wrote:

I wonder how our European cousins in Germany and Holland coped - the
temperatures there really have been severe - and for a far longer
period than we have just seen.

I was talking to a PhD student in out department from Germany - over
here for a few months for some collaborative research. This kind of
weather is normal where he comes from (Bavaria) and he was utterly
shocked at the abject chaos that ensued from just a handful of inches of
snow and ice.

Reading the local rag today brought it home - a train stuck across level
crossing because the conductor rail had frozen up on Monday brought one
major street in Canterbury to a standstill for 90 minutes. Apparently a
"local supervisor had to come and chip the ice off the rail by hand".
Shocking.

All it takes is a bit of care and forward planning and everyone should
be fine - it's not as if the weather wasn't forecasted.

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

wrote:

I wonder how our European cousins in Germany and Holland coped - the
temperatures there really have been severe - and for a far longer
period than we have just seen.

I was talking to a PhD student in out department from Germany - over
here for a few months for some collaborative research. This kind of
weather is normal where he comes from (Bavaria) and he was utterly
shocked at the abject chaos that ensued from just a handful of inches of
snow and ice.

Reading the local rag today brought it home - a train stuck across level
crossing because the conductor rail had frozen up on Monday brought one
major street in Canterbury to a standstill for 90 minutes. Apparently a
"local supervisor had to come and chip the ice off the rail by hand".
Shocking.

All it takes is a bit of care and forward planning and everyone should
be fine - it's not as if the weather wasn't forecasted.

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

wrote:

I wonder how our European cousins in Germany and Holland coped - the
temperatures there really have been severe - and for a far longer
period than we have just seen.

I was talking to a PhD student in out department from Germany - over
here for a few months for some collaborative research. This kind of
weather is normal where he comes from (Bavaria) and he was utterly
shocked at the abject chaos that ensued from just a handful of inches of
snow and ice.

Reading the local rag today brought it home - a train stuck across level
crossing because the conductor rail had frozen up on Monday brought one
major street in Canterbury to a standstill for 90 minutes. Apparently a
"local supervisor had to come and chip the ice off the rail by hand".
Shocking.

All it takes is a bit of care and forward planning and everyone should
be fine - it's not as if the weather wasn't forecasted.

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

"Will Hand" wrote in message
...



Hmmmm interesting. I have gotten up this winter and in previous 2 winters to
icy
surfaces on many occasions and nobody ever told me to be careful. Strewth I
even
drove up the hill outside our house the other day in hard packed snow and ice
and nobody warned me. I even went to do a bit of sightseeing on snowy roads
and
nobody warned me of the dangers. And then the other day I walked 1400 feet up
on
the open moor in driving snow with less than 100m visibility and the
temperature
well below freezing but nobody told me it was dangerous and that I shouldn't
have done it. Why wasn't I warned ? :-)

It's a miracle you're still alive, Will

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html

"Will Hand" wrote in message
...



Hmmmm interesting. I have gotten up this winter and in previous 2 winters to
icy
surfaces on many occasions and nobody ever told me to be careful. Strewth I
even
drove up the hill outside our house the other day in hard packed snow and ice
and nobody warned me. I even went to do a bit of sightseeing on snowy roads
and
nobody warned me of the dangers. And then the other day I walked 1400 feet up
on
the open moor in driving snow with less than 100m visibility and the
temperature
well below freezing but nobody told me it was dangerous and that I shouldn't
have done it. Why wasn't I warned ? :-)

It's a miracle you're still alive, Will

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html

"Will Hand" wrote in message
...



Hmmmm interesting. I have gotten up this winter and in previous 2 winters to
icy
surfaces on many occasions and nobody ever told me to be careful. Strewth I
even
drove up the hill outside our house the other day in hard packed snow and ice
and nobody warned me. I even went to do a bit of sightseeing on snowy roads
and
nobody warned me of the dangers. And then the other day I walked 1400 feet up
on
the open moor in driving snow with less than 100m visibility and the
temperature
well below freezing but nobody told me it was dangerous and that I shouldn't
have done it. Why wasn't I warned ? :-)

It's a miracle you're still alive, Will

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html

"Will Hand" wrote in message
...



Hmmmm interesting. I have gotten up this winter and in previous 2 winters to
icy
surfaces on many occasions and nobody ever told me to be careful. Strewth I
even
drove up the hill outside our house the other day in hard packed snow and ice
and nobody warned me. I even went to do a bit of sightseeing on snowy roads
and
nobody warned me of the dangers. And then the other day I walked 1400 feet up
on
the open moor in driving snow with less than 100m visibility and the
temperature
well below freezing but nobody told me it was dangerous and that I shouldn't
have done it. Why wasn't I warned ? :-)

It's a miracle you're still alive, Will

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html

"Col" wrote in message
...

"Will Hand" wrote in message
...



Hmmmm interesting. I have gotten up this winter and in previous 2 winters to
icy
surfaces on many occasions and nobody ever told me to be careful. Strewth I
even
drove up the hill outside our house the other day in hard packed snow and
ice
and nobody warned me. I even went to do a bit of sightseeing on snowy roads
and
nobody warned me of the dangers. And then the other day I walked 1400 feet
up
on
the open moor in driving snow with less than 100m visibility and the
temperature
well below freezing but nobody told me it was dangerous and that I shouldn't
have done it. Why wasn't I warned ? :-)

It's a miracle you're still alive, Will


I know that *now*. Strewth, I've gone all funny ... :-)

Will.
--

"Col" wrote in message
...

"Will Hand" wrote in message
...



Hmmmm interesting. I have gotten up this winter and in previous 2 winters to
icy
surfaces on many occasions and nobody ever told me to be careful. Strewth I
even
drove up the hill outside our house the other day in hard packed snow and
ice
and nobody warned me. I even went to do a bit of sightseeing on snowy roads
and
nobody warned me of the dangers. And then the other day I walked 1400 feet
up
on
the open moor in driving snow with less than 100m visibility and the
temperature
well below freezing but nobody told me it was dangerous and that I shouldn't
have done it. Why wasn't I warned ? :-)

It's a miracle you're still alive, Will


I know that *now*. Strewth, I've gone all funny ... :-)

Will.
--

"Col" wrote in message
...

"Will Hand" wrote in message
...



Hmmmm interesting. I have gotten up this winter and in previous 2 winters to
icy
surfaces on many occasions and nobody ever told me to be careful. Strewth I
even
drove up the hill outside our house the other day in hard packed snow and
ice
and nobody warned me. I even went to do a bit of sightseeing on snowy roads
and
nobody warned me of the dangers. And then the other day I walked 1400 feet
up
on
the open moor in driving snow with less than 100m visibility and the
temperature
well below freezing but nobody told me it was dangerous and that I shouldn't
have done it. Why wasn't I warned ? :-)

It's a miracle you're still alive, Will


I know that *now*. Strewth, I've gone all funny ... :-)

Will.
--