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Terrible Weather In America
You when we have some snow here and everything grinds to a halt ? There is always someone that says..."well how does America ( or Canada ) manage...they don't have our problems with a little bit of snow ! "
Well., may be they don't manage very well after all :::
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/wo rld-us- canada- 2594466 0
Those poor school kids must have been terrified.
Well., may be they don't manage very well after all :::
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Those poor school kids must have been terrified.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Problem is, snow removal equipment, including salt spreaders for the icy roads is very expensive, so the southern states simply don't invest in it only to have it sit around for 10 years, whereas thse of in the northern part of the country and Stewey's Canada see a plethora of such equipment making the roads at least endurable.
My concern is that the average home in the south is built on a cement "slab"... kind of one level with no basement, meaning that the water pipes are often enclosed in outside facing walls and subject to freezing and breaking. Here in the north, those kinds of considerations are second nature...
My concern is that the average home in the south is built on a cement "slab"... kind of one level with no basement, meaning that the water pipes are often enclosed in outside facing walls and subject to freezing and breaking. Here in the north, those kinds of considerations are second nature...
it's the same here, Clanad, especially in southern Britain: why waste vast amounts of money preparing for blizzards that will hit maybe five days in five years? Despite what emmie says a snowflake on the line doesn't bring the country to a halt; seriously bad weather, or the imminent prospect of it, can do so, but that happens in any country that doesn't have much of it.
Seems a sensible saving of money to me. But my condolences to those of your compatriots who are under the weather at the moment. Cousin #1 in Nova Scotia will be used to it. But cousin #2 in Atlanta has remarked on the weirdness of recent weather (the polar vortex recently had the effect of postponing his heart operation).
Seems a sensible saving of money to me. But my condolences to those of your compatriots who are under the weather at the moment. Cousin #1 in Nova Scotia will be used to it. But cousin #2 in Atlanta has remarked on the weirdness of recent weather (the polar vortex recently had the effect of postponing his heart operation).