Severe Weather Snow / Ice Weds 28 FEB ( Onwards ) ** READ MOD NOTE POST#1**

blackbird99

galtees today, first time seeing them since last thursday

Cork Boy 53

Artane2002 wrote: »

MÉ said sleet and snow in the North and west on Saturday 'but nothing comparable to recent events'. I've never seen them saying something like what I quoted until today.

Someone in ME must have read this.

wakka12 wrote: »

I think a reload of cold would be really funny even if its not a severe one, even the slightest mention of snow on Met eireann would have the country going mad panic buying again thinking the same snow was coming back

Kermit.de.frog

Well this event has passed and a severe one. There will be snow lying (sometimes deep) in many inland areas for a few days yet.

I won't be contributing as much as i'm literally fatigued after it.

Thanks to everyone who joined in and posted their experiences and those who contributed. Despite the disruption and difficulties of the event I know most enjoyed it as well. That's what it's about.

Cheers.

iamwhoiam

Deblowin wrote: »

Our drive and road still covered in snow to 20-30 cm now icy and hard. Slow thaw. There are three foot compacted drifts between us and where the council diggers have managed to get to. We walked to Rathcoole village yesterday - hard to believe the mess. Snow has been piled off the roads onto footpaths in places including those the kids would have used to get to school today. I understand the need to clear tracks for e.g. emergency traffic but dumping it on paths is not a great idea. Maybe it also reveals our priorities for getting around. Lots of kids and buggies will be sharing the road today with cars managing snow narrowed lanes. I hope they all take care.

Our cul de sac was blocked and no one could get cars out so on Sunday everyone came out with shovels and snow shovels to clear it .After much pondering on where to actually shovel it to they made an executive decision to pile it in larger heaps on the foothpath .Yes we have to walk on the road but there really wasnt much option as most drives are concrete with two cars parked .The roads around us have done the same as we really had no choice

sjb25

Unbelievable few days have worked since Thursday morning got home to my family yesterday

Thanks to Kermit and MT and the other regulars in here they ment I was prepared and my family was well safe while I was away

Great hard work by all emergency services

HighLine

Still a lot of snow up in the Wicklow Mountains.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt0OdwTMkRU

davidsr20

We’re still on a status orange tread lol all over days ago

Cork Boy 53

davidsr20 wrote: »

We’re still on a status orange tread lol all over days ago

All over days ago? Tell that to the people in the east and southeast of the country where there are still many areas with deep drifts of snow and all the people who have no running water or electricity , and the farmers and businesses who have suffered severe damage and disruption as a result of the severe weather. Far from over.

Macy0161

Yep, and for all the stuff about "panic buying" last week, I went to a southside dublin supermarket at lunch, and very limited stocks of anything perishable still. I thought I'd leave the limited supplies making it up to the mountains for those still only able to get out on foot, but I didn't want to be too fusy!

Bogwoppit

Still people trapped in my area.

RobertKK

davidsr20 wrote: »

We’re still on a status orange tread lol all over days ago

We can all look at our own situation and say that if that is the case. But it doesn't make it fact for others, it took the council many hours to dig through the amount of snow in my area yesterday, given the large volume of snow that had drifted on the road. They continue this work today elsewhere.
Maybe you live in an urban location, but in rural areas, there are many areas in the country that still have to be cleared, that said even urban areas are still being affected by the aftermath of the weather event.

fin12

https://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/you-can-now-go-on-a-quest-for-the-last-loaf-of-bread-in-the-new-beast-from-the-east-game-831111.html

Beast from the East game.

George Sunsnow

To be brutally honest,it has always been the way that a majority of people enjoy snow for the first few days but after that it gets tiresome and expensive

I love snow and the build up to the event and during but with the hardship on the farm work wise (A lot of extra work),not getting in untill 9 at night having to tend to sick or cold animals and worse having lost sheds meaning a mess of trying to House new borns in places not suitable
Plus the flood of thaw and the mounds around the yard
No there’s a limit to my joy and it’s passed a while ago

mikeecho

This country is not equipped to deal with snow.. or any bad weather beyond 24hrs.

So.. as much as i like to see snow etc. We're just not equpied.

The latest beast &Emma were great. But, after 36hrs, it became tiresome.

It's no fun being house bound in a rwd car on summer tyres.
Yes I had plenty of provisions, the dog got plenty of walks, and I missed a few days of work.

But.. being captive in your own house... has it's limits.

George Sunsnow

The roads of south co Wicklow/North wexford today

https://www.facebook.com/wexkidd/videos/10156096336092305/

Casualsingby

George Sunsnow wrote: »

To be brutally honest,it has always been the way that a majority of people enjoy snow for the first few days but after that it gets tiresome and expensive

I love snow and the build up to the event and during but with the hardship on the farm work wise (A lot of extra work),not getting in untill 9 at night having to tend to sick or cold animals and worse having lost sheds meaning a mess of trying to House new borns in places not suitable
Plus the flood of thaw and the mounds around the yard
No there’s a limit to my joy and it’s passed a while ago

Any reports on how many farm animals died?

George Sunsnow

Casualsingby wrote: »

Any reports on how many farm animals died?

I’d rather not think about it tbh
Mine were very lucky given what fell in on top of them

Casualsingby

George Sunsnow wrote: »

I’d rather not think about it tbh
Mine were very lucky given what fell in on top of them

I guess many won't know until after the drifts melts. There were plenty of warnings so no doubt that saved a lot.

Heroditas

Deblowin wrote: »

Our drive and road still covered in snow to 20-30 cm now icy and hard. Slow thaw. There are three foot compacted drifts between us and where the council diggers have managed to get to. We walked to Rathcoole village yesterday - hard to believe the mess. Snow has been piled off the roads onto footpaths in places including those the kids would have used to get to school today. I understand the need to clear tracks for e.g. emergency traffic but dumping it on paths is not a great idea. Maybe it also reveals our priorities for getting around. Lots of kids and buggies will be sharing the road today with cars managing snow narrowed lanes. I hope they all take care.

Amazing, yet only a few miles away in Lucan my garden is almost snow free bar one or two piles and the road is just about completely clear.

Gonzo

95% of snow melted here now, only the biggest drifts left and areas of compacted snow. The first of the snowflakes fell this time last week so we now have lying snow for a full week.

M.T. Cranium

George Sunsnow wrote: »

The roads of south co Wicklow/North wexford today

https://www.facebook.com/wexkidd/videos/10156096336092305/

For some reason I had a craving for lemon meringue pie after watching that.

Those are the size of "windrows" (what we call plow drifts) you might see up in the mountains around here, or in town except that our streets are a lot wider, same size of snow piles though. And we had from 20th December to last week to accumulate ours.

George Sunsnow

Gonzo wrote: »

95% of snow melted here now, only the biggest drifts left and areas of compacted snow. The first of the snowflakes fell this time last week so we now have lying snow for a full week.

That’s mad!
We have complete cover here near Arklow and even a lot of the town is still covered
I’d say we got a lot more than January 82
Walking or I should say wading across the fields I noticed several drifts in the middle of fields
You’d be Wellington deep and then suddenly waist deep and then of course you’d have 5 or six foot drifts at the ditches
All of this from Emma because we only had a dusting to lunchtime Thursday after which it started coming down in hammers

Regarding the drifts in the middle of the fields and the dept in the fields I reckon there was so much snow falling,the wind wasn’t fit to carry it all the way to the ditches
The yard where the shed roofs came down is completely enclosed and yet there was snow knee to waist deep in it (I’m 6’3)

Here’s a pic of yesterday evening here
It’s pretty much the same level of cover today
My father always said when there’s snow on the ground,some more has to come to take it away

https://twitter.com/arklowweather/status/970708618726268928?s=21

sryanbruen

Still some slush lying around at Grange. The Hole in the Wall Road has one side covered in lying snow still outside the Grattan Hall apartments, this is the part I highlighted before with especially deep snow on Friday night in which the photos I took did not justify how much there actually was there and to this day here on Tuesday, still is! It's mad.

Donegal Storm

Still plenty left here in Kildare as well though slowly getting back to normal today, finally managed to dig my car out this morning and there's a lot more patches of grass visible again. Most roads have now been cleared though still dangerous in spots where they haven't been fully cleared and the road narrows all of a sudden

Gonzo

George Sunsnow wrote: »

That’s mad!
We have complete cover here near Arklow and even a lot of the town is still covered
I’d say we got a lot more than January 82
Walking or I should say wading across the fields I noticed several drifts in the middle of fields
You’d be Wellington deep and then suddenly waist deep and then of course you’d have 5 or six foot drifts at the ditches
All of this from Emma because we only had a dusting to lunchtime Thursday after which it started coming down in hammers

Regarding the drifts in the middle of the fields and the dept in the fields I reckon there was so much snow falling,the wind wasn’t fit to carry it all the way to the ditches
The yard where the shed roofs came down is completely enclosed and yet there was snow knee to waist deep in it (I’m 6’3)

Here’s a pic of yesterday evening here
It’s pretty much the same level of cover today
My father always said when there’s snow on the ground,some more has to come to take it away

https://twitter.com/arklowweather/status/970708618726268928?s=21

the reason why our snow is already melted is because our area did poorly up to Thursday from the streamers and then Emma itself fragmented during Thursday night around 1am and it stopped snowing for over 12 hours and then it regained steam around 5pm on Friday.

It was still a very good event here but the snow here near Dunshaughlin was only a fraction of what happened in Wicklow, parts of Wexford, Kildare and Dublin.

highdef

Gonzo wrote: »

the reason why our snow is already melted is because our area did poorly up to Thursday from the streamers and then Emma itself fragmented during Thursday night around 1am and it stopped snowing for over 12 hours and then it regained steam around 5pm on Friday.

It was still a very good event here but the snow here near Dunshaughlin was only a fraction of what happened in Wicklow, parts of Wexford, Kildare and Dublin.

And yet at my location in the very North of Kildare, a few km SE of Enfield, it did not stop snowing at all on Thursday or Friday. At lightest, it was moderate but it was usually heavy to almost white out conditions at times. Still a good bit of snow around today. The last blocked local road was finally plowed this morning, resulting in massive piles of snow on top of the already large drifts. Before it was cleared, the 2km of road had approx 5 feet of snow right across the road.... To the top of the hedges.

George Sunsnow

And it’s good morning from a still snow covered Arklow
Current air temp is -0.1c

_Dara_

Remnants.

iamwhoiam

Just drove to Killtipper and there are huge mounds of snow at the roadsides and the paths are uncleared and lethal .It means the school kids have to walk on the road and it is then naturally effecting the traffic flow .

UpTheHillFrom

Craanford to Camolin Road, North Wexford. Larger snow drifts near the end of video

https://youtu.be/eIr_oHvPw8s

This one was a road about 1 mile from Craanford Village, they took about 12 hours to dig out the road to get to the dairy farm. It was dusk so lighting is a little dull.

https://youtu.be/EvqDVG6VJh0

pad199207

Still an incredible amount of snow in Naas. Can’t see this melting anytime soon!

m17

Ballyglunin Co Galway small bit of snow left 06/03/18

wakka12

Cant believe people are still looking at massive drifts. You'd barely know it had been snowing down in east dublin

Elmer Blooker

mikeecho wrote: »

This country is not equipped to deal with snow.. or any bad weather beyond 24hrs.

So.. as much as i like to see snow etc. We're just not equpied.

We can deal with it when we want to, December 2010 in Dublin city was a lot colder, lasted longer and saw a lot more snow than the recent snap yet everything with the exception of the airport stayed open. I can even remember bringing my kids to school because they stayed open! One morning it was -8c.
People went about their business because things had to be done, the alternative was sitting in a house on Xmas day with no food or drink! :eek:
I know lots of people who drove long distances on roads in atrocious conditions to get home for Xmas, all made it and arrived safely of course. Any other time of year they would have cancelled their journey.

snowgal

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

We can deal with it when we want to, December 2010 in Dublin city was a lot colder, lasted longer and saw a lot more snow than the recent snap yet everything with the exception of the airport stayed open. I can even remember bringing my kids to school because they stayed open! One morning it was -8c.
People went about their business because things had to be done, the alternative was sitting in a house on Xmas day with no food or drink! :eek:
I know lots of people who drove long distances on roads in atrocious conditions to get home for Xmas, all made it and arrived safely of course. Any other time of year they would have cancelled their journey.

This! Was just saying to OH yesterday. If we HAD to, alot the country would run. Because of the red alert and it only being a few days of disruption most people were able to/happy enough to stay home last week. In 2010 after a certain amount of time ppl just had to get on with. I remember then going to work in conditions worse than last Thursday here in Meath for example. Now I know for SOME people this wouldnt be the case, esp those out in the country but generally we'd find a way to make it work.

seamus

snowgal wrote: »

This! Was just saying to OH yesterday. If we HAD to, alot the country would run. Because of the red alert and it only being a few days of disruption most people were able to/happy enough to stay home last week. In 2010 after a certain amount of time ppl just had to get on with. I remember then going to work in conditions worse than last Thursday here in Meath for example. Now I know for SOME people this wouldnt be the case, esp those out in the country but generally we'd find a way to make it work.

Indeed, I too went to work in the snow in 2010 but that was only after a couple of days of letting it settle.

Had we been looking into a week of this, everyone would have gone like they did on Saturday/Sunday, cleared the local roads of snow and gone about their business.

Gonzo

George Sunsnow wrote: »

And it’s good morning from a still snow covered Arklow
Current air temp is -0.1c

insane that you still have snow covered fields, our fields starting turning green in places as early as Saturday night/Sunday morning.

Cantona's Collars

Still problems in parts of Wexford,drifts on roads and places still being dug out.
One lorry driver had a serious rant earlier about people's driving habits. Basically "people driving too fast on narrow roads under the impression that the quicker they go the quicker they get off the roads and feck anyone else."
People meeting large vehicles and are incapable of the bare basics of reversing into wider parts of the road to let the larger vehicles pass.

SleetAndSnow

All thats left in Cork City is a few bits of snow from the bases of snowmen, otherwise everything is gone (Besides in CUH where there are massive mounds of dirty black snow piled up, from snowploughs). Have had green grass visible for awhile now.

snowstreams

We were lucky we didnt get a 1947 style thaw like mentioned in this article:
https://turtlebunbury.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/the-big-snow-of-1947/

BorneTobyWilde

Bogwoppit wrote: »

Still people trapped in my arse.

How come some snow melts, and some can sit in sun for whole day and not melt.

Lucreto

pad199207 wrote: »

Still an incredible amount of snow in Naas. Can’t see this melting anytime soon!

Council did a pretty poor job clearing the roads and what they did do they just moved it onto the footpaths. Sallins there are no footpaths and the way to the train is lethal. I parking on a mound of snow. I hope I can get my car out.

RobertKK

Drove from the hills to Kilkenny city today. Loads of snow around on the high ground still but as one went down and got closer to the city it was less and less, until there is virtually none in the city.
I heard it said that in 1947, the snow was gone in the city and it had remained on the hills. The thaw of the hill snow caused record flooding in the city.
On my road you are driving with snow higher than the car on both sides, I'm just interested to see how long it lasts.
There was a torrential shower earlier in Kilkenny, rain/very wet snow mix.

josip

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

How come some snow melts, and some can sit in sun for whole day and not melt.

Melt rate also depends also on temperature and humidity.
Clean snow will absorb less energy from the sun than dirty snow.

Cork Boy 53

snowstreams wrote: »

We were lucky we didnt get a 1947 style thaw like mentioned in this article:
https://turtlebunbury.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/the-big-snow-of-1947/

The stories in the article are incredible to read and try to understand. It must truly have seemed like the end of the world to the people who experienced those conditions.

Pwindedd

Just back in the country today - went to the park with doggy who has been in kennels the last 12 days. I was gutted I missed all the snow but on reflection I'm really quite the lucky one.... cos i still love snow, I'm not sick of snow and I want it to snow again real soon. I gather the general consensus is that most people are sick of the stuff round these 'ere parts 
This was all that was left to play in :-(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lJ3q3_QYJs

Jojo37

Nothing really left in North Cork only the very odd mound of snow where people have cleared their driveways. But, It's snowing heavily right now! Definitely won't stick though the ground is too wet.

blackbird99

Snowing heavily here aherlow Co tipper ary. Has started to stick

gozunda

Currently snowing / sleet falling & sticking in places.....


130 m asl
North Cork Limerick Tipperary border

Macy0161

Not getting the giving out about clearing paths. They cleared roads first and are no working back to clear the mounds/ paths. Well that's the obvious plan around here as to how things have gone.

Not every road clear yet though, for the doubters. The cleared roads were icy this morning and was looking like a harder frost after a decent thaw today...

Special shout out to the bus companies bringing tours up despite the call for it to be local access only, and , the local bus companies have been holding off because roads were too narrow.