The five snowflakes that fell over the city yesterday quickly turned into a thin layer of ice. This is the second most unpleasant regular event in the city, only dwarfed by the annual snow melting. Unfortunately, when the snow is not much, people tend to not clean it.
And to celebrate the snow, here’s a song that doesn’t sound like metal but if you listen carefully, has harsh vocals. The artist is Lustre, and the track is The First Snow.
Embrace this innocent beginning
To a chapter of woe and wonder
A night all dressed in white
The first snow – a token of curiosity.
Veselin.blog 
Thin layers of ice are so dangerous!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh, yes, hospitals get full of people with broken arms and legs.
LikeLike
Pictures like this make me extremely grateful for the Gulf Stream for keeping the UK (comparatively) warm!
LikeLiked by 1 person
in these cases, unless someone gets injured, nobody does anything…
LikeLiked by 1 person
That’s close to what my driveway looked like a few days ago after winter rain followed by a cold-snap. I tossed some rock salt on it to melt it and give it some traction while it did so. Am I right in guessing that isn’t standard practice there?
LikeLiked by 2 people
Standard practice is people from the nearby buildings need to shovel the snow, and the large sidewalks need to be cleaned by the municipality.
However, the municipality is stuck in a political war with an opposition party who control the majority of the cleaning companies, and they don’t do their job well to discredit the mayor. And the regular folks just ignore 3-4 cm of snow.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yeah, but when it turns to ice like that?
Sigh. Politics.
LikeLiked by 2 people
It’s also about money, in this case. Who gets the cleaning contracts an can they get paid without actually cleaning
LikeLiked by 1 person
Same situation here. We’re using sand for traction.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Where’s that?
For reference, I live in Minnesota. It’s always interesting (really!) to compare how different places handle things like ice hazards. I thought everyone largely handled icy surfaces the same and I’m discovering they apparently don’t.🤣
LikeLike
We had lots of freezing rain, followed immediately by a lasting cold snap with several thin layers of snow. I can get the snow off, but the ice is properly stuck for now. 😫 Spiky boots til spring, then.
LikeLike