It's official. Scotland can't handle this.
Proof:
1) I saw someone shovelling snow with basically a camping shovel yesterday. Actually, that's really the biggest thing I've seen anyone shovelling snow with.
2) The highway between Glasgow and Edinburgh has been closed for days, and the number of abandoned vehicles is in the hundreds.
3) Because of 2, the grocery stores are literally running out of food.
4) The sidewalks are totally treacherous because the snow has slightly melted, been compacted by foot traffic, and then re-frozen, creating perfect ice-skating conditions.
5) Salt, anyone? Nope, just sand. (Arguably the cause of 2 - apparently we have already used two months' supply of 'grit' and can no longer spare any more.)
6) They're calling in the Army to shovel the snow. To be reinforced later by the Navy and RAF.
7) It's going to be warmer today and tomorrow. Which should be great, because the snow is melting...but now they're issuing warnings about cracking/bursting pipes because of the massive lack of insulation anywhere.
Lol.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!! That is so full of ridiculousness. I love it.
ReplyDeleteRelated story: I was walking to class a few days ago and noticed a patch of ice on the sidewalk that measure about 0.5x0.2 meters (fairly small). I easily stepped around it and assumed it would melt when the sun came out later that day. By the time I got out of class one hour later, the spot had been covered by about half a kilogram of salt, completely unnecessarily. It was a laughable waste of resources that obviously should be allocated to the Scots.