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

beauf wrote: »

Not by a long way yet according to my memory. In Dublin 15, in 82 the army ran lorries to deliver milk and bread and remember them helping people into the back of them, as transport. At the moment we have about 2~4 ft of drifts. back then it was 6~8ft, I know it was up the top of my parents 8th garden wall, and blocked in the back door and we had to dig it out. I used a crates to build a slide from the top of the wall into the garden.

Probably 82 was like the worst bits you see on the news now, but all over. I don't remember anyone driving for about a week back then. Thus far, I've only had today of being unable to drive. At the moment this is about on par or just slightly worse with 2010. 2010 was made worse then it really was because they didn't grit or clear the roads early enough. Also 2010 was colder. We've only seen -4 max. Back then we saw -10~11. The battery in my car froze.

But those times it was country wide. This storm is odd in that there are huge differences between one area and the next even not that far apart.

We also have modern tyres, 4x4, gritters and snow ploughs. Didn't have any of that in 82. Of course in 82 you had people who had lived through the one in the 40's and that one far worse than 82 apparently.

I remember the thaw in 82 was miserable. Lasted for ages, cold and wet. Slush everywhere.

Of course depends where you are. Some places are pretty bad this time too.

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