On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 23:30:01 -0000, "Paul Freeman"
wrote:

I'm sure there were more than just a "few" who broke sweat in these
conditions - I doubt if you are in the minority..

8 hour commutes in Birmingham. Glad I did not need an emergency
vehicle last night!

Yet there is hardly any snow! Its the ice that was the killer -
roads desalted by the thunderstorm that fell as rain on the leading
edge of the front.

Richard Webb