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Originally Posted by Tealeaf
If you recall, the snow started about lunchtime on the day the Provo's (originally thought to be Iraqi's, for this was the time of the first gulf war) let loose a mortar attack on Downing St and continued throughout the day. However, your memory and the BBC are playing you tricks.The snow fall was no more than 2 or 3 inches in the capital. The BBC yesterday referred to the 'heaviest snowfall since 1991', but they were in fact referring to the country as a whole.
At 9am yesterday morning, the snowlayer was about 10'' here in the East End; I have been here since 1978 and as such is far worse than anything I can recall. Still, that is no excuse for the total failure of the authorities - who had plenty of advance warning - to keep things moving.
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Maybe you're right. I just presumed it was '91, when they said eighteen years ago. It was definitely early '90's, as I met Sara outside Cartier's offices, and she only worked there 90-92.
This snow started in the evening, and the pavement on Knightbridge was still covered in frozen slush three days later.
Perhaps you'd hibernated, and missed this particular evening snowfall of more than two inches.
