Comments on: From the Forum: A Briton’s view on the England Snowpocalypse – An English Snow Storm http://www.anglotopia.net/countries/england/from-the-forum-a-britons-view-on-the-england-snowpocalypse-an-english-snow-storm/ The Website for People Who Love Britain - Anglophiles Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:01:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: maggie http://www.anglotopia.net/countries/england/from-the-forum-a-britons-view-on-the-england-snowpocalypse-an-english-snow-storm/#comment-17807 maggie Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:13:35 +0000 http://www.anglotopia.net/?p=5492#comment-17807 This is true! I'm from Canada hearing about all your dreadful snow, and I did think you were a bunch of babies. However I understand how you feel, being from Southern Ontario, we don't have horrible winters and we have beautiful beachy summers... yet ignorant people believe I live in a snow shack This is true! I’m from Canada hearing about all your dreadful snow, and I did think you were a bunch of babies. However I understand how you feel, being from Southern Ontario, we don’t have horrible winters and we have beautiful beachy summers… yet ignorant people believe I live in a snow shack

]]> By: Lisa http://www.anglotopia.net/countries/england/from-the-forum-a-britons-view-on-the-england-snowpocalypse-an-english-snow-storm/#comment-17753 Lisa Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:09:31 +0000 http://www.anglotopia.net/?p=5492#comment-17753 Things are rough in the North East, although people are handling it much better and it certainly isn't chaos. People are only leaving their homes when they have to and when they do need to go out they are being careful, but really this isn't any different than when there is a major snow storm in the US. The only difference is that here a couple inches is considered a major snow storm because there are precious few plows to go around and the road maintenance crews just aren't prepared to move the snow. As far as the English not being able to handle snow, that isn't quite true. The problem is that at least up here in my area the resources just aren't there to move the snow. The roads are all fine, the biggest problem is the pavements. Still, this isn't an issue of people not being able to handle snow its exactly the same thing that happens when it snows in the Southern states of the US and people just aren't prepared for it. Actually, I think compared to people in the Southern states who freak out when it snows the English are handling the inconvenience much better. Things are rough in the North East, although people are handling it much better and it certainly isn’t chaos. People are only leaving their homes when they have to and when they do need to go out they are being careful, but really this isn’t any different than when there is a major snow storm in the US. The only difference is that here a couple inches is considered a major snow storm because there are precious few plows to go around and the road maintenance crews just aren’t prepared to move the snow.

As far as the English not being able to handle snow, that isn’t quite true. The problem is that at least up here in my area the resources just aren’t there to move the snow. The roads are all fine, the biggest problem is the pavements. Still, this isn’t an issue of people not being able to handle snow its exactly the same thing that happens when it snows in the Southern states of the US and people just aren’t prepared for it. Actually, I think compared to people in the Southern states who freak out when it snows the English are handling the inconvenience much better.

]]> By: jonathan http://www.anglotopia.net/countries/england/from-the-forum-a-britons-view-on-the-england-snowpocalypse-an-english-snow-storm/#comment-17743 jonathan Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:30:39 +0000 http://www.anglotopia.net/?p=5492#comment-17743 I find it all quite amusing as an American who lives in Chicago. 6 inches is nothing for us. We've had quite a bit of snow so far this year - but we have yet to have a blizzard - which I would characterize at 12 inches or more. Thanks for commenting! Cheers! I find it all quite amusing as an American who lives in Chicago. 6 inches is nothing for us. We’ve had quite a bit of snow so far this year – but we have yet to have a blizzard – which I would characterize at 12 inches or more. Thanks for commenting! Cheers!

]]> By: yoshimi_s http://www.anglotopia.net/countries/england/from-the-forum-a-britons-view-on-the-england-snowpocalypse-an-english-snow-storm/#comment-17736 yoshimi_s Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:21:25 +0000 http://www.anglotopia.net/?p=5492#comment-17736 Here Here. Leeds has had one of the worst snowfalls so far, around 6" in the last couple of days, and yet here in the office there is not one person who has failed to make it in, people got here by car, on foot and by bus. We've all helped digging each other out of the car park and returned the following day to do it all over again, and you know what, it's all quite fun really (especially when we all gathered in the car park yesterday to build snowmen!) Here Here. Leeds has had one of the worst snowfalls so far, around 6″ in the last couple of days, and yet here in the office there is not one person who has failed to make it in, people got here by car, on foot and by bus. We’ve all helped digging each other out of the car park and returned the following day to do it all over again, and you know what, it’s all quite fun really (especially when we all gathered in the car park yesterday to build snowmen!)

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