Life and Vincent: Just so you know

Saturday, February 02, 2008

Just so you know

We DO occasionally have serious snow in the UK. This is the snowbound A66 in Yorkshire overnight, when vehicles were stuck, and motorists were forced to either suffer in their cars and lorries without anyone sending out supplies, or to struggle to somewhere they might find shelter for the freezing night.

Just like the British, be prepared.

8 comments:

SnarkAngel said...: How much snow fell??!!; 11:53 pm
JoJo said...: COOL! I wasn't sure if England got much snow.; 12:22 am
Unknown said...: you got the snow that we were supposed to get...sorry! how much did you get?; 2:40 pm
Jane said...: Was it forecasted and people ignored the warnings, or was it a surprise?; 2:46 pm
val said...: Wasn't anywhere near me, so I don't know how deep it was, but probably quite high in drifts. It was forecast as far as I know, but as I can barely focus on the bit of the forecast that involves me, I can't be sure if they got the extent right. Anyway, even with a month's notice, no-one is ever properly prepared (especially those who should grit the roads/take out the snow ploughs/assist those in distress.; 2:50 pm
Anonymous said...: Sadly, we're always 'surprised' when we get 'weather'!; 5:14 pm
JoJo said...: So then all those adaptations of Dickens' "Christmas Carol", showing a Victorian London market in the snow aren't true? You guys never get snow for the holidays????; 7:32 pm
val said...: We do get snow in London occasionally, but hardly ever in the holiday season. I can only remember a handful of White Christmases. It's unusual for it to last more than a day or two. It was different in the 18th and 19th centuries, though, there was much more snow.

Mind you, I do remember the winter of 1962-3, when it snowed in June!; 8:29 pm

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