I was talking to my daughter-out-law just now. She's Finnish, now living in North Essex, near Colchester. It seems that they have had a fair bit more snow than we have, and we have had the most for years - possibly as far back as 1987.
"I have never, ever, known it as bad as it is now," she exclaimed.
"But surely you must have had snowier conditions in Finland...?"
"Yes, but I was talking about the infrastructure. I have never known the infrastructure fail as abjectly! These roads are mostly impassable and there's only been a foot of snow!"