Extreme cold weather from Feb 25th on, and now St. Patrick's Day on...

Mooooo · 25-02-2018 07:32PM

What I found with milking cows anyway back in 2010 is the cows constant drinking inside kept the water flowing, so if the temps do drop enough to freeze pipes outside I will prob keep them in. I have a group of maidens out but they can access a stream if needs be. Dry stock where water may freeze can do without ration for a few days and just give silage, will reduce their water requirements. Had a bull outside in 2010 and he was happy out at -14. Of course google car drove past the week after and where he was looked a right mess when all the snow thawed

Muckit · 25-02-2018 07:41PM

Lady Haywire wrote: »

I was wandering around today and checked up on a couple of mares I normally look after in harsh weather. Their pond they usually get water in has gone back to a mere trickle but few more coming down from the hill under them. Ground they're on is dry as a bone, though it's never had anything more than a 135 on it and no fert in the last 20+ yrs, before that it would have been dung. Proper Leitrim wintering land!

Am just worried now what they'll do for water, I'll have to plead (harass) someone to bring stuff for them.

Horses can survive on feck all water.

K.G. · 25-02-2018 07:43PM

If i remember correctly from 2010 clear the snow before you drive on it.i never cleared the snow that time only kept driving over it for the week and then the bucket couldnt clear the hardened patches and they took longer to melt

Butcher Boy · 25-02-2018 08:05PM

Muckit wrote: »

Horses can survive on feck all water.

No they cant they can go along time with out food but not with out water.

George Sunsnow · 25-02-2018 08:14PM

Frightening blizzard programmed for Thursday Friday on the ECMWF model
Heavy snow countrywide
65cms in parts of the east (two and a half feet) but largely over a foot across most of Munster and Leinster :eek:

This is in 60mph winds so you can imagine the drifting

Now It’s not nailed as a solution yet but the low pressure system is coming our way
The UK met office think the low will be further south but that still puts Munster in the frame and perhaps the east and southeast

The reason this is dangerous is three of the main models have it now and it’s only 4 days away
See the attached map
The pinker the color,the more the snow

Edit-Boards says my file size is too big so won’t post it but you get the idea

gozunda · 25-02-2018 08:14PM

Muckit wrote: »

Horses can survive on feck all water.

Sadly not so. During the 2010 freeze there were many fatalities of horses belonging to the travelling fraternity overwinteting on waste land etc. The main reason? No not shortage of food- they could forage more or less but with everything frozen many died of simple lack of water. This from a guy who had to deal with some of the clean up after..

George Sunsnow · 25-02-2018 08:28PM

The BBC weather forecast is now done by a private company called meteogroup

In this latest forecast from Tomaz Schafenaker,they have the fronts from the low coming right up over Ireland
Focus on the island of Ireland
Such is the depth of the cold (basically because of its source it is freezing from cloud base to ground) all the precipitation is snow

It’s little wonder the national emergency co ordination committee is meeting tomorrow
If you got a generator after Ophelia you may well be glad of it

When watching the video look at Ireland

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/43192715

Keepgrowing · 25-02-2018 08:42PM

George Sunsnow wrote: »

The BBC weather forecast is now done by a private company called meteogroup

In this latest forecast from Tomaz Schafenaker,they have the fronts from the low coming right up over Ireland
Focus on the island of Ireland
Such is the depth of the cold (basically because of its source it is freezing from cloud base to ground) all the precipitation is snow

It’s little wonder the national emergency co ordination committee is meeting tomorrow
If you got a generator after Ophelia you may well be glad of it

When watching the video look at Ireland

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/43192715

Looks rough for Thursday

Lady Haywire · 25-02-2018 08:43PM

Muckit wrote: »

Horses can survive on feck all water.

Unfortunately not, as I knew when lugging buckets to some all summer!! I might lug a trough down in the morning & find a lid for a lick bucket. Keep dad occupied.

Grueller · 25-02-2018 08:47PM

Keepgrowing wrote: »

Looks rough for Thursday

And Friday

mf240 · 25-02-2018 08:50PM

That east wind would dry the dung inside a donkey.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 25-02-2018 08:51PM

Just thinking all will be ok as long as we have power. Those winds and snow on Friday don't look promising atm.

George Sunsnow · 25-02-2018 09:12PM

The issues with power are thunder and lightning with this
Also heavy snow bringing down lines and also ESB crews unable to get to the faults to fix them

Brief outages are also possible and the risk there is pipes that don’t freeze due to water demand in sheds may freeze as the pressure drops when your pump stops
There will still be water in the pipes

Willfarman · 25-02-2018 09:17PM

I remember during the snow in 10. Frozen pipes, long days and hardship. I kind of let appearance go.
I hadn't shaved for 3 weeks. My then girlfriend was giving out to me so says I to her if you shave your pussy I'll shave the beard..

Poor cat died of hypothermia that night.

zetecescort · 25-02-2018 09:21PM

Thanks to everyone for the heads up about this, managed to sort a few bits and pieces today. Aswell as animals outside I'll be moving the dogs from the garage into the house

greenfield21 · 25-02-2018 09:33PM

Still have no idea following that rte forecast. The beeb and ukmo way better even if they don't include Ireland in their forecasts.

gozunda · 25-02-2018 09:44PM

Willfarman wrote: »

I remember during the snow in 10. Frozen pipes, long days and hardship. I kind of let appearance go.
I hadn't shaved for 3 weeks. My then girlfriend was giving out to me so says I to her if you shave your pussy I'll shave the beard..

Poor cat died of hypothermia that night.

Reminds of around that time - had just about made to the Mart in freezing icy conditions. A bunch of us were standing around after the sales and I made a comment to them along the lines of that I couldn't wait to get home and rip off the wife's knickers. Long story short - I nearly got floored by some who said I shouldn't be saying things like that!

Had to quickly explain that it had been so cold that morning - I had put the wifes knickers on as well as the underpants and they were now killing me ....

Muckit · 25-02-2018 09:48PM

Butcher Boy wrote: »

No they cant they can go along time with out food but not with out water.

Reread my post. I didn't say NO water, l said 'feck all.' Plenty ran successfully on poor ground with no water trough.

Muckit · 25-02-2018 09:52PM

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Unfortunately not, as I knew when lugging buckets to some all summer!! I might lug a trough down in the morning & find a lid for a lick bucket. Keep dad occupied.

In the summer. This is winter. The equivalent of a bucket of water would do a horse this time of year. A bucket of water to me is 'feck all.'

Dakota Dan · 25-02-2018 09:54PM

greysides wrote: »

All the comments on drying.... what is said around here is that the springs dry up before a big snow. Haven't found one to check. Ground was 'dry' last night late but the heavy frost may have had a part in that.

Heavy frost last night? What part of the country are you in? No frost in cork.

greysides · 25-02-2018 10:01PM

Dakota Dan wrote: »

Heavy frost last night? What part of the country are you in? No frost in cork.

Last night that was about a mile east of Tinahely, Co. Wicklow. Lovely starry sky walking into the shed, a couple of hours later I broke the ice on the puddle on the way out.

Genghis Cant · 25-02-2018 10:04PM

Dakota Dan wrote: »

Heavy frost last night? What part of the country are you in? No frost in cork.

We'd a heavy frost here last night. It's not freezing tonight just yet but I'm sure it will as the night goes on.

TheRiverman · 25-02-2018 10:23PM

In 2010 some night time temperatures were down to -15C and only reached the dizzy heights of -7C during the day.I remember writing in a diary that December 21 2010 was "the coldest f...ing day in my working life".I cannot see anything like that for the coming week.

manonboard · 25-02-2018 10:24PM

greysides wrote: »

Makes you think you're in summer until you realise all those snow pictures from Scandinavia come with blue skies and sunshine too.

True. Over here in Finland for the last week. Minus 20 each day this week abouts n nothing but blue skies n sun. The under side of the chin burns first!

Lady Haywire · 25-02-2018 10:27PM

Muckit wrote: »

In the summer. This is winter. The equivalent of a bucket of water would do a horse this time of year. A bucket of water to me is 'feck all.'

Ok, ok, mind yer knickers incase you bullock yourself!:P It's just I seen one drinking out of a puddle when I was down there earlier as she then trickled it all down my face the b1tch.

manonboard wrote: »

True. Over here in Finland for the last week. Minus 20 each day this week abouts n nothing but blue skies n sun. The under side of the chin burns first!

I was there in 2010 for some godforsaken reason, hit -26 one night and I got lost trying to find the house. My hair froze in its curls!!

MfMan · 25-02-2018 11:38PM

TheRiverman wrote: »

In 2010 some night time temperatures were down to -15C and only reached the dizzy heights of -7C during the day.I remember writing in a diary that December 21 2010 was "the coldest f...ing day in my working life".I cannot see anything like that for the coming week.

Was -17 on Christmas Eve, remember looking at car thermometer coming home from 8pm mass that evening. Don't know how engine blocks didn't crack during that spell. Cattle with ice on their whiskers in the sheds in the morning then. That's the benchmark for all cold weather we'll ever get in this country again I would imagine. Doubt if I'll see it again in my lifetime.

Say my name · 25-02-2018 11:52PM

Willfarman wrote: »

I remember during the snow in 10. Frozen pipes, long days and hardship. I kind of let appearance go.
I hadn't shaved for 3 weeks. My then girlfriend was giving out to me so says I to her if you shave your pussy I'll shave the beard..

Poor cat died of hypothermia that night.

I bet Greysides knows who you are now.

Nekarsulm · 25-02-2018 11:53PM

My Dad was in hospital in Drogheda throughout that spell.
Travelled up every second day to see him.
Had a Fourtrak with good winter tyres, and 200kg of cement bags in the back.
Ran into freezing fog one night coming home. Stoped in Carnaross to clear the screen, there had grown ice "whiskers" two inches long on every edge of the jeep.
Had almost pure screen wash in the washers to keep things clear.

When the temp. finally rose to 0 degrees, you felt like going around in a tee shirt!

tanko · 26-02-2018 12:01AM

I think the temperature was -18 one night at the weather station in Ballyhaise and didnt go above -10 that day in 2010.

Mooooo · 26-02-2018 12:03AM

Parlour had the old roof on it I 2010 which was only 7ft on the low side of it, helped us keep it milking as lights were on top of us and cows heat kept it from freezing during milking. Bulk tank at 2 degrees was 16 degrees warmer than outside it. Neighbour had planned to milk on but had put up a big parlour and shed the year before and he couldn't keep it defrosted so dried off the cows he was going to milk on. New roof on parlour is a good bit higher now so will see how we get in with it this time round

Extreme cold weather from Feb 25th on, and now St. Patrick's Day on...

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