Cantona's Collars wrote: » Council out gritting roads that are clear while it's raining. Only in Ireland.
Cantona's Collars wrote: » Leave it,the snow will be gone in a couple of days anyway.
lolo62 wrote: » I'd give anything to head out in the car but there's drifts either end of my road and I don't have a shovel. Cracking up at this stage. Wednesday was exciting, Thursday was beautiful. Yesterday was a bit miserable due to lack of supplies and access to them. Last night was mental. If I can't drive my car today after 4 days of it I'm done with snow!
Elmer Blooker wrote: » I wouldn't be so sure about that! The wind remains easterly and its only 2c where I am. If the wind had turned southerly or even southeasterly the chances of more snow would be nil. The jet is as far south as I've ever seen it, the complex area of low pressure nearby and where it will go is very difficult to forecast, if it drifts south the door is open. Lets not forget that there is still Greenland blocking. Look at this chart, its not far away you know ...... oh, I forgot to mention that we may not be finished with the effects of the SSW. A cold March ahead. Ramp over!
Cantona's Collars wrote: » I got my car 25 feet from the house,only a few hundred feet to go. It's gas that on the other road all the Polish lads got out together and dug through 4 and 5 foot drifts to clear the road. The only other person on my road doing any shovelling bar me was the woman across the road from me.
mallards wrote: » Snowed for the best part of the day here near the Wicklow gap. Mostly small stuff but its added another inch or two to the overall totals. I haven't enough spit for me hands for this job!
lolo62 wrote: » It's bananas. The main roads are fine around here there's just no getting out of the estate. I actually don't think any of my neighbours have left their houses for the last few days. I've been out a good bit and no one around, no one passing the house. A bit of activity today but not a lot of pulling together going on. Even in 2010 there was more helping each other out. Either we've gone a bit soft or the warnings just have people riding it out indoors. Anyway I better go and buy myself a shovel asap so I dont feel like a total hypocrite *
revelman wrote: » Significant thaw all day in our somewhat elevated rurual position but we had so much snow on the ground that our country road is still impassable. We still have drifts of 3ft or more around the house and on the road. The rain has become absolutely torrential in the last few minutes and we are hoping this will help clear some of our road. Given how few people are on our road, we understand it is not a priority for county council ploughs. Food supplies are very low so if we still can’t drive tomorrow morning we will walk into town to get some supplies. Fingers crossed. Odd feeling of looking out at significant snow drifts yet torrential rain! Driveway right now:
Cantona's Collars wrote: » In 2010 a few of us cleared the road before it got too bad but this time everyone just seemed to stay indoors. I blame Netflix. One fella walked by me as I shovelled and came back later complaining about how can he get his car out to the main road.
d'Oracle wrote: » Hang on, is that a roof????
M.T. Cranium wrote: » We may reconvene in less than a week if some models are right, in fact some big weather event seems likely to occur because they all show a strong low pressure system near Ireland, the difference being night and day between a track up the west coast (rain and strong winds) or south and into Britain (another cold spell and snow possible with that). I am just looking at this now and trying to assess the chances. Between now and then, basically most of this coming week, it's the ideal slow thaw scenario that might prevent major flooding while still clearing the snow. You don't want a fast thaw as they had at the end of the seven week (can you imagine?) cold and snow of 1947, that ended up with a heavy rain and a sudden rise in temps to 10 C in mid-March. Anyway, the ECM which is often the most reliable model has a 959 mb low over Valentia moving north on Saturday next (10th). If that verifies we would be into very strong southerly winds and heavy rainfalls from Friday night on. Not saying it will happen, just what we are confronted with as our next forecast challenge.
daheff wrote: » Had a great day clearing snow here. All the neighbours came out & helped. Estate now is driveable. Great community spirit...few beers, some mulled wine. All we were missing was Xmas FM Better not snow now tonight after all that !!
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » https://twitter.com/rte/status/969904360032436224
Cork Boy 53 wrote: » If you can`t drive yourself by tomorrow do you know a local farmer or someone with a tractor that could bring supplies close to you? How far are you from a road that is someway passible?
