To think there is a complete over reaction to a bit of snow?

[MycatsaPirate]

Firstly I'm on the south coast of England but I lived in Scotland for 23 years where they get proper snow. It wasn't unusual to have months of icy pavements and roads and it was regularly below zero.

The amount of snow that has fallen in England (particularly the south) is pitiful and the BBC have devoted their entire morning to it. Reporting live from Canterbury is some poor reporter who has to pan the camera round to the grass where it looks like they may have had a heavy frost.

I have already seen two threads about ice and snow and how they can't possibly leave the house today.

Every single time there is snow in England, the whole place seems to grind to a halt. It's actually embarrassing.

1cm of snow is not dramatic, nor will it stop you going about your daily life. Just wrap up warm and leave earlier than usual.

Scotland, I apologise for the BBC this morning. You must all have been cringing into your cornflakes.

[MrsJayy]

Its a bloody ice rink where i am central scotland so tbf it isn't always about just a bit of snow although i agree with you the hysteria on the news is ridiculous. Tbf scotland was mentioned all morning yesterday they sent a reporter out to look at the snow

[Believeitornot]

Yabu

Just because you are used to arctic conditions it doesn't mean everyone else is.

We've got quite a bit of snow. The problem here is that the councils have failed to grit the roads or pavements and it's actually quite slippery and dangerous. This is SE England.

Also we don't have consistently bad snow so we are not prepared. It's expensive to be kitted out for a few snowy days - so when it happens it's a pain.

[Holz657]

Maybe in some areas it's an overreaction but in an area pretty close to where I live the snow gates have closed and it's basically shut down. Add that with the wind and heavy snow and it's not easy just now.

[PickAChew]

I'm not sure whether the 15 car pile up on the A19 was an overreaction or not.

[madein1995]

We dont get much snow here (welsh valleys) and the reaction is ott. Driving into work today the roads were well gritted, no ice etc but you still get knobs going at 30 in a 50 zone. I was asked was the weather bad when i got in - no i said, the weather was fine, kt was tge drivers going stupidly slow that was the issue. I drove 45 mins into work today only to be told that people 'couldnt get in' and so the meeting was off. Had to come home, tgen go back in this evening for night shift. The people who 'couldnt get in' were all from near me, and snow wasnt that bad

[myfavouritecolourispurple]

To be fair, I've just seen an article saying that Frankfurt airpot has cancelled 125 flights today, so other countries do struggle.

We've got icing sugar where I am in Hampshire but people have been saying the pavements are icy. I can see the ice on my car windscreen is now water though, so I will be going out for a run at lunchtime and will hopefully not fall over.

[BoboBunnyH0p]

If the snow is only in the north and Scotland it normally doesn't get mentioned on the national news however a light dusting down south it's all over the news and everything stops.
I find it very funny how soft the southerners come across because of the coverage.
My DH aunt who has lived down south all her life last year and snow was on the horizon so they cut their visit short and went home. She did ask what we did if we got snow and even enquired if I had snow chains for the car!

[MrsJayy]

Some English councils wont have gritters so a bit of snow is dangerous because it freezes

[MrsJayy]

Bbc breakfast was in Scotland yesterday the reports were on a loop

[wanderings]

YANBU. I've just made a wasted trip to something cancelled at the very last moment because of a centimetre of the stuff, even though quite a few people turned up willing to take part. The roads were a lot quieter than usual - people are afraid to go out because of snow (and maybe Friday 13th).

We have become a nation of wimps about snow, enslaved to health and safety; this is why I never look forward to snow, because everything always grinds to a halt. When I was a child I never once had a day off school because of snow!

And why do people dream so much of a white 25th December, when we all know that lunches that day would all be ruined because the right people wouldn't be there?

[PickAChew]

I've trudged into school daily, so long as it's been able to open during the many times over the past decade that we've had lying snow, sometimes a good foot deep, for weeks or even months on end. I need a walking pole to manage it, these days, but it's not a problem.

There's been a couple of times when we've had freezing rain, though and I've had to abandon the school run because it's just been far too dangerous. It's very hilly here and a lot of people end up losing control of their cars, which is as scary as the prospect of falling (a neighbour broke her leg on ice, in our back lane, last year. With a child with severe SN, I can't afford for that to happen to me.)

[NeedMoreSleepOrSugar]

The snow commuting is hilarious. A few years ago we had several inches here - nothing major. My (driving) commute is usually around 1.5 hours. It took probably 2.5 to get to work, but I got there without much difficulty (the snow was lighter the closer i got to work). When I arrived, I found that only one other person in the office had turned up.

The next longest commute amongst my colleagues is approx 20 minutes along the exact same road I'd just driven (I literally drove past their front door on the way). Some others are less than a 10 minute walk and still didn't come in. I wouldn't have minded except for the fact that the low turnout meant they closed the office. So I had the return journey to do within half an hour of arriving and all for nothing!

[Putthatonyourneedles]

Need more sleep- I have had the same thing happen. I walk 25 minutes to work yet I know people who live closer (including one girl who lives 10 minutes from the work place) who are "unable" to come to work due to snow/winds etc. Drives me mad.

[MassDebate]

Spare a thought for my poor 6yo DS, who got up and dressed (in casual clothes) early this morning with much excitement about the prospect of a snow day. We have about 0.5cm of snow here (Hertfordshire) and there was much disappointment when he realised he had to change into his school uniform and go to school after all . Whoever put the idea of school closing into his head has much to answer for!

[FourKidsNotCrazyYet]

I live in Scotland and we've had absolutely no snow in our town. There's a fine dusting in the mountains. Not hindering anything, roads all clear but . . . They shut the schools. Absolutely ridiculous! Overreactions across the UK I think, not just England.

[kel12345]

There's been no snow at all where I am

[Thinkingblonde]

Snow here at 6am but it's thawing now. I live on the north east coast, and can actually see the sea from my bedroom windows, theyides are much higher than usual, I was surprised how far in the sea was up on the beach yeasterday when we drove home. Whitby, Sandsend and Ruswarp are on flood alert, the army has been called in to help with sandbags. Although we're close to the sea we're not affected thankfully.

[Purplebluebird]

I'm Norwegian, and find the whole chaos hilarious!

[GeorgeTheThird]

Did anyone else see the Daily Mash the other day - SNOW IN UNIMPORTANT 70% OF COUNTRY MAY REACH LONDON

Made me smile

[gentlydoesit89]

Eugh, the snow is nothing.
I'm more concerned about my house sitting right under one of the severe weather warnings... 'danger to life' worries me far more than some snowflakes!

[ScrambledSmegs]

Oh no, gently - are you being told to evacuate? I hope you and your family are ok.

[Tanith]

There isn't a reaction to the snow; it's the wintery weather with sheet ice on the roads and pavements and severe flooding alerts around the country.

Yes, there's a smattering of snow down south and a lot more further north, but that's not what's causing the problems.

[Sallystyle]

A couple of people cancelled their appointments this morning due to the weather. Our snow isn't even settling. We have some slush which is icy in parts and it's cold and windy but the driving conditions are fine.

Strangely enough, it's the ones who lived far away who made it in.

I wouldn't want to go out in this cold though unless I really had to.

[languagelearner]

We have very little snow where I am right now (South-Mid Sweden close to Mjölby) entirely green fields and +4C. As someone said, people easily get out of practice with snow.

[Didiplanthis]

Tbh I agree about the snow and happily chuck my snow chains on and drive to work if needed ( yes in the amusing south East - Kent can and has had some decent snow fall over the years ) but this morning the snow had melted on the lane although still about 3" in the field and re frozen leaving me with a 3/4 mile ice slick with no gaps in it anywhere. If you slide you aren't stopping in a hurry so I did take children to school a bit late this morning. Very chuffed to find going out to play in the snow was today's activity ! No keeping the precious snowflakes inside going on there !!