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@TheBrick(Tommy)
Bullshit it really cost the economy billions. Not many people outside of retail are working hard this week, even then the disruption is really only for <12hr so the next day people can still get to the shops and have an extra busy day to make up for it. The snow yesterday fell in the pm meaning it was tough for some people to get home but most got into work the today. To be honest the same goes for snow at other times of the year, last feb the uk probably lost a day and a bit of work, 90% of which would be made up for in the next few days. This idea that money lost from a days work is simply GPD/365 is stupid.
When an exceptional circumstance happens we should not expect things to carry on as normal. To be honest, most of the problems that occurred yesterday where far from unsurmountable, just like last feb. If people wanted to most could get where they where going but it took them longer.