In article ,
Dawlish writes:
The pictures testify to the depths of snow.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25949795

Thank goodness It's not just areas of the UK that grind to a halt
with 3"" of snow. *))

As the article says: "Barely 3in (7.6cm) of snow caused havoc in a
warm-weather region where many cities do not even have snow ploughs or
fleets of salt trucks." The amount that it's worth spending on anti-snow
precautions has to be linked to the frequency and severity of such
conditions. By that token it's unrealistic to expect the UK to be as
well-prepared as Canada or Switzerland, but we ought to be better
prepared than the US Deep South.
--
John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:
Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"