People in London seem to have the same reaction to snowflakes. Being Scottish we don't panic until the snow is at least five feet high.
When I lived in southern New Mexico an inch of snow closed businesses , cars slid off the road and the tow trucks had a field day. Jerry
In 1966 we were in Va. Beach, Va. and they got 6 " of snow. They closed everything. Even the Naval Air Station. All they had to remove it was the old type road graders!