Big Freeze Discussion / Heavy snow & Blizzards continue - 01/12/2010

token56

KizzyMonster wrote: »

I think I'm just at the edge of the IOM shadow!!!

Exact same thing here in maynooth, rather depressing

candy19

Weathercheck wrote: »

We have managed to evade most of the showers here.

However i hear things have degraded really badly in the CC.

It certainly has, in the last hour Christchurch has become a nightmare for cars and buses!

I'm glad I don't have to go out there:D

< Snuggled up with a blanket and cup of tae>

jay28

caseyann wrote: »

Tallaght hills sally gap etc..

Oh nice, hope you have you camera with you

Brenireland

over a foot in the irish midlands.

ninebeanrows

Any idea what the situation is with the dart/commuters?

I need to make a trip into town this evening ??

dmaxontour

DOCARCH wrote: »

Anybody who has not left work yet, don't bother!

I have to work late tonight. I'm hoping for a taxi after 12....

toilet_ducks

I've just walked from sir John rogersons quay to Connolly and the roads are like ice rinks.

super_furry

Near enough to a white out up here in Dublin 16.

Oasis_Dublin

greenbicycle wrote: »

blizzard conditions in sandyford now, i can see the cars streaming out of the industrial estate up onto the M50.... get out now while you still can!

im at the beacon, where's the snow?

vibe666

MilanPan!c wrote: »

If you're Tweeting about the weather, please consider tagging your tweet with #snowicane

This storm needs it's own hashtag.

i prefer #snowmageddon

think the US used it last year, so now it's our turn.

still snowing steadily in navan.

HellFireClub

caseyann wrote: »

Tallaght hills sally gap etc..

Taken yest evening up at the Hell Fire Club...

Calibos

pokerface_me wrote: »

Its like nighttime up here pure dark out and bucketting down, people that went out this morning are going to find it very difficult to get home.

Firstly can I say I am uber jealous of your 16 inches.

I lived in Firhouse for '82 and a neighbour was incommunicado in a hay shed in Cavan for 3 days during the blizzards after his car got stuck driving back to Firhouse, no one knew if he was alive or dead. Our worst experience was loosing bearings crossing a small green area between estates and ending up 1 mile further from the house than when we started!

Hopefully there are a few things which a lot of people have now that we didn't have then to help us.

Number 1 - Mobile Phones
Number 2 - Mobile Phones with compasses and GPS

1982 - "Cant see my hand in front of my face! Where the F are we?"
"I haven't a clue, I think we are in big trouble!!"
2010 - "Cant see my hand in front of my face! Where the F are we?"
"5 metres from Blah house on the corner of Blah street....."

:D

brownian

Spilling graupel in Deansgrange. Not very deep yet, though, just a couple of inches.

DOCARCH

@ WC. Looks to me that a more organised feature is just coming out of the UK - I think you will get lucky. As always, you deserve a dumping!

http://www.sat24.com/gb

Tomohawk

Nightshift reporting in, Time to make some breakfast in the Kitchen...:D

rsom

Weathercheck wrote: »

We have managed to evade most of the showers here.

However i hear things have degraded really badly in the CC.

Seems phone lines/internet gone in Mountjoy Sq/Gardiner St areas of Dublin 1.

cherryghost

Brenireland wrote: »

over a foot in the irish midlands.

Define midlands

dacogawa

Weathercheck wrote: »

Any idea what the situation is with the dart/commuters?

I need to make a trip into town this evening ??

The dart is running fine but looks like it will be packed as it & the luas are the only things really working

daisling

My very good neighbour is clearing estate roads with JCB and grit for last hour. Bad weather brings out the good people

caramel08

at least 6 inches or more here in carlow town and the snow has finally stopped (almost afraid to say it)...

caseyann

jay28 wrote: »

Oh nice, hope you have you camera with you

I am actually on the search right now for the best camera :cool:

Mister men

Crazy snow here in D14. Has not stopped for the last 3 hours bar a few minutes. Must be 8 inchs deep at the back door at least. Just back from a walk up to the shop for milk and the traffic all the way through Goatstown towards M50/Sandyford is at a standstill nearly. That commute is going to a bitch.

Rekop dog

caseyann wrote: »

Tallaght hills sally gap etc..

Yep could well be, just hit the 12 inch mark in Tallaght so I'd imagine how bad it is up there.

caseyann

HellFireClub wrote: »

Taken yest evening up at the Hell Fire Club...

That was yesterday hasnt stopped all morning and still going

sunbabe08

wow M50 - Edmondstown web cam :eek:

HellFireClub

Tomohawk wrote: »

Nightshift reporting in, Time to make some breakfast in the Kitchen...:D

Someone doing guard duty?!?

keithzer

Snow just started in Drogheda again heavy up to my ankles now

davehey79

Brenireland wrote: »

over a foot in the irish midlands.

by midlands what part do you mean?? im in longford and not so much as a solitary flake

soccerc

cherryghost wrote: »

Define midlands

Well it's not between Ardagh and Edgeworthstown as all we got was a miserable 1cm early Tuesday

However, it's bloody cold

Current data for Longford, Ireland
01 December 2010 15:57:54

Temperature (°C):
Current -1.5
Trend (per hour) -0.3
Average today -2.8
Wind chill -4.0
Heat Index -1.5
Dew Point -4.3
Rel Humidity 81%

Brenireland

soccerc wrote: »

Well it's not between Ardagh and Edgeworthstown as all we got was a miserable 1cm early Tuesday

However, it's bloody cold

Current data for Longford, Ireland
01 December 2010 15:57:54

Temperature (°C):
Current -1.5
Trend (per hour) -0.3
Average today -2.8
Wind chill -4.0
Heat Index -1.5
Dew Point -4.3
Rel Humidity 81%

outside edenderry