Sneachta!

biko

What a great day for the winter Olympics right here in Galway

biko

Looks like it's picking up again

Mrs OBumble

Lots of shops in town closed early today, a few have signs saying they're not opening tomorrow and will decide about Friday later on.

It's pretty tame (so far) in Galway City in comparison to a lot of the country.

Anyone know what shops closed early and are staying closed tomorrow?

ben.schlomo

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Anyone know what shops closed early and are staying closed tomorrow?

Dunnes closed at six instead of seven. Some of the late night shops won't do one tomorrow evening. Any that closed today are taking the p1ss.

beardybrewer

Good layer of snow laid down on the rounds now. Will see if it freezes.

I'd reckon get set for a crappy commute tomorrow.

Red warning for full country issues at 11 and in place till 3pm Friday.

_Whimsical_

Red Warning for tomorrows weather event has gone nationwide!
We are in guys.
Does that mean schools are automatically closed?

beardybrewer

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Does that mean schools are automatically closed?

Yes, as far as I know the schools and uni will be shut on issue of a red warning.

Mrs OBumble

NUIG Students' Union just tweeted that the uni is closed.

thesandeman

All schools closed. No Bus Eireann either.

Stay and home and eat your bread. Tomorrow night is going to be nasty.

Gremlinertia

thesandeman wrote: »

All schools closed. No Bus Eireann either.

Wait, no buses?

jk23

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Stay and home and eat your bread. Tomorrow night is going to be nasty.

Is Galway forecast to get hit badly?..

Arghus

Might be a night for staying in and watching The Thing and eyeing your house mates suspiciously - well, more suspiciously than usual.

jk23

Arghus wrote: »

Might be a night for staying in and watching The Thing and eyeing your house mates suspiciously - well, more suspiciously than usual.

Haha and if you see a Huskie at the window then RUN

thesandeman

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Wait, no buses?

Yep. I got that from the Bus Eireann Twitter. The way it's written it looks like it includes city services but don't shoot the messenger.

Mrs OBumble

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Wait, no buses?

So far just in Leinster and Munster.

But the rest of the country just got red-stickered a couple of hours ago, after BE management were asleep. I'd expect the rest of the buses will cancel after they wake up in the morning.

0byme75341jo28

Will Aldi or Dunnes be open? I wasn't expecting any red warning until Thursday evening at least and I've feck all in...

thesandeman

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

So far just in Leinster and Munster.

But the rest of the country just got red-stickered a couple of hours ago, after BE management were asleep. I'd expect the rest of the buses will cancel after they wake up in the morning.

They've updated. Definitely no city services. They will review tomorrow re Friday.

Edit: think I've got the screenshot to work:
Nope. I'll stick it up separately.

thesandeman

Now:

0byme75341jo28

thesandeman wrote: »

They've updated. Definitely no city services. They will review tomorrow re Friday.

Edit: think I've got the screenshot to work:
Nope. I'll stick it up separately.

It's on Twitter if anyone's looking. Website admin obviously in bed..

Steve The Barman

anyone know of An Post or DPD delivering? i'm waiting on a parcel from DPD

Cheshire Cat

ParcelMotel did deliver. Got an email that my parcel was in the Dublin depot yesterday and now had a text to say it's in the locker in Galway. Didn't expect that!
Fortunately the locker isn't too far away. Will walk there.

Discodog

How much snow fell in the City overnight?

Cheshire Cat

Discodog wrote: »

How much snow fell in the City overnight?

Hardly any. Looks more or less the same like last evening. Just a light snow cover.

ben.schlomo

Cheshire Cat wrote: »

Hardly any. Looks more or less the same like last evening. Just a light snow cover.

Not sure where you are but there's a good few cm on the east side.

Discodog

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Not sure where you are but there's a good few cm on the east side.

I asked because there is very little additional overnight snow West of Galway even though the radar shows that it snowed.

Cheshire Cat

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Not sure where you are but there's a good few cm on the east side.

On the west side.

Discodog

The Red was issued so late, 11pm, that parents won't have had any opportunity to make arrangements. A lot of people won't know that the buses aren't running.

I wonder if the lack of gritting is being made worse by the need to prioritise the motorways. Did the Council get extra vehicles ?

fergiesfolly

Maybe people could post if they know of any shops etc open this morning. A fair few would've got caught on the hop without supplies and a lot of businesses will close due to the red alert being in affect, even if local conditions are ok.

ben.schlomo

Discodog wrote: »

The Red was issued so late, 11pm, that parents won't have had any opportunity to make arrangements. A lot of people won't know that the buses aren't running.

I wonder if the lack of gritting is being made worse by the need to prioritise the motorways. Did the Council get extra vehicles ?

Bus eireann Twitter had it up at around 1am, I'm sure the radio stations would have had it this morning. No excuse for users not to inform themselves,I did.

youngrun

Dunnes say they are all closed per their FB page, any big shops open around town supermarkets

biko

Got into work no bother. City streets are clear and quiet.
Apparently it will be bad this afternoon/evening so I will duck out early.

MikeSD

Is Corbett Court Shopping Centre closed?

marklazarcovic

No postal delivery today, probably not till Monday,but definitely none today

bloodless_coup

City shut down with 1cm of snow on the ground. Bad conditions not due here until 8pm onwards.

ben.schlomo

doylefe wrote: »

City shut down with 1cm of snow on the ground. Bad conditions not due here until 8pm onwards.

Having just walked to the shop I can tell you there's more than a cm on the ground, an inch or more in parts. Roads not treated are like glass.

Joyce's are open for anyone in need of a sliced pan.

Gremlinertia

Went to work yesterday evening, knew a red warning was close to inevitable but I didn't think I'd come damn close to stranded, not a taxi company answering the phone earlier. Wow.

doylefe

doylefe wrote: »

City shut down with 1cm of snow on the ground. Bad conditions not due here until 8pm onwards.

Shut down because roads are like glass.

Discodog

Tesco headford Road open until 2

bloodless_coup

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Shut down because roads are like glass.

No they are not.

fergiesfolly

Joyce's, Ballybane and McGreals in Ballybrit open ( till lunchtime at most I'd say)

doylefe

doylefe wrote: »

No they are not.

Tell that to the cars I saw spinning down the road earlier. I assume they were doing it for giggles.

biko

Can we drop the roads like glass now?
One street can be slippery but another may not be, and this to and fro is just silly.
Or one car is on summer tyres and the next on winter tyres.

Everyone, just be careful and drive to the conditions.

0byme75341jo28

Is it slippy around Westside? I really need to go to Aldi or I'll just be on plain pasta all weekend, but I'll need to walk both ways.. is it worth the risk?

Cheshire Cat

Judah Prehistoric Ignition wrote: »

Is it slippy around Westside? I really need to go to Aldi or I'll just be on plain pasta all weekend, but I'll need to walk both ways.. is it worth the risk?

Just walked the dogs. No problem. I was wearing walking shoes with a decent grip. But the snow is mostly powdery, so good to walk on. Avoid metal manhole covers etc and you should be fine. Aldi car park is normally well gritted.

biko

The footpaths are probably covered in snow still but wear some good grip boots and be careful and you'll be fine.
People in Scandinavia and US gets this weather every year and can handle life just fine, we can too.

dastardly00

Judah Prehistoric Ignition wrote: »

Is it slippy around Westside? I really need to go to Aldi or I'll just be on plain pasta all weekend, but I'll need to walk both ways.. is it worth the risk?

FYI, I was in Aldi Westside last night and they had very, very little bread, meat, porridge, fruit & veg on the shelves. No shortage of sweets, crisps and chocolate though :pac:

ben.schlomo

Judah Prehistoric Ignition wrote: »

Is it slippy around Westside? I really need to go to Aldi or I'll just be on plain pasta all weekend, but I'll need to walk both ways.. is it worth the risk?

All weekend? The warning is only in place until tomorrow afternoon.