The snow of 1963 was really scary!

On January 9, 2010, in Current Events, by Simon Coles

Yes, this sucks. No fun whatever now, and we’ve got a few more days to go it seems.

I read something about the big freeze in 1962/63  - it didn’t thaw until March! Here’s some more info:

Of course, in those days they didn’t have:

  • Cars with funky electronics to stop us sliding around so much
  • The Internet (imagine how isolated you’d feel now without it?)
  • Multi-channel TV to keep us sane
  • The Wii, to keep us fit

And now I shall go back to work, counting my lucky stars…

 

1 Response » to “The snow of 1963 was really scary!”

  1. Peter Vijn says:

    Hi Simon,
    Nice reading your blog and watching these videos. This winter we’ve built an iglo in our street with my neighbour boy of 18, large enough for 5 adults (took us 6 hours). Here’s a nice video on building real iglo’s in 1921!!!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLERFRQl5EY
    Cheers, Peter

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