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Big Freeze Discussion / Heavy snow & Blizzards continue - 02/12/2010

chucknorris · 2010-12-02 07:38:29

I'll kick this one off this morning :) Blanchardstown packed with snow. The IOM shadow is still lurking. PS: Tomorrow could be interesting too if what Met Eireann say may happen - westerly systems hitting cold air.

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#1412 02-12-2010 08:25PM

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jimmynokia wrote: »

looks like its stopped altogether:mad:

I hope so, I'm sick of it now.

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#1413 02-12-2010 08:25PM

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Donegal County Council says people should stay indoors tonight
http://oceanfm.ie/news/2010/12/02/donegal-county-council-says-people-should-stay-indoors-tonight/

Ocean fm said earlier there could be up to 6 inches.
Hmm still not sure if im gona get rain or snow yet, met eireanns forecast said it would be rain on the coast while the radio stations are saying the opposite.

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#1414 02-12-2010 08:27PM

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HellFireClub wrote: »

Holy **** Mongo, that's too cruel! Looking at the swing on that, it looks like it is going to come down over the whole country, any chance it will fall as snow?!?!? :eek::eek::eek:

I take it you didn't see the TV forecast then.

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#1415 02-12-2010 08:27PM

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pokerface_me wrote: »

Just topped 3foot here on kiltipper hill. Hasn't stopped all day 7 foot at sally gap and plenty of drifting snow around, this is epic.

Please check on any elderly people near by, i travelled a mile up the road earlier to a house i thought was abandoned for a while only to discover 87 year old Tom Murphy living there, i was his first visitor since the postman last Friday. Tonight Tom is in my living room wrapped up in front of the fire with a nice warm bed for the night, the logistics of getting supplies and fuel to him for heat was a nightmare, easier for him to come to mine. His daughter is picking him up tomorrow, she is coming up from Waterford and has been unable to contact him as no landline or mobile.

Please check guys it takes 5 minutes.

well done - that's really great of you.

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#1416 02-12-2010 08:27PM

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Sonovagun wrote: »

You can see the band of cloud here to the north west!

http://www.sat24.com/gb

Does that mean snow for mayo????:)

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#1417 02-12-2010 08:27PM

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Really heavy snowfall in the Dun Laoghaire area:D

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#1418 02-12-2010 08:27PM

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pokerface_me wrote: »

Please check on any elderly people near by, i travelled a mile up the road earlier to a house i thought was abandoned for a while only to discover 87 year old Tom Murphy living there, i was his first visitor since the postman last Friday. Tonight Tom is in my living room wrapped up in front of the fire .

This actually brought a tear to my eye, and no, I am not being sarcastic. totally serious.

Well done pokerface_me

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#1419 02-12-2010 08:28PM

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Pangea wrote: »

Donegal County Council says people should stay indoors tonight
http://oceanfm.ie/news/2010/12/02/donegal-county-council-says-people-should-stay-indoors-tonight/

Ocean fm said earlier there could be up to 6 inches.
Hmm still not sure if im gona get rain or snow yet, met eireanns forecast said it would be rain on the coast while the radio stations are saying the opposite.

what times the bank of cloud to hit the northwest at? things are gonna get hairy if this is snow

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#1420 02-12-2010 08:28PM

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Danbo! wrote: »

Please Please Please be rain!!

You really really really don't want it to be freezing rain mate. If you think this level of disruption is bad imagine how bad freezing rain on top of several inches of snow would be. At least with snow we can dig our way out.

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#1421 02-12-2010 08:29PM

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No Snow in Swords for the first extended period since 10am, what chance more on the way?

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#1422 02-12-2010 08:29PM

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One more big snow fest would be welcome tomorrow but after that i'd like it to piss off

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#1423 02-12-2010 08:30PM

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Just posted some photos over in the 'Weather Pics' forum..

HERE

Kilkenny City outskirts..

Temperature: Current -3.6 °C High -0.5 °C Low -4.8 °C
Dew Point: Current -5.0 °C High -2.4 °C Low -5.1 °C

Going to be a cold one. Will get up at 4am and put the washing machine on and it'll hopefully keep the water flowing.

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#1424 02-12-2010 08:30PM

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#1425 02-12-2010 08:30PM

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Fog snow insane...

https://www.loughlinstown.ie/
Have a weather station?, why not join the Ireland Weather Network - http://irelandweather.eu/

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#1426 02-12-2010 08:31PM

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Really heavy snowfall in the Dun Laoghaire area now:D

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#1427 02-12-2010 08:31PM

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Danbo! wrote: »

Please Please Please be rain!!

feck off with your rain dance. there's enough bloody rain in this country.

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#1428 02-12-2010 08:31PM

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Right the snow is now gradually clearing off the East coast as winds go Northerly. As the winds go offshore it's going to get extremely cold and all this will freeze where it has thawed even slightly.

Tomorrow loooks good but there is a small chance that it could turn to rain toward the very end of the front. Only small though - I think for the midlands, north and east it will be snow right the way through the front. No thaw really tomorrow with the snow and very cold temperatures to be followed by another freezing night with just scattered rain and hail showers in the West and North.

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#1429 02-12-2010 08:32PM

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From the BBC -amazing satelite photo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11901718

oops beaten to it by cabra sorry

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#1430 02-12-2010 08:32PM

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joe199 wrote: »

what times the bank of cloud to hit the northwest at? things are gonna get hairy if this is snow

They say midnight.

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#1431 02-12-2010 08:33PM

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tomcollins97 wrote: »

This actually brought a tear to my eye, and no, I am not being sarcastic. totally serious.

Well done pokerface_me

Anybody would do the same thing, your not going to walk away and leave him fend for himself. He was suprisingly ok, but not much food left and zero fuel. Another day or 2 and he could have been in big trouble. Its one thing us Irish have that will never be taken from us, decency, we look after our own.

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#1432 02-12-2010 08:33PM

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tomcollins97 wrote: »

This actually brought a tear to my eye, and no, I am not being sarcastic. totally serious.

Well done pokerface_me

I agree, It's great to see Community Spirit is alive and well!!!

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#1433 02-12-2010 08:33PM

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pokerface_me wrote: »

Just topped 3foot here on kiltipper hill. Hasn't stopped all day 7 foot at sally gap and plenty of drifting snow around, this is epic.

Please check on any elderly people near by, i travelled a mile up the road earlier to a house i thought was abandoned for a while only to discover 87 year old Tom Murphy living there, i was his first visitor since the postman last Friday. Tonight Tom is in my living room wrapped up in front of the fire with a nice warm bed for the night, the logistics of getting supplies and fuel to him for heat was a nightmare, easier for him to come to mine. His daughter is picking him up tomorrow, she is coming up from Waterford and has been unable to contact him as no landline or mobile.

Please check guys it takes 5 minutes.

Amazing. I tried reading your post out to my Mrs but I choked at "wrapped up in front of the fire" and could not continue to read it out.

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#1434 02-12-2010 08:34PM

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Will galway see snow tonight ???

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#1435 02-12-2010 08:35PM

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I've never seen anything like the conditions we have in Drumcondra tonight. Just stopped snowing. Snow is kerb height on our road which makes for crappy walking!

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#1436 02-12-2010 08:35PM

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pokerface_me wrote: »

Anybody would do the same thing, your not going to walk away and leave him fend for himself. He was suprisingly ok, but not much food left and zero fuel. Another day or 2 and he could have been in big trouble. Its one thing us Irish have that will never be taken from us, decency, we look after our own.

pokerface_me wrote: »

Just topped 3foot here on kiltipper hill. Hasn't stopped all day 7 foot at sally gap and plenty of drifting snow around, this is epic.

Please check on any elderly people near by, i travelled a mile up the road earlier to a house i thought was abandoned for a while only to discover 87 year old Tom Murphy living there, i was his first visitor since the postman last Friday. Tonight Tom is in my living room wrapped up in front of the fire with a nice warm bed for the night, the logistics of getting supplies and fuel to him for heat was a nightmare, easier for him to come to mine. His daughter is
picking him up tomorrow, she is coming up from Waterford and has been unable to contact him as no landline or mobile.

Please check guys it takes 5 minutes.

Legend of the Boards status awaits

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#1437 02-12-2010 08:36PM

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darkman2 wrote: »

Right the snow is now gradually clearing off the East coast as winds go Northerly. As the winds go offshore it's going to get extremely cold and all this will freeze where it has thawed even slightly.

Tomorrow loooks good but there is a small chance that it could turn to rain toward the very end of the front. Only small though - I think for the midlands, north and east it will be snow right the way through the front. No thaw really tomorrow with the snow and very cold temperatures to be followed by another freezing night with just scattered rain and hail showers in the West and North.

how many inches do you thing we can expect from this next front darkman2?

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#1438 02-12-2010 08:36PM

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teresminor wrote: »

Rathgar is mad. It's still coming down and has shot up from 17cm yesterday to well over 30cm today, and it's still coming down heavily. I've no ruler big enough anymore. Just went out and it's almost up to my knees. Gorgeous snow too, just the right consistency.

Yeah, staying with friends in Rathgar. I've never seen snow like this. It was like a snow globe all day, pelting it down. Friend's car cannot be moved, it is dug into the snow. Snow just easing off this minute

Heard a guy on the radio at 4p.m saying "At least it's not as bad as yesterday in the city centre" Well, Rathgar is not that far from the city centre and it was way worse than yesterday.
If this freezes we'll be in big trouble. with high drifts of snow everywhere, although it does not seem to be freezing yet

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#1439 02-12-2010 08:38PM

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Army taking nurses and ICU staff into work tonight.

Told staff to meet at local pub and then grabbed the lot and took them into work!

Some folks still haven't made it home from Dubs... spare a thought...

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#1440 02-12-2010 08:38PM

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pokerface_me wrote: »

Anybody would do the same thing, your not going to walk away and leave him fend for himself. He was suprisingly ok, but not much food left and zero fuel. Another day or 2 and he could have been in big trouble. Its one thing us Irish have that will never be taken from us, decency, we look after our own.

Well done you!:)

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#1441 02-12-2010 08:39PM

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pokerface_me wrote: »

Just topped 3foot here on kiltipper hill. Hasn't stopped all day 7 foot at sally gap and plenty of drifting snow around, this is epic.

Please check on any elderly people near by, i travelled a mile up the road earlier to a house i thought was abandoned for a while only to discover 87 year old Tom Murphy living there, i was his first visitor since the postman last Friday. Tonight Tom is in my living room wrapped up in front of the fire with a nice warm bed for the night, the logistics of getting supplies and fuel to him for heat was a nightmare, easier for him to come to mine. His daughter is picking him up tomorrow, she is coming up from Waterford and has been unable to contact him as no landline or mobile.

Please check guys it takes 5 minutes.

You Sir, are a gentleman.

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