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Snow Reports/ Chat - Potential Blizzards & Heavy Snow - 29/11/2010

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  • #692
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,759 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    chapel976 wrote: »
    that's not even a foot of snow...

    how do you guys handle it anyway?
    I still walk to the train 3 miles away with up to 1 foot (30cm) of snow...


    I always see these crazy videos of people in the UK trying to drive in the snow or ice... don't you guys put snow tires on?

    9 inches of snow won't even close schools around here.

    At the same time, we're outfit for snow in New England... salter/sanders and plows... most people run all-seasons or snow tires at this point

    Snow tyres?! Jayses . . . doesn't snow here often enough to warrant most people investing in a set I would imagine. :p

    EDIT: Sleety rain here in Ballsbridge now.


  • #693
    chucknorris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭chucknorris


    Loads of snow in Corduff - it's being stored for the weekend :rolleyes:


  • #694
    LookingFor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭LookingFor


    chapel976 wrote: »
    that's not even a foot of snow...

    how do you guys handle it anyway?
    I still walk to the train 3 miles away with up to 1 foot (30cm) of snow...

    Uphill, both ways, in your bare feet? ;)

    But yes, of course, our puny snow IS puny, but things kind of fall apart here with even a centimetre of snow.


  • #695
    adox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,057 ✭✭✭✭adox


    Stopped here again in Ballycoolin.

    Still more meanacing clouds behind me on the way, not as dark as earlier though.


  • #696
    Aquals
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 244 ✭✭Aquals


    It's just started snowing again over UCD! The sky is a lovely yellowish colour too!


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  • #697
    Peace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭Peace


    Snowing very lightly in Citywest.


  • #698
    W23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭W23


    light snow just starting again in UCD


  • #699
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,759 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    Hmm that rainy sleet has turned to sleet/snow here in Ballsbridge.


  • #700
    H2UMrsRobinson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 777 ✭✭✭H2UMrsRobinson


    chapel976 wrote: »
    that's not even a foot of snow...

    how do you guys handle it anyway?
    I still walk to the train 3 miles away with up to 1 foot (30cm) of snow...


    I always see these crazy videos of people in the UK trying to drive in the snow or ice... don't you guys put snow tires on?

    9 inches of snow won't even close schools around here.

    At the same time, we're outfit for snow in New England... salter/sanders and plows... most people run all-seasons or snow tires at this point

    We're just not accustomed to snow, it's such a rare event. Snow tyres would be an expense that most households just cannot accomodate for a one/twice a year event. In fairness our government has fooked up this country enough - without spending what little we have left on grit, whilst the elderly are left in hospital corridors on a trolley. Although judging by the past 3 winters we may have to start thinking about seriously changing the way we do things!


  • #701
    patneve2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭patneve2


    sleet in dalkey, let's hope the shower gains a big of strength to pull down that colder air.


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  • #702
    LookingFor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭LookingFor


    Sleety stuff in south d15 again.


  • #703
    dacogawa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,872 ✭✭✭dacogawa


    sleet in Sandymount, dont worry snow lovin people, the temp is dropping :)


  • #704
    Winger_PL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 295 ✭✭Winger_PL


    Snow has turned into rain just now at Parkwest (D12).


  • #705
    Damo 2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,515 ✭✭✭Damo 2k9


    Started heavy again in finglas, its mad how it can be really heavy one minute then the next its nearly raining and then the next its really heavy again :)
    Please god school is closed tomorrow :D


  • #706
    chapel976
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭chapel976


    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    Snow tyres?! Jayses . . . doesn't snow here often enough to warrant most people investing in a set I would imagine. :p

    EDIT: Sleety rain here in Ballsbridge now.

    it gets cold enough to create ice on the roads though, doesn't it?

    This was my own personal worst storm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fool's_Day_Blizzard

    this one was pretty gnarly too:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_2005
    I have a picture of my old BMW 325iS buried under an 8 foot snow drift with my mom standing next to it somewhere

    this is a main road:
    Blizzard_of_2005.JPG
    the cars are abandoned there

    We had 36" in my driveway


  • #707
    theholyghost
    Closed Accounts Posts: 374 ✭✭theholyghost


    Heavy snow in the north innner city.


  • #708
    NufcNavan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭NufcNavan


    Snowing heavy in Druncomdra.


  • #709
    LFCFan
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 3,821 Mod ✭✭✭✭LFCFan


    raining in Blackrock!


  • #710
    angeldelight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,176 ✭✭✭angeldelight


    Very light, practically non-existent snow in Maynooth


  • #711
    cavemeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 593 ✭✭✭cavemeister


    Sleet in Sandyford - More rain than snow :mad:

    Come on Met Eireann, don't let me down :rolleyes:


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  • #712
    adox
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    And its coming down here again in Ballycoolin.


  • #713
    carlmwan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭carlmwan


    chapel976 wrote: »
    it gets cold enough to create ice on the roads though, doesn't it?

    Ye we get ALOT of ice i dunoo why people dont invest in a set because the country has being crippled from our last three winters..


  • #714
    Saganist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭Saganist


    Ok, Snow now in the City Centre.

    Starting to come down pretty fast too..


  • #715
    RobAMerc
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    stephens green - snowing now, getting heavier, and gone very dark.


  • #716
    patneve2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭patneve2


    rain/sleet in dalkey, grrr:mad: :D


  • #717
    LookingFor
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    cavemeister wrote: »
    Sleet in Sandyford - More rain than snow :mad:

    Come on Met Eireann, don't let me down :rolleyes:

    The met's warnings are about tonight, and the front that's forecast to pass down over us. What we have now is unrelated.

    They really said little about this afternoon asides from scattered showers. In fact, I'm sort of surprised we have had the amount of cloud and precipitation that we have had this afternoon...although the fluctuating nature of the precipitation is a little unwelcome :\


  • #718
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,759 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    Saganist wrote: »
    Ok, Snow now in the City Centre.

    Starting to come down pretty fast too..

    Im guessing that's what is coming our way. The sleet is now persistent here in Ballsbrdige and seems to turning to snow.


  • #719
    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    sleet in Dublin 2


  • #720
    W23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭W23


    Fairly heavy now but not sticking to cleared ground.


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  • #721
    4Sheets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 613 ✭✭✭4Sheets


    Heavy Snow for past 5min now in Baldonnell,d22


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