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Snow and frozen temperatures on the way - as if we had enough traffic chaos already!

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    #182
    gmisk
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    Looks like luas running to all stops as per there twitter with reduced frequency


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    #183
    Addle
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    thomasj wrote: »
    Sorry to come back to this, just want to clarify that Thursdays red alert warning came into effect at 4AM

    I thought it very strange , I got a message from work saying not to come into work as the red alert had kicked in and when I went to the met eireann website it was indeed in effect since 4am Thursday morning
    Not strange at all.
    As someone who travelled on the train from the west to Dublin on Wednesday, I feel lucky that I got home Wednesday night.
    There was already a lot of snow.


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    #184
    odyssey06
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    thomasj wrote: »
    Sorry to come back to this, just want to clarify that Thursdays red alert warning came into effect at 4AM

    Actually, this notes there was one issued at 5am Wednesday covering 5am Wednesday until noon Thursday.
    https://www.longfordleader.ie/news/home/299616/breaking-met-eireann-upgrades-weather-warning-status-for-longford-to-orange.html

    So there were multiple red alerts, I intended to refer to the "be indoors by 4pm" one which was of a higher order again...
    Speaking at a news conference with the National Emergency Coordination Group this evening, Mr Varadkar said we are facing extremely hazardous conditions with exceptional blizzards likely. He warned people to be safe at home by 4pm on Thursday.
    https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/irish-weather-taoiseach-leo-varadkar-12107609

    This advice was only given for the period from 4pm Thursday, it did not cover the full period of red alerts.

    There were red alerts on Wednesday and Thursday for Dublin and Leinster. Dublin Bus operated a restricted service on the Wednesday, so it's not or at least was not the case that Met Eireann red alert necessarily means no Dublin Bus service. On Saturday, the red alert ran until 9am, and restricted services were back from noon... so maybe now it is the policy, no bus service during red alert.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #185
    blanch152
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Dublin Bus intelligence should have warned the Guards then, if they had such certain foreknowledge that all this activity was going to kick off. Maybe they could have deliberately abandoned a bus, packed with security personnel, kinda like a reverse Trojan Horse. On the other hand, their intelligence should have told them 90% of Dublin was grand.

    so Dublin Bus should have tested things by leaving buses sitting out all night with a single driver in it and when what 20 buses have been burned out and 5 drivers in hospital or worse from knife attacks, they should pass that intelligence on to the Gardai?

    That is not how things work. Reasonable risks are assessed and reasonable precautions are taken.


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    #186
    thomasj
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    https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/968987011922132994?s=09

    Sorry got the time wrong. The red warning was in effect on Wednesday night until Friday afternoon


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    #187
    markpb
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    gmisk wrote: »
    Looks like luas running to all stops as per there twitter with reduced frequency

    They said this morning that frequency would be reduced to 10-15 minutes on the Green line south of Sandyford. Would it be churlish to point out that this reduction in service came into affect 3 months ago?


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    #188
    L1011
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    Platform surface in Maynooth has taken a beating from the freezing - going to be some unexpected repair costs around the network


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    #189
    thomasj
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    Will be interesting to see how it goes with the expected snowfall over the long Paddy's Day weekend


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    #190
    Hilly Bill
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    Orange warning for snow from around 3 on Sunday morning. I can't remember who much snow but drifting was mentioned. I can't see traffic being disrupted this time. Best stock up on the bread and beer and post armed guards on lidls just to be on the safe side :)


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    #191
    thomasj
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    Hilly Bill wrote:
    Orange warning for snow from around 3 on Sunday morning. I can't remember who much snow but drifting was mentioned. I can't see traffic being disrupted this time. Best stock up on the bread and bear and post armed guards on lidls just to be on the safe side

    What about the works for the weekend hilly bill? Any chance of impact on these?


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    #192
    thomasj
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    Best stock up on the bread and bear and post armed guards on lidls just to be on the safe side

    Haha Brennan's must be loving this


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    #193
    Hilly Bill
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    thomasj wrote: »
    What about the works for the weekend hilly bill? Any chance of impact on these?

    Nope,


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    #194
    Hilly Bill
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    thomasj wrote: »
    Haha Brennan's must be loving this

    Thought that was Ronald Mcdonald :)


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    #195
    thomasj
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    DART services suspended between Lansdowne road and dun laoghaire due to flooding on the line .


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    #196
    thomasj
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    https://twitter.com/IrishRail/status/974978653649100801?s=09

    Could be disruption to DARTs for hours


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    #197
    Stephen15
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    thomasj wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/IrishRail/status/974978653649100801?s=09

    Could be disruption to DARTs for hours

    Must have been a high tide hitting the line


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    #198
    thomasj
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    Stephen15 wrote:
    Must have been a high tide hitting the line

    It is , and they're saying could take a few hours for it to recede.


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    #199
    thomasj
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    Back open darts running through affected area at reduced speed


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    #200
    Hilly Bill
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    Jamie2k9 wrote: »
    NIR do the borrowing from IE.



    Nothing like the large ones in the UK, its literally goes on front of a loco but only usable for probally a quarter of the snow we got. That is assuming they still have it.

    They are looking to buy one.


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    #201
    Hilly Bill
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    It's a bit more snowy than i expected :)


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    #202
    Phil.x
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    Sick of it already.


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    #203
    thomasj
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    No DART services south of Lansdowne road ATM due to flooding.


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    #204
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users Posts: 6,039 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    Preventative measures should have been put in place years ago to prevent disruptions.


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    #205
    jamo2oo9
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    Hilly Bill wrote: »
    Preventative measures should have been put in place years ago to prevent disruptions.

    And if we put those preventative measures in place years ago, you’d be the first to cry that the government is wasting tax payers money on something that is used so rarely.


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    #206
    Hilly Bill
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    jamo2oo9 wrote: »
    And if we put those preventative measures in place years ago, you’d be the first to cry that the government is wasting tax payers money on something that is used so rarely.

    You clearly don't know me.


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    #207
    traveller0101
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    Useless complaining after the fact


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    #208
    markpb
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    traveller0101 wrote: »
    Useless complaining after the fact

    Will there never be flooding along the coast again?


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    #209
    thomasj
    Registered Users Posts: 4,789 ✭✭✭thomasj


    Hilly Bill wrote:
    You clearly don't know me.

    I thought your avatar might be a giveaway......


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    #210
    Hilly Bill
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    traveller0101 wrote: »
    Useless complaining after the fact

    You can't complain about something before it happened.


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    #211
    tabbey
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    Hilly Bill wrote: »
    Preventative measures should have been put in place years ago to prevent disruptions.

    The rail line between Merrion and Salthill was raised by a half metre during the electrification project in the early 1980s.

    Flooding was a frequent occurrence before that, but very rare since then.

    It is only this winter that we have had two episodes due to strong easterly and northeasterly winds.


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