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Snowmagedagain

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Out getting supplies for snowmageddon at the moment - people (not me) are starting to panic buy here, lidl shelves were getting stripped of water, milk, ping pong balls, crochet sets and digital micrometers.

Is this the end, my friend?

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kneemos

odyssey06 wrote: »

Maybe... or maybe there's lots of people wolfing down gluten free bread right now cos it was the only thing left on the shelves!

It's grand if you toast it and overload it with butter and cheese\salmon\etc

Doc put me on a gluten free diet for a week,nearly ended up in the poor house.

Sympathy to anyone that's on it,but it was a miserable experience.

The Rape of Lucretia

Agricola wrote: »

Just like Brexit. The Brits could never miss an opportunity to live out their fantasies of stoic endurance in the face of adversity, their stiff upper lip and the love of keeping calm and carrying on.

Working out well for them so far!

And the Irish live up their stereotype of being lazy gits, who with the slightest excuse, just turn over in the bed in the morning and couldnt be arsed making any effort to do a bit of work.

nice_guy80

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

You would have to wonder how Neanderthals survived without anything.

cause they didn't live in Ireland maybe?

iamwhoiam

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

And the Irish live up their stereotype of being lazy gits, who with the slightest excuse, just turn over in the bed in the morning and couldnt be arsed making any effort to do a bit of work.

Well at least we are all still alive

[Deleted User]

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Father of the year material on RTE news just now, planning on leaving his kids outside in an igloo overnight.

Im texting a few friends stuck in the house with young kids, there might be more than just him planning it :pac::D

[Deleted User]

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

And the Irish live up their stereotype of being lazy gits, who with the slightest excuse, just turn over in the bed in the morning and couldnt be arsed making any effort to do a bit of work.

Its my life and I live it how I want. :pac:

Agricola

You know it's a national emergency when your playing browser platforming games.

Berserker

eviltwin wrote: »

It's been relentless here in West Dublin all day, actually worse than yesterday. Our main road which I can see from my house is completely impassible now.

Same here. Lots more snow today.

odyssey06 wrote: »

I hope the army got some target practice in on those looters... do us all a favour and stop 'em before they a chance to rack up 100 convictions...

It's societies fault that they have to loot though. Don't forget that.

gmisk wrote: »

Ffs what a bunch of tossers! All for a slab of crap beer!

Was in the shop earlier today and the alcohol aisle was the busiest of the lot. People buying slabs of beer, wine etc. Sad that they can't find a better way to pass the time.

OldMrBrennan83

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Samuel T. Cogley

Berserker wrote: »

Was in the shop earlier today and the alcohol isle was the busiest of the lot. People buying slabs of beer, wine etc. Sad that they can't find a better way to pass the time.

There's only so much **** one can do.

[Deleted User]

Hammer Archer wrote: »

2010 was colder. But with regards to the sheer size of the snow drifts, this event was far worse.

2010 seemed a different type of event. It was just constant snow for days on end and the fresh snow lodged on the already previous compounded snow.

This was gale/storm force winds meeting cold air coming from the east and a more sudden clinical strike

OldMrBrennan83

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RandomName2

According to an interview today with Paul Kehoe only a few hundred of the armed forces are helping with storm Emma and the blizzards affecting the east coast. While these members are probably doing a good job (though I personally haven't seen any in Wicklow yet) and while some of the armed forces are not suited to such tasks (Air force, etc.) and others are serving abroad (for instance helping the human traffickers in the Med), it still seems ridiculous that the vast majority aren't being used, and that it's falling to civilian emergency services almost exclusively.

I thought the whole point of maintaining armed forces, year in, year out, was to be able to aid in national emergencies, etc. If it's all going to get put on civilian services anyway, wouldn't it be better to just relocate the funding to them on a permanent basis?

OldMrBrennan83

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Gatling

Many were on social media complaining how they weren't getting any extra pay to help out in emergencies

Del2005

The army doesn't have enough troops to preform their own duties never mind covering extra duties.

Agricola

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

And the Irish live up their stereotype of being lazy gits, who with the slightest excuse, just turn over in the bed in the morning and couldnt be arsed making any effort to do a bit of work.

Mint Sauce

Have we had a national emergancy declared though?

Jawgap

RandomName2 wrote: »

According to an interview today with Paul Kehoe only a few hundred of the armed forces are helping with storm Emma and the blizzards affecting the east coast. While these members are probably doing a good job (though I personally haven't seen any in Wicklow yet) and while some of the armed forces are not suited to such tasks (Air force, etc.) and others are serving abroad (for instance helping the human traffickers in the Med), it still seems ridiculous that the vast majority aren't being used, and that it's falling to civilian emergency services almost exclusively.

I thought the whole point of maintaining armed forces, year in, year out, was to be able to aid in national emergencies, etc. If it's all going to get put on civilian services anyway, wouldn't it be better to just relocate the funding to them on a permanent basis?

Yeah, because turning out the Army and leaving things like armouries unguarded is a good idea......

.......and sure given the brilliant wages they're on shouldn't they all be working 24 hours a day, every day.

In short, whatever the size of the DF there's only about one third available to cover all contingencies. People are training, staffing out other functions etc and some are even allowed be off.

[Deleted User]

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

And the Irish live up their stereotype of being lazy gits, who with the slightest excuse, just turn over in the bed in the morning and couldnt be arsed making any effort to do a bit of work.

Bit harsh. All over Ireland there is emergency staff, esb staff, and volunteers out there at the moment doing their utmost to help people as im sure there is right across the UK also.

odyssey06

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

You would have to wonder how Neanderthals survived without anything.

Sadly modern civilisation frowns on those who walk around heavily armed with projectile weapons, slaughtering whatever animals you happen to come across...

For Forks Sake

gmisk wrote: »

Ffs what a bunch of tossers! All for a slab of crap beer!

As someone more eagle-eyed than myself spotted, one of the looters was making off with a slab of non-alcoholic beer.

Collie D

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Bit harsh. All over Ireland there is emergency staff, esb staff, and volunteers out there at the moment doing their utmost to help people as im sure there is right across the UK also.

You're on here long enough to know that nobody hates the Irish more than Irish Boards users

Cee-Jay-Cee

Ha ha you said Ireland has an airforce.

OldMrBrennan83

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somefeen

Is it possible that only 5 percent of them are useful or needed at the moment?

I can't imagine there's an awful lot they can do besides transport?

Berserker

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

And the Irish live up their stereotype of being lazy gits, who with the slightest excuse, just turn over in the bed in the morning and couldnt be arsed making any effort to do a bit of work.

Wait until Monday morning when it'll be too dangerous to drive on the roads because of the melting snow on the sides of the road.

For Forks Sake wrote: »

As someone more eagle-eyed than myself spotted, one of the looters was making off with a slab of non-alcoholic beer. :D

Probably an Irish football fan. Well know for falling for that one.

Franz Von Peppercorn

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I remember it being colder, much colder, in 2010 when -10 appeared on my car screen. The worst here has been -3 on my phone at 4am this morning. Anyway, I said that about 2010 a few days ago and a couple of drama queens essentially said the worst hadn't happened so shut up ya thick. Worst apparently has happened now and it never got as cold as 2010. :P

Literally nobody was claiming this was going to be an extreme cold event. It being March and all.

sondagefaux

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

You would have to wonder how Neanderthals survived without anything.

They didn't survive, they're extinct...

dxhound2005

sondagefaux wrote: »

They didn't survive, they're extinct...

No, there's some on this thread.