Its Winter again, and as usual everyone is taken by surprise that in Winter it snows. The amount of snow is minor compared to what I remember from the days of my youth, and yet things come to a standstill. I can't remember losing a day at school because of snow, but it seems to be the course each Winter now, which makes a mockery of the fines on parents who take their kids out of school to go on off peak holidays. But, then it seems that the type of snow we get nowadays is also quite different from that of the past.
In the last couple of days I have heard News and Weather Reports that have given amber snow warnings. In my day, the amount of amber snow was very minor, and you could spot it, by the associated urine smell that went with it. According to some of the weather charts the TV showed, amber snow was falling extensively across a large band of the centre of the country.
In addition to this amber snow, there have also been news and weather reports about lying snow. Obviously, all snow is slippery and hazardous, but we should clearly be wary of this lying snow, which is far more treacherous than honest snow.
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