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London got snow, and the city ground to a halt. Almost the same thing happened in Vancouver in early January.
Our roads are finally clear enough to reliably cycle to work, which has been nice to be doing lately.
Storm Leaves London With a Rare Blanket of Snow and a Frozen Transit System
By SARAH LYALL and JULIA WERDIGIER
Published: February 2, 2009
LONDON—A fierce winter snowstorm crippled London’s roads, subways and buses and all but shut down many parts of Britain on Monday. It was followed by a barrage of complaints as stranded travelers asked why the government seemed so ill prepared for the bad weather, when everyone had known for several days that it was coming.“I think it’s pathetic,” said Matthew Hickley, a writer in his 30s, who was fruitlessly seeking a train home at the High Street Kensington subway station in West London.
Posted by skooter at 1:43 PM
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