London Mayor phones Mayor Sam for Advice!

WINNIPEG — From cold Winnipeg to grey London, the message is: relax. It's winter, and it probably won't kill you. Both The Guardian newspaper and the British Broadcasting Corporation had the Manitoba capital on the brain after a blanket of snow wreaked havoc on traffic, business and public transportation across the southern U.K. earlier this week.

On Monday afternoon, BBC Radio 4 called up Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz to ask how Manitoba's capital manages to clear snow when London can't. "Their city has basically
been shut down," Katz said. "They wanted to know how (we) deal with it.

There was a public outcry and they wanted to blame somebody."On the air, Katz graciously told BBC listeners Winnipeg is adept at snow-clearing because the city is accustomed to snow and has equipment at the ready. London, which is usually rainy in early February, should not be faulted for failing to respond to unusual weather, Katz
suggested.

Katz said he isn't sure why the British media thinks of Winnipeg when they get hit with snow, as other North American cities receive far more snow over the course of a normal winter.

Winnipeg is merely blessed with North America's most efficient snow-clearing operation, said Katz before taking an oblique shot at Toronto."Other cities in North America, unlike Winnipeg, have had to call in the army when they have a problem," he said.
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holly golightly wrote:"Winnipeg is merely blessed with North America's most efficient snow-clearing operation" quoted from article from Free Press.
Who are they trying to kid? And what other cities are they comparing this operation to is what I would love to know. Efficient my patootie.