As I was saying in yesterday’s post, it has been snowing last night.
Well it turns out it hasn’t stopped, and it brought pretty much the whole city of London down to a halt. Not that we’re anywhere near some “Day After Tomorrow” scenario with liners ships unexpectedly showing up around Oxford Circus. It is a mere 15-20cm of snow, which would be a disappointment in Switzerland, but it’s still the heaviest snow in 18 years here.
![Snowy view from my room](https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3314/3247555509_f6ee8e7cd8.jpg)
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Which means today there was no tube, no bus, no trains, at least not where I live. Taxis were overwhelmed and slow. Even after only three weeks of living in London, a street free of massive red double-deckers is about as peculiar as seeing someone carrying skis along the Thames. Which I also saw this morning, when I went for a walk around the neighbourhood to take pictures (see the Flickr set) while waiting for 10am, at which point I could ring the office to get remote access to my computer there, since there was no way for me to come in physically anyway.
![Discarded buses](https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3407/3247612699_d1097e5e31.jpg)
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It turns out many people don’t have jobs who can be transparently performed over SSH, HTTP and XMPP, and all these people (up to a fifth of the workers) seemed to be busy shopping, taking pictures and throwing snowballs.
![Skiing along the Thames?](https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3482/3248398978_60e55a03ac.jpg)
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Now, let’s see how many days it will take to clear the mess up and go back to normal… The snow is still here.
![White roads](https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3408/3247580651_2a910ddbec.jpg)
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