Snowmagedagain

minikin

How do you make an icepop?


Send your da out in that!

paleoperson

Temperatures dropped to a whopping minus 4 in a lot of places. :rolleyes:

Temperatures plummeted all over Ireland, with Met Éireann reporting that the lowest temperature recorded at one of their weather stations was -7 in Cork Airport, the lowest temperature recorded in Ireland since 2016.

Really smashing records there.



The entire thing could have been summarized by this:

"Snow expected near the end of the week, as usual with freezing temperatures best stay at home Thursday and Friday unless you have a clear route".

It's not even cold. We're getting that "cold Siberian air", but even though it's cold it's a lot drier, so it feels much better. We keep getting screwed in Ireland by high humidity air that's fairly cold, and then people think we're weenies because we're complaining about 5 degrees. Maybe it's the fact that they were actually able to predict the freezing weather a few days in advance is part of why they got so excited over it.

OldMrBrennan83

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Harry Palmr

misstearheus wrote: »

So what can one do to optimally ensure the pipes don't freeze and how bad do things have to get for them to actually go?!?

It's not cold enough to freeze mains pipes unless you are very unlucky - as I type it's 0.5 above freezing, the snow is actually helping in this regard - it's a blanket on the ground and the cloud cover also keeps temps from getting too low at night. If you are concerned about internal piping run water every now and again for a 20-30 seconds and use the mains tap as normal. The thaw will be here later tomorrow/Sunday

mdwexford

There's always a few muppets pretending it's no big deal.

I've never seen snow like this in my life. It's like something out of a disaster movie. Knee deep at a minimum everywhere around me, some cars completely covered.

It's been coming down for about 28 hours now with no let up.

AndrewJRenko

facehugger99 wrote: »

The UK haven't closed down their country because they have a bit of backbone.
They faced down the Germans twice while we cowered in their shadow. A couple of inches of snow are going to see them closing down schools and public transport for a few days.

Listening to our politicians telling is to stay indoors in case someone has a boo-boo is cringe-inducing.

Yeah, pure wimps they are - why would anyone be worried about a lickle boo-boo?

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/storm-emma/young-man-suffers-life-changing-injuries-after-slipping-on-snow-in-cork-36661728.html

Franz Von Peppercorn

This must be record snow and we are still plagued by trolls saying nothing to see here?

There are some strange people out there.

facehugger99

mdwexford wrote: »

I've never seen snow like this in my life. It's like something out of a disaster movie.

You need to broaden your life experiences.

Travel a bit. Experience life outside the narrow parochialism of your home turf.

It would do you good - toughen you up a bit.

Franz Von Peppercorn

facehugger99 wrote: »

You need to broaden your life experiences.

Travel a bit. Experience life outside the narrow parochialism of your home turf.

It would do you good - toughen you up a bit.

Ireland has rarely seen snow like this.

Anyway I doubt you’ve ever left your parish. The bitterist Irish people about Ireland never leave, but live their miserable little lives in some village somewhere whining about de Dublin gubbrrmint

OldMrBrennan83

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iamwhoiam

mdwexford wrote: »

There's always a few muppets pretending it's no big deal.

I've never seen snow like this in my life. It's like something out of a disaster movie. Knee deep at a minimum everywhere around me, some cars completely covered.

It's been coming down for about 28 hours now with no let up.

Here too . We are truly snowed in now and its relentless since yesterday

Wheres Me Jumper?

paleoperson wrote: »

Temperatures dropped to a whopping minus 4 in a lot of places. :rolleyes:



Really smashing records there.



The entire thing could have been summarized by this:

"Snow expected near the end of the week, as usual with freezing temperatures best stay at home Thursday and Friday unless you have a clear route".

It's not even cold. We're getting that "cold Siberian air", but even though it's cold it's a lot drier, so it feels much better. We keep getting screwed in Ireland by high humidity air that's fairly cold, and then people think we're weenies because we're complaining about 5 degrees. Maybe it's the fact that they were actually able to predict the freezing weather a few days in advance is part of why they got so excited over it.

i said before those D4 weather gurls with the lovely bottoms have allowed their new found celebrity-status get the better of 'em.

Hannibal_Smith

facehugger99 wrote: »

http://www.bbc.com/

Says it all.

No mention of the weather until the story about Ireland shutting down - embarrassing.

If you're not bothered by the snow, why are you so vocal about it? Surely you could be out enjoying it instead of sitting there moaning.

retro:electro

Wheres Me Jumper? wrote: »

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i'm not disagreeing with the presence of snow (i actually had to shovel some earlier you know!!!:eek:), just our girly, hysterical, Dublin-centric, woosie reaction to it.

Most people appreciated and respected the warnings, which is exactly what they were- warnings, not demands.
There’ll always be whingers though.
There was nothing stopping you from getting on with your life and doing as you’d like. By all means, knock yourself out. But for some reason you’d rather be inside on the internet mouthing off instead? Shame.

optogirl

facehugger99 wrote: »

You need to broaden your life experiences.

Travel a bit. Experience life outside the narrow parochialism of your home turf.

It would do you good - toughen you up a bit.

not everybody puts store in appearing 'tough'.

facehugger99

optogirl wrote: »

not everybody puts store in appearing 'tough'.

Evidently.

Wheres Me Jumper?

mdwexford wrote: »

There's always a few muppets pretending it's no big deal.

I've never seen snow like this in my life. It's like something out of a disaster movie. Knee deep at a minimum everywhere around me, some cars completely covered.

It's been coming down for about 28 hours now with no let up.

mdwexford

facehugger99 wrote: »

You need to broaden your life experiences.

Travel a bit. Experience life outside the narrow parochialism of your home turf.

It would do you good - toughen you up a bit.

I'll continue to travel to non snow places on holidays thanks.

Come fight me and we see who is tougher.

Status Red now extended to 9am tomorrow in Meath, Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare and some other county (Wexford?)

Status Red extended

Junkyard Tom

So when does this begin to thaw?

Mr. CooL ICE

Mod: Wheres Me Jumper? and facehugger99, do not post in this thread again.

Reason: Blatant, albeit poor trolling.

We´ve gone a bit funny here. Himself is sitting on the floor reliving his youth listening to The Kings of Leon. I´m going to whack him over the head with the speaker in a minute. I´m just sitting around the place drinking (coffee!) and reading and sneezing

eeguy

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Ireland has rarely seen snow like this.

Anyway I doubt you’ve ever left your parish. The bitterist Irish people about Ireland never leave, but live their miserable little lives in some village somewhere whining about de Dublin gubbrrmint

We're descending into thejournal.ie levels of commenting at this stage.

Collie D

Is it just this part of the country (NE Dublin) that seems to be getting the worst of the last 48 hours now? Thought it would be starting to ease by now

OldMrBrennan83

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Samuel T. Cogley

Collie D wrote: »

Is it just this part of the country (NE Dublin) that seems to be getting the worst of the last 48 hours now? Thought it would be starting to ease by now

Yeah it's pretty bad in Kilbarrack still.

Charlie19

Oh dear.

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/969529183503355904?s=19

iamwhoiam

Collie D wrote: »

Is it just this part of the country (NE Dublin) that seems to be getting the worst of the last 48 hours now? Thought it would be starting to ease by now

SW Dublin here and its worse than ever . Far worse here now than 82 .

For Forks Sake

facehugger99 wrote: »

http://www.bbc.com/

Says it all.

No mention of the weather until the story about Ireland shutting down - embarrassing.

Yeah, about that.......

RobbingBandit

Charlie19 wrote: »

Oh dear.

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/969529183503355904?s=19

Mr Plow is a loser and I think he is a boozer
So you better make that call to the Plow King