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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 2nd Feb 2009 11:59 Edited at: 2nd Feb 2009 12:00
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Welcome to Pathetic Britain. Can't get to College, buses aren't running. Nothing's running for what? Less than an inch of snow... it stopped hours ago... sigh.


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Same here, less than two inches of snow and my school is closed, looks like I'm going to have to work on my A levels at home.

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Posted: 2nd Feb 2009 12:18 Edited at: 2nd Feb 2009 12:20
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Theres a lot more snow over here which means now work

look at attached picture


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My Kids are at home, I'm working from home. I might be able to make it in to the office if I am lucky (I go via Queensbury at 895 feet, one of highest parishes in UK), but it's still snowing, more expected, and I prefer my car in the shape that it is.

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Posted: 2nd Feb 2009 13:02 Edited at: 2nd Feb 2009 13:02
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Has Britain not heard of grit?

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Posted: 2nd Feb 2009 13:06 Edited at: 2nd Feb 2009 13:06
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About a foot (or more) here in Twickenham
Uni's cancelled, wouldn't even be able to get there if it was on lol
Been out for a walk this morning, took so many pictures - this is my favourite:


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Posted: 2nd Feb 2009 13:08 Edited at: 2nd Feb 2009 13:08
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That bridge looks really cool.

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Posted: 2nd Feb 2009 13:32 Edited at: 2nd Feb 2009 13:36
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still snowing in manchester, i was up all night due to messed up sleepign patterns, so i rushed out at the first crack of daylight to get photos before the rush hour came to destroy the beautiful whiteness.

edit: ok photobucket fails

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for my collection of photos from this morning. a lot are rubbish but im proud of the few gems in there.

edit: apollo forums fails at working certain urls.. i just cant make that link clickable >.<

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Quote: "Has Britain not heard of grit?"

Well apparently they have been but it's not doing anything, also we don't have a massive number of gritters because we don't get these sort of conditions regularly or so "they" are saying.

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Posted: 2nd Feb 2009 13:38 Edited at: 2nd Feb 2009 13:39
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Quote: "Has Britain not heard of grit? "


Most major cities get really well gritted - around here though (in the country) you're "lucky" to get grit - everything normally gets iced and snowed in road-wise.

I think part of the problem is that many of the smaller towns belong to councils that don't give a crap (Because they have nothing in relation to each other at all. Here in Bourne, Lincolnshire, our council is South Kesteven. That's a tiny crap-hole about 10 miles away via twisty turny country roads, so no wonder the council don't grit our roads)


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Here's a picture of my garden with a big cake shaped snow mound on the table

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I hate snow x_x

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Its 21cm here and its still snowing heavily

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It's still snowing here, but because I'm near the sea it melts quickly and only gets to about an inch deep if I'm lucky.

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Unlucky

I might just be able to get tomorrow off work if it keeps snowing


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lol, it's gotta be 40 below F, and at least a foot of new snow before they'll start shutting down work and schools around here

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Still nice and snowy here, plus our school is closed tomorrow too apparently

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I'm from wolverhampton and i've heard its pretty bad up there but i live in falmouth down the coast of cornwall, we just got it today but its not sticking, don't think it will but its getting pretty heavy now. The harbour looks awesome.

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Less than an inch and the city shuts down?! Oh jeeze. You guys should visit Ohio. We have about 2 feet of snow everywhere (and its been melting a few days!) Nothing shuts down unless cars can't drive through it. 1 inch of snow... loooool

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1 inch? Here its about a ft

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I guess the problem is that this only happens here once every 20 years or so - so nobody thinks it's worth investing in the extra equipment and labour required for these "one off" events. I'd say "they" are probably right.

The problem with gritting with salt is two-fold. It gets into the groundwater systems and pollutes water supplies and the soil. I believe it's banned for that reason in some countries. Also, the weather in the UK tends to hover around 0 Celsius in the winter so snow often turns to rain (or vice versa), which then washes away the salt, so it's all gone by the time the temperature falls again.

Snow is much easier to deal with when you know it's going to be sub zero Celsius for weeks on end.

And, yes, it's been snowing here for the last hour or so too. With luck I won't be able to go to work tomorrow - an hour's drive across the moors. The gritters never get nearer to us than about 2 miles away so we just have to sit it out. But there's a fair chance it'll all have melted by the morning.
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That’s a beautiful picture Robin! Thanks for sharing

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Robin that bridge image is amazing.


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Thanks - actually the snow which someone's scooped off the rail was annoying me so I photoshoped some in:
http://www.robinsgames.com/snow1.jpg

Is still snowing on and off, but it hasn't been cold enough for it to settle again so it hasn't got much deeper - temperature will hopefully drop tonight

apparently it's the most snow we've had in ~20 years!

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Snow =

Wet, slippy, cold and can be turned in to a weapon by a couple of bored chavs. I'd rather keep away.

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The gritters can't do their thing until the last moment anyway otherwise what they lay down won't still be there when then snow turns up and when it is there it needs a reasonable amount of vehicles moving over it to get the snow moving through it.


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You guys do realize driving through 1 or 2 inches of ungritted, unplowed snow is no big deal right?

Most of the roads in town here are glare ice (not the lovely powdery slush), the grit does little to help. Just gotta drive slower and stop earlier. I'll get a picture for you guys this evening of what we have to put up with

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I'll have you know. I never had school canceled due to snow, and I've seen snow a heck a lot deeper than a few inches

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Quote: "You guys do realize driving through 1 or 2 inches of ungritted, unplowed snow is no big deal right?"


Roads in the US are pretty much just straight lines from junction to junction. Here in the UK, our roads date back a long time, and have a tendency to twist and turn, particularly down slopes. Try going down a long twisted icy/snow covered slope and see how you manage


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Quote: "Roads in the US are pretty much just straight lines from junction to junction. Here in the UK, our roads date back a long time, and have a tendency to twist and turn, particularly down slopes. Try going down a long twisted icy/snow covered slope and see how you manage"


haha, I forget from living in the plains of the Midwest, that there are hills in other parts of the world. If I wanna see a hill, I gotta drive a few hours east!

So ya, good point

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lol, schoolkids here in Pittsburgh had a two hour delay today...
...and it didn't snow at all.
There's a BIT of snow left on the ground from previous snowfalls, but its mostly melted away.
No, the schoolkids had a two hour delay...
because yesterday was the superbowl.

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I remember trying to cycle to school one day during an unusually cold winter back in '62 or '63 (that's 1962 or 1963 before anyone asks ) and I just had to give up. The snow had started to melt (as it tends to do in the UK) and then had frozen solid again. The route to school was all uphill and it was ages before gritters or anything much could safely go along the roads.

My favourite winters are those crisp cold dry winters with sunny days and no wind, rain, sleet or snow. You can go to the local park and kick the Autumn leaves around.

I remember such winters from my childhood in London UK.
Don't remember any since.
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Quote: "lol, schoolkids here in Pittsburgh had a two hour delay today...
...and it didn't snow at all.
There's a BIT of snow left on the ground from previous snowfalls, but its mostly melted away.
No, the schoolkids had a two hour delay...
because yesterday was the superbowl."

It's because we Pittsburghers love to party when we win the Superbowl. It's a very big deal.

Not a lotta people in school tomorrow, because of belated partying.

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Hehe that's nothing, I was up to my knees and in some places up to my waist in snow last month Still had to go to work.


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Just been reading some actual snowfall measures:

Quote: "
North Downs: 11 inches (28cm)
London: 8 inches (20cm)
Berkshire: 6 inches (15cm)
East Anglia: 4 inches (10cm)
Midlands: 2 inches (6cm)
Northern England: 2 inches (6cm)
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Quite a bit more than < 1 inch


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Well it's less than an inch where I live. Must be the funny market town atmosphere of Uttoxeter warding off the snow.

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2 inches isnt very high either. We could have 24 inches but if the roads are clear we are going to school. Literally.


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Quote: "but if the roads are clear we are going to school"


Who clears the roads?
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Quote: "We could have 24 inches but if the roads are clear we are going to school. Literally."


That's about 60cm of snow


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Quote: "Who clears the roads? "


Snowplows. Salt Trucks. They do it at about Midnight. If it snows to much past then, then they will cancel school. Rarely happens. We have had one this year. Last year one day, December 19th we had 11 inches fall in 10 hours. Over an inch an hour. We get alot of snow in Michigan.


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The hamlet I live in is cut off by the snow.

My next-door neighbour had to abandon his car yesterday evening approx 1.5 miles from our hamlet. He walked the rest of the way. He then walked back to his car this morning and drove to Plymouth (35 miles away) where he works. He is staying with relatives in Plymouth tonight and making no attempt to return home. I was lucky, I was working from home yesterday.

No services of any kind have managed to get to our hamlet today - and I cancelled my classes (also at Plymouth) in the belief that travel would be difficult if not impossible. This seems to be the case in fact.

There are three ways out of this hamlet. I'd guess we could safely, and relatively easily, drive approx 1 mile along any of these. Unfortunately each route then includes a very steep valley which is almost certainly impassable at the moment. The problem is that a vehicle can very easily just slide to the bottom of the valley and cause further problems. We're resigned to just sitting it out for a day or so. Gritters just wouldn't be able to negotiate the hills in present conditions.

This is the first time this has happened in the 15 years we've been here.

Shame I can't get to work isn't it.
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GG; where you living in Cornwall?
We have gotten about 6 inches here and although my car had no problem making it up some hills, some of the neighbours spiffy 08 models have been sliding up and down the road all day. Shocking.
The harbour is looking amazing though, will have to take some pictures tomorrow.

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In a tiny hamlet called Tregeare about 7 miles west of Launceston in North Cornwall.
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I still haven't gotten around to changing my location since i moved, maybe i'll do that now.
Can't say i've heard of it, i know where Launceston is though.
Heading home for my birthday soon, wonder how the A30 is holding up...

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Snowplows. Salt Trucks. They do it at about Midnight. If it snows to much past then, then they will cancel school. Rarely happens. We have had one this year. Last year one day, December 19th we had 11 inches fall in 10 hours. Over an inch an hour. We get alot of snow in Michigan."

You get it more often. Us on the other hand haven't had snow this bad for 20 years, so why should we buy Salt trucks and Snowplows for something which hasn't happened since the late 80s. But either way we have no school today. Which is fine by me, saying that I got to watch King Kong for Music Homework.



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Sheesh, reminds me of Washington D.C., I was down there once and they canceled schools and acting like it was an emergency when it started snowing. I love winter being out in really deep snow and sub zero temperatures with the dogs, and then coming in to warm up and get dry is great. Vermont is a good place to live when you like winter.


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Being the Lake District, I was actually expecting a load of snow, but not a chance.
Kendal only got an inch or 2, which is hardly anything!
What can you do with 2 inches of snow? Not enough to have a decent snow fight, and unforutnately not enough to skive school...
Ah well, thers always tomorrow....
Literally, it supposed to be snowy again tomorrow

P.s All those who drive front wheel drive cars, get someone to sit on your bonnet, apparently it makes it loads easier to get up slippy hills...

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Quote: "Welcome to Pathetic Britain. Can't get to College, buses aren't running. Nothing's running for what? Less than an inch of snow... it stopped hours ago... sigh.
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Ours is thicker here, though it is annoying that people find it hard to move around in it. At the moment I am sitting in my lecture, 30 minutes in and the lecturer still isn't here, he didn't turn up last week, so it's annoying.

And on Monday the bloody Uni shut at 8:00pm, but they shut a whole block at 6:00pm and I booked a meeting for my society for 6:30 to 8:30 so though we had some important things to discuss, the snow kind of ruined it. Lets hope it's not the same for next Monday, as we have special guests.

The snow isn't that thick, 3 or 4 inches here maybe - okay the roads are sludgey today, but for the rest of the week it has been more or less clear on the road as they've been gritting them, it's only been snowy for us poor pedestrians. So it is silly.

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