Well considering it's up to our knees, and our infrastructure isn't designed to accommodate that much snow, like you know, up in Finland...
Yes, because no one would believe it's going to snow this winter, too
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We were up and running within the day in Philadelphia.
Considering your country is about 6 months out of the year covered in snow, I would expect Finland to be much better prepared for winter weather and anticipate a lot of snow. Hence pouring a lot of tax dollars into snow management. That's not how it works around the East Coast, US. We don't get 2-3 feet of snow on a consistent basis in my local area. In fact, last year Philly got two 'major' snow storms both equaling up to like 6 inches together. Some regions like Buffalo, NY and Pittsburgh, PA get tons of snow every year and so those cities are well prepared for accommodations. Philadelphia and Washington DC rarely get snow.
Sorry it's just a pet peeve of mine when people get smug about other localities deciding to shut things down over weather that's commonplace in their own region. I'm sure if an earthquake or series of tornadoes rolled through your local area, you'd be mad at me for laughing at your misfortunes? "Only a category 2...town shut down...massive rebuild...lol"