Snowmagedagain

iamwhoiam

brendanwalsh wrote: »

Does this mean we all have to go to work tomorrow. This is the most tame blizzard in the history of mankind.

It hasnt even arrived yet .!

spud82

Does anyone know what time it is meant to hit Limerick?

byhookorbycrook

Around midnight for Limerick , according to Alan O' Reilly of Carlow Weather

spud82

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Around midnight for Limerick , according to Alan O' Reilly of Carlow Weather

Thanks

John_Rambo

Berserker wrote: »

It's only one day ffs. Just back from driving on the M50 and M4. Both roads were absolutely fine. My OH is Canadian and she is laughing her ass off at the reaction to a few inches of snow. Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann have cancelled their services. Not sure what it is like down the country but no need for DB to cancel their services.

Did you explain things to her?

That we have a temperate climate and aren't set up for this weather, it's very rare for us and we just don't have the equipment like snowploughs on hand.

Did you tell her our cities, towns and settlements are much older than those of Canada and weren't planned with this type of weather in mind? Did you tell her further more we've a vast urban sprawl and ribbon development along with one off housing dotted around the country?

Did you tell her we're a small Island on the Atlantic where seasons run in to each other and is infamously hard to forecast weather and that it's best to prepare for the worst rather than fail to prepare?

trashcan

pjohnson wrote: »

1947 was but a breeze. 1784 was the fun storm. 65 feet of snow and yet people were out and about in breeches and short pantaloons. Men were men in those days.

Calls for a Monty Python sketch response...

BillyBobBS

Worst blizzard ever.

Berserker

John_Rambo wrote: »

Did you explain things to her?

I didn't, to be honest. Joking aside she/we get that this is a big event here. She is actually working tonight in one of the hospitals in Dublin, so she'll get to see the rough end of it all.

John_Rambo

Berserker wrote: »

I didn't, to be honest. Joking aside she/we get that this is a big event here. She is actually working tonight in one of the hospitals in Dublin, so she'll get to see the rough end of it all.

Fair play to her. Front line worker. Looks like our ill prepared (for this weather we don't normally get) electricity network is suffering, lots of outages now.

And... I'd leave the giggling till the actual storm hits! It still could be a big unprecedented weather event.

yourdeadwright

Is it just me or has there been less snow in Dublin today than yesterday ? Car was proper.covered yesterday morning hasnt been near that today , Duvlin 13

MonkieSocks

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Its whipping up here now in south Dublin . Put my nose out and it stung my eyes .

Your Nose stung your Eye's?:eek:

Capt'n Midnight

pjohnson wrote: »

1947 was but a breeze. 1784 was the fun storm. 65 feet of snow and yet people were out and about in breeches and short pantaloons. Men were men in those days.

Actually

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/our-cold-snap-was-nothing-compared-to-the-great-irish-frost-of-1740-26609822.html

Between 310,000 and 480,000 people out of a population of 2.4 million are believed to have died during the Great Frost which swept across Ireland between 1739 and 1741
...
Such was the cold that the rivers Liffey, Slaney, Boyne and parts of the Shannon froze over within days as well as Loughs Cong and Neagh.

The big difference is back then we didn't have sliced bread.

Dev84

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Actually

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/our-cold-snap-was-nothing-compared-to-the-great-irish-frost-of-1740-26609822.html


The big difference is back then we didn't have sliced bread.

Sure.....

ArtyC

Dominos seemed to be every second ad on the weather reports.... have no clue just made me think they must be open

previous user

Not much of a blizzard at the minute a fine dusting of snow and windy, what gives?

Gwynplaine

Cook something you lazy git.

BoJack Horseman

In Wicklow Town.

The wind has picked up a bit and there is a sleety drizzle falling.... no proper snow.

Not a flake of snow fell all day either.... bigger hype fail than Storm Ophelia.

Roads all clear

spud82

We were sent home from work at lunch time and are off tomorrow, all quiet here so far, be interesting to see if we get hit at all

What takeaways are delivering this evening? Not that i want one, just curious.

bodhrandude

Its like an unscheduled Christmas break minus the presents, extra tv schedules and over indulgence.

Rjd2

Mint Sauce wrote: »

If they are, I really hope you tip the driver well!

Yeah went to my local Chinese (nothing in the fridge due to bad planning) and tipped them half of what the order came to. I'm not a stickler on tips normally as so much bad service out there, but today they deserve something, no fun driving in today and home at silly o clock.

Berserker

John_Rambo wrote: »

Fair play to her. Front line worker. Looks like our ill prepared (for this weather we don't normally get) electricity network is suffering, lots of outages now.

And... I'd leave the giggling till the actual storm hits! It still could be a big unprecedented weather event.

Yeah, could be a very interesting night. People indoors all day long, can lead to all sorts of fun injuries. She was saying that the there is going to one hell of a flood when this starts to thaw and that's worse than the snow itself, in her experience.

nice_guy80

We've had a constant blizzard more or less since 11am near mullingar.

roads completely impassable.
snow piled up inside walls and hedgerows.
snow accumulated in huge drifts around sides of houses.

we won't be going anywhere for a while

SidekickSimon

A non event so far. Starting to rain now

Clickbait

Don't know if I should set my alarm for the morning or not.

John_Rambo

spud82 wrote: »

We were sent home from work at lunch time and are off tomorrow, all quiet here so far, be interesting to see if we get hit at all

I reckon it will happen. Warm, moist air from Portugal with a heavy water content is making it's way from the South to meet cold Siberian wind coming from the East. When the cold hits the warm wet air it will turn to ice and snow and dump a lot, in a short amount of time. The question is when? It's hard to predict when it will happen, so experts reckon four today was the absolute earliest it could happen. It hasn't happened yet.

Berserker

nice_guy80 wrote: »

We've had a constant blizzard more or less since 11am near mullingar.

roads completely impassable.
snow piled up inside walls and hedgerows.
snow accumulated in huge drifts around sides of houses.

we won't be going anywhere for a while

Fighting the urge to post a joke about being stuck in Mullingar.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

****ing TV and internet is gone now. This is gonna turn into the shining right sharpish

BillyBobBS

SidekickSimon wrote: »

A non event so far. Starting to rain now

Been raining here for a fair bit now. Met Eireann got this badly wrong.

John_Rambo

Berserker wrote: »

Yeah, could be a very interesting night. People indoors all day long, can lead to all sorts of fun injuries. She was saying that the there is going to one hell of a flood when this starts to thaw and that's worse than the snow itself, in her experience.

The thaw could be a mare. Worse if it was in Autumn with leaves.

JohnnyFlash

Deleted User wrote: »

What takeaways are delivering this evening? Not that i want one, just curious.

Passion4food on Clanbrassil Street are open and delivering. The kebabs there are fücking delicious as well.

John_Rambo

BillyBobBS wrote: »

Been raining here for a fair bit now. Met Eireann got this badly wrong.

I
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nice_guy80 wrote: »

We've had a constant blizzard more or less since 11am near mullingar.

roads completely impassable.
snow piled up inside walls and hedgerows.
snow accumulated in huge drifts around sides of houses.

we won't be going anywhere for a while

JohnnyFlash

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Passion4food on Clanbrassil Street are open and delivering. The kebabs there are fücking delicious as well.

Good to know- not that they're delivering but that " their kebabs are fcking delicisous". Thanks:P

Max Prophet

Rjd2 wrote: »

Yeah went to my local Chinese (nothing in the fridge due to bad planning).

This is how the weak among will perish and not inherit the earth this time anyway

brendanwalsh

Midnight for limerick now. What happened to 4pm. Farcical stuff. I think I'll go for a run. This is the most pathetic excuse for a blizzard in the history of mankind.

iamwhoiam

https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/deaths-and-disruption-as-storm-emma-brings-blizzards-to-snow-hit-uk-830484.html

Fann Linn

brendanwalsh wrote: »

Midnight for limerick now. What happened to 4pm. Farcical stuff. I think I'll go for a run. This is the most pathetic excuse for a blizzard in the history of mankind.

You actually appear upset.

Atlantic Dawn

bodhrandude wrote: »

Its like an unscheduled Christmas break minus the presents, extra tv schedules and over indulgence.

Yes I'm bloody loving it, I am though going to go in to work on Monday and say it was terrible and we should have been allowed to work etc etc :pac:

iamwhoiam

brendanwalsh wrote: »

Midnight for limerick now. What happened to 4pm. Farcical stuff. I think I'll go for a run. This is the most pathetic excuse for a blizzard in the history of mankind.

Off you pop . Don't forget the sunscreen

Rjd2

Max Prophet wrote: »

This is how the weak among will perish and not inherit the earth this time anyway

Harsh but fair. :P

Mister Vain

Emma is just running a bit late.

Dravokivich

iamwhoiam wrote: »

https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/deaths-and-disruption-as-storm-emma-brings-blizzards-to-snow-hit-uk-830484.html

So unfortunate to read of that 7 year old girl.

Alf Veedersane

Fake news.

All the white scenery from around the country was done on the set of Fair City.

This is our faked moon landings!!!1!eleven!

iamwhoiam

Dravokivich wrote: »

So unfortunate to read of that 7 year old girl.

Very sad .

Beechwoodspark

Why the hell did they warn /cajole everyone to be indoors by 4 this evening when this feckin storm has only begun to hit land now?!?

Samuel T. Cogley

People forget that we had two, or was it three people die the last time we had high winds, let alone high winds and snow. It's simply not worth it because people are too lazy not to get a takeaway for a couple of days.

jimbobaloobob

I know its different everywhere, but could gather all the snow thats here in a mug.

What are boardsies doing to keep entertained while Leo wont let us out with the code red?

Samuel T. Cogley

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Why the hell did they warn /cajole everyone to be indoors by 4 this evening when this feckin storm has only begun to hit land now?!?

Storms change direction, speed, etc. May end up bypassing certain areas all together. The worst was planned and warned for.

John_Rambo

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Why the hell did they warn /cajole everyone to be indoors by 4 this evening when this feckin storm has only begun to hit land now?!?

Because that's the earliest that it could have hit. It's impossible to pinpoint the exact minute it's going to happen. It's the weather, not the tide.

Beechwoodspark

John_Rambo wrote: »

Because that's the earliest that it could have hit. It's impossible to pinpoint the exact minute it's going to happen. It's the weather, not the tide.

It’s 5 hours and counting now.