I think generally blizzards in London and your blizzards are two different animals. Like a Siamese and a panther. We'll see what its like when I get out into the sticks. Trouble is in the south-east we get it so seldom, maybe once or twice a year, and the snow usually only comes down for a few days, so its not worth investing in stuff to cope with it. Consequently the train service folds up, the roads seize up and the pipes freeze up. The tabloids make a big issue of how we're never prepared, but barring a real change in the climate (heaven forbid) we never will be prepared. It ain't worth the dough.