Snowstorm costs London $4.3 billion?

"We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language." Oscar Wilde (British author)

On Feb 1&2, eight inches of snow fell on London, England and the city came to a halt. Blizzard of anger follows London snowstorm

An estimated 6 million people skipped work Monday when the largest snowstorm to hit London in 18 years stopped bus and subway services, grounded airliners and hobbled businesses. ...Transportation officials, business leaders and local authorities accused one another of failing to prepare for the long-predicted storm that crippled Britain's transport network.

The economic cost in lost productivity is 3 billion pounds ($4.3 billion). How did the government justify it's lack of preparedness?

"We can't change nature and if nature does this to us we have a problem"

Many of the city's authorities simply didn't have enough snow plows and the day after the storm, 1,000 British schools remained closed.

Bottom Line

If your local officials are not prepared when trouble hits, don't reelect them! Government has became way too complacent and generous with our taxes. They give money to friendly business and organizations but fail to invest in the infrastructure to keep the public safe. Don't support officials who are not supporting you.