{"id":3619,"date":"2010-01-15T12:17:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T12:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3619"},"modified":"2010-01-15T12:17:07","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T12:17:07","slug":"snow-disruption-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/01\/snow-disruption-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow Disruption in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I like the snow, and I even, to a certain extent, like the disruption it causes here in the UK. It may be a little convenient for a while, but things soon get back to normal and it’s good to know that the Forces-of-Nature can best us now and then.<\/p>\n

Lots of people complain about the disruption and the fact that local councils aren’t prepared. They always go on about the fact that it isn’t like this in Finland or Slovenia or Canada and that they cope with much heavier snowfalls without any problems. But there’s a good reason for that. Yes, plenty of other countries get much more snow than us and cope without any issues, but they are used to it, they expect it and therefore they spend time and money preparing for it.<\/p>\n

The snow we’ve had this year in the UK is unusual. It isn’t unprecedented and we do get heavy snowfalls every now and then, but being ready for unusual conditions would be a complete waste of money most years. Buying and storing grit costs money, buying, maintaining and storing machinery such as gritters and snow ploughs costs lots of money too and I’m sure such things need replacing fairly regularly. The money to pay for such things comes from the taxes we pay and I for one wouldn’t want to think that my taxes were being spent on machinery that only gets used in earnest for a few days once every ten years or so.<\/p>\n

In my opinion it would be much better to spend that money on something that is used all the time such as schools and hospitals and occasionally put up with a little disruption due to the snow. Even the snow we’ve just had didn’t last that long and within a week or so it will all be forgotten and things will be back to normal.<\/p>\n

Stop moaning and trying to find someone to blame. It’s not anyone’s fault, its just the weather. It looks nice out there, so enjoy the scenery while you can and endure the inconvenience it causes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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