http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0106/weather.html

I was reading through the above article and was wondering why this is such a huge deal back home, especially considering that some of the temps compared to here are not that bad. -10c is like 17F and I had this morning while going into work and it was not that bad. I have experience colder temps here in the USA, I remember one time living in Chicago where it was like -10F below, but with the wind chill it is like -30F.

People use to laugh at me when I said a inch of snow would be tough for home, and although they are coping, you can see from the articles that they will have some more of this cold weather and will be interesting how it will go.

The big thing that is failing back home is sports, horse racing is get hit the hardest (not most exciting sport), football (soccer to US people) matches are being canceled, not so much because the fields are unplayable....more of the case of supporters being able to go to the games.

I worry about he old people, and how the cost of staying warm will be something that hits them the most, especially since they may not have budget for such things. I can't ever remember a winter being like this back home, I do remember one time getting over a foot of snow and getting time off from school. However, this kind of cold is more like a typical winter that we get here in Michigan.

Anyways, for those back home, stay warm and stay safe. :)