The Big Freeze Nov/Dec 2010. Includes Road Reports & What Schools Are Open/Closed.

philkelly32

hey does anybody know if the schools are open tomorrow? or where i could find out? really dont want to bring little fella out in that only to find that its closed

Cheers

mikemac

Have you a local radio station?
They would have the news at 8am, that's generally how I've seen it done

foggy_lad

philkelly32 wrote: »

hey does anybody know if the schools are open tomorrow? or where i could find out? really dont want to bring little fella out in that only to find that its closed

Cheers

The exercise will do him no harm even if the schools are closed(which i doubt will be the case).

philkelly32

Thanks feeling stressed. will have a listen to kclr see if they say anything

DANNY22XX

Askea normally send out a text saying,,, dont know about the others

philkelly32

cheers dan askea is what i need so

byhookorbycrook

Principals in town usually make a joint decision. Ths is left as late as possible, in case of a thaw. We text parents as soon as the decision is made, will post here if I hear anything.

DANNY22XX

just got a text Askea is open tomorrow kids may wear P.E uniform if they wish

byhookorbycrook

Leighlinbridge is closed.

byhookorbycrook

Gaelscoil will be open.

philkelly32

never got a text at all so cheers dan

Nead21

apparently it was on the radio that all town schools are open tomorrow....im assuming thats pending that we dont get heavy snow overnight

Betty-ireland

This should help http://www.kclr96fm.com/snowupdates?id=24235

philkelly32

Betty-ireland wrote: »

This should help http://www.kclr96fm.com/snowupdates?id=24235

thanks for that

Queen-Mise

thanks for thread on schools. Was just wondering did i need to set an alarm or not. Weird got no text from askea about it.

Going to be some fun walking on paths out of the estate.

philkelly32

Queen-Mise wrote: »

thanks for thread on schools. Was just wondering did i need to set an alarm or not. Weird got no text from askea about it.

Going to be some fun walking on paths out of the estate.

how did u get on walking?

wheres me jumpa

Ah the memories of gathering around the radio, listening to CKR to see if the local school was closed. When you got confirmation, out the door and to the biggest hill you could find where all the kids naturally gathered, no mobile phones in those days to organise it, it just happened!

Home 8 hours later, frozen solid!

belle_09

All Carlow town schools closed today.

philkelly32

cheers belle

Mister Man

belle_09 wrote: »

All Carlow town schools closed today.

I take it you are only including Primary schools? Gaelcholáiste was open....I Didn't go in, but it was open

DANNY22XX

Here's the latest list of school closures on Wednesday December 1st. This list was updated at 2.43pm.

Benekerry NS Co.Carlow closed on Wednesday

Borris Community Playschool closed until further notice

Gaelscoil Osrai, Loghboy closed until further notice


http://weather.schooldays.ie/

byhookorbycrook

Gaelscoil Osraí (Kilkenny) have this on their FB page:
Scoil ar oscailt amárach. School is open again tomorrow. Frankie did great work tomorrow and hopefully all will be fine in the morning. We'll know before 8 and will text and inform KCLR if there's any change

byhookorbycrook

Girls in Tullow closed. No word on town schools closing, only starting to snow there now I think

philkelly32

yeah flying down in carlow now defo say there will be updates on schools

nagero

Gaelscoil, Carlow just texted that they're closed today.

zeds alive

Pretty disappointed on a whole , road from Kilkenny to Carlow not gritted or salted nor nothing between fenagh/bagenalstown/leighlin.
It's not like the snow caught them unawares its been predicted since last week , there is no way 4" of snow should keep people out of school/work for 2+days.

byhookorbycrook

Policy is to keep N and M roads open. Close to a foot of snow here in Tullow ,v. little can be done with that volume in the absence of snow-ploughs.

Bullseye1

We need snow plows. Its simply not good enough.

Laura_lolly87

Theres a snow plow in Bagenalstown, i saw it yesterday. I think it could be privately owned though

zeds alive

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Policy is to keep N and M roads open.

That's why I was surprised that the N9 was un-treated as of 10.15 am

Laura_lolly87 wrote: »

Theres a snow plow in Bagenalstown, i saw it yesterday. I think it could be privately owned though

I think I saw it this morning parked in the year , I'm nearly sure it's a Carlow Co.Co truck adapted to hold a snow plow.


Still considering its not a huge amount of snow and we had plenty of warning , I'm surprised at the lack of preparation.

bluefirefly

I live up in the orchards and the road from my house to lidl aroundabout was very clear (left home at 1ish) but once pass it the roads was all covered in snow!! all the way down down!? I really dont understand how come the roads to town were so snowy!??? more snow past lidl towards town?

so scared to have to stop at inclines at the roundabouts...:(

byhookorbycrook

Gelscoil is closed tomorrow (Thurs), so I presume all the town primary schools are closed too.Can't see any school in Tullow opening, will post if I hear anything.

byhookorbycrook

Tullow boys and girls closed tomorrow and Friday.

Queen-Mise

philkelly32 wrote: »

how did u get on walking?

Didn't walk - drove out. In first gear @ five miles an hour :rolleyes::rolleyes: Strangely it was probably safer to drive than walk.


Askea Girls and Boys are closed tomorrow. St Patricks/Carlow College are closed until Monday for safety reason. No idea what the IT are doing

zeds alive

ITcarlow closed

leincar

FCJ Bunclody closed until further notice. There is 14 inches of lying snow in Ballon and it still snows.

Super-Rush

Vocational School in Bunclody is closed until further notice.

Nead21

RTE news reporting that Tullow is extremely dangerous with many roads impassable, also "carlow is effectively shut down!"

byhookorbycrook

Can vouch for Tullow, a friend had to borrow a quad to come in two miles.

Super-Rush

From AA roadwatch

*CARLOW* Avoid unnecessary journeys around Tullow, roads are nearly impassable trucks are getting stuck on the Tullow/Castledermot Rd (R418). The N81 is closed in a number of locations between Tullow & Baltinglass (Wicklow).

JoeB-

Bullseye1 wrote: »

We need snow plows. Its simply not good enough.

Have you not seen the Simpsons?,.. we need private operators, like Mr Plow.

belle_09

Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal closed in Carlow tomorrow. So too are Askea boys & girls.

Nead21

Just back from a walk with the dog around town, and none of the town's roads are clear. When they freeze tonight they are gonna be extremely dangerous...paths are already slippy in parts.

A lot of the shops on tullow street closed early today, and the SW office is closed until friday 3rd.

philkelly32

Nead21 wrote: »

Just back from a walk with the dog around town, and none of the town's roads are clear. When they freeze tonight they are gonna be extremely dangerous...paths are already slippy in parts.

A lot of the shops on tullow street closed early today, and the SW office is closed until friday 3rd.

social welfare office closed anyway for refurb till friday.

roads are gonna be a death trap when they freeze

DANNY22XX

:mad::mad::mad:

IFA President John Bryan said the refusal of some local authorities to supply grit to farmers who are willing to assist in the clearing of minor roads around the country shows a serious lack of common sense.

He said, “we have farmers in west Cork and across the country who are willing to use their machinery if grit is supplied by the county council. Dairy farmers have tanks full of milk, feed needs to be delivered and neighbours want to get out and about. However, the authorities have refused to drop supplies at co-ops in west Cork, after farmers had volunteered to grit the roads.”

John Bryan said there is no credible reason for this refusal and he urged the local authorities to re-think their policy and avail of the help that farmers are willing to provide.

The Chairman of West Cork IFA David O’Brien said it beggared belief that today’s proposal was rejected. “During the cold spell last January, we put forward a suggestion that would have helped to make the roads passable and allowed some normality to prevail, but it was turned down. Farmers are keen to spread the grit if supplies are delivered to identified points. Everybody knows the county council resources are stretched, so it makes this refusal all the more difficult to understand.”

He said, “farmers are getting worried about the capacity of their milk tanks and getting fodder to livestock. Householders living in these areas are nervous about travelling because of the condition of the roads. Local authorities need to respond to our suggestion and get the grit supplies out.”


What is the matter with the county council what a shower of wasters

philkelly32

according to reports they only have 2 weeks worth of grit left so

Villain

Epic Day really and still increasing, some photos:

Nead21

philkelly32 wrote: »

social welfare office closed anyway for refurb till friday.

nope they were supposed to reopen today, they were closed yesterday for the move back.

philkelly32

oh right all the signs said they werent back till friday since they closed

simons104

Pres Carlow Closed until Monday

Nead21

philkelly32 wrote: »

oh right all the signs said they werent back till friday since they closed

it was in the Nationalist that they were reopening today, but they had new signs tonight saying that "due to circumstances beyond our control, we will not be opening until friday 3rd"....i assumed it was because of bad weather and maybe some staff cant travel? maybe they couldnt move back because of the weather?