trialsmax04 Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 had another 2 inches on top of the previous 2 inches last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Shucksmith Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 STOP SNOWING, I NEED TO GO SHOPPING TODAY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 had snow for the past 4 days and 2 days before that, still snowing hard and is deepish....... i hate this!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalopS Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 It only snowed like 1 inch in Guiseley (near Shipley Glen) where I live but its so cold its just frozen up I'd of rather had 20 inches then at least I could go out and enjoy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 We just got another cm or so. Great, so that makes an inch almost. I'm pretty sure i knew it was going to snow today, but the council? Thanks for not gritting anything in this up down valley. Almost got stuck, or rather, almost didn't make it up the many hills involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebryan Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 (edited) Funny that England gets a few inches of snow and its all over the news, gridlock, airports shut, chaos. However over the last weeks Scotland and my area Cumbernald was well over 2 feet almost close to 1 meter and not a word on the news not only that there was no ploughs or grit we all had to dig the streets ourselves including car park spaces , get to work because there was a possibilty we would not get paid and carry on. Main roads turned into car park so people could go to work some streets to big to dig i got stuck at least a few times a day daily and one of the days was -20c So why cant England not cope they have more money/people/equipment ?????????????????????????????????????? Right now all scottish airports open and at least a few inches lying. Heathrow however??? Edited December 20, 2010 by weebryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Went up to Beacon fell yesterday. Roads were covered in snow but was mental. Had to park about a mile away and walk as the car wouldnt get up the steep hill in there (people who have been will know how steep it is) Looking out towards Blackpool which is to the right of the pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Funny that England gets a few inches of snow and its all over the news, gridlock, airports shut, chaos. However over the last weeks Scotland and my area Cumbernald was well over 2 feet almost close to 1 meter and not a word on the news not only that there was no ploughs or grit we all had to dig the streets ourselves including car park spaces , get to work because there was a possibilty we would not get paid and carry on. Main roads turned into car park so people could go to work some streets to big to dig i got stuck at least a few times a day So why cant England not cope they have more money/people/equipment ?????????????????????????????????????? Right now all scottish airports open and at least a few inches lying. Heathrow however??? You have a very valid point. Everyone says "Places like Canada have it all the time so people are used to it". Well, England gets it every year, it's not that hard to cope with if there's a little pre-planning. Local councils just seem incompetent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 We are always so shocked when it snows it's hilarious how the whole country just halts for the duration of the snow period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 You have a very valid point. Everyone says "Places like Canada have it all the time so people are used to it". Well, England gets it every year, it's not that hard to cope with if there's a little pre-planning. Local councils just seem incompetent.But remember we also don't get snow for months on end like those other countries do. If there were millions of pounds worth of snow clearing equipment sat around doing nothing apart from the 1-2 weeks per year it might get used I expect people would moan about that too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain C Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 (edited) Right now all scottish airports open and at least a few inches lying. Heathrow however??? Heathrow has a plane take off or land roughly once every 45 seconds, you can't really compare it with Scottish airports. If it suddenly snows at Heathrow and the runway is unusable for just say 15minutes the backlog caused is enormous. This is why it causes so much chaos. Edited December 20, 2010 by Iain C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 But remember we also don't get snow for months on end like those other countries do. If there were millions of pounds worth of snow clearing equipment sat around doing nothing apart from the 1-2 weeks per year it might get used I expect people would moan about that too! I don't expect lots of high tech stuff, just a decent supply of salt / grit... Every year they run out because of weather conditions - well, that's what it's for right? The weather conditions? It's like saying "We ran out of sun cream because it was sunny". We know it's gonna happen, so buy enough for a blizzard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamus Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 With what money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 With what money? Well I pay a fair amount of council tax and all I seem to get is loads of PCSO's talking to old people, traffic wardens ticketing cars and refuse collectors collecting as and when they feel like it. I don't think a bit of grit is too much to ask for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirt jumper jake Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 I know its not snow related, but coldest night/morning ever recorded down here, -10 global warming you fanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Yoshi Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 -10 Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Quinn Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 With what money? Just bump student fees up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirt jumper jake Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Really? Yeah it never got above -2 today supposed to be really bad here wednesday night aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 I don't expect lots of high tech stuff, just a decent supply of salt / grit... It's sort of different when it costs tens of thousands of £'s per night per area though, and you've got to do that almost every night for a prolonged period of time. There's a limit to what can/can't be done. Everyone keeps going on about how it's 'grinding to a halt' but a lot of that seems to be public incompetence rather than a government issue. I've seen some truly shocking driving in the past few days that I'm amazed haven't caused accidents. So sketchy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 It's sort of different when it costs tens of thousands of £'s per night per area though, and you've got to do that almost every night for a prolonged period of time. There's a limit to what can/can't be done. Everyone keeps going on about how it's 'grinding to a halt' but a lot of that seems to be public incompetence rather than a government issue. I've seen some truly shocking driving in the past few days that I'm amazed haven't caused accidents. So sketchy... That's true, there's a lot of stupid people around that make it worse, I agree. I appreciate that it costs a lot, but surely when public transport etc breaks down that costs more? I'll be honest, I don't know, I'm just guessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 If there were millions of pounds worth of snow clearing equipment sat around doing nothing apart from the 1-2 weeks per year it might get used I expect people would moan about that too! They would if it cost money for it to sit there. Really? It was -10c in my car this morning. I think the warmest was -5c. That's in a reliable car also so should be fairly right. And that's mid to southwest area It's sort of different when it costs tens of thousands of £'s per night per area though, and you've got to do that almost every night for a prolonged period of time. There's a limit to what can/can't be done. Everyone keeps going on about how it's 'grinding to a halt' but a lot of that seems to be public incompetence rather than a government issue. I've seen some truly shocking driving in the past few days that I'm amazed haven't caused accidents. So sketchy... Our roads weren't gritted yesterday/ today. Yet last week they were gritting B roads when there was no sign of snow I'm still going to go with- "ran/run by idiots". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 They would if it cost money for it to sit there. It costs money to rent places for them to sit there, and they'd still need to be maintained in that I wouldn't have thought it would've been good to just let a load of machinery sit there doing nothing for 10 months at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 It costs money to rent places for them to sit there, and they'd still need to be maintained in that I wouldn't have thought it would've been good to just let a load of machinery sit there doing nothing for 10 months at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Yoshi Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Yeah it never got above -2 today supposed to be really bad here wednesday night aswell I was more shocked at the warmth of it. -10 in the morning is doing alright. Had -15 at mid day a week or to ago. And it stayed like that all week. The fuel was freezing in everything even with the winter mix we have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirt jumper jake Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 I was more shocked at the warmth of it. -10 in the morning is doing alright. Had -15 at mid day a week or to ago. And it stayed like that all week. The fuel was freezing in everything even with the winter mix we have. Yeah but for us -10 is cold, we never usually have anything lower than -3 in the winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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