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It's interesting to see the British society almost collapse just because of a bit of snow, here in Norway we pretty much have snow constantly from November to April (sometimes worse) and we do fine.
It's interesting to see the British society almost collapse just because of a bit of snow, here in Norway we pretty much have snow constantly from November to April (sometimes worse) and we do fine.
I was supposed to fly into Heathrow from the US last Saturday. We rebooked for today and now find our flight is again cancelled.
Seriously, what kind of 3rd world country cannot get a major airport open? Its not like they had a lot of snow even ... maybe 50 cms over a couple of days. There are plenty of places that get a lot more than that but deal with it just fine.
But we know the routine. Apologies all round, someone will resign, we will be told that "lessons have been learned" .... until the next time when it will happen all over again.
It's interesting to see the British society almost collapse just because of a bit of snow, here in Norway we pretty much have snow constantly from November to April (sometimes worse) and we do fine.
If we knew we were going to have snow for months on end then we would also be able to cope, maybe not as well as you because we are more densely populated, but well enough. Our major airports/motorways are much more crowded than yours, so it's easier for congestion to happen. We don't have winter tyres/snowploughs/practice in how to drive in it etc because we had a long period when it didn't snow much (maybe one or two times a year in the bigger cities) so investing in proper snow removal infrastructure and all the stuff you have would not have been worth it. Even now, when councils are under pressure to stop all this chaos we might not have a snowy winter again for a long time, so is it financially worth the investment?
If we knew we were going to have snow for months on end then we would also be able to cope, maybe not as well as you because we are more densely populated, but well enough. Our major airports/motorways are much more crowded than yours, so it's easier for congestion to happen. We don't have winter tyres/snowploughs/practice in how to drive in it etc because we had a long period when it didn't snow much (maybe one or two times a year in the bigger cities) so investing in proper snow removal infrastructure and all the stuff you have would not have been worth it. Even now, when councils are under pressure to stop all this chaos we might not have a snowy winter again for a long time, so is it financially worth the investment?
Months on end? You cannot even deal with one day of snow
If we knew we were going to have snow for months on end then we would also be able to cope, maybe not as well as you because we are more densely populated, but well enough. Our major airports/motorways are much more crowded than yours, so it's easier for congestion to happen. We don't have winter tyres/snowploughs/practice in how to drive in it etc because we had a long period when it didn't snow much (maybe one or two times a year in the bigger cities) so investing in proper snow removal infrastructure and all the stuff you have would not have been worth it. Even now, when councils are under pressure to stop all this chaos we might not have a snowy winter again for a long time, so is it financially worth the investment?
Didn't mean to offend anyone, was just being a bit sarcastic. Of course many things will be more difficult to handle when a city (London) has about 1,5 times the inhabitants of the whole of Norway. I've never lived in the UK so I don't know much about the climate but if it doesn't snow much (like a few times a year) of course it's not fair to expect that your country will focus nearly as much on snow removal etc.
Didn't mean to offend anyone, was just being a bit sarcastic. Of course many things will be more difficult to handle when a city (London) has about 1,5 times the inhabitants of the whole of Norway. I've never lived in the UK so I don't know much about the climate but if it doesn't snow much (like a few times a year) of course it's not fair to expect that your country will focus nearly as much on snow removal etc.
I know, just saying. I went on the train from Oslo to Bergen one year and was just amazed at how much snow there was outside, i.e. snow deeper than I am tall. Of course nobody else was looking out of the window taking photos, just this stupid tourist.
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