Meltdown!

DWCommuter

The snow is melting (in the GDA) and will melt tomorrow elsewhere (on reasonably low ground) so we can all get back to work in our cars, trains, buses and bikes. Roll on the spring! Are we all sick and tired of moaning about the cold spell and snow?

I just have to negociate my way out of this to a wet and soggy main road.

dowlingm

Over here, snow clearance is partially done by municipal employees but a lot of it is contracted out - it's good business for landscaping contractors who buy a snow plough which mounts on their trucks and then sign up with the local municipalities. It's a big help to them as there isn't much landscaping done when the ground freezes.

Local bylaws usually mandate the homeowner/landlord to keep the footpath outside their place clear within 12 hours of the snowfall although that tends to depend on enforcement. Obviously pushing snow into the middle of the road is verboten but some p****s do it anyway.

Straight salt only works to about -10C so normally I try and get my hands on the mixes that work at lower temps.

Dry fluffy snow is no problem to clear but wet snow (snow/rain mix) is rotten - it doesn't look like much until you put a snowshovel to it and then it feels like you're lifting lead.

Judgement Day

Whatever happened to the 'weather event' that Met Eireann were forecasting for today? Even here in the Soggy South East the thaw is on and only a few flakes fell today. All their forecast did was cause panic buying in the supermarkets yesterday - still it's an ill wind.......:pac:

road_high

Judgement Day wrote: »

Whatever happened to the 'weather event' that Met Eireann were forecasting for today? Even here in the Soggy South East the thaw is on and only a few flakes fell today. All their forecast did was cause panic buying in the supermarkets yesterday - still it's an ill wind.......:pac:

Exactly...some supermarkets were sold out of water yesterday here. Such a letdown really. Load of fuss about sweet fa to be honest. Wednesday was far more significant here.

foggy_lad

so does anyone know are they re-opening the schools around the country? is the great emergency over?

spank_inferno

Rained last night in wicklow town.
Roads all clear though dirty with all the grit.

I live in an area overlooking the main girls primary/secondary schools in the town & there isnt a spack of frost there anymore.

Schools should open here, but wont.

101sean

Was hoping for a decent bit of snow today to play in but got about an inch :rolleyes:

We would be moaning even more though if they had said it would rain and we got a foot of snow instead. A few flakes falling now and it's around 0 deg. Us and our neighbours have had no water for a couple of days so a thaw would be welcome.

corktina

im guessing floods could be the next problem, heavy rain and wind forecast for Munster....

ednwireland

has this anything to do with noel dempsey's return ?

why wasnt he back earlier ?

mikemac

Noel Dempsey saved us all

Zoney

Judgement Day wrote: »

Whatever happened to the 'weather event' that Met Eireann were forecasting for today? Even here in the Soggy South East the thaw is on and only a few flakes fell today. All their forecast did was cause panic buying in the supermarkets yesterday - still it's an ill wind.......:pac:

It snowed solidly all day in Limerick, with 5 cm accumulation. Now it did start thawing about 8PM, but it was inconvenient to say the least. If the temp was about 1 or 2 degrees less, there wouldn't have been a thaw.

I believe there was uncertainly which weather system would acheive dominance - the Atlantic or the continental one with all the cold and snow. Until last night, BBC were still forecasting a truckload of snow on Wednesday (yesterday's snow was light snow and "heavy" snow was forecast day and night).

The Swordsman

mikemac wrote: »

Noel Dempsey saved us all

Dempsey for President!!!!

HydeRoad

The minute Dempsey opened his mouth to make a statement, the hot air began the thaw...

Jip

ednwireland wrote: »

has this anything to do with noel dempsey's return ?

why wasnt he back earlier ?

Why should he, he could have done nothing about it anyway.

edit: Ah, I see what you did there Brain hasn't defrosted yet.

Polar101

Now that the road situation is starting to get good, maybe they could do something about footpaths too.

KevR

spank_inferno wrote: »

Schools should open here, but wont.

They never should have closed in Galway City and many parts of the County....but they did.