Weather warning / Road Condition thread 2010 / 2011

inode

snows starting to come down heavy now... looking like a blizzard out there.

dee o gee

Very heavy shower about half an hour ago in Letterkenny, I got caught in it walking home. I looked like a walking snowman! Don't underestimate how much snow in your eyes hurts either!

Glenman

There is an all Ireland Tug of War championship scheduled to take place on Sunday in Clonmany. Do you think that this event should be called off. Is there a risk of snow on the ground Sunday morning?

danniemcq

blizzard like now, not looking forward to this walk home =( anyone going past Pacificare Swilly inn around half 4?! looking to go towards old dunnes!

homer simpson

danniemcq wrote: »

blizzard like now, not looking forward to this walk home =( anyone going past Pacificare Swilly inn around half 4?! looking to go towards old dunnes!

Sure that would nearly do ya for the night

Coming thick and fast up with me here, seems to come in realy heavy bursts though 5 mins burst then nothing for 30 mins!

danniemcq

homer_simpson wrote: »

Sure that would nearly do ya for the night

it would if i hadn't blown all my money =( why does tomorrow have to be pay day

irish1967

Road between killybegs and dunkineely White and slippy. Takecare round bruckless !

.17hmr

gap not bad with care,twin towns slipy

Firblog

Just driving in the Old laghey road - donegal Town - slippiest I've experienced yet this year, be careful out there

bohsboy

Ballyshannon to Donegal Town is very bad now...road markings all completely covered. Very dangerous and its still dumping down.

Senna

It its safe to say every road is bad at the moment. Trip home from work was a 20mph crawl, no gritters in sight.

AidySevenfold

Just walked home there...bucketing down in ballybofey...all footprints and most tyre tracks are all filled up again..fun walk home

puffdragon

whats the road from b-bofey to l-keny like there anyone ?

danniemcq

i can't say it'd be to good, letterkenny is wile bad itself and ones in work here are saying that some main roads are worse than the back roads

mrmac

We got over 2" / 5cm of snow lying on the ground in Letterkenny.
Just had a slight shower of small hailstones, which is going to make things even more slippy.
It's actually above freezing atm, but the temp. is expected to drop sharply this evening, so it's going to get lethal out there!

puffdragon

Well we cleaned four inches of snow off the car in Castlefinn here and my wife's gone to work in Letterkeny so maybe thers a chance she wont come backI mean cant get back this evening, I heard on Highland there were lorries off the road in Ballybofey, just looking at the satelite forecast I think we're in for more of the same for a day or two and as you say if it freezes then watch out!!

GoldenGreen

roads in letterkenny are very bad, packed snow just like a sheet of ice. Cars getting stuck on the port road /main street people out pushing them up the hill.

NIMAN

The amount of salt and grit in Donegal is a joke.

We all pay our road tax like the rest of the country, yet the majority is saved for the Dubs to keep their roads open and safe.

Time something was done about this county. We have too many people living off main roads and we need to have a serious snow/ice strategy for the future.

irlpic

From Highland Radio this morning -

The latest artic freeze comes as the Council announces that from midday today it will be severely restricting the level of treatment being provided on the county’s roads.

After a lengthy meeting yesterday, the council confirmed that only key routes (Reds), most of them National Primary will be salted, with other roads (Green)just receiving sand and grit.

Domscard

irlpic wrote: »

From Highland Radio this morning -

The latest artic freeze comes as the Council announces that from midday today it will be severely restricting the level of treatment being provided on the county’s roads.

After a lengthy meeting yesterday, the council confirmed that only key routes (Reds), most of them National Primary will be salted, with other roads (Green)just receiving sand and grit.

Note the Top 10 Tips for Driving in Winter Conditions from that DCC site – now adapt this list for Donegal and you get the following more appropriate list:


1.Stay at Home
2.Stay at Home
3.Stay at Home
4.Stay at Home
5.Stay at Home
6.Stay at Home
7.Stay at Home
8.Stay at Home
9.Stay at Home
10.Stay at Home


:mad::(:confused:

muffler

Roads are terrible around the twin towns. If you intend heading there, well dont. Traffic has ground to a halt a little while ago.

In fact dont go anywhere unless its absolutely essential.

muffler

This just in from the UK met office for NI which we can take as affecting us also.

Heavy Snow 1100 Fri 17 to 2300 Fri 17

Further heavy snow showers will continue for the rest of today. Additional accumulations of 5 to 10cm are expected widely with locally up to 20cm.

The public are advised to take extra care and refer to TrafficWatchNI.com (operational hours 07.00 to 21.00 Mon to Fri and 09:00 to17:00 on Saturdays) for further advice on road conditions.

Issued at: 1056 Fri 17 Dec

ednwireland

stupid weather wheres our warm mild winters

Beanstalk

main roads in letterkenny were ok from glencar down to tescos, including de valera road, high road was bad, don't know what it will be like after this wee blizzard thats happenin now.

Harps

My road is close to impassable in Glencar, even worse now after what was easily the heaviest snow so far.

Heard Meenaroy is close as well and I'd assume the Errigal Road is closed

danniemcq

Beanstalk wrote: »

main roads in letterkenny were ok from glencar down to tescos, including de valera road, high road was bad, don't know what it will be like after this wee blizzard thats happenin now.

beer run?

bobby14

i heard the letterkenny main street is closed, don't know if it is true though

danniemcq

i'll be walking through letterkenny town now in an hour when i get home i'll give an update

Harps

I'm about to walk to college now, judging by the big black cloud to the north theres another heavy shower on the way. Should be fun :pac:

inode

just back from the town. main street is open. roads are pretty bad in some parts. lots of cars getting stuck at premerica roundabout from hospital side so lots of traffic...

Went the long way around gortlee to get up the mountain top then! man i love snow tyres