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Originally Posted by Hom3r
Why oh why do people insist on comparing the UK with the US?
New York / Washington etc always get tons of snow each year and almost every house will have snow shovels and snow blowers, and local councils have the equipment on standby.
If we weren't protected by the gulf stream we would get the same amount of snow.
So please, please stop going on about it.
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The point I was making was that that the Eastern US was dumped with an exceptional amount of snow, recently - as, in proportion, were we in the UK.
- neither country can claim they 'took it in their stride' - even with the extra equipment available in the US?
- the key phrase being 'in proportion' - I totally agree a direct comparison isn't realistic
