Weather alarm

I had a bit of a laugh when I read that a 'weather alarm' had been given out in the Netherlands as they were expecting 5 to 10 centimeters of snow. Apparently, snow also wreaked havoc in England and Belgium where flights were airports were closed and gigantic traffic jams developed. I had just come from outside were it was -18 degrees celsius and at least 10 centimeters of snow covered everything. This does not create any serious problems in a city with over 10 million inhabitants. Somehow, the pavements, squares and streets are kept snowfree by an army of snowshovellers.