Why is it so cold...

It's been flipping freezing for ages - been a while since we have had such a prolonged cold snap, which has frozen the lakes in the Fens near why I live. There used to be Fen skating meets, but they haven't happened for some time.

The culprit, as geographers could tell you is HIGH PRESSURE.

There have been a whole range of impacts:
  • Worries over the health of pensioners who might not heat their house sufficiently due to worries over high fuel bills - the National Pensioners Convention has warned that 12 pensioners could die every hour due to cold weather - it has triggered cold weather payments in some areas
  • Fountains freezing over in Trafalgar Square, and the SEA freezing over in Dorset
  • School closures
  • Problems with transport of various kinds...
What impacts has it had on your living geography ?

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