Garret said, of Ireland:-
> but seriously, everythign has come to an ansolute standstill! two inches of
> snow and everything is affected! then the lady on the news warns of
> electricity shortages that are expected lately.
Current figures have something like over 100,000 homes without
electrickery at the moment.
> and to put icing on the cake, they told us that the mobile phone networks
> will be down.
Now that *is* a dire thing! LOL!
> is it like this in Galway Philip? what about Cambridge Chris?
Cambridge is OK, but damn cold. No snow though. Which is good,
because Cambridge grinds to a halt when we get half an inch
of snow, let alone a few inches.
Still, what we have in the UK and Ireland is a walk in the park
compared to what my friend in Illinois was just telling me
about. He was recently driving down to Iowa with the temperature
just above zero farenheit, and a 30 mph wind. His transmission
froze into 'D'...
--Chris
