Newsflash. Countries with snow deal with snow better than those without.

[luckykaa]

The BBC on how Helsinki airport stays open.

Is it just me, or is that a bit of an unfair comparison.  Helsinki gets 100 days of snow a year.  London will rarely get more than 5, and frequently have zero.  Most of the time the airport does manage to stay open in the snow.  Spending the extra money for equipment that will be used on average less than once a year doesn't sound like the best investment.  How about comparing with Frankfurt or Amsterdam?

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[lordofthewheel.livejournal.com]

Frankfurt is currently suffering quite badly, but the comparison here is that at Frankfurt it has been snowing fairly consistently for at least four or five days, heathrow has only had brief flurries in the past three or so days and before that only about four inches. Amsterdam I don't know about, but I've been watching Frankfurt quite closely because Katie's folks are supposed to be flying in from there to Heathrow this afternoon. Yeah, not happening :s