in the 70s and 80s we used to get loads on the ground for weeks on end, now we get bit it is all over the news like its volcanic ash or something falling out the sky.
2007-02-11 22:13:56 · 11 answers · asked by SAR13 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Because the media are so wrapped up in their own egos, they build a small mediocre story into a massive piece of sh1t.
It`s just as well we don`t get the winters of the 60`s, 70`s the media would probably hibernate from sheer panic.....
2007-02-11 22:20:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its this thing about suing people that has come over from America. If anyone falls on your drive these days they will be at you with the white wigs whether they have bust anything or not. So all the people who don't want trouble are worried to venture far in case they slide on the snow and bump into someone. The whole thing turns from a happy occasion into a nightmare - at least for some.
2007-02-12 17:35:29 · answer #2 · answered by Professor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've often wondered that myself, ridiculous isn't it! We just come to a standstill and panic at the first flurries. They don't do this on the continent, everything and everybody just continue as normal merely taking a bit of extra care while driving. I love the snow and we don't get enough of it here. We are also panicked into a frenzy by the media. I am not alone in not flapping over a bit of adverse weather after all common sense should prevail.
2007-02-13 13:03:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have become less tolerant of some things in life due to the fact that We have made ourselves too dependant on the government, who take taxes to clear it up,i mean Just look what would happen if all the shops were shut for a week. Hardly anyone would survive.
Yet look around the world, in poorer countries they sruvive although they have poverty, hunger, wars, famine etc, and yet they smile, yet we start fighting in a bit of traffic, and cant tolerate even the smallest of things in life, how civilized are we?
2007-02-12 09:52:35 · answer #4 · answered by jam 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
im afraid its media hype
and the usuall case of society with nothing more than 2 sensible brain cells in their too busy lifestyles to deal with something unless they are told what to do and when
common sense has gone out the window
god help us if there was a real disaster i would be prepared but i think most would be emailing the bbc as to what to do next
unable to act without instruction
im with you and fed up with it all its becomeing a weekly occurance
2007-02-12 15:28:46 · answer #5 · answered by steve50 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i know why kids make such a big fuss they want to have a reason to bunk of school and the parents give in there was about 300 people in my high school out of 2000 and i was one of the 300 a bit of snow doesn't hurt me
2007-02-12 06:18:10 · answer #6 · answered by Pastinie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the British have become lazy and self-centred, and too dependant on the nanny state to solve even the most minute of problems for them.
2007-02-12 06:17:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We don't panic in Scotland , we're used to it but in England you get about one inch of snow and it's headline news! Schools close , people stay off work....etc......Pathetic.
2007-02-12 06:23:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Itrs proving global warming wrong.
hah for me its big because im a snowboarder. And i still see grass out when i look out my window.
2007-02-12 06:22:28 · answer #9 · answered by OH Whuddup 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh god its snowed, where. kids get your things we're leaving town, arghh !!
2007-02-12 06:17:17 · answer #10 · answered by jonny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋