tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660497.post113863707146144751..comments2023-05-22T20:48:17.280+09:30Comments on Suzer's Expat Adventures: Can the Brits handle a real winter?Suzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07719521236404333324noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21660497.post-1138637173013926152006-01-31T02:36:00.000+10:302006-01-31T02:36:00.000+10:30It’s about 2/3rds of a foot, so about 8 inches. No...It’s about 2/3rds of a foot, so about 8 inches. Not a light snow, but manageable for those of us used to it. It’s the wind factor and ice that can be a problem for anyone, however. <BR/><BR/>Commented by muddiah on November 21, 2005 at 9:05 pm<BR/><BR/>Im sure they’ll handle it better than Cafornians or Washingtonians (DC that is). Remeber, DC is the city that ran out of salt! <BR/><BR/>Commented by kivadiva on November 22, 2005 at 1:23 am <BR/><BR/>2.5 centimeters to the inch - so your Mum is correct - that’s about 8 inches.<BR/><BR/>You are the more correct though - it will bring things to a standstill here almost - we have just not had any level of snow more than 2 inches in the past 7 years, and even then it has gone by lunchtime the next day.<BR/><BR/>It may be manageable elsewhere but not here I’m afraid.<BR/><BR/>Steve <BR/><BR/>Commented by steveg on November 22, 2005 at 10:21 am | Edit This <BR/>So, are we saying public transport/roads will be shut down…that kind of standstill? Or just things taking longer? <BR/><BR/>Commented by Suzer on November 22, 2005 at 9:01 pm | Edit This <BR/>Things taking CONSIDERABLY longer - although if it is a heavyish fall then some roads will naturally close down. Think of where you recently resided and the hill, in 8 inches of snow I would chose another route than try to get up or (gulp) down it in slippery conditions.<BR/><BR/>I can remember occasions in the past when snow has started at lunchtime and by mid afternoon it was settling in a serious way, many companies allowed their staff home early to get them home early! Hahaha It took me 7 hoiurs to get from one side of the city to the other, simply due to the traffic on the roads.<BR/><BR/>I can’t say this WILL happen, but I have seen it on 3 occasions and don’t fancy it happening again. We just do not get enough snow here to be prepared for it, so total confusion reigns.<BR/><BR/>Steve <BR/><BR/>Commented by steveg on November 23, 2005 at 1:59 pm<BR/><BR/>7 hours?! oy vey, don’t they have snow plows and snow melt??? <BR/><BR/>Commented by Suzer on November 23, 2005 at 5:34 pm<BR/><BR/>Yes, they have snow ploughs - well they do when they get to fit the things onto the trucks and tractors, as we don’t have dedicated ones, we just don’t get enough snow to warrant it; But I wasn’t talking about huge volumes of snow as such, more the panic to get home volumes of traffic - snow ploughs would be no use in that case anyway as the cars were taking up the whole roads. Snow melt I presume is like the salted grit they scatter on our roads?<BR/><BR/>Steve <BR/><BR/>Commented by steveg on November 24, 2005 at 11:31 am<BR/> <BR/>Yep, that’s snow melt. They usually use salt on our roads, I think, which can really damage the roads and cars over time. <BR/><BR/>Commented by Suzer on November 25, 2005 at 12:22 pmSuzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07719521236404333324noreply@blogger.com