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Prelude to Cold Weather/Snow - Sun 25th Feb (Onwards)
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Do do people purposely keep low supplies of firewood and oil ?
I have a small income and generally live week to week. No oil, I use solid fuel, I probably keep about 2 weeks of coal and briquettes in generally, maybe 3 or 4 weeks worth in winter, or over Christmas, but by end of February I would be normally relaxing the fuel reins, and sometimes I have a stash of firewood or turf that might be a 2 - 4 week's worth at the start, but will obviously dwindle until I buy the next lot. So, yeah, I guess supplies of fuel can be limited by times, not purposely, but as a result of finances and timing.
It is good to get notice of weather in advance as I do stock up then. If I was rich I'd have the garage packed to the rafters with seasoned hardwood
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850 hPa temp anomalies from the GFS analysis over the last couple of days. Cold air mass, originally sourced in the Arctic, now intensifying over eastern Europe.
Circulating around the greater region for the time being, but with an Arctic high pressure forecast to become stronger over the next couple of days, it will help steer this ever darkening cold air mass in the direction of NW Europe.
Also, just to point out, feel free to diss anybody (particularly the tabloid reader types) who might claim this cold air is coming from 'Siberia'. It quite clearly isn't.:cool:
Image from WeatherObs.
Indeed,I hear the tabloid’s in eastern Canada are about to go to press with headlines about the Galway express
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I have a small income and generally live week to week. No oil, I use solid fuel, I probably keep about 2 weeks of coal and briquettes in generally, maybe 3 or 4 weeks worth in winter, or over Christmas, but by end of February I would be normally relaxing the fuel reins, and sometimes I have a stash of firewood or turf that might be a 2 - 4 week's worth at the start, but will obviously dwindle until I buy the next lot. So, yeah, I guess supplies of fuel can be limited by times, not purposely, but as a result of finances and timing.
It is good to get notice of weather in advance as I do stock up then. If I was rich I'd have the garage packed to the rafters with seasoned hardwood
I had a hard time of things in the past also, but I have never forgotten past hardships, I spread my fuel costs through the whole year, I also work in construction so I scavenge every bit of scrap timber from skips and the likes, I also go for walks with the wheel barrow after storms picking up the wind fall, people laugh at me in work and in the neighbourhood for doing this, but funny thing during the last bad cold spell 2010,people knocked on my door asking for fuel0 -
Well we generally buy by the car trailer load - I aim to always have a full bay. But at the same time, it's not unreasonable to expect people to have run down supplies at this stage. Not everyone knows how late the great snow of 47 started like I never tire of telling peopleI was thinking that myself, there is a mad rush for firewood e.c.t
In my area neighbours ask me am I not getting ready for next week, my reply was I've been ready since 2010 0 -
I had a hard time of things in the past also, but I have never forgotten past hardships, I spread my fuel costs through the whole year, I also work in construction so I scavenge every bit of scrap timber from skips and the likes, I also go for walks with the wheel barrow after storms picking up the wind fall, people laugh at me in work and in the neighbourhood for doing this, but funny thing during the last bad cold spell 2010,people knocked on my door asking for fuel
Yes, I often gather fuel too No harm in financial constraints - it has never stopped me having a grand time.
I have a couple of good bow saws and extra blades and plenty of forest around me so if the Apocalypse ever dawns I will be warm - in the meantime though I like to keep up the veneer of being reasonably civilised and harmless 0 -
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Well we generally buy by the car trailer load - I aim to always have a full bay. But at the same time, it's not unreasonable to expect people to have run down supplies at this stage. Not everyone knows how late the great snow of 47 started like I never tire of telling people
I agree, since the last week in November my stove has been going the whole time0 -
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Met Eireann have updated their outlook, ominous!!It will turn progressively colder from Tuesday onwards with severe frosts and with snow showers becoming more widespread. Some disruptive accumulations are likely especially in the east and southeast. Met Éireann will be issuing snow/ice warnings0
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The Specialist wrote: »Met Eireann have updated their outlook, ominous!!
so they've even had to concede that something is happening
I was hoping that they might have kept shtum for another 24 hours at least to let me get out in the morning to stock up on blocks for the fire0 -
I'm really starting to worry for anyone on social welfare...2 of my own family members buy firing week to week - i really don't think they will cope. Obviously i will help them if i can, but there are a lot of people not seeing this coming that will be sitting in very cold houses! That's not to mention any homeless.
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Colonel Claptrap wrote: »These lulls between updates are fun.
Let's say I don't own a shovel? What could I use to improvise?
If you ran out of coal/logs for the fire, what households items would you burn?
Any snowed in lifehacks? I was thinking of taping tennis rackets to the soles of my shoes.
Own a shovel, is the solution! There will always be need in life for a shovel (even if 'tis only at the end...awww ) 0 -
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I'm really starting to worry for anyone on social welfare...2 of my own family members buy firing week to week - i really don't think they will cope. Obviously i will help them if i can, but there are a lot of people not seeing this coming that will be sitting in very cold houses! That's not to mention any homeless.
Yeah I think if Met Eireann are now starting to acknowledge it, there should be updates on the news bulletins over the weekend. If this comes off half as bad as it looks, a lot of people are going to be blindsided next week.0 -
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