tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:162179almostwittyalmostwittyalmostwitty2010-01-07T14:45:00Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:162179:292974How the snow affects London…2010-01-07T14:45:00Z2010-01-07T14:45:00Zpublic0<p>So round where I am, the snow is less than 4mm. Enough to make people slip at 8am – especially when they’re walking back from the off-licence with their daily six cans of beer – but not enough to stop the buses, cars, trains or anything else. At least, in Inner London.</p>
<p>But that hasn’t stopped the ridculously funny panicing behaviour of some Londoners, to whit:<br />
- panic-buying in the shops<br />
- Someone on BBC Radio 1 who had an event cancelled because of the snow: “We’re not being cowards, we’re genuinely fearful of our health and safety”<br />
- one woman walking home in the middle of a light snowstorm, wearing just a skimpy black lace top. Talk about being caught out…</p>
<p>And despite the lack of snow, there was still enough for kids to start having snowball fights in local parks, and enough to give the usually dour and grey street I’m on a bit of colour. Which is good enough for me for now.</p>
<p>Still, some random highlights of the snow in London:<br />
- bikini-clad models hired to promote a dance workout DVD end up <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/6946179/Pictures-of-the-day-7-January-2010.html?image=7">having a snowball fight</a> (The Telegraph). They must have been FREEZING.<br />
- Other Londonist pics of <a href="http://londonist.com/2010/01/london_in_the_snow.php">London in the snow</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.georgianlondon.com/london-on-ice">London on ice</a> in days gone by<br />
- <a href="http://twitpic.com/wx4av">Snow Daleks</a>!<br />
- <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/urban_heat_islands.shtml">Why it doesn’t snow in Inner London</a></p>
<p style="text-align: right"><small>Mirrored from <a href="http://www.almostwitty.com/adayinthelife/how-the-snow-affects-london" title="Read Original Post">almost witty</a>.</small></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=almostwitty&ditemid=292974" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:162179:292657Obsessed with snow? Moi?2010-01-06T01:18:19Z2010-01-06T01:39:55Zpublic0<p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wwJOGr4I0G0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="sameDomain"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wwJOGr4I0G0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>
<p>An hour after I made this video, the snow has stopped. Oh snow Gods, why do you punish me thusly?</p>
<p style="text-align: right"><small>Mirrored from <a href="http://www.almostwitty.com/adayinthelife/obsessed-with-snow-moi" title="Read Original Post">almost witty</a>.</small></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=almostwitty&ditemid=292657" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:162179:288461The trouble with anticipation..2009-12-18T09:12:11Z2009-12-18T10:21:18Zpublic0<p>is that it hardly ever delivers. </p>
<p>As you may have guessed, I am somewhat <a href="http://www.almostwitty.com/tag/snow">obsessed with snow</a>. So after stark work warnings about the oncoming snow storm, and watching bits of snow fall almost horizontally throughout the evening, this is what I woke up to this morning – my snow landscape in West London:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.almostwitty.com/adayinthelife/the-trouble-with-anticipation/attachment/cimg2843" rel="attachment wp-att-2157"><img src="http://www.almostwitty.com/wp-content/uploads/CIMG2843-225x300.jpg" alt="The Dec 2009 snowstorm in my backyard" title="The Dec 2009 snowstorm in my backyard" width="225" height="300" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2157" /></a><a href="http://www.almostwitty.com/adayinthelife/the-trouble-with-anticipation/attachment/cimg2844" rel="attachment wp-att-2158"><img src="http://www.almostwitty.com/wp-content/uploads/CIMG2844-225x300.jpg" alt="The snow storm of Dec 2009 in my front yard" title="The snow storm of Dec 2009 in my front yard" width="225" height="300" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2158" /></a></p>
<p>Bah. and Humbug. Where’s my snow ?!</p>
<p style="text-align: right"><small>Mirrored from <a href="http://www.almostwitty.com/adayinthelife/the-trouble-with-anticipation" title="Read Original Post">almost witty</a>.</small></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=almostwitty&ditemid=288461" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments