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		<title>What happened to all the snow?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin McDowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK. I know the general population in the UK likes to talk about the weather and this passtime seems to have crossed over to me also, please allow me to indulge in some well deserved criticism of the atmospheric and environment conditions of this Christmas in Slovenia. When I arrived in Ljubljana there was loads [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="plus-one-wrap"><g:plusone size="small" href="http://blog.martinmcdowell.com/what-happened-to-all-the-snow-1485.html"></g:plusone></div><p>OK. I know the general population in the UK likes to talk about the weather and this passtime seems to have crossed over to me also, please allow me to indulge in some well deserved criticism of the atmospheric and environment conditions of this Christmas in <a class="zem_slink" title="Slovenia" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia">Slovenia</a>.</p>
<p>When I arrived in Ljubljana there was loads of snow around and still snowing as I was getting home and the outside temperature at a very chilling -10°C.<br />
Took me a few hours to get our drive and parking area cleared of all the snow. I should have just left nature take its course as a few days later the higher temperatures came to about 13°C. The snow almost instantly disappeared.</p>
<p>I was half expecting signs of spring showing up.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p>At home now &#8211; took me much less to get to Wales from Stansted &#8211; only 4 hours 35 minutes and that meant an average speed of 64.4 m/h. The time actually included  a couple of stops.</p>
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		<title>Ko v Britaniji sneži</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin McDowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Veliko hecov se je že razvilo na ta račun in ka nekaj sem jih verjetno začel sam. V večini so kar upravičeni in ravno te dni imam to srečo opazovat v praksi, ko v tej državi, v kateri trenutno živim, popadajo v stanje absolutne panike, ko jim pade bela snov iz nebes. Kot prvo ne [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="plus-one-wrap"><g:plusone size="small" href="http://blog.martinmcdowell.com/ko-v-britaniji-snezi-972.html"></g:plusone></div><div id="attachment_997" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img class="size-full wp-image-997" title="DSCF0290_smaller" src="http://blog.martinmcdowell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/DSCF0290_smaller1.jpg" alt="Puncheston (courtesy of Lisa Phillips)" width="500" height="375" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Puncheston (slikala Lisa Phillips)</p></div>
<p>Veliko hecov se je že razvilo na ta račun in ka nekaj sem jih verjetno začel sam. V večini so kar upravičeni in ravno te dni imam to srečo opazovat v praksi, ko v tej državi, v kateri trenutno živim, popadajo v stanje absolutne panike, ko jim pade bela snov iz nebes.</p>
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<p>Kot prvo ne znajo vozit v snegu. Speljevanje iz druge jim je španska vas. Zimskih gum tu seveda nimajo, ker zimske sezone praktično ni. Največji problem pa je pluženje in soljenje. Nisem mogel verjeti, ko so v ponedeljek zvečer kazali cesto, novinarka pa se je čudila, kako to, da je cesta neprevozna, če pa so prek kratkim solili. Očitno še niso slišali, da je treba sneg najprej splužit in šele potem solit. Halo!!! Soljenje jim namreč še kar gre, samo plugov imajo pa bolj malo. To so kolegi iz službe izkusili na lastni koži. Splužene (in soljene) so bile le res glavne ceste in če nimaš te sreče, da živiš ob njej, si ga malodane najebal. Ostalih cest niti ne povohajo.</p>
<p>Pa jih ne bi stalo preveč, da bi se nekaj vasi zbralo skupaj in našlo kmeta, ki bi bil pripravljen, v primeru snega, na svoj traktor (ki jih je tu okoli res veliko saj živim v precej ruralnem delu Walesa) prišraufati plug in malo počistiti lokalne ceste. Na ta način se to dela po mnogih vaseh v Sloveniji. Če pa jih je škoda denarja, kot jim ga očitno je, naj pa ne tečnarijo, ko izgubljajo miljarde svojih funtov zaradi izostankov iz služb.</p>
<p>Prilagam fotografije, ki jih je posnela kolegica 3. februarja malo pred 12. uro. Vse kar je uspelo voziti po cesti so bili traktorji.</p>
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