It's a humungous amount of snow by Cork standards, but I've just had two weeks of this crap in Scotland. It can go away again as soon as it likes (which unfortunately, apparently isn't soon).
I'm not even going so far as to claim Scotland had "real snow": otherwise the Canadians, Austrians, etc, will start mocking me, too! The west of S. didn't so much get a lot of snow, as just stay cold enough to hang onto it for aaaages (now in the form of grubbily refrozen ice). Doubtless getting more now, though...
Actually it's not that bad here, but I'll be tired of it very soon now. That was a great video. Burds! And Canada geese; always nice to see. Here in Kingston the ice can get so thick people can ride their snowmobiles on it; when my father was a kid you could drive on it, which made it easier to get across the river or to Wolfe Island, and the yearly death toll was of morbid interest to everyone, but it doesn't seem to get that thick anymore.
It's pathetic really the collective Irish response to the cold snap. It's not that bad really, but we're so ill-equipped to deal with it the national psyche seems to go into spasm when the first flakes fall.
To be honest I wouldn't have been surprised if we'd discovered that Cork had no salt at all, or truck to disperse it. Another triumph for low expectations! (Also the only reason the current government still has their bums on the seats of ministerial cars, as opposed to their heads on GAA sticks.)
That seems to happen everywhere that snow is rare; I think it's a human thing. I hear similar stuff from friends in the warmer States. The really nasty danger seems to come from people who don't know how to drive in the snow. Even here there's a huge upsurge in accidents along with the first snowfall, and it happens every year.
Dunno if being Irish makes things worse. I've just been rereading Pendragon, and Irish characters favour the Vengeful, Indulgent, and Reckless traits. Maybe that has something to do with it?
Anyway, snow should be better regulated. Where are our weather-control machines?
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(snarky comment from your Canadian "friend")
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It's a humungous amount of snow by Cork standards, but I've just had two weeks of this crap in Scotland. It can go away again as soon as it likes (which unfortunately, apparently isn't soon).
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Guess it is not so much of a novelty if you've just come back from a real snowy place.
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Boy do I have some snow for you.
Actually it's not that bad here, but I'll be tired of it very soon now. That was a great video. Burds! And Canada geese; always nice to see. Here in Kingston the ice can get so thick people can ride their snowmobiles on it; when my father was a kid you could drive on it, which made it easier to get across the river or to Wolfe Island, and the yearly death toll was of morbid interest to everyone, but it doesn't seem to get that thick anymore.
And do I ever, ever sympathise on the cold feet.
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It's my toes that complain the most. Stupid cold.
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Dunno if being Irish makes things worse. I've just been rereading Pendragon, and Irish characters favour the Vengeful, Indulgent, and Reckless traits. Maybe that has something to do with it?
Anyway, snow should be better regulated. Where are our weather-control machines?
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