Apocalypse Now?

[douglas9401]

I knew not to travel across the Pennines during an amber warning of significant snow and I'm hundreds of miles away.

'I've never seen anything like it'

Or a weather forecast, apparently.

From the photo it looks more like a road treatment issue than much snow in that particular area.

[wolf63]

Fit photo?

[Old_Geezer]

Probably needs a link, but snow has been known to fall during my lifetime, and rumour has it, before then even.

[douglas9401]

Sorry.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-64905906

[drmorgans]

Yup, a lot of lorries, trucks and vans queuing.

[Hopkirk]

You have the choice whether to travel.
However very few businesses choose not to send their lorries out. The lorry drivers are not given the choice.

[Prudie]

At the other end of the scale nothing in South Dorset, been 11 or 12 degrees in the daytime last 3 days. Our Carpetright fitter, who lives in Weymouth, cancelled our fitting this morning 'due to the weather mate'.

[ToraToraTora]

bl33din snowflakes, can't handle a snowflake....

[Peter Pedant]

Yeah I was q surprised that people jumped in their cars and tried to go over the M62 at Saddleworth (where the masts are and the ROman Road etc).
and were stuck overnight

I mean Jesus some were stuck in the cold after.....a night out in the Manchester clubs ( cool man)

[10ClarionSt]

Snow in winter eh? Who'd A Thowt It!

[10ClarionSt]

In fairness though, this part of North Manchester has had hardly any snow. Just a little overnight, compared to Milnrow and Saddleworth, which are only a short distance from here.

[jourdain2]

I lived near and around Bradford and Halifax until I was 50. This sort of weather was normal in winter until the last few years. People nowadays must be somewhat daft. My first husband was a L.A.Engineer in Halifax and Bradford and I know that when the M62 was built there were precautions inbuilt against drifting snow etc., but it was never considered possible to keep it snow-free.
Barmy, the lot of them.