Potential severe weather, are you doing anything to prepare?

cabot

Folks in the weather forum are predicting potential bad weather, record below zero temperatures etc in 1 or two weeks time.

After the last little round of snow, are you doing anything to prepare or just living life as normal?

Cavehill Red

cabot wrote: »

Folks in the weather forum are predicting potential bad weather, record below zero temperatures etc in 1 or two weeks time.

After the last little round of snow, are you doing anything to prepare or just living life as normal?

Yeah, I'm off to Africa for a bit.

sensibleken

stock up on cans of linx. attach them to my shoes, tape down the button and light. the flame will melt the ice directly in front of me preventing slipage

smk89

Amputating knackers hands now to stop them throwing snow balls

seamus

Probably going to get my hands on those snow socks over the weekend. Just a good idea. I also need a spade and maybe a new pair of boots.

Otherwise I'm all set.

KeithM89_old

Il probably just buy a scarf...

landsleaving

I'm looking forward to laughing at the complete breakdown of an entire nation due to a fairly small amount of snow again, that's about it.

Lando Griffin

I am going to buy a snowplow so I can clear everyones driveways and make a fortune.

FatherLen

i will prob do what i do every time it gets cold..............
try to take over the world(and put on a coat)

ejmaztec

I'm gonna skin me a few pets, and make meself a big hairy feckin coat.

JohnP199

Is there any links given to the source?

Kimono-Girl

FatherLen wrote: »

i will prob do what i do every time it gets cold..............
try to take over the world(and put on a coat)

narf


i will probably just live as normal.....well as normal as i can get!

juma

JohnP199 wrote: »

Is there any links given to the source?

Why dont you just look in the Weather forum....

Cheap Thrills!

I've just gritted the driveway. Not getting caught out again! :cool:

123balltv

Ah Jesus its coming :eek:
more hats, scarfs, coal etc

bnt

AccuWeather puts up 15-day forecasts: here's the one for Dublin. It doesn't look too dramatic - better than the last two weeks have been. If I need to stock up, I'll head to Lidl to for cans of ravioli and herring, rye bread, and digestive biscuits - plus a few cans of wheat beer for the evenings.

JohnP199

juma wrote: »

Why dont you just look in the Weather forum....

Why dont you just answer the f***ing question

cabot

Look at the last pages of this thread and look at the charts too

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056114925

cosmic

bnt wrote: »

AccuWeather puts up 15-day forecasts: here's the one for Dublin. It doesn't look too dramatic - better than the last two weeks have been. If I need to stock up, I'll head to Lidl to for cans of ravioli and herring, rye bread, and digestive biscuits - plus a few cans of wheat beer for the evenings.

Bah, it doesn't go as far as Christmas day, stops on the 24th. Will it be a white Christmas or what?!

Elevator

no and I doubt the local councils are preparing either!

they'll have enough grit for major roads only again and still be mixing it with sand!!

cabot

cosmic wrote: »

Bah, it doesn't go as far as Christmas day, stops on the 24th. Will it be a white Christmas or what?!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056115246

o1s1n

I've been happily strolling across all that snow and ice at a brisk pace for the last couple of weeks - while watching everyone else fall over.

Bought a pair of Yaktrax. -

http://www.jazebra.com/images/product-shots/yaktrax/yaktrax-pro-black-01-800x600.jpg

Biggins

cabot wrote: »

Folks in the weather forum are predicting potential bad weather, record below zero temperatures etc in 1 or two weeks time.

After the last little round of snow, are you doing anything to prepare or just living life as normal?

Gonna stock up on extra lube and get the wife to bend over more so we can create our own heat to keep warm.

TheMilkyPirate

JohnP199 wrote: »

Why dont you just answer the f***ing question

What are you on about like, The weather forum is the source stop being a dick.

scarymoon1

buy de-icer for my car windscreen instead of throwing luke warm water over it and then re-freezes again! doh!

thebigbiffo

Biggins wrote: »

Gonna stock up on extra lube and get the wife to bend over more so we can create our own heat to keep warm.

biggins ya duuuuuurty hoor ya:eek:

alexa5x5

o1s1n wrote: »

I've been happily strolling across all that snow and ice at a brisk pace for the last couple of weeks - while watching everyone else fall over.

Bought a pair of Yaktrax. -

http://www.jazebra.com/images/product-shots/yaktrax/yaktrax-pro-black-01-800x600.jpg

Where did you get those from???

orourkeda

Dribbling and ****

Saila

I have just ordered "how to build an igloo" by iman eskimo
I stocked up on beans, antibacterial handwash,
bought snow shoes, ski's, one of those protection outfits from outbreak,
a gas mask, and I have a tank on the way. Cant be too carefull.

Brenireland

Saila wrote: »

I have just ordered "how to build an igloo" by iman eskimo
I stocked up on beans, antibacterial handwash,
bought snow shoes, ski's, one of those protection outfits from outbreak,
a gas mask, and I have a tank on the way. Cant be too carefull.

expecting a nuclear attack?

Saila

Brenireland wrote: »

expecting a nuclear attack?

no I would have ordered a missile defence system for that, just 3 inches of snow

chin_grin

Here's your bleedin forecast. Without the "AH BEJAYSUS ISN'T IT FIERCE MILD"-ness. Or something.

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Dublin%2C%20Ireland

cabot

Not liking the look of thurs night, -16. Didnt go anywhere near that low here in the last round.

Brenireland

Saila wrote: »

no I would have ordered a missile defence system for that, just 3 inches of snow

Im sure your safe enough seeing as your located on someones (.)(.)'s

Conor108

Alright where are people buying Yaktrax? There like £20 on Amazon but do they have them in like Great Outdoors or something?

iPlop

They should give those guys in the weather forum their own slot on RTE ,every time I have gone in there to check the weather ,the guys are always right:pac:

ejmaztec

smk89 wrote: »

Amputating knackers hands now to stop them throwing snow balls

If you're in Glasgow, I think they're looking for you:eek:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/2010/12/10/schoolboy-11-hospitalised-over-glasgow-snowball-attack-86908-22775043/

Schoolboy, 11, hospitalised over Glasgow snowball attack

A man attacked an 11-year-old boy - leaving him in need of hospital treatment - after having a snowball thrown at him, police said.

Police launched a helicopter and dog search to find the man, who was described as white and around 40 years old.

He is thought to have "seriously" assaulted the boy in the Riddrie area of Glasgow last night.

ART6

Checklist for the Christmas period:

1. Six bottles of Irish whiskey
2. Freezer full of turkey breasts
3. Four Kg of chestnuts
4. 28lbs of spuds
5. Selection of frozen veg
6. Tank of heating oil
7. Twelve bags of coal
8. Two snuggle bags
9. Two hundred fags

And in case anyone asks chestnuts make you fart, and that increases the pressure inside the house and stops the roof falling in under the weight of snow.

Hibernation is a wonderful thing and a mainstay of nature, and being a confirmed Green, I will adhere to that.:D

CrazyRabbit

o1s1n wrote: »

I've been happily strolling across all that snow and ice at a brisk pace for the last couple of weeks - while watching everyone else fall over.

Bought a pair of Yaktrax. -

http://www.jazebra.com/images/product-shots/yaktrax/yaktrax-pro-black-01-800x600.jpg

Yeah, I bought similar. I got some strange looks as I ran along an icy footpath on the way to work the other day.

These snow grip things work really well & I'd recommend everyone to pick up a pair.

CrazyRabbit

alexa5x5 wrote: »

Where did you get those from???

Not sure where o1s1n got his, but I got similar from http://www.blacktoe.co.uk/

Good price & fast delivery (P&P was less than €2.50.)

Cantona's Collars

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

I've just gritted the driveway. Not getting caught out again! :cool:

Won't the fresh snow just cover the grit? Speaking of fresh snow,may put new handle in my yard brush.

FlutterinBantam

Getting a large jar of Vaso to smear on me knob.

Just recovering from an attack of chillblains in that area:mad:

Son Of A Vidic

Well it was down to -14c out my way with proper ice and snow, so bring it fcuking on I say!

Saila

zerks wrote: »

Won't the fresh snow just cover the grit? Speaking of fresh snow,may put new handle in my yard brush.

[tssss] and you should really get a longer brush, your back will be at you when its all gone, you'll thank me for it.

Carl Sagan

Nothing, but hopefully I'll be flying out of here on December 21st.

Sofiztikated

Nothing really, the cold and snow (the bit that we did get) didn't really stop me from doing what I normally do.

In fact, the snow made things look all nice and clean and pretty so I was outside more, walking and stuff.

Opened the door this morning, and everything was fierce gray. Depressing.

smk89

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Nothing really, the cold and snow (the bit that we did get) didn't really stop me from doing what I normally do.

In fact, the snow made things look all nice and clean and pretty so I was outside more, walking and stuff.

Opened the door this morning, and everything was fierce gray. Depressing.

I'm asuming you've lived in Ireland for most of your life, how can grey still be depressing to you? I think it causes so much of our blandness as a culture

Jesus Wept

I'm busy writing everything down so that when I am an old man, I can regale the youths with my stories about the hard winter of '10.

Svetti Arss

Gonna fill a bucket full of nuts and curl up into a ball and hibernate. And when I awake in the spring all the snow and ice will be gone and a new shower of incompetent eejits will be running the country.

cabot

I bought some of those shoe grips a couple of weeks ago for my DH but we didnt get bad icy pavements/roads so he cycled to work as usual. Not sure whether to get some for the whole family or not. Might get some for my Mum for Christmas. Will be clearing out some cupboards tomorrow to make room for some extra tins and UHT.

Sofiztikated

smk89 wrote: »

I'm asuming you've lived in Ireland for most of your life, how can grey still be depressing to you? I think it causes so much of our blandness as a culture

While this is true, this morning looked horribly gray. Moreso than normal. Think it was possibly because all the snow was mostly gone, and what was left was just gray watery slush. You can see the chewing gum stuck to the road, the patches of grass that's dead, litter.

The last couple of days with the snow, nice blue skies, shiny white cleanness.

Hah. Bring on more snow.

@Setti Arss: Did you really have to go and bring the Gubbermint into this?