h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I think they probably closed Brums schools to lower the risk of traffic jams in the morning.

I stayed at home yesterday as working from home felt like a better use of my time than sitting in a bus for five hours.

Did you know that Birmingham City council deliberately ordered their traffic wardens to go out and ticket all the abandoned vehicles as of 8 am yesterday morning.
How dare they!! After miserably failing to ensure that the roads were safe and drivable they then cash in on those who presumably preferred not to freeze to death whilst futilely wating for the traffic in move forward one inch.

There was nothing more they could have done to prevent it they said.

Hmmm, strange how you don't see continental cities grinding to a halt when there is less than an inch of snow on the ground.

Many people who live in countries that have frequent heavy snow during winter use snow chains on their tyres so that they can still get around. I used to work with a Swiss girl who was mystified by our putting down salt and grit on the roads. We're just not set up to deal with severe winter weather in England because we so rarely get any. The last time I was actually snowed in was 1991.

No other country is enough to believe a handful of salt can turn back the tide of mother natures forces - Brum's gritters were out all day but it doesn't work in such adverse weather.


When I got home to Smethwick, where the gritters had all but given up - it was still snow rather than ice and the going was a lot easier

looks like its all gone .. might not break my neck going to get my nephew then ..

One day of snow and England grinds to a halt

I do hope that wasn't a dig at me

It was a dig at the nation we call home, Serephina

Brummies really surpassed themselves in their patheticness this time I'm so proud of the ciy I live on the outskirts of

Riggght...

They abandon their cars, causing traffic jams that not even the gritters can get through, then moan about the gritters not getting through

I see nothing's changed then S'not fair, since I moved oop north to Manchester I've not had a proper winter snowfall

We could always move to Scotland with Z

Not all of Scotland's had the snow tho' The guys who work at our Grangemouth site were laughing at us on Wednesday

Iceland, anyone?

That's where one of my daughter-in-laws works!

Oh


Sorry


Always fancied going there!

I thought there was one on every High Street

We've always used Safeway up to now...

Windy today...

I'll need to wear a hat otherwise it'll blow all my hair out