Bad Weather

Living in a country with a variable climate, weather is often a topic for comment and discussion. The last week or so, weather has been cold and snow. Before that it was just bloody cold! First snowfall is always a pretty time, the world looks at peace shrouded in white, and it is so quiet. Cars are off the road, and even when people are out it is as if the snow absorbs all sound.

However, once you are past the prettiness of first snow, comes the tiresome effects. Disruption on a fragile transport system, as roads become unusable, buses are sidelined, trains are re-scheduled or cancelled. As roads are cleared, pathways remain treacherous, with little attention given, they remain covered in ice for many more days. Fresh snowfall compounds the problem, just covering the ice beneath. People complain, it is too cold, too dangerous, too inconvenient. The weather becomes an excuse for not attempting to go to work, leaving those who make the effort to pick up the slack.

I want hot weather back. I'd rather here about people complaining because it is too hot than because it is too cold.