This was taken in New York State and put on the BBC News website. Now THAT is proper snow!

And still, America didn't grind to a halt did it? :rolleyes: :lol:

Exactly! Thats what cracks me up about the media here and how they always sensationalise everything - can you imagine what would happen if we got this much snow here :lmao:

The thing that I find so stupid is that now someone from goverment has admitted that as a country we struggle to cope with snow! Now here is the stupid part and my question Why? It's not as if snow is something new to the UK it happens every year at point. That should mean we are one the best prepared surely?

i am sure there were a lot more snow decades ago and the country was handling it way better than now .........so what changed? :unsure: :rolleyes:

Well, according to Scotrail, it's the "wrong kind of snow" :blink: :blink: :blink: :lol:

I had no idea it came in varieties. Can I order some of the Russian "Vodka flavoured" variety then?

:lol: I think they just make things up as they go along now :lol:

PS Jamie if find any "Vodka flavoured" snow let me know :lmao:

The Seattle area is notorious for nearly shutting down at the first snowflake. The acknowledged cause is the dearth of heavy machinery to clear away snow. That's because snow falls are so infrequent -- maybe a few days every year -- that the local government can't justify buying the equipment just to let it stand idle for 359 days of the year.

We had a lengthy (by Seattle standards) snowfall last month. Accompanied by gusty winds, many areas were without electricty for 1 to 6 days. Boy, was there an outcry after that!