Winter diseaster

It has been the coldest winter in Britain for 18 years. The Met Office warns that there is going to be a DECADE of freezing winters to come because Earth is going through a "cooling" cycle. When my father was a boss at the road maintanance company they were usually running out of funding for gritt at this time of the year - there is apparently not enough salt in Britain to cover frozen roads. The owner of our favourite cafe accross the road has a stitched forhead as he slipped on an icy pavement and banged his head against the frozen ground. I am dreading the gas heating bill which is due next month...