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just happened to catch the news last night , all the tales of snow causing mayhem up north, though the pictures they showed looked like theyed had about an inch.
then i turned over to channel five to see the ice road truckers in canada driving artics over frozen lakes in minus 30 or forty in a blizzard, one was moaning that his cab heater wasnt working, should be on again next friday at 8pm

Dear Richard, the thing you don't realise, ours is a completely different type of snow, the colour and texture just make people panic.

The news clip I saw didn't even manage an inch! There was grass sticking through and you could clearly see the leaves on the hedges poking out. It's ridiculous!

I think it's more that people have no idea how to drive in snow that causes the problem. Last time there was bad snow in Rugby (for a whole 24 hours) people were failing to get over the road humps and go up hill because the road was icy and they were in first gear, foot to the floor. Not a clue. The result? Total gridlock

Feel better for that Chantal.

Oh, and Metcheck is worth a look right now (it will be changed later) as it appears the 2nd Ice Age is coming to Rugby. A forecast of -237C for Sunday night does seem a little extreme

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/tod ... Cv22%205ju


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I do OH. I can deal with a bit of ice, my parents were professional ice skaters!

>Chantal
Stoke on Trent has the same -237C at the same time and day.

Maybe we are going to be hit by a comet made of ice?

Keep cosy, Chantal.
At those temperatures even the air will have become liquid!

John

Blimey, it is cold in the Midlands! - up North in Sheffield (well ten miles away) we've had about an inch of snow and the gardens are covered over, but the roads are clearing and it is nice and sunny, so I'm just getting my coat on and going for a walk up the moors.

Told you the colour and texture of our snow made people panic, now it's gone and put our rugby players off .

I'm still in shock OH What the hell HAPPENED

I grew up in snow and get quite excited when I see the white stuff! Had quite a bit this morning and then the sun came out and it all looked rather pretty before it warmed up and melted away!

I walked to the allotment early to pick some sprouts and kale and dig up carrots and a parsnip. Because of the snow, I had a problem locating the top of the parsnips (because the foliage has died down, of course) but eventually I found the right spot, broke through the frozen surface and dug up a beauty, to be roasted tomorrow!

Can any of you remember the 1947 winter (we had minus 27 degrees C where I lived and still walked to school which had no central heating!) or even 1962/3 where, by then in Hertfordshirre, we never saw the green grass from Boxing Day until early March. Eeeh, those were REAL winters.

Yes Monika

I well remember the 1947 snow although a little lad at the time... I stayed with an Aunt and Uncle each day, they lived just across the road...literally.

My uncle had to dig a path across the road and the snow was above my shoulders.

I remember too how quickly the Councils swung into action with lorry loads of shovels and they took on additional staff on a daily rate for snow clearing... can you just see that happening today?