Let it snow ?

I'm writing while looking out of the window, for the third day snow has fallen. Work is cancelled, transport across he country is badly affected. On a personal level we've spent three days largely at home, making a swift trip to the shops in the village to get a morning paper and some bread.

I've never been a huge fan of snow, I suppose the fact that it inevitably imposes restrictions frustrates me. Sport , one of my main life interests is obviously badly affected. As I watch it fall and gust outside the window, I see clearly how "cabin fever" can start. The notion of being forced inside.

However amidst media stories of plucky workers taking hours to make a 45 minute journey and stranded commuters, there is one aspect that is completely ignored; snow in late November /early December is very rare for Britain, snow itself was by no means an annual occurance. Arguably we are always ill prepared for just that reason, countries where snow is as common as rain is here, adapt their infrastructure accordingly.

You would think that there would be some discussion as to why our climate is changing, why the prevailing weather patterns are being affected from the east. The public are left to believe that this some freak of nature, like the floods in Pakistan, the fires in Russia, or the tsunami in Sri Lanka. Until more people start to join the pieces together, the argument will always be about whether the buses and trains continue to run rather than the future of the planet.