I spoke too soon, half the snow melted and the other half that melted froze. Today, the pavements and roads are treacherous. Even local hospital asking people not to turn out for their appointment. Several airports had to be closed again. When is this going to end
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According to yahoo news, at the weekend when you will have flashfloods, and after that back to snow again

As BB says, it's Global Freezing.
And soon (a bit off topic but it is my topic) you won't be able to afford to drown your sorrows either as they're doubling the price of booze apparently in the UK.