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  • #1

    Snow

    My god the UK is inept at dealing with a mere 20cm of snow.

    I'm stuck at home. No trains, no buses*, no underground, no car. I phoned in to work to say I can't make it, but there was no one there to take my call.

    * - well, there are two abandon buses on the way to the train station.
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    The Underground shut down? That's pathetic. DC does much better, and we even manage to earn the derision of the new president for not dealing well with winter weather.
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    • #3
      It's only underground in the centre of London. Most of the mileage (about 60% from memory) is above ground.

      Victoria line (entirely underground I think) is ok.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by DanS View Post
        The Underground shut down? That's pathetic. DC does much better, and we even manage to earn the derision of the new president for not dealing well with winter weather.
        It's all relative, I guess. We do better, but we've got trains older than I am that constantly break down due to lack of maintenance which in turn is due to lack of funds.
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        • #5
          Similar for the Washington Metro. But it wouldn't shut down for 8" of snow.
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          • #6
            Sorry! 404. Here's a bear.
            http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Thousands_stranded_as_snow_hits_UK&in_article_id=515238&in_page_id=34
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            Thousands of commuters have been stranded at home after the most severe snow in 18 years fell over large parts of England, disrupting train networks and closing schools.
            The entire London bus network has been withdrawn, 10 of the 11 lines on the London Underground were either completely or partly suspended and a BAA spokesperson said both runways at Heathrow Airport were now closed.

            An extreme weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for England, Wales and parts of eastern Scotland but the south-east of England has been hit the hardest.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by DanS View Post
              Similar for the Washington Metro. But it wouldn't shut down for 8" of snow.
              *cough* I was talking about DC.
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              • #8
                I think some local governments have cut all their programs to deal with snow to almost nothing to save money as we only have a day like this every few years. In Henley for work and it's amazing the difference you get in oxfordshire compared to berkshire.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Lorizael View Post
                  *cough* I was talking about DC.
                  I wasn't responding to you.
                  I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                  • #10
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                    • #11
                      Seriously, this country needs to actually learn how to handle snow instead of the collapse of society that happens every year.

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                      • #12
                        I also live in the DC area, and I am pretty sure that 8" of snow would shut down damn near everything, including the metro. All of the lines go above ground eventually and all the maintenance is above ground as well. In the last 30 years, we've never had more than 6" of snow without closing the Federal Government, so 8" would be paralyzing. OTOH while going to school in Utah, that much snow would have caused only a minor flicker related to parking lots and such. Maybe London is normally like that? Hence the consternation?
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                        • #13
                          Not much snow here, but we have to deal with a cold spell. -20C means significantly fewer people can fit into a single metro carriage.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Dauphin View Post
                            It's only underground in the centre of London. Most of the mileage (about 60% from memory) is above ground.

                            Victoria line (entirely underground I think) is ok.
                            How are we supposed to get to Mornington Crescent if the Underground is shut down
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Blaupanzer View Post
                              I also live in the DC area, and I am pretty sure that 8" of snow would shut down damn near everything, including the metro.
                              Have any examples of the metro shutting? We've had several 8"+ snows in the recent past, so you should have your pick.
                              Last edited by DanS; February 2, 2009, 12:40.
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