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  • #1292
    Steve F
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭Steve F


    Whoa whoa did they really say a METRE of Snow?
    That's 3 feet 3" in old money


  • #1293
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,224 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    We had more snow last night here in East Galway, hopefully no more falls tonight.

    Usual whingers on the radio giving out about the 4pm warning because there's no snow in their area.


  • #1294
    Dev84
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 739 ✭✭✭Dev84


    Steve F wrote: »
    Whoa whoa did they really say a METRE of Snow?
    That's 3 feet 3" in old money

    Yep thats what Evelyn said most def.

    Deadly.


  • #1295
    Steve F
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭Steve F


    Dev84 wrote: »
    Yep thats what Evelyn said most def.

    Deadly.

    Whens the thaw?:D


  • #1296
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Steve F wrote: »
    Whens the thaw?:D

    Monday at the earliest . :mad:


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  • #1297
    Dev84
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 739 ✭✭✭Dev84


    Saylor Damp Mocha wrote: »
    Monday at the earliest . :mad:

    Might that get off too with a bit if luck.


  • #1298
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,693 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Saylor Damp Mocha wrote: »
    Monday at the earliest . :mad:

    Ah feck... I hate the hangover phase...

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



  • #1299
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,248 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Its whipping up here now in south Dublin . Put my nose out and it stung my eyes .


  • #1300
    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Berserker


    Lucy8080 wrote: »
    After the snow in 1982 , there was no Luas service for almost two decades. I bet your g/f never thought of that, before she started mocking us,did she?

    A snow storm in the 1980s resulted in no tram service for twenty years?
    mariaalice wrote: »
    Would people really go mental because they have to stay in their own home for 24 to 36 hours?

    They can't survive 24 hours on Good Friday, so you'd image that it'd be more of the same today. My OH is an A&E doctor in Dublin, working tonight, so I'll find out what it was like in the morning.


  • #1301
    brendanwalsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 988 ✭✭✭brendanwalsh


    Does this mean we all have to go to work tomorrow. This is the most tame blizzard in the history of mankind.


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  • #1302
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,248 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    brendanwalsh wrote: »
    Does this mean we all have to go to work tomorrow. This is the most tame blizzard in the history of mankind.

    It hasnt even arrived yet .!


  • #1303
    spud82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭spud82


    Does anyone know what time it is meant to hit Limerick?


  • #1304
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,548 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Around midnight for Limerick , according to Alan O' Reilly of Carlow Weather


  • #1305
    spud82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭spud82


    byhookorbycrook wrote: »
    Around midnight for Limerick , according to Alan O' Reilly of Carlow Weather


    Thanks :)


  • #1306
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,465 ✭✭✭✭John_Rambo


    Berserker wrote: »
    It's only one day ffs. Just back from driving on the M50 and M4. Both roads were absolutely fine. My OH is Canadian and she is laughing her ass off at the reaction to a few inches of snow. Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann have cancelled their services. Not sure what it is like down the country but no need for DB to cancel their services.

    Did you explain things to her?

    That we have a temperate climate and aren't set up for this weather, it's very rare for us and we just don't have the equipment like snowploughs on hand.

    Did you tell her our cities, towns and settlements are much older than those of Canada and weren't planned with this type of weather in mind? Did you tell her further more we've a vast urban sprawl and ribbon development along with one off housing dotted around the country?

    Did you tell her we're a small Island on the Atlantic where seasons run in to each other and is infamously hard to forecast weather and that it's best to prepare for the worst rather than fail to prepare?


  • #1307
    trashcan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,367 ✭✭✭trashcan


    pjohnson wrote: »
    1947 was but a breeze. 1784 was the fun storm. 65 feet of snow and yet people were out and about in breeches and short pantaloons. Men were men in those days.

    Calls for a Monty Python sketch response...


  • #1308
    BillyBobBS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,568 ✭✭✭BillyBobBS


    Worst blizzard ever.


  • #1309
    Berserker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Berserker


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    Did you explain things to her?

    I didn't, to be honest. Joking aside she/we get that this is a big event here. She is actually working tonight in one of the hospitals in Dublin, so she'll get to see the rough end of it all.


  • #1310
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,465 ✭✭✭✭John_Rambo


    Berserker wrote: »
    I didn't, to be honest. Joking aside she/we get that this is a big event here. She is actually working tonight in one of the hospitals in Dublin, so she'll get to see the rough end of it all.

    Fair play to her. Front line worker. Looks like our ill prepared (for this weather we don't normally get) electricity network is suffering, lots of outages now.

    And... I'd leave the giggling till the actual storm hits! It still could be a big unprecedented weather event. :)


  • #1311
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,950 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    Is it just me or has there been less snow in Dublin today than yesterday ? Car was proper.covered yesterday morning hasnt been near that today , Duvlin 13


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  • #1312
    MonkieSocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,393 ✭✭✭MonkieSocks


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    Its whipping up here now in south Dublin . Put my nose out and it stung my eyes .

    Your Nose stung your Eye's?:eek:

    =(:-) Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude (-:)=



  • #1313
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,018 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    pjohnson wrote: »
    1947 was but a breeze. 1784 was the fun storm. 65 feet of snow and yet people were out and about in breeches and short pantaloons. Men were men in those days.
    Actually

    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/our-cold-snap-was-nothing-compared-to-the-great-irish-frost-of-1740-26609822.html
    Between 310,000 and 480,000 people out of a population of 2.4 million are believed to have died during the Great Frost which swept across Ireland between 1739 and 1741
    ...
    Such was the cold that the rivers Liffey, Slaney, Boyne and parts of the Shannon froze over within days as well as Loughs Cong and Neagh.

    The big difference is back then we didn't have sliced bread.


  • #1314
    Dev84
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 739 ✭✭✭Dev84


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Actually

    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/our-cold-snap-was-nothing-compared-to-the-great-irish-frost-of-1740-26609822.html


    The big difference is back then we didn't have sliced bread.

    Sure.....


  • #1315
    ArtyC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,508 ✭✭✭ArtyC


    Dominos seemed to be every second ad on the weather reports.... have no clue just made me think they must be open


  • #1316
    previous user
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭previous user


    Not much of a blizzard at the minute a fine dusting of snow and windy, what gives?


  • #1317
    Gwynplaine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭Gwynplaine


    Cook something you lazy git.


  • #1318
    BoJack Horseman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,248 ✭✭✭✭BoJack Horseman


    In Wicklow Town.

    The wind has picked up a bit and there is a sleety drizzle falling.... no proper snow.

    Not a flake of snow fell all day either.... bigger hype fail than Storm Ophelia.

    Roads all clear


  • #1319
    spud82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭spud82


    We were sent home from work at lunch time and are off tomorrow, all quiet here so far, be interesting to see if we get hit at all


  • #1320
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    What takeaways are delivering this evening? Not that i want one, just curious.


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  • #1321
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,866 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    Its like an unscheduled Christmas break minus the presents, extra tv schedules and over indulgence. :)

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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