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You know, I have to laugh.

I remember well a few years ago when the UK got what was officially recorded to be 2 inches of snow, there were people trapped on the M25 (road that circles London) in their cars, all night long, they tried to leave work at 5pm and did not get home…

It seems the UK is going through some Winter weather and in parts it’s really suffering. Frankly, as a Brit, it’s embarrassing! Here in Chicago we’ve had a foot of snow in the last 12 hours or so and that fell ontop of an inch or two we had a few hours before that. The snow isn’t due to stop here for a few hours… When my wife went to work this morning, she did have to take a Taxi (we usually walk), but it seems that really, life carries on here. Be it the -30°c of the Winter, or the 45°c temps of the Summer, life carries on…

My parents are lucky if their roads even get salted within six miles, what on earth do they pay road tax for? Anyway, here’s a video I shot parts of Yesterday and parts of Today, you can see how much snowfall we have had. Yesterday morning I shovelled the back steps and cleared all the previous days snow away, so you’re only seeing recent snow there, which is good, because you can’t see the city skyscrapers that normally are the backdrop… And remember, you’re viewing a sidestreet (Chicago has 2400 miles of them), the snow routes (one of which we have at the front of our house) are clear.