England grinds to a halt...

[ariansworld]

If we get 6 inches of snow here in Alabama you can count on lost power for at least 5 days since we will have ice with it and then the whole thing comes grinding to a halt FAST!

I remember last year when it snowed, shut down jeff county, they even had talks of putting sand on the roads. 

[Bronk]

I do not find it amusing at all.

If that weather hits the southern half of the U.S. everything would stop.  If you do not live in an area where that type of weather is normal occurance for winter, there will be a substantial lack of infrastructure to deal with it.

In those cases it is very dangerous.  Subzero temperatures with high winds are nothing to laugh at either.  People not equipped to deal with those temperatures can find themselves in situations where death is eminent and not even be aware of it until it is too late.

Hope everyone fares well and it does not last long.

Wait a tic. Don't all you texas folk have 4 wheel drive pickups? 

[BiPoLaR]

I do not find it amusing at all.

If that weather hits the southern half of the U.S. everything would stop.  If you do not live in an area where that type of weather is normal occurance for winter, there will be a substantial lack of infrastructure to deal with it.

In those cases it is very dangerous.  Subzero temperatures with high winds are nothing to laugh at either.  People not equipped to deal with those temperatures can find themselves in situations where death is eminent and not even be aware of it until it is too late.

Hope everyone fares well and it does not last long.

This i agree with me being from Atlanta. We don't have the means to deal with more than 3 to 4in of snow.It would cripple us for days. The blizzard in 93 shut us down 3 to 4 weeks. All we do to prep for weather like this is salt most of the main roadway bridges. That is all they do and hope for the best.

EDIT: i may be an bellybutton in the game. But when it comes to real life and people being in danger, i dont find anything funny about it. I have seen and delt with death my whole life (living in a funeral home most my life). Death and harm to others is no laughing matter.

[xbrit]

Sorry but the last few years that I lived in England we were lucky to get more than a dusting anytime during Winter. So yes I can see were this kind of weather would cause disruptions. As was first stated "if this was in the US snow belt" well it isn't so it's apples and oranges.

[Motherland]

6 inches would be a pretty big deal here.

[Bruv119]

i looked out of the window this morning and there was a carpet of snow on the ground with a mini snow blizzard 

think i've seen it snow like that 3 times in 25 years.....  i live on the south coast of england...

[BiPoLaR]

i looked out of the window this morning and there was a carpet of snow on the ground with a mini snow blizzard 

think i've seen it snow like that 3 times in 25 years.....  i live on the south coast of england...

haha go make (picking snow angels) 

i kid ya bruv, be safe bro

[CAP1]

Anyone living in the US snow belt or Canada find this as amusing as I do?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8420057.stm

6 whole inches of snow huh?

I guess the flip side was sitting through the 'storm' in SoCal last weekend. Watching local TV here, you'd think the end of the world was nigh. For our British friends, the 'storm' amounted to a couple of inches of rain...

heh......global warming, eh?

[CAP1]

If we get 6 inches of snow here in Alabama you can count on lost power for at least 5 days since we will have ice with it and then the whole thing comes grinding to a halt FAST!

FUnny thing is........

here in nj, it used to be no big deal to deal with 6+ inches of snow. now, with the number of incompetents on the roads, and "new and improved" methods of dealing with it, it's much much harder to deal with.

[CAP1]

I do not think snow is the only factor here though.  Sub-zero temperatures combined with driving winds and then snow mixed with it is a very dangerous combination.  I don't care how tough anyone is, that is a killer combination if you are not careful.

if you're not careful, you can die from hypothermia on a 70F degree day.

[Widewing]

We're expecting 18" to 24" here on eastern Long Island....

No big deal, we are more than ready.






My regards,

Widewing

[CAP1]

This i agree with me being from Atlanta. We don't have the means to deal with more than 3 to 4in of snow.It would cripple us for days. The blizzard in 93 shut us down 3 to 4 weeks. All we do to prep for weather like this is salt most of the main roadway bridges. That is all they do and hope for the best.

EDIT: i may be an bellybutton in the game. But when it comes to real life and people being in danger, i dont find anything funny about it. I have seen and delt with death my whole life (living in a funeral home most my life). Death and harm to others is no laughing matter.

i was driving through that storm. you are right. georgia, and both of the carolinas suck at dealing with snow. as soon as i hit virginia, the roads were good.

 i made it to dunn, before i had to stop, as i was not able to see beyond my headlights, and at 30mph, i could barley keep the car on the highway. i was driving an 85 5th ave.....rwd.
 when i came out of the hotel in the morning, there was 2" of ice coating the entire car.

[Becinhu]

I was living in Raleigh NC during the big snowstorm in 2000 (i think).  20-24 inches in six hours.  Shut the whole city down for almost 2 weeks. They had no salt for the roads because they had used up their years supply on an icestorm 2 weeks prior. But I grew up in WV where snow is not a regular occurence in large quantities but we get enough that I do no how to drive in it. We are expecting between 8-12 inches by Saturday night as per the forcast.  I'll believe it when I see it.

[CAP1]

I was living in Raleigh NC during the big snowstorm in 2000 (i think).  20-24 inches in six hours.  Shut the whole city down for almost 2 weeks. They had no salt for the roads because they had used up their years supply on an icestorm 2 weeks prior. But I grew up in WV where snow is not a regular occurence in large quantities but we get enough that I do no how to drive in it. We are expecting between 8-12 inches by Saturday night as per the forcast.  I'll believe it when I see it.

IT  only takes common sense. it's pretty easy actually.....but then, like you said...i grew up in an area where we get it all the time. and untill the last 6 or 7 years, i only had one car....and it was a mustang. we all know how THOSE things handle in the snow.

[Jappa52]

It SHOULDN'T be a big deal if people are prepared for situations like this but a lot of em don't seem to plan ahead then loose all common sense when they do happen.