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Post by ARENA on Dec 31, 2017 10:45:34 GMT
Our eldest lives just outside Ottawa. The temperature last night was -37. The snow is really deep but the roads are clear and dry.
Last time we were there at Christmas, Mrs A & I took a plane from Canada to USA in similar conditions. There was a delay of 15 minutes,whilst they de-iced the plane.
Get with it UK!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2017 12:10:15 GMT
It's the same every time we have a bit of snow or ice, and still the moaners turn up at airports for their flight and complain bitterly when there are delays and postponements
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Post by aubrey on Dec 31, 2017 12:16:45 GMT
Our eldest lives just outside Ottawa. The temperature last night was -37. The snow is really deep but the roads are clear and dry. Last time we were there at Christmas, Mrs A & I took a plane from Canada to USA in similar conditions. There was a delay of 15 minutes,whilst they de-iced the plane. Get with it UK! It's not worth it for a few days a year. |
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Post by rondetto on Dec 31, 2017 14:59:06 GMT
That is the plain truth of the matter.We in the UK have very few days where there is laying snow of much depth, the only back up we keep are the gritters and mounds of grit.
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Post by ARENA on Dec 31, 2017 15:06:13 GMT
But we're always told of the millions lost because of snow, surely it would be worth some sort of planning.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2017 17:00:45 GMT
Our eldest lives just outside Ottawa. The temperature last night was -37. The snow is really deep but the roads are clear and dry. Last time we were there at Christmas, Mrs A & I took a plane from Canada to USA in similar conditions. There was a delay of 15 minutes,whilst they de-iced the plane. Get with it UK! It's not worth it for a few days a year. That's the usual cop out and excuse. It shouldn't be beyond the wit of man to keep the main routes open - the usual excuse is "We gritted and salted but then it thawed and all washed away". And as for the trains, if a bird farts on the track that is enough to stop them. In the good old days the steam trains got through |
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Post by aubrey on Dec 31, 2017 19:29:57 GMT
They'd have to do whatever it is they do to keep the roads and rail open for the whole of the country, just in case; in most places it wouldn't ever be needed though.
Airports have obviously made the decision that it isn't worth it: that it's better - that is, cheaper - to not fly for a few days and pay whatever compensation they have to pay to inconvenienced passengers than to spend a lot on, I suppose, underground heating for the runways, or something like that. They're private companies though, so I'm not sure how you're going to make them do any different.
It's just mithering - a few days a year when things might not run, in some parts of the country.
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