You may have heard in the news yesterday, that the UK grounded to a halt based on the most snow it's received in like 18 years. Well I think it all depends on where you live in the UK. It was pretty much a joke here in Oxford. There wasn't even an inch of snow on the ground, the roads were clear (just wet - like when it rains!) and it was the big pretty fluffy snow anyway. However, all schools were cancelled, 1 out of 5 workers didn't make it to work, and we continued to have full power outages while at work during the afternoon. Wow! I think an article on CNN said it would cost the UK government like 5 million GBP from just one day of snow! London stopped ALL of it's public transport - all city buses, the entire underground and pretty much all flights in/out Heathrow airport. I know London got more snow that we did in Oxford, but their snow is all melted already. At least I give the Brits credit, they know they are pretty lame when it comes to dealing with "crazy" weather! Weather here is typically pretty darn predictable. . . . grey and rainy.
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