UK cold snap next week, no where near as bad as the US... but still - far to cold for me! (snow storm, averages)

[P London]

Originally Posted by Summerwhale

Correction: south of England will collapse. We are fine with that.

Correction: London and the coastal areas will collapse. I will not be fine.

[Summerwhale]

Lol. We are fine but once it reaches six inches it does get worse.

[P London]

I think here anymore than 3cm to 5cm people get scared. Like February 2009 people were tripping down Waterloo Station haha its sad really...

Nope

[Summerwhale]

Lol. Its different for first snow. People slow down and drive like idiots.

[P London]

But when the snow here settles its always our first snow and normally our last before the Atlantic misery comes back. Though winter 2012/2013 was weird that we saw multiple snow events that settled.

[Summerwhale]

Normal. Here is a few snow events each winter but we can get snow lasting a few weeks.

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Unusual for snow to cause chaos here. December 2010 was the first time true chaos ensued and the buses stopped running for one day. Had to walk home 4 miles.

[Summerwhale]

I really can't get it when I read the papers and schools close in England with an inch of snow. Schools there seem to close alot and we get more snow and my school only closed once.

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Schools usually close because teachers don't bother coming in, or parents don't bother taking their kids due to the snow. It really depends on the area more than anything.

[P London]

I'd say schools would close more in rural areas in the south where people have to travel far..