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Severe winter storm- Severe Blizzards and Heavy Snow this evening/night - Take Action

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    #842
    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,143 ✭✭✭✭km79


    mad hail/snow shower for ten minutes place went completely dark and all surfaces white. sun is shining now:D


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    #843
    Deep Easterly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    snow ghost wrote: »
    According to the BBC weather, you should be snowed in by 4 O'Clock Deep! :eek:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/10209

    How's your igloo building skills?

    Not great, I admit. :(


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    #844
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,739 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    woke up this morning and what little snow had fallen through the night had already melted. The snow that fell yesterday afternoon was great even if it only stuck for about an hour during its heaviest moments but yesterday evening and last night was a major dissapointment considering the BBC built it up so much. The forecasts provided by the good people on this forum and at RTE were much more accurate.


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    #845
    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Yeah I must say Met Éireann got this one fairly on the nail.


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    #846
    Lumi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,466 ✭✭✭Lumi


    Snowing in Galway - yay!!! :D


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    #847
    thecretinhop
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    Wow! lashing down snow in galway now:D


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    #848
    Pangea
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    Gonzo wrote: »
    last night was a major dissapointment considering the BBC built it up so much. The forecasts provided by the good people on this forum and at RTE were much more accurate.
    The bbc forecast was for the north of ireland , not for meath!
    There were places in the north that got tonnes of snow ,havent you seen the pics.
    hotwhiskey wrote: »
    4ft drifts in NI its on sky news. In Cavan about 5 to 6 inches the worst March storm i have ever seen.

    Met eireann didnt mention any of that.


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    #849
    Min
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,550 ✭✭✭Min


    A band of showers crossing the country tonight with snow in places - Met Eireann - radio 1.


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    #850
    Deep Easterly
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    thecretinhop wrote: »
    Wow! lashing down snow in galway now:D
    Fionagus wrote:
    Snowing in Galway-Yay!!:D

    Congrats! :D


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    #851
    Chicken Run
    Registered Users Posts: 590 ✭✭✭Chicken Run


    sunny and mild in Clare today - the odd brief shower, had sleet, then hail (I was in the field for that one..ouch) and a touch of graupel. Breezy but not stormy, and we seemed to miss out on the epic storminess last night too (or I slept through it)


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    #852
    dbyrne
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    some pics from the beeb

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8596448.stm


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    #853
    Chicken Run
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    Fionagus wrote: »
    Snowing in Galway - yay!!! :D
    looking a bit black ower Billy's mam's, so that might be your snow heading down here...... I may stay in and make a cake this afternoon. warm...


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    #854
    How Soon Is Now
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    Good Dublin must be on a separate weather scale altogether today haha.
    Looked out window there in work blue clear skys suns out a bit cold but otherwise great :D


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    #855
    thecretinhop
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    lovely to see, stopped now though..


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    #856
    nacho libre
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    In all my years on boards,I think I'll never understand posts like that.I was out at 4am this morning and while there were snow flakes blowing in the wind,the only cover this morning in my area is on high ground.

    well, according to some people there wasn't going to be any snow outside of the mountains and snow would not stick at lower levels. to be honest i never expected countrywide disruption at this time of year. just the fact that some places at this time of year did see blizzard- like conditions, relatively close to sea level, is something to appreciate. saying that i didn't get any snow. at least you got to see some blowing in the wind:)~


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    #857
    nacho libre
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    Deep Easterly wrote: »
    A couple of heavy snow showers this morning here too, which caused a brief covering but all gone again. Another big black shower moving in now. 5.6c :)

    Edit: Heavy snow shower moving through with gusty winds.

    good man paddy1. did you get my heavy hail shower yet? i gave it strict instructions it go down to Tuam:)


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    #858
    Su Campu
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    300 people had to be rescued from the Glenshane Pass as their vehicles became stranded. I have absolutely no sympathy for them. Whatever about how accurate the METO Red Alerts were for last night, when someone drives up a 1000ft mountain pass with warnings out should be left there IMO.


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    #859
    delw
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    light sleet shower blowing in the strong gusts at mo


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    #860
    Jaysoose
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    Su Campu wrote: »
    300 people had to be rescued from the Glenshane Pass as their vehicles became stranded. I have absolutely no sympathy for them. Whatever about how accurate the METO Red Alerts were for last night, when someone drives up a 1000ft mountain pass with warnings out should be left there IMO.


    Are you aware that the glenshane pass has a main road running through it?

    I have no sympathy for people that dont have the first clue what they are ranting about.

    Idiot.


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    #861
    Su Campu
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    Jaysoose wrote: »
    Are you aware that the glenshane pass has a main road running through it?

    I have no sympathy for people that dont have the first clue what they are ranting about.

    Idiot.

    I'm well aware of that, main road or not, you don't keep driving up a mountain when it's snowing out and there are red alerts for blizzard conditions out for high ground.

    And cut out the insults.


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    #862
    Jaysoose
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    Su Campu wrote: »
    I'm well aware of that, main road or not, you don't keep driving up a mountain when it's snowing out and there are red alerts for blizzard conditions out for high ground.

    And cut out the insults.

    Maybe they didnt have a choice and advocating that people should just be 'left there' is ridiculous.

    Stop being sensitive.


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    #863
    theacher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭theacher


    no snow just a load of ald ones getting excited;)


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    #864
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    snowing in longford again


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    #865
    Speak Now
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    Su Campu wrote: »
    300 people had to be rescued from the Glenshane Pass as their vehicles became stranded. I have absolutely no sympathy for them. Whatever about how accurate the METO Red Alerts were for last night, when someone drives up a 1000ft mountain pass with warnings out should be left there IMO.

    I suppose the kayaker who was pulled out of the sea of Wexford yesterday should have been left there as well for being stupid enough to go out in rough seas.

    Point is people do stupid things, it's doesn't mean we dont rescue them.

    You'd be surprised the amount of people who dont listen to news/weather reports. It was probably their normal route home and not everyone is on-line all day or tuned into latest reports.


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    #866
    Not
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    Su Campu wrote: »
    I'm well aware of that, main road or not, you don't keep driving up a mountain when it's snowing out and there are red alerts for blizzard conditions out for high ground.

    And cut out the insults.

    You being one who flys, you are probably more used to plannng your journeys a lot more carefully than the average joe soap motorist - I'd guess the majority of the people stranded up there hadn't a clue what height it was and were just thinking of it as a road which goes from A to B and passes between two mountains. And, not being acustomed to planning flights and the need to factor in the weathers effect on such, they probably didn't feel the need as much as you would to check the weather forecast before setting out.

    Edit : kind of beaten to it by Jerry


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    #867
    Su Campu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »
    I suppose the kayaker who was pulled out of the sea of Wexford yesterday should have been left there as well for being stupid enough to go out in rough seas.

    Point is people do stupid things, it's doesn't mean we dont rescue them.

    You'd be surprised the amount of people who dont listen to news/weather reports. It was probably their normal route home and not everyone is on-line all day or tuned into latest reports.

    Obviously leaving them there isn't an option and of course I meant it more tongue in cheek, but I do think they are putting rescuers' lives at risk needlessly. I didn't hear about the kayaker, must have been scary, but of course it was 100% his/her fault. You're right, people can be pretty thick at times.


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    #868
    snow ghost
    Registered Users Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭snow ghost


    Snowing in Belmullet & at Knock and according to that 3 hour yoke thingy there is a nice bit of gear heading for galway/mayo in next couple of hours... may get a few flurries out of it.


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    #869
    davehey79
    Registered Users Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭davehey79


    feckin hell left the house at just before quarter to 2 and half way to work bang started to teem down snow again almost exact same time as yesterday. have few fotos will upload in a few mins (they aint great to warn ya)


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    #870
    snow ghost
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    Don't know about the Glenshane pass situation, as its a road from Belfast, but in general there is always a small minority of inconsiderate people who put themselves - and consequently others - in danger on mountains and water when it really, really isn't appropriate.

    They should be charged for being rescued, and reprimanded for wasting valuable resources.


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    #871
    Su Campu
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    Not wrote: »
    You being one who flys, you are probably more used to plannng your journeys a lot more carefully than the average joe soap motorist - I'd guess the majority of the people stranded up there hadn't a clue what height it was and were just thinking of it as a road which goes from A to B and passes between two mountains. And, not being acustomed to planning flights and the need to factor in the weathers effect on such, they probably didn't feel the need as much as you would to check the weather forecast before setting out.

    Edit : kind of beaten to it by Jerry

    Well maybe you're right, can't take chances when flying, but I can't see how people didn't hear one way or the other, or see that things were detting dodgy the further they drove. But anyway, what's done is done, none of them was harmed so they 'll take it as a lesson and move on.


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