Snow!

[paolo]

Here in London it snowed last night and is still snowing this morning. It's 6+ inches (15+ cm) plus deep on the ground. There are no buses, long delays on the trains and even most of the underground trains are not running (because most of them are overground for part of their routes). So I'm off work today!

So is it snowing where you are, and does snow disrupt things where you live? Every year here we have the same discussion - why does the UK come to a standstill when it snows when countries in northern Europe (Sweden, etc) can cope? (I hear that in Los Angeles everything grinds to a halt when it rains. They should try living in London!)

[Wonkyth]

Most snow in 18 years, I hear...

[Cirius]

Hull is much the same, I spent about half an hour digging out the car this morning, popped back inside to get my keys, came back out, and it was covered in snow again. I drove to work pretty much sideways this morning, to find about two other people had managed to make it in.

Still, it makes a change. The cat's loving it.

To answer your question, the UK just doesn't have the infrastructure to cope with such a dramatic snowfall over such a short space of time. Northern European countries probably wouldn't even blink at it, but for us, all this white stuff is utterly confusing.

[paolo]

The cat's loving it.

That's unusual, or are you being ironic? Most cats hate the cold and the wet. My parents' cat would try to tiptoe through the snow as quickly as possible to do his business and then scarper back indoors again.

[zabnat]

Cirius is right about the infrastructure. When it snows here (Finland) it only get about inch or two deep on main roads before snowplows come by.
If you think London goes to halt when it snows, then what about when they had snow in Las Vegas last december?
I like snow, but I hate it when temperature goes above zero and snow starts to melt in to this annoying slush. I'm glad it's now 5 degrees below zero and it's nice and white out there.

And I've seen cats play in the snow so maybe some cats do like snow.

[Buckethead]

We had snow a few weeks back. Nothing really stopped when it was there. Even my driving lesson didn't get cancelled. In fact it was perfect for slip courses.

[InCreator]

We had such snowfall for few days in November, buses delayed hours and stupid people get stuck with their cars because they ignored warnings all over media and their own common sense. There was numerous accidents too.

Estonia came to standstill back then. Our idiotic city officials were too busy with everyday corruption and forgot to check news on weather... So there was no cleaning of streets for first day. Also, miserably snow-stuck cars  got PARKING tickets! It caused quite a media mayhem.

Skipping work over snow? Lucky!

I had to trek 5,5 km on foot through waist-high snow (no roads, no cleaning!) to get to work during those days.
It lasted only 2 or 3 days though.

Right now, It's beautiful winter day outside, and there's only enough snow to make ground white or feet wet in deeper points / non-paved & cleaned areas. It's quite cold, but thankfully, there's no wind. Spring is coming!

[Peder 🚀]

There is quite a bit of snow here, and everything is running as normal, except for at the airport with the planes going to London etc....

Though , Norway is used to snow and everyone is MADE using winter tires so .

[magintz]

Yup, edge of London is exactly the same. Snow as far as the eye can see. I'm pretty certain the reason things come to a standstill is that we only get heavy snow perhaps once a year, and as mentioned earlier this is the most we've had in 18 years. We stay at too much of a moderate climate all year round... but rain... yea we can cope with rain.

[InCreator]

Hey wait... 15cm?? ONLY 15?

15 cm is enough to make your socks wet and let a bit of snow into your shoe.

Now how does THAT stop any transportation or permits working???

Our snowstorm (23-24 Nov) looked like this:

Full gallery here:
http://pilt.delfi.ee/album/100775/

We have about or a bit less than 15cm right now and everybody thinks that there's very little or snow, skiers and kids even complain that there's not enough...

[zabnat]

Though , Norway is used to snow and everyone is MADE using winter tires so .

Hmm, would be interesting if people would tell if they use winter tires in their country and what are the laws about them. In Finland it is mandatory to use winter tires (studded or without) from the beginning of december to the end of february. After february it usage depends on persons and weather, but you can use studded tires only until around easter.
At some point in Russia you had to have a warning sign in the rear of your vehicle if you used studded tires (so they could leave longer clearance so they wouldn't crash onto you when you brake).

[Gord10]

Turkey has various climates in each region. The city, Erzurum, that my earlier childhood took place was on a cold region, it snowed frequently. Snow tranquilizes me, maybe because of my happiest days taking place on there.

It snows on this region as well, but not as much. But it does still and I love photographing it:




By the way, I remember talking about snow this morning on a journal in deviantArt, she was asking our opinions of snow. It seems like the harm snow caused was really extraordinary today.

[Nacho]

Bush is gone, that' s why it' s snowing... Obama changed global warming just with its presence...

[Technocrat]

Moving further out Westwards, Reading (a bit farther out from London) is also subject to a couple of inches. I only woke up at mid-day, wondering what all the kids were still squeaking about outside. I'd have gotten up earlier if I realised!

[Trihan]

I'm up at Elgin in Scotland. We've had a bit of snow here, but nothing drastic. It's the coldest recorded winter in 13 years though, apparently.

[BOYD1981]

it's snowing quite a bit here in essex, which is lovely.

[Darth Mandarb]

It's about 75 degrees Fahrenheit (~24 C) and sunny here

[Ubel]

I'm surrounded by snow every single day of my life. Well, not exactly but it's not far from it.

And I hate it...

[IndieBoy]

SNOW!!

Image courtesy of IndieBoy's webcam on tokbox

[LimpingFish]

Snow here too. It's ass-bitingly cold at the moment.