Reply to: Snow! Chaos! Disruption! Armageddon!

[lilelvis2000]

I feel you two rather missed my question. Is it just a case of having shovels? In snowy, cold countries you can't even grit because it doesn't work so again - do they have different infrastructure?

Hard to say. Could be different road materials. This tarmac that is used here is hard and seems to keep the water on the surface. Plus it also seems to become ruddy slippery with just a little water on top. And why can reflective paint be used on the roads. FFS when its dark and raining cats and dogs they seems to become totally obscured by water.

[d000hg]

They have millions $ worth of equipment because there is a clear year on year RoI. We wouldn't have the same RoI, hence no investment.

Airports should keep the equipment because when it does snow it seriously F**ks up many many people's travels. Imagine the pilots from Canada laughing "hey they got 1cm of snow. apparently they can't clear it! LOL"

I feel you two rather missed my question. Is it just a case of having shovels? In snowy, cold countries you can't even grit because it doesn't work so again - do they have different infrastructure?

[SueEllen]

Airports should keep the equipment because when it does snow it seriously F**ks up many many people's travels. Imagine the pilots from Canada laughing "hey they got 1cm of snow. apparently they can't clear it! LOL"

It doesn't snow enough in England to make it worthwhile. It's actually cheaper not to buy the equipment and have to maintain it plus pay out compensation.

Unlike places that lie in snow for months the temperature in England varies so widely in Winter you get a much better return on your investment spending the money on flood defence equipment (if you live in such an area) than on snow equipment. Simply because in England you can get flooding all year round but it snows to cause disruption about every 4 years.

[lilelvis2000]

Maybe now global warming is over (allegedly) everyone should be forced to learn to drive on ice to pass their test.

I get that people not used to ice find it treacherous - and really it doesn't take a lot, if it's icy it's icy - but how airports struggle I don't understand. We're shortly flying to Helsinki and then to the Arctic (literally) north. Not only do they have temperatures way below zero for months on end but it snows a lot, and planes don't seem to care.
Do they adapt planes/airports in some way to land in icy conditions?

Airports should keep the equipment because when it does snow it seriously F**ks up many many people's travels. Imagine the pilots from Canada laughing "hey they got 1cm of snow. apparently they can't clear it! LOL"

[tomtomagain]

And not bother watching the news...

Actually, eject the TV all together!



Tone

I blame twitter myself.

We life in a hysterical age, with a real-time media, who act with all the rationality of a teenage-girl who's just been dumped by her first boyfriend on the day her cat died and she started her period.


Actually that's doing a dis-service to teenage girls.

[barrydidit]

Since when do blizzards involve thunder?

Snow thunderstorms are very cool, snow-lightning especially... not sure if that's the same thing as they refer to though.

Since about 8pm last night for me! It was interesting.... Never seen that before.

[d000hg]

Lets make it "new news" with new ways of describing things.

Thundersnow = So a blizzard then.

qh

Since when do blizzards involve thunder?

Snow thunderstorms are very cool, snow-lightning especially... not sure if that's the same thing as they refer to though.

[FatLazyContractor]

And not bother watching the news...

Actually, eject the TV all together!

Tone

Never do that. Where else would one watch Jeremy Kyle show on a WFH day?!

[quackhandle]

Lets make it "new news" with new ways of describing things.

Thundersnow = So a blizzard then.

qh

[FatLazyContractor]

Indeed, why spend on a sofa when it's possible not to spend it and give yourself a nice bonus for saving money?

FTFY

[AtW]

They have millions $ worth of equipment because there is a clear year on year RoI. We wouldn't have the same RoI, hence no investment.

Indeed, why spend on equipment when it's possible not to spend it and give yourself a nice bonus for saving money?

[Sands of Time]

The solution to this catastrophe is not to read the papers. Then you'll find out that that life continues as normal. Only a little colder. But then again it is "winter".

And not bother watching the news...

Actually, eject the TV all together!



Tone

[tomtomagain]

All papers:

Couple of millimetres of snow.

Country at a standstill!

Chaos! Disruption! Health and Safety! Close all public offices!

End of the world is nigh!

The solution to this catastrophe is not to read the papers. Then you'll find out that that life continues as normal. Only a little colder. But then again it is "winter".

[anonymouse]

Clearing snow, Helsinki style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk1vwyQAC8k

[VectraMan]

if it's icy it's icy

He's right.