You’d think that with the recent snow outbreak that the world had ended and not the UK just experiencing some of the coldest weather that it has seen in some time. Although it has provided an amazing feast of images for the 24 hour rolling news programmes, the cold snap story breaks down into a number of easy-to-swallow smaller chucks.
- Snow fell
- The authorities were under-prepared for it
- People stayed off work, schools closed
- Some accidents happened
- Some people can have fun in the snow
- It looks pretty
What irks me most about the news coverage is do we need it re-told endlessly? Let’s face it the story is pretty similar whether you broadcast it from Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Yorkshire, Wales or the Isles of Qwghlm.
I’m also finding it difficult to stomach the endless debate of adequate preparations against the damage to the UK’s economy. Isn’t it really a case of deciding as a country whether we want to pay for larger salt reserves and gritters on stand-bye all through the winter, or accepting that when extreme weather happens we are going to experience some form of disruption and economic loss?
And now some pretty pictures of snow…
Those are very pretty. I like the snowy palm tree. Snow is very picturesque when you’re not ankle deep in it.