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

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  • #722
    George Sunsnow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭George Sunsnow


    Five foot deep in my yard now
    Everything buried
    Nightmare


  • #723
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,621 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    There's a thaw on here now. Water dripping off the roofs and big chunks of the yard clear of snow. Only a small bit of time to free the parlour this morning but I'll leave the cows out for water for an hour as all the water pipes are frozen atm. Having a bite to eat first though.


  • #724
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,290 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    How's everyone for milk storage?


  • #725
    Mooooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Snowing all morning here about a foot in the yard. Lorry hasn't come with 3 days but I can hold milk till Tuesday if required. Temps see. To have dropped a bit again. Must try and get to the other yard over the road now, loader is helpless in this ****e


  • #726
    whelan2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,290 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    George Sunsnow wrote: »
    Five foot deep in my yard now
    Everything buried
    Nightmare

    Do you still have power?


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  • #727
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    whelan2 wrote: »
    How's everyone for milk storage?

    Drawer of door full, but can use shelves if needs be.....
















    Sorry..... poor joke


  • #728
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,439 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    whelan2 wrote: »
    What type of phone is it. If apple you can use find my phone

    i know where I lost it down to a 6 foot radius its just that there is 5 feet of snow there


  • #729
    RedPeppers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 606 ✭✭✭RedPeppers


    whelan2 wrote: »
    How's everyone for milk storage?

    Milk went here yesterday evening so fine here till Monday have to say we’re not nearly as affected by the snow as others on here. roads 20 mins from here not passable whereas roads are clear around here


  • #730
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,713 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Miserable as hell here today. I'm still sick. Sinuses blocked, constantly coughing and dripping from the nose. If I was a bullock, I'd be put down.
    Still tractor started no problem and tap in yard thawed enough to fill barrel, my temp water trough. Maybe 4 inches of snow and still at it.


  • #731
    orm0nd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,383 ✭✭✭orm0nd


    whelan2 wrote: »
    How's everyone for milk storage?

    BAD

    due for collection in the morning, but I can't see a truck getting here before Tuesday at least

    terrible drifts on public road, cleared yard and some of the drive way earlier


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  • #732
    GrasstoMilk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭GrasstoMilk


    All good here for storage. Neighbour will be full tomorrow though. I've a 2200l tank here if he wants to borrow it


  • #733
    Angus2018
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭Angus2018


    A metre of snow in some of the yard and pens full of snow from blowing in any crack or crevice available. I went to get the tractor bucket to clear the feed passage of snow and I can't even see where it is, there is over a metre hiding it.

    Water is frozen but the troughs I filled yesterday were only half empty so just going to leave them with that for today. Its starting to thaw in the shed so the animals are wet and miserable, feed passage was a slushy mess so had to fork up everything to make room for new bales. Bedded all the sheds again, can't keep them dry with all the snow blowing in. Calves are sensible enough to huddle together in the warmest parts.

    Not to bad to be honest. Sore all over from carrying endless buckets of water and shovelling snow. Warm though since I've thermal gloves and 2 layers of everything.

    I'm dreading the floods that are going to come from this. Ground is going to be saturated for a long time with no hope of getting animals out.


  • #734
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,660 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Current condition of only road left accessible as abandoned cars have all others blocked.

    I ain't waiting for the professionals to get here as others have suggested.

    Lots of locals trapped. Will start clearing tomorrow as they are all ok atm and I'm starting to ferry nurses to mullingar hospital all evening.


  • #735
    leg wax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,296 ✭✭✭leg wax


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Current condition of only road left accessible as abandoned cars have all others blocked.

    I ain't waiting for the professionals to get here as others have suggested.

    Lots of locals trapped. Will start clearing tomorrow as they are all ok atm and I'm starting to ferry nurses to mullingar hospital all evening.

    how many nurses can ya fit in the beet bucket


  • #736
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,660 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    leg wax wrote: »
    how many nurses can ya fit in the beet bucket

    We'll find out


  • #737
    L1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭L1985


    Snow just makes everything pure misery- water gone here on all the lines now except one up a hill so having fun hauling buckets of water down the hill for the house. Bobcat got stuck. Letting the cattle out in groups. Had to move a group of suck calves as the snow was going in through the slats over the sheeting on the gates and straight down on their heads.... Thank god we aren't milking and finished calving as don't think I could take it!!!
    Please please tell me it's going to thaw tomorrow?


  • #738
    Who2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,257 ✭✭✭Who2


    L1985 wrote: »
    Snow just makes everything pure misery- water gone here on all the lines now except one up a hill so having fun hauling buckets of water down the hill for the house. Bobcat got stuck. Letting the cattle out in groups. Had to move a group of suck calves as the snow was going in through the slats over the sheeting on the gates and straight down on their heads.... Thank god we aren't milking and finished calving as don't think I could take it!!!
    Please please tell me it's going to thaw tomorrow?

    It’s thawing now, I got my water back going thankfully.


  • #739
    CloughCasey1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭CloughCasey1


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Current condition of only road left accessible as abandoned cars have all others blocked.

    I ain't waiting for the professionals to get here as others have suggested.

    Lots of locals trapped. Will start clearing tomorrow as they are all ok atm and I'm starting to ferry nurses to mullingar hospital all evening.

    And to think in 11 weeks you will be tedding silage☺☺


  • #740
    tanko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,528 ✭✭✭tanko


    Drinkers werent frozen here this morning, no snow since yesterday evening and not much of a frost last nite.
    Minor roads still a mess but hopefully things will start to thaw out from now on.


  • #741
    George Sunsnow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭George Sunsnow


    whelan2 wrote: »
    How's everyone for milk storage?

    I was collected yesterday thank God
    Still snowing and drifting here
    Marooned as our road has 10 ft drifts on it
    Some of us are going at it shortly to try clear it
    ESB trucks couldn’t get out of Arklow
    One of the neighbors dumped a full tank this morning :O


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  • #742
    I says
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,200 ✭✭✭I says


    Good man Reggie
    Will it be a ride for ride
















    I’ll get me coat:):):)


  • #743
    BigSteaks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 96 ✭✭BigSteaks


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Current condition of only road left accessible as abandoned cars have all others blocked.

    I ain't waiting for the professionals to get here as others have suggested.

    Lots of locals trapped. Will start clearing tomorrow as they are all ok atm and I'm starting to ferry nurses to mullingar hospital all evening.

    Now this is the point. Roads blocked by idiots who wouldn't listen to the authorities. Now if there is a medical emergency people are in trouble.

    You ferry them in the bucket? Hse should take care of their staff and they have a lot them held up in hotels in town.

    Lads messing and looking to be seen. Taking more pictures than doing good.


  • #744
    I says
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,200 ✭✭✭I says


    BigSteaks wrote: »
    Now this is the point. Roads blocked by idiots who wouldn't listen to the authorities. Now if there is a medical emergency people are in trouble.

    You ferry them in the bucket? Hse should take care of their staff and they have a lot them held up in hotels in town.

    Lads messing and looking to be seen. Taking more pictures than doing good.

    Do ya get out much?


  • #745
    BigSteaks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 96 ✭✭BigSteaks


    I says wrote: »
    Do ya get out much?

    Just back in from dropping hot dinner and checking on elderly neighbour. Trip on foot.


  • #746
    I says
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,200 ✭✭✭I says


    BigSteaks wrote: »
    Just back in from dropping hot dinner and checking on elderly neighbour. Trip on foot.

    Goodman


  • #747
    BigSteaks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 96 ✭✭BigSteaks


    I says wrote: »
    Goodman

    Lot of snow but it was mild, hopefully a thaw on.


  • #748
    Angus2018
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭Angus2018


    Going to try get all the drinkers going, wish me luck!


  • #749
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,713 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    BigSteaks wrote: »
    Now this is the point. Roads blocked by idiots who wouldn't listen to the authorities. Now if there is a medical emergency people are in trouble.

    You ferry them in the bucket? Hse should take care of their staff and they have a lot them held up in hotels in town.

    Lads messing and looking to be seen. Taking more pictures than doing good.

    And I thought I was miserable today.


  • #750
    GrasstoMilk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭GrasstoMilk


    Met eirean after extending the red alert fir the east until tomorrow morning


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  • #751
    Farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 750 ✭✭✭Farmer


    Angus2018 wrote: »
    Going to try get all the drinkers going, wish me luck!

    Drinkers should free out with a bit of help at todays temperatures. Got going yesterday after a night at -5 with about 5 gallons of hot water and kept moving from drinker to drinker.

    Sometimes they just go clear an hour after you've given up. Good luck, it makes a savage difference.

    Fed my lot hay and dry meal last night so that they'd keep the water moving :)


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