Snow Culture

Snow in Britain. Well it rarely ever happens and when it does people go crazy! If you take a step back from all the preparation, worrying and excitement and think of this situation from an outsiders point of view (an alien or perhaps even a person from any other culture!) it is all very odd.

Take for example, I was passing by Sainsbury's about an hour ago. On your usual Thursday night at approximately 7 o'clock the shop is dead. There might be some random person buying bananas not queues half way up the road to get in! Why is this? Well, people are so petrified of being stranded in their homes without food, power, transport or any other method of contact with the outside world, so they have to stock up.

The Transport System just grinds to a halt, it is impossible to get anywhere unless you are brave enough to venture out in the bleak, blizzard like conditions. When in reality there is a little bit of snow on the ground but there are grave warnings "DO NOT GO OUT!".  In other countries where it snows, everything works totally fine, there are people shovelling their streets, big truckers clearing the road they seem to cope fine, just getting on with it really. However, I do acknowledge that there are some people that snow can be a real issue especially those living in rural areas and the vulnerable  But the rest of us, either get on with it the best you can or simply take their advice, don't go out and make a snowman! (or person, I don't want to discriminate)

I hope that if anyone does get snowed in, they won't run out of food or be completely separated from the outside world.

But imagine if it didn't snow tomorrow...