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Irish Times (http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0202/breaking15.htm)
Is the snow really that bad? It seems the country falls apart with a little bit of snow. Surely all major roads & cities should be unaffected & just hilly rural roads blocked?
It is currently taking 2hours+ from Dublin City centre to middle of Chapelizod by pass due to an accident.
soccerc
02/02/2009, 6:56 PM
Irish Times (http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0202/breaking15.htm)
Is the snow really that bad? It seems the country falls apart with a little bit of snow. Surely all major roads & cities should be unaffected & just hilly rural roads blocked?
It is currently taking 2hours+ from Dublin City centre to middle of Chapelizod by pass due to an accident.
N7 (naas road) at a standstill from Red Cow to well, god knows where
http://photos3.pix.ie/A7/7E/A77E1AE8D58E46999BDDA9D82BC769B0-500.jpg (http://pix.ie/soccerc/818580)
Pauro 76
02/02/2009, 7:23 PM
Same as in London. Transport network absolutely crippled. Was stranded in Madrid airport waiting for a flight to Heathrow that was cancelled in the end. Got to Gatwick only to find all buses cancelled and delays on most tube lines. madness.
Not left work let so don't know what like out there. Snow is a novelty in Dublin city & I thankfully don't have far to go...
Its like an episode of 24 - we are 24 hours away from total anarchy :p
the 12 th man
02/02/2009, 7:39 PM
Worse weather on the way:(,traffic at a crawl all the way home for me and many neighbours not able to get home.
Mad Moose
02/02/2009, 7:49 PM
I've been busy. :D
No snow in Limerick, just fun times :)
None up this way, feckin freezin though.
Played football in the snow just now, not too bad, just a light dusting. Feckin' freezing too! Still a huge red mark above my knee where it got a thump of a ball. :D
Loks like we might get a good lash of it here overnight.
None up this way, feckin freezin though.
Snowing lightly at the minute.
Mr Maroon
02/02/2009, 9:29 PM
None up this way, feckin freezin though.
Same here. I'd say it'll snow overnight though. Hopefully the roads will be impassable in the morning :D
rambler14
02/02/2009, 10:13 PM
I've been busy. :D
Jesus Stephen Parkhouse looks very pale! Tell him see a doctor quick!
Streets very quiet in Dublin city at 9pm on way home with light snow. Of course some learner female driver in a Ford Ka was so alert she drove down the quays with no lights on :rolleyes:
Any sign of local authorities salting the main roads?
Blanket of snow out by Tallaght/Clondalkin and still snowing heavily..
kingdom hoop
02/02/2009, 11:02 PM
Meanwhile, it's a clean, clear, crisp night in Kerry, ne'er a sniff of that magical white powder that seems to energise and excite many people far beyond normal levels.
I can actually only remember one occasion in my ever-increasing lifetime when we got a decent covering of snow in non-mountain areas down here. I was about 10 and had a couple of great days. Alas, it was a brief and one-off dalliance; but it's a long-term memory! :)
tetsujin1979
03/02/2009, 12:17 AM
Pics from around where I live: http://picasaweb.google.com/tetsujin1979/SnowDay
Still snowing outside at the moment too
passinginterest
03/02/2009, 12:43 AM
Just back in from a 1am snow stroll, with the missus, around Tallaght. It's fantastic, good blanket all over and nice fluffy stuff falling consistently. If anyone is passing Watergate park in the morning have a look out for my totem snow man on the top of the hill! Have to say I picked a great couple of days to have annual leave :D
And here I am enjoying it:
http://i43.tinypic.com/24fwef8.jpg
South Dublin county council out gritting pretty much all day yesterday but obviously enough too much traffic on n4 and n7 and they couldn't get on to road to late in the evning. Saw some dangerous fools too.
Took a friend 5 hours to get home last night. Usualy takes 1
endabob1
03/02/2009, 6:47 AM
No snow in Cape Town, only bright blue skies & Sunshine :D
thischarmingman
03/02/2009, 9:29 AM
I've been busy. :D
Very realistic Harpsbear, a Finn Harps player who won't be staying up for very long.
Magicme
03/02/2009, 10:54 AM
All melted here. Feck it.
Mad Moose
03/02/2009, 12:21 PM
Very realistic Harpsbear, a Finn Harps player who won't be staying up for very long.
Well as somebody previously mentioned its Stephen Parkhouse and he's at Sligo Rovers now. Actually this morning he is still standing but like a branche from a tree such is the precarious angle at which he now leans.
He'd be much more effective and more mobile than most of what Paul Hegarty took to Finn Park last season.
Mad Moose
03/02/2009, 12:29 PM
More snow promised for the week, contrasting weather reports here but the weekend has promised snow. Must of the hill towns around the city here are inaccessible. Can't wait to get out in the Dales if theres a bit of snow over the weekend.
"Stricky" snow back in Dublin City. Some girls in the office reverted to mental age of 9 for a few moments :p
passinginterest
03/02/2009, 2:58 PM
Snow is incredible in Tallaght at the moment. After getting 2-3 inches in about half an hour. It's about a foot deep in places out our back at the moment.
pineapple stu
03/02/2009, 3:07 PM
Anybody out Greystones way at the moment? Can I drive home this evening?!
brianw82
03/02/2009, 3:18 PM
I was working a night shift in Eastpoint Bus pk last night, and we just had sleety rain all night. No snow that stuck at all. Got the 8am bus back to Sligo, and was very surprised to see loads of snow after we left the city centre! Must've been some coastal thing that caused it to not stick...
Weather is grand in Sligo atm. A bit chilly, but the sun is out and there's no wind. Looks like the UK is completely shut down due to snow, funny how it causes everything in these islands to go haywire.
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