Having no snow tires and then driving like it's summer time is not uncommon here either. There is a strong link between IQ and mortality rates.
Why is it the accidents only seem to happen to cars with cameras fitted - I will be taking mine out later its got to be safer TD
Lighter and smaller type of snowflakes seen this morning, we've had wetter types since, to the delight of the children in the playground opposite. Easier to make things with. Many showers today, then sunshine, currently not snowing, but tomorrow we may get the clouds from further south.
We've missed the big snowfall here but the duvet day syndrome has struck instead. Most schools have shut and I have just had the easiest drive to work this week. Snowflakes for a snowflake generation!
Thanks to the combined effects of Storm Emma and The Beast from the East I'm now in work today instead of driving from Coventry to Lyme Regis for a nice relaxing long weekend! It's my own fault though - "No," I said to Mrs Tolbooth, " we'll go later than our usual Jan/Feb trip. The weather will be bit warmer " .....and as a bonus we've had no hot water for two days, so it's boiling kettles and strip washes
Sensible stuff on Canuck snow-handling. Want to pay for this for an event that hits maybe every 3 years for a couple of days? Judith Flanders on Twitter
Yeah - but do they name their gritters in Canada as they do in Scotland?? ArcGIS Web Application Grittie McVittie Sir Andy Flurry TD
The Montreal ice removal sequence looks to be complete overkill but Quebec does have many government employees to keep busy. Enough said. Just don't rely on that as being representative of how the rest of the country conducts snow removal. It doesn't require nearly the amount of effort depicted. Regardless, the big difference between us and the U.K., or southern U.S. for that matter, is we receive snow in sufficient quantity and frequency to warrant having the necessary equipment on hand and much experience at dealing with it. The salters/sanders, or gritters as you call them, are really only used after the major snow falls. More often now and it is a fairly recent development, they put down brine in advance of snow or ice. Further north they do spread sand on the roads as salt ceases to be effective at temps below 10F. Whatever the delivery method, moose love the salt: