Danger! Disaster! Maybe a few puddles!

2.1.09- Snowing in London, originally uploaded by chlorinebeach.

This photo is from last night, but when I woke up this morning, there were about 7 cm of snow on the ground, and all of the London schools were closed.

Sarah + Susannah + I went out to go to Harrods, and after waiting for 15 minutes for the bus, we were informed by a passing local that the buses weren't to run today. Okay, on to the (more expensive) tube, then.

Entire parts of the tube system were shut down. The place was packed, with everybody going nowhere in particular as most things were shut down- hospitals were only accepting emergency calls, and most businesses I walked by were closed.

As a New Yorker, this inability to deal with the snow is vaguely amusing- everybody is trying to stomp around in the same shoes they usually wear and looking quite grumpy about it.

They're all going to be surprised tomorrow when they wake up that the entire city has turned into a skating rink, since NONE OF THE SIDEWALKS ARE SHOVELED.

You would think they would have at least a few shovels stored somewhere, but... for right now (while the temperature lingers just above freezing) everything that isn't in front of a fancy hotel is coated in about an inch of slush. Yum. My toes are happy because I very specifically didn't pack my snow boots, thinking I wouldn't need them. Oh well. It's still kind of funny.