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dxhound2005 · 02-03-2018 03:47PM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Par Deux;

https://twitter.com/snastablasta/status/969544968229531648

In 2008 I was at the Galway Kerry quarter final, along with a friend. We parked in Portmarnock and took the Dart to Connolly. After the game with the rainstorm the Dart line was blocked by landslides.

We got a taxi a bit of the way to Portmarnock, but when it couldn't get any further we walked in water up to our knees for a few miles. Eventually got back to the MI in the car, after many diversions with floods. There was hardly any rain a bit further north.

https://www.balls.ie/irishlife/wettest-days-history-irish-sport-142257

John_Rambo · 02-03-2018 03:48PM

Swimmer drowning in Sandycove rescued by bystanders using a lifering. It's doing the rounds on Social Media.

dxhound2005 · 02-03-2018 03:51PM

RobbingBandit wrote: »

I'm diabetic and have many other health and other issues if this does go on much longer I'm gonna be in trouble before too long my medications needed to be collected two days ago but chemist was closed and probably will be until Monday now I've cut back the dosage of my meds to make em last the next few days have enough food till Monday but the boredom is getting to me, living in the part of Finglas I'm in once the buses do start up again all the nice kids will soon throw rocks at the causing the service to stop coming up here this area is so snowed under it will need the army to dig it out soon.

I'm Type 1 and the biggest problem is going to be the lack of any physical activity, never mind vigorous exercise. This leads to elevated blood sugar levels. I am going to go out in the snow to do some walking. If you can get out at all, it will help.

iamwhoiam · 02-03-2018 03:51PM

Markgc wrote: »

Another 70yo diabetic man with no heat in house. Only a small fan heater which KEPT HIM ALIVE last night; as Waterford Council refused him proper assistance. No-one calls in to see him. In Waterford CITY!
Shameful.

Oh Bless him the poor divil .

Capt'n Midnight · 02-03-2018 03:51PM

Schwanz wrote: »

Missus is staring to off her rocker and is considering smashing my head in with a frying pan.

Mine has done nothing but stare through the window since it started snowing...

...if it gets any heavier I might have to let her in!

iamwhoiam · 02-03-2018 03:52PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I'm Type 1 and the biggest problem is going to be the lack of any physical activity, never mind vigorous exercise. This leads to elevated blood sugar levels. I am going to go out in the snow to do some walking. If you can get out at all, it will help.

Can you download an excerise app on your phone ?

jack presley · 02-03-2018 03:53PM

John_Rambo wrote: »

Swimmer drowning in Sandycove rescued by bystanders using a lifering. It's doing the rounds on Social Media.

https://twitter.com/AengusCox/status/969581672252526593

First place in the Darwin Awards sweepstakes.

ziggy · 02-03-2018 03:53PM

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Wheeliebin30 · 02-03-2018 03:53PM

Cabin fever.

iamwhoiam · 02-03-2018 03:57PM

Relentless non stop snow here in south Dublin . The estate is now completely snowed in and drifts are higher than 82 . Scary stuff

namloc1980 · 02-03-2018 03:57PM

jack presley wrote: »

https://twitter.com/AengusCox/status/969581672252526593

First place in the Darwin Awards sweepstakes.

He's giving the 2 fingers to authorities I'd say.

Todd Gack · 02-03-2018 03:58PM

jack presley wrote: »

First place in the Darwin Awards sweepstakes.

What a moron

RobbingBandit · 02-03-2018 03:59PM

Anita Blow wrote: »

McCabes open and many have doctors with them til 5. If you can get near one then absolutely do. If it's Insulin you're missing then you shouldn't be cutting down on your dose or missing any.

It's not insulin and the nearest McCabes would be quite a distance away I've enough meds to do me till Monday at this rate but type 2 with loads of complications I'm gonna be in serious trouble from lack of activities and a very poor diet the past few days but that can't be helped at this stage I am sure there are many out there that will be ducked worse than I when this is all said and done, once my chemist is open again I'll be getting some sherpa guides for the trek up.

Markgc · 02-03-2018 04:01PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Oh Bless him the poor divil .

I know.
Ireland today.
People too busy taking selfies, if you know what I mean.
How about we point the camera in the other direction and give a little for a change.

splinter65 · 02-03-2018 04:04PM

demello wrote: »

Let's call this daftness for what it is, hysterical overreaction to a bit of snow. Many parts of the country were fine yesterday and today. Colleges and schools could have been open in many places yesterday and to a slightly lesser extent today. The decsion to close schools should be left to the local management . It was the same during storm Ophelia - many places were totally unaffected yet the whole vountry closed down. Now we will have the media congratulating Met Eireann a d others for their 'great' work. Did any part of the country experience an actual blizzard. What other country would have their leader telling us to stay inside? We arr a laughing stock

Sooo....no snow fell where you are, which means in your logic, no snow fell anywhere and there was no need for there to be any warnings and life should have gone on as normal. I see.

Stacksofwacks · 02-03-2018 04:05PM

Why isn't there a pill for stupidity

Charlie19 · 02-03-2018 04:06PM

Try harder.

wakka12 · 02-03-2018 04:06PM

Vast swathes of the country are literally snowed in, they actually cannot open the doors of their house or their cars, and it still hasn't stopped snowing. Give over

Fighting Tao · 02-03-2018 04:08PM

Jaysus!

dxhound2005 · 02-03-2018 04:08PM

Stacksofwacks wrote: »

Why isn't there a pill for stupidity

They're working on it.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20060810/news/605230671/SH/

namloc1980 · 02-03-2018 04:08PM

demello wrote: »

Let's call this daftness for what it is, hysterical overreaction to a bit of snow. Many parts of the country were fine yesterday and today. Colleges and schools could have been open in many places yesterday and to a slightly lesser extent today. The decsion to close schools should be left to the local management . It was the same during storm Ophelia - many places were totally unaffected yet the whole vountry closed down. Now we will have the media congratulating Met Eireann a d others for their 'great' work. Did any part of the country experience an actual blizzard. What other country would have their leader telling us to stay inside? We arr a laughing stock

All those foreigners must be in agony from splitting their sides laughing.

Trigger Happy · 02-03-2018 04:09PM

Worst trolling attempt of the day.

fullstop · 02-03-2018 04:10PM

jack presley wrote: »

https://twitter.com/AengusCox/status/969581672252526593

First place in the Darwin Awards sweepstakes.

What a selfish ****ing prick.

Mr. CooL ICE · 02-03-2018 04:10PM

Mod: Because another snow thread is exactly what we need...

Fighting Tao · 02-03-2018 04:11PM

RobbingBandit wrote: »

It's not insulin and the nearest McCabes would be quite a distance away I've enough meds to do me till Monday at this rate but type 2 with loads of complications I'm gonna be in serious trouble from lack of activities and a very poor diet the past few days but that can't be helped at this stage I am sure there are many out there that will be ducked worse than I when this is all said and done, once my chemist is open again I'll be getting some sherpa guides for the trek up.

Hopefully the thaw is well underway for you to get medication on Monday. As for exercise, there is much you can do in your home without needing to go outdoors. All you need is your body.

Samuel T. Cogley · 02-03-2018 04:12PM

fullstop wrote: »

What a selfish ****ing prick.

Two fingers to the authorities, probably hoping for a camera around. I'd have let him drown. Okay maybe I wouldn't have but for a split second the decision could have gone eitherway.

fullstop · 02-03-2018 04:12PM

namloc1980 wrote: »

He's giving the 2 fingers to authorities I'd say.

Well those people should have given two fingers to him. Arseholes like him put other people in danger as well as themselves. What if the other fella slipped off that wall?

Edit; was a her apparently.

namloc1980 · 02-03-2018 04:13PM

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fullstop · 02-03-2018 04:13PM

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Two fingers to the authorities, probably hoping for a camera around. I'd have let him drown. Okay maybe I wouldn't have but for a split second the decision could have gone eitherway.

I certainly wouldn't be putting myself in danger to save him.

Cheerful Spring · 02-03-2018 04:13PM

This interesting imagine this never ended?

An alarming heatwave in the sunless winter Arctic is causing blizzards in Europe and forcing scientists to reconsider even their most pessimistic forecasts of climate change.

Although it could yet prove to be a freak event, the primary concern is that global warming is eroding the polar vortex, the powerful winds that once insulated the frozen north.

The north pole gets no sunlight until March, but an influx of warm air has pushed temperatures in Siberia up by as much as 35C above historical averages this month. Greenland has already experienced 61 hours above freezing in 2018 - more than three times as many hours as in any previous year.

Seasoned observers have described what is happening as “crazy,” “weird,” and “simply shocking”.

“This is an anomaly among anomalies. It is far enough outside the historical range that it is worrying – it is a suggestion that there are further surprises in store as we continue to poke the angry beast that is our climate,” said Michael Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University. “The Arctic has always been regarded as a bellwether because of the vicious circle that amplify human-caused warming in that particular region. And it is sending out a clear warning.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/27/arctic-warming-scientists-alarmed-by-crazy-temperature-rises

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