Yesterday afternoon, Basingstoke ground to a halt because of a deluge of snow. With the usual gripes of “this country is useless” ringing out, I have to wonder if people ever actually learn and remember or just look to pass on responsibility.
- For starters, the snow was forecast with the phrase “heavy snow” in the afternoon.
- This same scenario happened last year, and a couple of years before that.
The fact that it snows so infrequently in Basingstoke that we may not have all the right kit for the job (chains and 4×4′s), surely we have a little hindsight in the shape of experience and memory.
The same could be said for a number of other instances in humanity including the current global economic situation based on greed and the cycle that we get a recession every 7 years or so. I’m sure that in a year or so, it will start all over again.
Learning is a part of life. But so, it would seem, is forgetting.
The publics reaction to snow (or perhaps I should say the medias reaction) is always really frustrating. The facts are, what does anyone expect to happen when it snows? Everyone would be moaning if planes were taking off in the snow as then they’d be risking their lives!
ps – Craig are you saying we’re all going to get rich again in a year?! I hope you’re right!
Not rich, just chasing the greed again no doubt.