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Paralyzing White Blitz

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 3, 2009

It was hardly a blizzard, but it still shut down the city that beat the Blitz.

The biggest snowfall to hit London in 18 years idled the city's trademark red buses and Underground trains Monday, stranded thousands of airline passengers, and raised the vexing question of why a predicted winter storm caught authorities so unprepared.
Transit officials had nearly a week to get ready, but they failed to keep things running normally in the capital, which was buried under more than 4 inches of snow overnight and another 4 inches in the afternoon.

All five of the capital's airports briefly shut down - with nearly 800 flights canceled throughout the day and thousands of passengers stranded.

The Associated Press

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