So it's not just the UK that grinds to a halt in the snow !

[Karl]

I was most unimpressed at how my local council abandoned gritting, refuse collection and basically just left everyone to fend for themselves during the recent snow.

Like most people I assumed our European neighbours always coped much better, or do they ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8489123.stm