severe weather warning.....

[sludgeguts]

So, the sea - which is basically water, salt & tonnes of crap being violently churned up constantly, has managed to freeze - and yet the muppets have this strange idea that a gritted road is safe to drive at or beyond the posted limits:bang:

Still, it really is great fun to watch the beemers sliding all over the place.

 

[porlus]

Still, it really is great fun to watch the beemers sliding all over the place.

lol mine has been a bit of a handful. Fun at times though

 

[Helz]

It was over freezing today (2 degrees C) for the first time since a week before Chrtistmas :woot:

 

[M111CYY]

up here was about 5 degrees c, was great driving on a road without snow today

 

[Helz]

up here was about 5 degrees c, was great driving on a road without snow today

It was, I went to near Blythe to collect something and it was toasty

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

What I remember most of summer 2006 was attending my end of year college presentation day at 8pm on July the 13th

lol. I was on a plane to Bolivia that very same day

 

[Dominion]

Had fine snow all night and the driving conditions are now more difficult than at any point in the last three weeks, and they've been pretty terrible up to this point:bang:

 

[EmmaM88]

The met office, the council and local news reporters were telling us to brace ourselves saturday afternoon and last night for 10-15cm.

Well guess what it aint here!

Cancelled loads of things and ran around like a nutter on saturday making sure I had everything I needed so I didnt have to leave the house. If anything we had a big thaw on last night as most of it has now melted

grrrrr

 

[punto_matt]

Had fine snow all night and the driving conditions are now more difficult than at any point in the last three weeks, and they've been pretty terrible up to this point:bang:

Crap isnt it. Lack of grit is showing up now. Took me an hour and a half instead of half an hour to get into work today.

 

[Captain Mike]

Went pub last night and it was snowing at one point it was like a blizzard I was praying for us to get snowed in at the pub

 

[Dominion]

Went pub last night and it was snowing at one point it was like a blizzard I was praying for us to get snowed in at the pub

You wouldn't have been so happy if they ran out of Babysham

 

[Captain Mike]

You wouldn't have been so happy if they ran out of Babysham

Once you hit the drunk wall it doesn't matter you drink after that. It all goes down well

 

[ChrisUK]

I spent all day yesterday clearing snow/ice from my home car park so I could get to and from work .

 

[dave]

travelers around here have put signs up on lamp posts saying "we have salt, for driveway clearing call (mobile number)"

no wonder all the village grit bins are empty

 

[ChrisUK]

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[maddogmorg]

had the backend slide out today coming into my road, wasn't braking or going very fast, but never had that happen before without liberal use of handbrake, quite fun really :devil: it's 1.5degrees out at the moment..

 

[Captain Mike]

travelers around here have put signs up on lamp posts saying "we have salt, for driveway clearing call (mobile number)"

no wonder all the village grit bins are empty

That is actually genius

 

[PuntoSS]

I watched that program on ITV1 earlier - "Tonight" with Mark Austin. He went over to Finland, Helsinki airport has never shut because of the snow, schools and businesses there never shut because of the snow and roads certainly don't close because of the snow!

If the Finnish can do it, why can't we? Despite not having enough resources, of course.

 

[custard]

I watched that program on ITV1 earlier - "Tonight" with Mark Austin. He went over to Finland, Helsinki airport has never shut because of the snow, schools and businesses there never shut because of the snow and roads certainly don't close because of the snow!

If the Finnish can do it, why can't we? Despite not having enough resources, of course.

because they get it every year
their infrastructure is designed and budgeted with this in mind

should the people in northern India be daying well if the brits can handle it.....
http://en.rian.ru/natural/20100105/157469209.html

 

[punto_matt]

I watched that program on ITV1 earlier - "Tonight" with Mark Austin. He went over to Finland, Helsinki airport has never shut because of the snow, schools and businesses there never shut because of the snow and roads certainly don't close because of the snow!

If the Finnish can do it, why can't we? Despite not having enough resources, of course.

You are taking the **** arent you? Comparing us to Finland after 3 weeks of snow and cold joker. They have it basically all year round, id be a bit worried if they werent better prepared for it and didnt have the infrastructure in place to cope with bad weather.