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Bob Martin wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6348947.stm Yes, and I bet they kept going too instead of grounding to a halt like this country. Simon |
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Bob Martin wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6348947.stm And to think with 5 inches of snow it took me one and half hours to drive 5 miles yesterday evening. I think the Europeans, Americans and Russians must be falling off there seats laughing at the way a bit of snow cause so much disruption in the UK. -- Joe Wolverhampton ~175m asl |
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Joe Egginton wrote:
Bob Martin wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6348947.stm And to think with 5 inches of snow it took me one and half hours to drive 5 miles yesterday evening. I think the Europeans, Americans and Russians must be falling off there seats laughing at the way a bit of snow cause so much disruption in the UK. I blame the BBC weather forecasters. Are they not always telling us to expect disruption? It is like a self fulling prophecy. A more positive outlook is required instead of the doom and gloom, fear inducing crap they peddle. Graham |
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![]() "Alan LeHun" wrote in message ... In article , says... Bob Martin wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6348947.stm Yes, and I bet they kept going too instead of grounding to a halt like this country. Well yes, but they do tend to get a lot of snow, every year. Eight feet in this event alone. But we should be able to cope better than we do. It's not as if a few inches of snow is a once in thirty year event, for which we could be forgiven for it causing chaos. No, even in these GW times it still ocurrs one or more times per winter so we should manage an awful lot better than we do. Occaisonal heavy snow in winter is still part of the British climate. -- Col Bolton, Lancashire 160m asl |
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On Feb 10, 12:23 pm, Graham Jones wrote:
Joe Egginton wrote: Bob Martin wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6348947.stm And to think with 5 inches of snow it took me one and half hours to drive 5 miles yesterday evening. I think the Europeans, Americans and Russians must be falling off there seats laughing at the way a bit of snow cause so much disruption in the UK. I blame the BBC weather forecasters. Are they not always telling us to expect disruption? It is like a self fulling prophecy. A more positive outlook is required instead of the doom and gloom, fear inducing crap they peddle. Graham How can you possibly blame them? We are not prepared for snow because it simply isn't worth spending the money for something that happens quite infrequently, especially these days. The widespread closing of schools, especially in areas where there has not been a great deal of snow, indicates our increasing overall soppiness. The fault is entirely ours, not the forecasters'. They are responding to current attitudes and telling us want we want to hear. Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey. |
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"Tudor Hughes" wrote in
ps.com: How can you possibly blame them? We are not prepared for snow because it simply isn't worth spending the money for something that happens quite infrequently, especially these days. snip I thought about this. I saw in the paper the other day that Moscow employs 50,000 (sic) people to clear up after a big snowfall. Councils *could* buy fleets more snowploughs, but would people all be prepared to pay the council tax to afford them - or would people grumble about a waste of taxpayers' money after three or four mild winters? I think we know the answer to that one... -- Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl. |
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David Buttery wrote:
"Tudor Hughes" wrote in ps.com: How can you possibly blame them? We are not prepared for snow because it simply isn't worth spending the money for something that happens quite infrequently, especially these days. snip I thought about this. I saw in the paper the other day that Moscow employs 50,000 (sic) people to clear up after a big snowfall. Councils *could* buy fleets more snowploughs, but would people all be prepared to pay the council tax to afford them - or would people grumble about a waste of taxpayers' money after three or four mild winters? I think we know the answer to that one... There used to be fleets of snowploughs/gritters - I remember walking past a yard with dozens of them on my way to and from school. These days there are hardly any away from the Motorways - politicians do not like budgeting for anything that is only used occasionally. As you say, it costs. On the other hand, the economic cost of perhaps 30% of people not reporting to work at all, and an average of 1.5 hours loss of production per person for those who do go to work must add up to quite a few millions too. |
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![]() "Chris Curtis" wrote in message k... On the other hand, the economic cost of perhaps 30% of people not reporting to work at all, and an average of 1.5 hours loss of production per person for those who do go to work must add up to quite a few millions too. They were saying that the snowy weather had 'cost' Britain 120m or something. Sounds horrendous but just think of the amount saved over the last 20 yesars or so of relatively mild winters compared to what was the norm before that. How much did the winter of '63 cost Britain? -- Col Bolton, Lancashire 160m asl |
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