Snowmagedagain

gmisk

So luas is limited service....but can't see anything forecast on the app...Twitter in a meltdown....so am I off?

Has the Department of Education closed all schools, or is it up to each one? I can't find any specific DoES instruction and it's 7am.

Also, is there an overall instruction for creches or does each one decide?

French_Girl

If read alert warning, I don't have to go in, RIGHT???
I don't bloody know what to do! 😰

namloc1980

Deleted User wrote: »

Has the Department of Education closed all schools, or is it up to each one? I can't find any specific DoES instruction and it's 7am.

Also, is there an overall instruction for creches or does each one decide?

Up to each one to decide unless there's a central directive, which there hasn't been yet.

Ajsoprano

Any news on building sites?

namloc1980

Dakota Dan wrote: »

Back in the 70's we had plenty snow and everyone survived. Many people had no fridges, freezers etc, cars were back wheel drive so crap to drive in snow. No warnings and everyone coped. snow was up to a foot deep and drifts up to 4 feet. Are people nowadays gone soft?

People died in the 1982 snow event. But yeah who needs warnings right?

Duckworth_Luas

Hapax Legomenon wrote: »

I've got twelve inches here.

Only around a centimetre of snow though.

DP for you tonight?

OptimusTractor

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Why do people say their trips should be “fun” in these poor weather conditions. As someone with a 200klm commute round trip daily I can assure you it’s not fun at all.

Sarcasm bro.

biko

Here in the West it's a lovely crisp morning, not too cold.

The Black Oil

Deleted User wrote: »

Has the Department of Education closed all schools, or is it up to each one? I can't find any specific DoES instruction and it's 7am.

https://twitter.com/Education_Ire/status/968464592841125889

No further tweet as of this morning. A poster in the Weather forum said a school in Cabra is closed all right.

Clonmel1000

OptimusTractor wrote: »

Sarcasm bro.

I hope so but looking at some people’s reactions to this nuisance I’m not convinced.

Ulysses Gaze

namloc1980 wrote: »

People died in the 1982 snow event. But yeah who needs warnings right?

Ah sure, you always get these Hard Chaws on here during any extreme weather event. They were here during Ophelia and they'll be here at the next Extreme Weather.

dasdog

Hondo75 wrote: »

Well its good to see RTE is keeping us updated with euro news, teleshoping and repeats of Maura and Dahiti

One of the few positive things about RTE is Lyric FM. And Marty Whelan made it in to do his quirky morning show. It's time to get wrapped up well and do a 5km trek listening to Ella Fitzgerald, Ennio Morricone and really bad jokes without the incessant noise of traffic bleeding through the headphones.

_Dara_

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Ah sure, you always get these Hard Chaws on here during any extreme weather event. They were here during Ophelia and they'll be here at the next Extreme Weather.

Hard chaw. I wondered if my father was the only person to use that expression.

Gumbo

Ajsoprano wrote: »

Any news on building sites?

Red weather alert. Your H&S Officer should shut down works in my opinion. If I was your PSDS I would ask for it to be closed.

Gumbo

The Black Oil wrote: »

https://twitter.com/Education_Ire/status/968464592841125889

No further tweet as of this morning. A poster in the Weather forum said a school in Cabra is closed all right.

All schools in Finglas closed now due to red weather warning.

Ursummupet

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Ah sure, you always get these Hard Chaws on here during any extreme weather event. They were here during Ophelia and they'll be here at the next Extreme Weather.

And you'll get those who'd close the whole country down on the sniff of a bit of adverse weather. Ophelia was a freak but what we're getting now is nothing more a cold snap. The media has the whole country whipped up In a bread buying frenzy and it's utterly laughable.

People need to stay indoors, be scared and wait for further instructions. Do not think for yourselves at any stage sheeple.

ardinn

Ursummupet wrote: »

And you'll get those who'd close the whole country down on the sniff of a bit of adverse weather. Ophelia was a freak but what we're getting now is nothing more a cold snap. The media has the whole country whipped up In a bread buying frenzy and it's utterly laughable.

People need to stay indoors, be scared and wait for further instructions. Do not think for yourselves at any stage sheeple.

What an amazingly accurate username for yourself!

Trigger Happy

It was a lovely sight to wake up to this morning. Whiteness all around. It's going to be a great great day for snowlovers.

Minderbinder

Ursummupet wrote: »

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Ah sure, you always get these Hard Chaws on here during any extreme weather event. They were here during Ophelia and they'll be here at the next Extreme Weather.

And you'll get those who'd close the whole country down on the sniff of a bit of adverse weather. Ophelia was a freak but what we're getting now is nothing more a cold snap. The media has the whole country whipped up In a bread buying frenzy and it's utterly laughable.

People need to stay indoors, be scared and wait for further instructions. Do not think for yourselves at any stage sheeple.

Oh wow buying some extra food in the probable event that you won’t be able to go out for a couple of days is a ‘frenzy’. It’s likely to be mostly elderly people stocking up because if they go out and fall in icy conditions they’ll be stuck indoors for months with broken bones.

You’re an absolute idiot and you be too embarrassed to post here again.

Doctors room ghost

The beast has reached the west and she’s an angry looking b1tch so far.

Ursummupet

Minderbinder wrote: »

Oh wow buying some extra food in the probable event that you won’t be able to go out for a couple of days is a ‘frenzy’. It’s likely to be mostly elderly people stocking up because if they go out and fall in icy conditions they’ll be stuck indoors for months with broken bones.

You’re an absolute idiot and you be too embarrassed to post here again.

Yup, we have another taker. Enjoy the break.

Ulysses Gaze

Ursummupet wrote: »

And you'll get those who'd close the whole country down on the sniff of a bit of adverse weather. Ophelia was a freak but what we're getting now is nothing more a cold snap. The media has the whole country whipped up In a bread buying frenzy and it's utterly laughable.

People need to stay indoors, be scared and wait for further instructions. Do not think for yourselves at any stage sheeple.

RobbingBandit

Dunnes close automatically at a red alert warning Tesco was open for a few hours the last time one was issued but I think in these conditions it's really whether the staff are even able to commute to the job that will dictate if anywhere is able to open today.

bloodless_coup

Ursummupet wrote: »

Yup, we have another taker. Enjoy the break.

Not so sure there'll be any action taken against that user. Seems to be a free for all for those who engage in hyperbole about the weather.

Those who are more measured are the ones who get infractions at every possible opportunity.

namloc1980

Ursummupet wrote: »

And you'll get those who'd close the whole country down on the sniff of a bit of adverse weather. Ophelia was a freak but what we're getting now is nothing more a cold snap. The media has the whole country whipped up In a bread buying frenzy and it's utterly laughable.

People need to stay indoors, be scared and wait for further instructions. Do not think for yourselves at any stage sheeple.

Back in my day it wasn't real weather unless at least 20 people died. Softies.

Badly Drunk Boy

erica74 wrote: »

Hi there, is your procedure an emergency? The HSE sent out an advisory yesterday afternoon telling us all non emergency appointments should be cancelled, including all outpatient appointments, for today, tomorrow and Friday. If you haven't been contacted, I'd say it would be a good idea to contact the hospital before travelling.

Yeah, I'll do that. It's probably a bit early for them to contact me, and the appointment is for 11.30 so it's time enough.

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Why do people say their trips should be “fun” in these poor weather conditions. As someone with a 200klm commute round trip daily I can assure you it’s not fun at all.

If that was referring to my use of the word 'fun', I was being facetious/sarcastic. I don't really expect my foot being cut open to be fun either.

Badly Drunk Boy

Meanwhile, here's my use of my bins to show how much snow has fallen here:

andekwarhola

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Has the Department of Education closed all schools, or is it up to each one? I can't find any specific DoES instruction and it's 7am.

I think the schools can make the individual call. Got the text from our kids' national school earlier.

begbysback

Is costa open? Need a cappuccino

Mister Vain

I went to my local shop last night and a guy came out with a trolley full of milk. Fecking gallons of it.

Billy86

So much for the "shows what they know, just like ophelia" claims... now let's go out and make giant snow penisesmen. Let's all build snow men.

Atlantic Dawn

Lads with cannabis farms in their attics $hitting it this morning.

begbysback

That reminds me, how is your man on toilet strike doing?? No action on the thread lately

erica74

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Yeah, I'll do that. It's probably a bit early for them to contact me, and the appointment is for 11.30 so it's time enough.

Just keep an eye on your phone this morning and obviously, don't travel if you don't feel you can do so safely.
I'm going in now to cancel all my patients for tomorrow and Friday.

Badly Drunk Boy

Yeah, I'll ring them at 9 if I haven't heard. If it's cancelled, I'll head to work (it's a handy enough 15 minute walk).

The Black Oil

Warning from Chief O'Brien.

https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/968755131910180864

Ash.J.Williams

Ursummupet wrote: »

And you'll get those who'd close the whole country down on the sniff of a bit of adverse weather. Ophelia was a freak but what we're getting now is nothing more a cold snap. The media has the whole country whipped up In a bread buying frenzy and it's utterly laughable.

People need to stay indoors, be scared and wait for further instructions. Do not think for yourselves at any stage sheeple.

No it just means health and safety for the country rather than just in work....

gozunda

_Dara_ wrote: »

Aaaah, no, the money flows the other direction. Dublin contributes more to its country brethren than vice versa.

Is that so? So over three million people dont contribute to keeping dublin in at all? Ha ha really that's funny you think that Put up your link that shows no money flows to dublin from elsewhere.

ShooterSF

Originally off work tomorrow and Friday. Boss is looking for me to go in now. No chance!

Job description I hear you (not) ask? Bartender

Kimbot

Made it into work, none of my staff did so I am on my own today haha

Billy86

ShooterSF wrote: »

Originally off work tomorrow and Friday. Boss is looking for me to go in now. No chance!

Job description I hear you (not) ask? Bartender

I got the text off my boss a half hour back, right as I was getting dressed for work exactly with Ophelia. Perfect enough timing time get my arse out of bed without me having to do a thing afterwards.

minikin

Well that’s feckin handy, great to see all of the infrastructure hasn’t gone to crap.
Roads are clear boys! The authorities have done a great job of keeping everything ticking over, unlike in the bad old days when they would have struggled to keep even minor I.T. Systems from falling over

_Dara_

gozunda wrote: »

Is that so? So over three million people dont contribute to keeping dublin in at all? Ha ha really that's funny you think that Put up your link that shows no money flows to dublin from elsewhere.

I said more flows from Dublin than vice versa. That implies that some flows the other way too. The net flow is out of Dublin, not inwards. Dublin subsidises a lot of rural Ireland’s services. It’s economies of scale. Those three million are widely dispersed.

Oh, and you were the first to make the claim about who subsidises who so you first. I’ll go after you do, in the order in which claims were made. Off you go. Link plz.

Billy86

minikin wrote: »

Well that’s feckin handy, great to see all of the infrastructure hasn’t gone to crap.
Roads are clear boys!

I thought that was a general 'earth cam' type website that covers the globe for a second, given it's from Dublincity.ie it's kind of poor form of them to not just remove the photos until they get it fixed.

gozunda

_Dara_ wrote: »

I said more flows from Dublin than vice versa. That implies that some flows the other way too. The net flow is out of Dublin, not inwards. Dublin subsidises a lot of rural Ireland’s services. It’s economies of scale. Those three million are widely dispersed.

Oh, and you were the first to make the claim about who subsidises who so you first. I’ll go after you do, in the order in which claims were made. Off you go. Link plz.

Really? Compare just over one million versus the three million in the rest of the country. Doesn't add up - who subsidises the vast amount of infrastructure etc concentrated in Dublin.

Btw you didn't provide the link as requested - I think you may forgot - so no you first. Thanks

_Dara_

gozunda wrote: »

It is obvious that the other three million in the rest of the country subsidises the vast amount of infrastructure etc concentrated in Dublin.

Btw you didn't provide the link as requested - I think you may forgot - so no you first. Thanks

As said, you made the first claim. You’ve to back yourself up every bit as much. Don’t ask others to back themselves up if you are not prepared to do so yourself. Links will only be provided by me if you do so too. Shall we remind ourselves again who made the first claim? Hint: it wasn’t me.

Dublin is densely populated, services can be provided much cheaper to its citizens than spread out rural populations. This is common sense stuff.

bloodless_coup

_Dara_ wrote: »

services can be provided much cheaper to its citizens than spread out rural populations. This is common sense stuff.

What services are there in rural areas?

BillyBobBS

Boss just rang me asking why i wasn't in lol. Told him i didn't fancy the 10 minute walk in case i slipped hurt myself and was out of work for a few weeks. He hung up.

How Soon Is Now

What's the usual Dublin vs the rest of the country got to do with snow lads?