Here major roads will be cleared regularly during the snowstorm even with blowing snow covering up the road. Then all roads are cleared after the wind dies down. Happens regularly in many Norwegian cities and never experienced this level of drama/panic here. If you're in a city and get stuck in your car you leave it and seek shelter. If you're inside you just stay in for the duration of the storm and you'd have bought enough food to last a day or two before because you live in a place where paying attention to the weather is important. If you lose power you put on more clothes and light a fire. It just seems to me bad infrastructure combined with too many people having no clue how to cope with a lot of snow or panicking because of it leads to a worse situation than it should be.

Why would anyone drive around now?

You can always plow roads. Power you can luve without for a bit. Ambulances will have escorts to get where they need if visibility is 0.

Christ. A city that's used to snow and you still close schools because of snow? No wonder a Blizzard kills people. I'm struggling to figure out if Americans are just so fucking dramatic about everything or if this would kill people and require the national guard in Oslo as well where I'm from.

We've had massive amounts of snow with strong winds too but daily life just went on with delays. Main roads are cleared within the hour, you dig out your own car, then you drive to wherever or you walk.

Hearing stories about people freezing to death in their cars in a city is insane. If it's winter you'll be wearing clothes for winter. If your can't drive further you leave your car and go to the nearest house for shelter. Are there just so many people from other places who are not used to cold weather?

Not making fun obviously just curious how this happens and if the weather is so bad my city would face the same consequences or if this is just how it affects American cities.