Severe Weather Snow / Ice Weds 28 FEB ( Onwards ) ** READ MOD NOTE POST#1**

Been looking out at a lovely undisturbed road building up for ages, and now along come a group of little scumbags messing it all up, and blaring some god-awful rap music on a speaker while they do so...

I'm 21... when did I get old? XD

More power cuts in Dublin ..ESB giving a ERT of Friday 20:00 poor folks ...

sdanseo wrote: »

One for the people complaining about the "unnecessary" warnings. This road was in perfect condition when Sky were live at around 6pm. Now if it wasn't for the crash barrier you wouldn't even know there was a 4 lane motorway there.

Absolutely incredible. We likely won't see anything like this again in our lifetime. There will be some snow on the Wicklow Mountains for weeks to come after this.

wakka12 wrote: »

Whiteout D14..unbelievable..it seems to be just continually upping in intensity. Still small snowflakes
Im off for a midnight wander int he blizzard

If you don't report back in an hour should we assume the worst?

nacho libre wrote: »

We likely won't see anything like this again in our lifetime.

I wouldn't say that nacho libre .

Set the camera to go off every min on a service marker across the road to mark snow dept

After that brief excursion outside... have decided to treat myself to a glass of whiskey in honour of Met Eireann and the Boards weather folks who called this so long back. I was so impressed with how early Ophelia was caught and modelled and same again with this - it must be more than a week ago when I first read about it here?

Luckily I've a good employer and also I'm not in a frontline role so I don't have to worry about getting in tomorrow.

Huge respect for the front line services who are at their posts now and will be in the morning.

I really hope other employers in affected areas, or with staff from affected areas, belatedly exercise cop on and let people stay home.

In this weather minor things can become major emergencies - a slip, a skid, a fall can lead to serious complications and they're always more likely to happen when people are under pressure.

Conversely, if people are able to enjoy a rare occurrence like the one we're having right now, the memories can be magical and last a lifetime.

*raises glass*

otherfrog wrote: »

After that brief excursion outside... have decided to treat myself to a glass of whiskey in honour of Met Eireann and the Boards weather folks who called this so long back. I was so impressed with how early Ophelia was caught and modelled and same again with this - it must be more than a week ago when I first read about it here?

Luckily I've a good employer and also I'm not in a frontline role so I don't have to worry about getting in tomorrow.

Huge respect for the front line services who are at their posts now and will be in the morning.

I really hope other employers in affected areas, or with staff from affected areas, belatedly exercise cop on and let people stay home.

In this weather minor things can become major emergencies - a slip, a skid, a fall can lead to serious complications and they're always more likely to happen when people are under pressure.

Conversely, if people are able to enjoy a rare occurrence like the one we're having right now, the memories can be magical and last a lifetime.

*raises glass*

Lovely post really lovely

otherfrog wrote: »

After that brief excursion outside... have decided to treat myself to a glass of whiskey in honour of Met Eireann and the Boards weather folks who called this so long back. I was so impressed with how early Ophelia was caught and modelled and same again with this - it must be more than a week ago when I first read about it here?

Luckily I've a good employer and also I'm not in a frontline role so I don't have to worry about getting in tomorrow.

Huge respect for the front line services who are at their posts now and will be in the morning.

I really hope other employers in affected areas, or with staff from affected areas, belatedly exercise cop on and let people stay home.

In this weather minor things can become major emergencies - a slip, a skid, a fall can lead to serious complications and they're always more likely to happen when people are under pressure.

Conversely, if people are able to enjoy a rare occurrence like the one we're having right now, the memories can be magical and last a lifetime.

*raises glass*

Fire services all on standby in stations, can’t leave until alert is lifted, sitting here on hard wooden seat as we speak!

DOCARCH wrote: »

Snow/blizzard really getting going now in Dublin 16! Heavy fine snow with strong winds.

Had 10cm of level snow on the ground at 6pm. Now at 18cm (measured on the level) with higher drifts. -0.7c DP -1.4c atm.

I've seen loads of mention of dew point temperature today, but what exactly is it?

On another note, does anyone know what council department deals in faulty lamposts? Nothing is sticking to the one outside the house!

Every time I read another post about accumulations of the heavy 'fine' snow I pop my head out the Velux....

.....nope.......still just a dusting on the roads in my corner of Bray.

This deeper red blob out in the Irish sea better deliver the good stuff

Xanax yet to kick in.

sryanbruen wrote: »

I wouldn't say that nacho libre .

You talking about the next event next week ?