HSBC CEO Says Bankers Generating 20% of London Revenue May Move

Re:HSBC CEO Says Bankers Generating 20% of London Revenue Ma... by dingaling on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @12:25PM (#13428180)

That Scandinavian quip has become a popular soundbite but they have a fairly stable climate, with only extremes of temperature and snowfall as a consideration in the most northerly regions. Their winds don't reach hurricane-force on land, which is fortunate as no clothes can help in that event.

For the most populated regions their climate is maritime mild-temperate ( to the west ) and continental ( east / south ) due to the Gulfstream. Certianly more mild than other regions at the same latitudes.

I wouldn't take their weather advice if I was going to Siberia, for example: average winter temperature in some areas there is -50 Celsius, which freeze your glasses to your face.

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Re:HSBC CEO Says Bankers Generating 20% of London Revenue Ma... by germinalphrase on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @01:25PM (#13428809)

This is entirely true; however, most "bad" weather that keeps people indoors can be made very comfortable with an investment in a few pieces of appropriate clothing and a willingness to learn how to dress and stay dry in winter weather (which, I suppose, I'm defining as weather typical of northern US/southern Canada - not the Arctic).

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Re:HSBC CEO Says Bankers Generating 20% of London Revenue Ma... by celticninja on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @01:50PM (#13429120)

Obviously there is extreme weather, but bad weather is wind,rain,snow,hail etc. Extreme weather is 3+ foot snow drifts, -25c daytome temp, 40+ mph wind, cyclones etc.

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