A Few Inches Of Snow And The World Stops Options

[mrbouffant]

school closed (for two days)
no trains running

pathetic, isn't it?

[hello_cello]

Not really, id rather not risk icy roads, then be at school.

[mrbouffant]

if the council did the job we paid them to do (via the council tax), the roads wouldn't be icy, would they?...

[hello_cello]

No, but our council just spent £2million on some new offices, which still arent big enough for all the council members.
And our school is mainly people from 20+ miles away, as it is one of the only catholic high school nearby, so its understandable they are closed.

[mrbouffant]

No, but our council just spent £2million on some new offices, which still arent big enough for all the council members.
And our school is mainly people from 20+ miles away, as it is one of the only catholic high school nearby, so its understandable they are closed.

LOL

My school is literally 800 yards away and is closed for two days - I cannot fathom. The catchment area is probably a 1 mile radius. The teachers probably are glad of any excuse to have a day off. Still, at least the kids to get to build a snowman - a rare event in these parts.

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[hello_cello]

Is your expression at the moment similar to the snowmans?
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[andante_in_c]

Schools are generally closed because the staff can't get there, rather than the children. Teaching staff rarely live close to the schools they teach in.

[Maizie]

It's always interesting to compare the other sites my company has. The large site at Philadelphia rarely has problems - there can be 15 inches of snow and the airport works and everything's fine.
The other large site in North Carolina, for them to see snow is very rare. But, when it does snow, the whole world stops there. In NC, snow is sufficiently infrequent that it's not worth putting the infrastructure in place to deal with snow.

In the UK, I think we sit somewhere in the middle. We're reasonably prepared for ice and frost. But proper snow is quite infrequent. This sort of snow, well we had some like this in 2003 down this way, and before that I think in another thread it's been said this is the worst since 1989. And it'll likely all be gone by Wednesday. So, yes, the world does come to a halt, but only for two days and that's not even every year.

If our councils had to have the infrastructure in place to deal with this - snow ploughs, etc - we'd all just be moaning that we didn't have enough schoools / the bins aren't emptied often enough / etc, because they'd put all that money in to dealing with our infrequent snow!

[Arundodonuts]

I don't understand it. We used to have much bigger snowfalls than this "in the olden days" and used to get around OK. I drove around the lanes on the hills above Durham when the ungritted roads were like a bobsleigh run - in a Renault 5 not a 4WD. Mind you I did end up on the neighbour's front lawn one day.

I think part of the problem is that people seem to have lost the ability to drive in a calm, considerate manner. If they can't hammer around at "normal" breakneck speed carving each other up, they think they have to leave the car at home.

[barry-clari]

Schools are generally closed because the staff can't get there, rather than the children. Teaching staff rarely live close to the schools they teach in.

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There's no chance of me getting anywhere close to where I usually would be on a Monday, even if the school was open (which it isn't...)

[mrbouffant]

we'd all just be moaning that we didn't have enough schoools / the bins aren't emptied often enough / etc, because they'd put all that money in to dealing with our infrequent snow!

Well the bins ARENT emptied often enough. Every other week for Landfill for example? That is incredibly poor performance!!

[aspiringmusicteacher]

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My sympathies! I live in SE London (well, the suburbs of it), and there are no trains and no buses running. No buses in Central London at all and many sections of the tube are closed. It is rather silly. Schools I teach at in the beginning of the week are closed until Wednesday.

I also have my MA class tonight but have been told that if I go in to Central London, there is no guaruntee that I can get back home because there is more snow on the way! I have never seen anything like it, not even when I wasup in Yorkshire in November. And there was a lot of snow then!

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[Maizie]

I think part of the problem is that people seem to have lost the ability to drive in a calm, considerate manner. If they can't hammer around at "normal" breakneck speed carving each other up, they think they have to leave the car at home.

I have to say, while I was waiting for the bus, a fair number of the cars that did go past were going too fast, too close the car in front (on the rare occasions there were two together), or had only wiped the snow off of the front and rear screens (i.e. other windows and lights were still covered in snow).

If you are going out there in your car - be careful. You may be driving perfectly sensibly, but remember all the other idiots there are out there!

[Arundodonuts]

Well the bins ARENT emptied often enough. Every other week for Landfill for example? That is incredibly poor performance!!

How much rubbish do you generate? I put my bin out this morning for the first time in 3 weeks.

[mrbouffant]

Well the bins ARENT emptied often enough. Every other week for Landfill for example? That is incredibly poor performance!!

How much rubbish do you generate? I put my bin out this morning for the first time in 3 weeks.

How many people live in your house?...