There is this idea that other countries are, like, wizards at dealing with snow and stuff and that Broken Britain is an embarrasment in comparison it's worth pointing out that large swathes of North America for example were out of action yesterday due to snowy weather - airports shut etc. And they are more used to dealing with snow than we are people localise it to silly degrees - on here it's "the local council" or "Southwark council" on BBC London it's whoever's council On national radio it's Berkshire council When in reality it was a short sharp blast of extreme weather that was not forecast at that time - and people are too quick to point a finger. If the weather does get more extreme over the coming years I would expect to see major improvement in council responses but to suggest this is indicative of the 2012 olympics is just self-flagellation