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I can understand that. Makes the harmless maritime-climate fluctuations much complained about here look pretty harmless!
LOL I was just about to say that the "Snow, very cold temps, fog, and ice" is exactly what we've had for the last month in England.
Unlike here in Buxton, where everything went on as usual, I see various North Eastern cities couldn't cope with over a foot of snow Although on the other hand Heathrow did really screw up with all the disruption in just a mere 3 inches (3 inches is considered child's play in Buxton).
Major storms here in the U.S. can be game changers for city governments, Chicago is a good example. Winter of 78/79 was brutal, then a 20+" snow storm came and I think O'Hare was closed for 2 days. It was awful and Bilandic lost the election. He had taken over when the 1st Mayor Daley died.
Garbage wasn't picked up, streets weren't plowed, a nightmare to say the least. Absolute horror stories came out of the storm, similar to what you are hearing now for New York. Considering all the neighborhoods, population, volume of snow, narrow streets, a very tough battle that requires an action plan ahead of time.
Major storms here in the U.S. can be game changers for city governments, Chicago is a good example. Winter of 78/79 was brutal, then a 20+" snow storm came and I think O'Hare was closed for 2 days. It was awful and Bilandic lost the election. He had taken over when the 1st Mayor Daley died.
Garbage wasn't picked up, streets weren't plowed, a nightmare to say the least. Absolute horror stories came out of the storm, similar to what you are hearing now for New York. Considering all the neighborhoods, population, volume of snow, narrow streets, a very tough battle that requires an action plan ahead of time.
It's before my time but a very similar thing happened here that same winter with our national election. It was the first unusually cold winter we had had for some time so there was the inevitable disruption plus loads of people were on strike for months on end so there were piles of uncollected rubbish in the streets, people not having a decent power supply/heat in the cold weather etc, so Thatcher's first election win was almost guaranteed. It even snowed widely on election day in early May, something which I have never seen in my lifetime.
Damp, drizzle, overcast and fog, very dreary and quite mild, strange weather. I'm sure all the trails for snowmobiles will be closed, plus ski areas.
Haven't seen the rain they are predicting yet, but haven't checked the maps either. Temps are to be falling like a rock tomorrow night, which could make for some interesting roadways, not good for being out on New Years Eve.
Another thing to complain about is that the city doesn`t plow the subdivisions. Not even by the schools.... So everything stays icy for a long time. It`s rediculous...
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Although on the other hand Heathrow did really screw up with all the disruption in just a mere 3 inches (3 inches is considered child's play in Buxton).