Cometh Winter

[caddyman]

Bloody typical, isn’t it?

Tomorrow ellefurtle and I are going to see Richard Schiff perform the one-man play “Underneath the Lintel”. Quite apart from claggy lung issues, which we are hoping will clear so we can watch the play without hacking loudly every five minutes, the weather has decided to step in and twist the knife.

This morning there was a very hard frost on the ground and even now, just before 11 am it is still remarkably cold outside¹. The weather forecast for Thursday is heavy snow². I am not clear what the Met Office means by heavy snow in relation to London and the Home Counties, but we are all aware of the capacity of the country to grind to a halt in the face of a light talc dusting. If we are going to get something that can be measured in inches rather than millimetres, we will be stuffed – especially as Totteridge & Whetstone station is five stations beyond the end of the tunnel on the Northern Line, so that will inevitably grind to a halt.

Normally, I’d be looking forward to snow, but perhaps not this time. Annoyingly, it’s all set to be gone by Friday when the forecast is rain.


¹I am talking UK, particularly south of England cold, so those of you who live out in the US Mid West and similar places feel free to imagine bikini weather.

²See note 1

Comments

[mr-h-r-hughes.livejournal.com]

"all aware of the capacity of the country to grind to a halt in the face of a light talc dusting"

See my earlier comments on the media and London : )

[sack-boy.livejournal.com]

The doomsayers are warning of the "heaviest snow in seven years" etc etc, with the Met Office sever weather warnings saying that it might be starting late this evening (eg 11pm) ...

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

My wife and stepdaughter are asking me what the weather is likely to be doing in Angleterre in Feb/March, and I keep telling them, "Let's bring something waterproof", so we may turn up with a boat.

[ladkyis.livejournal.com]

Round yer we like to make sure we are prepared for an emergency and as we are likely to have ... wait for it... 6 inches of snow! there has been panic buying in the supermarkets. A cousin went into Morrisons on her way home this evening for some potatoes for dinner was amazed to see the vegetable section practically empty and not a spud left. Her friend told her that they had taken and I write this slowly £30,000 more than their usual Wednesday takings. Even allowing for exaggeration that is still a hefty sum. Oh and the even better thing.. Two local petrol stations sold out of petrol. Where do they think they will go if they are snowed in? I am amazed but not really surprised and it does take people's minds off the bird flu.

[averylaterabbit.livejournal.com]

Heavy snow: The frozen variant of triple water, falling from the atmosphere at such a rate blasting trees and monkeys.