Top Spotter or is it top T***** because you are really is winding me up and gives the real spotters a bad name.
Manchester actually gets less snow than many of the south eastern airports and usually when it does it is the worst type (wet ) which causes very large problems in that slush is very bad for aircraft ( Munich 1958 ) it reduces performance on take off dramitically so has to be cleared before departures whereas a small build up of dry snow will blow away as aircraft take off
Topspotter try clearing your drive with wet and dry snow and see the difference in effort needed and the results, then think what it is like to clear 2 miles of runway and 3 or 4 times more in taxyway and ramps
Ian B