I had hoped that this winter would be another first for me, my first winter without snow. It was not to be, but I was fortunate to be able to say I survived the Great Storm of '09.I am sure you have read the news accounts of the havoc created by the 'heavy' snowfall. I too read or listened to those accounts and I kept looking out the window at the couple of inches of snow on the ground. I finally realized that it was a matter of perception. Heavy snow to a Canadian usually means 25 to 30 centimeters, while the English think of 5 centimeters as heavy.
As you can see from the first three photos, just how much snow it takes to stop all the buses in London, cause a 55 mile, yes mile, backup on the M25, and close Heathrow Airport.
Thankfully Tuesday was a warm sunny day that saw most of the snow disappear. Now it is back to spring with buds on the trees and flowers blooming
But the English snow is that heavy, wet stuff - far superior when it comes to making snowballs. Bet the kids had fun!
ReplyDelete[Alternative comment] Call that a great storm? I remember the winter of 1962/3; now that was a winter! Or, perhaps 1947, when the snow trapped a whole train as it crossed the Pennines, and the snow was as high as my boots (though these two facts are not connected).