It is snowing. We are covered with whiteness, we are frozen, iced up... and nobody should be really surprised because, in the end, it's January, it's winter - the COLD time in a year...
But here it's quite different - people react weirdly. Some - most, actually - are happy when they see the snow, but after one or two days they start to complain and moan. Well, on the other hand I understand them, because this country seems to be never expecting cold winters and is not prepared at all to keep public transport up during a little freeze. There is no sand or salt on the road (not mentioning pavements), there are no buses working in town, trains have huge delays, airports are shut... One guy from work told us today that the pipes in his flat froze and he doesn't have any water. Apparently this year's winter was the worst in here since many years!
And I am just wondering, looking at the weather forecast for my home country... would those people here survive something like THIS? Strong cold winds, huge snow blizzards coming across whole country, followed by -20 degress... Nah, I think we would all die in here. -5 degress knocks everyone down. I just wish I lived not in a walking distance from work, I would have some "snow" time off :]
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