"Graham" wrote in message
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Currently snowing quite hard in Des Moines according to my mate - roads
are 'interesting' after 3 days of freezing rain too..

http://www.theiowachannel.com/weathe...70/detail.html

The UK would just grind to a total halt. Iowa ranges from -30C to +40C
in an average year, yet the roads aren't falling apart, the trains don't
stop running... Wonder where the UK lost the plot? Seriously, I seem
to recall that in '79 & 81 the UK seemed to at least have a grip on what
to do in winter, can't recall much detail from '86 / '87 which was quite
bad in Lincolnshire IIRC, but the decline in our ability to cope began
around then.

G.
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Graham J. Platt
graham (a) bowhunter (d) demon (d) co (d) uk
TRA #10112 L2


I think the answer to this is quite simple when you come to think of it. We
simply are not used to extreme weather, because we very rarely have it.
Especially extreme winter weather, over the past 15 years.