The Day London Played - First Snow in London this year 02-02-09 (full version)

[YNWAIJOSEPHICFC]

at 00:50

angle fail lol

[gairero]

As far as I understand the weather in England is very regular. meaning, not so cold winters and not so hot sumers. am I right?

[bstopard]

You are right. We are actually well north of Minnesota but kept temperate in the winter by ocean currents while summer is 'almost normal' by N.A. standards.

[gairero]

then why so many people complaint about british weather?

[NuWave12]

Cuz Its Shit.

[ffrick73]

It's refreshing to see adults in a city actually enjoying the snow. When you get as much as we get in the northeast USA it stops being fun. Would LOVE to see London on a snow day. its probably the only thing that could make a beautiful city even more enchanting.

[bstopard]

Nicely said...yes the day was a bit of magic.

[babybutterfly2]

i loved that day! Our school feild was full with snow, we made a massive snowman. I'm so happy we had snow this year cos we never really do ,all we have is ice .

[andiejanefisher]

@3:38 Was that Hare Krishnas I heard in the background?? random

[mariotaz]

Ah c'mon stop taking the piss outta us ¬__¬'. It is cold coz we don't have weather like this. We're sorry if our country doesn't have frequent snow and therefore makes us pansies. We enjoy snow much more than you guys anyway.

[gord1986]

ok first of all, you're all pansies. 6 inches of snow? not even! you can see the sidewalk in most of that. try coming to canada, eh. we get 6 inches a week. at least. if i walked outside right now there are 2 meter snow banks everywhere. the city shut down? ridiculous. preposterous even. doesn't anybody know how to deal with snow? its cool that youre all having fun and shit, and thats a nice vid. but seriously im flabbergasted that this is a big deal for britain.

[emmy02]

You obviously don't know England's weather then. A whole lot of snow is rare for us.

[spoonspoiler]

The thing is that we get all types of crappy weather imaginable in the UK. In the last ten years we've had floods, droughts, storm force winds, temperatures close to 40c, snow, hail even bloody tornadoes! (one caused damage across Birmingham recently) If we prepared ourselves for all that we'd have no money to buy beer and we love beer!

Having said that all we get in Manchester is constant drizzle....all.....year....lon­g!

[shadowkitty56]

Hear hear! I'm south of the border in Boston and we were laughing and shaking our heads watching the news: thus far we've been through at least five huge dumpings of snow since xmas (and we're due for another soon.) The Charles River is mostly frozen over and my driveway looks like a hockey rink. Worse, in summer we have to deal with the occasional hurricane (imagine a huge oak tree falling on your home and a storm powerful enough to carry off your car and know why I have evac routes mapped out!

[chrisdavidi]

so were we but who gives a shit??!! 2 days off school!!!!

[Supersmooth007]

Dear all Canadians, American's and Russian's! Yeah - It is all media hype rubbish - there was over a foot [30cm] of snow in some places and because this has been hyped up by the media to the wider-world it gives the opportunity for many other countries to have a dig at England - I tell you one thing for nothing and there are more embarassing things to have a dig at in our country than the snow! - We do not get much snow due to the Gulf - Stream if you know your Georgraphy!

[Supersmooth007]

Think of Seattle or Victoria, Vancouver etc!!

[cinnomin27]

OMG I cannot believe I was in London so many times and I neve experienced snow like this... I am sooo jealous... all we have is sunshine and rain argh! (Barbados)

[rosydonut]

please check out my video of the snow..i think youd like it..man did i have fun on that day..

and i love the video..it really was the day london played i mean i didnt know a single person at work!

[Humps1]

Nice Video. It was a well deserved day off for London from the depressing 'crunch' drudge.

[Chick6517]

Loved this video! I like the way it was well put together. It wasn't just slob put on the site. Good Job! Good video! =D

[kensington25]

Excellent video. London at its most beautiful :) 5*

[bstopard]

Thanks K!!

[spiderweb20]

it's great seeing adults acting like kids. warms your heart.

also, gotta love this global warming eh? ha ha

[mimiquan]

bloody brilliant! I love how Londoners respond to snow--we take advantage of every drop while you can and WHEN you can!

By the way isn't the date on this video wrong???? Shouldn't it be 2009? :)

[NilZed1]

I keep reading/hearing about how much yesterday cost the economy, but I'm not sure it matters. Seems to me like this Random Act of Snow did more to cheer folks up than Christmas did!

[alfa01spotivo]

having fun in london about time excellent

[arsenaltillidie81]

cool snow cat

[NilZed1]

well, not the first snow in Britain this year! London maybe, but we've had it twice in my village oh so far north in Essex.

[bstopard]

Ha, yeah I put 'Britains first...' in the original title whoops! Thanks for the reminder...we always get missed with the snow.

[Lrak1193]

nice its just like tht round my area SNOW FIGHT lol

[miserymonk]

thanks for that pal - it warms the cockles to see London folks getting off the treadmill and having fun.

[bstopard]

Ha, yeah it was incredibly fufilling seeing people have such real fun...made my week!

[indulf]

Very good.

[bstopard]

Thank-you indulf!!