff we used to get loads of in Winter, but the power lines
have somehow become extra weak over the years?!

Get heavy wet snow that then freezes to the power lines as the
temperature quickly falls, coupled with high winds, and some power
outages are inevitable. They have certainly commonly occurred in these
conditions in years gone by. Putting all power lines underground would
be prohibitively expensive.
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John Hall
"Think wrongly if you please,
but in all cases think for yourself."
Doris Lessing