Originally Posted by ajamieson
Correct. In parts of England, this is also the amount of snow required to make the weather the lead item on the television news (complete with phrases such as "big freeze", "battling though the elements" and "spirit of the blitz").
It does go to prove that there is a direct relationship between the importance of events and their distance from London. The closer, the more important. Hence why Shetland never makes the 10 o'clock news.
