Snow !!

**the 12 th man** · 02/12/2010, 12:07 PM

I'm in West Wicklow,2-3 foot deep in estate,can't even get car out onto the main rd.

How about where you live?

**passinginterest** · 02/12/2010, 12:12 PM

Reckon we're getting close to 2 foot in Tallaght. Our decking has disappearead at this stage. I wouldn't even try to get the car out of the garden, never mind out of the estate. The roads that are being driven on have a good few inches of solid ice on top and are absoluely lethal.

I was sitting on a Luas at the Red Cow yesterday and we were looking down at the slip road onto the M50 at about 5.30, most of the cars were sliding pretty dramatically as they tried to get down the slip safely, but one small white van was having serious difficulty, it just missed the barrier, jerked back towards the middle and was still sliding, the passenger door then opened and I think they were considering bailing out on the move, lost sight then! Mayhem.

**osarusan** · 02/12/2010, 12:13 PM

None whatsoever visible from my place in Limerick. There has been some over the past few days, but it didn't really settle. None on the mountains either. Bright sunshine (without any warmth) at the moment.

**superfrank** · 02/12/2010, 12:25 PM

In my garden in Bray it's about five or six inches deep. At some places, you can't see the curb from the road the snow is so thick.

Someone was telling me it took her five hours to drive home from Dublin to Dunboyne last night.

**pineapple stu** · 02/12/2010, 12:26 PM

Five inches in Greystones. Feel very inadequate.

**Mr A** · 02/12/2010, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by passinginterest

Rone small white van was having serious difficulty, it just missed the barrier, jerked back towards the middle and was still sliding, the passenger door then opened and I think they were considering bailing out on the move, lost sight then! Mayhem.

Yet I'll bet the fecker was on the phone the whole time.

Only a skimming here in Galway. Side roads and estates have compacted layers of snow on them and are pretty dangerous.

**dahamsta** · 02/12/2010, 12:39 PM

Lovely in east Cork. Sun melting the remainder away. Cold though.

**Real ale Madrid** · 02/12/2010, 12:42 PM

Here in belgium, it snowed all night but still not as much as the east coast at home. Bitterly cold -7 but wind chill at about -15.

Supposed to be collecting the missus at Schipol airport this evening - but there were 600kms of traffic tailbacks in Holland this morning - I can't leave her there - can I ?

**strangeirish** · 02/12/2010, 1:27 PM

None in Florida

**the 12 th man** · 02/12/2010, 1:36 PM

Originally Posted by strangeirish

None in Florida

Jammy Bar steward

**Candystripe** · 02/12/2010, 1:44 PM

Only a few feet here in Derry, -5 is the high today so not to bad.It's been -9 at night since last Sat and one of the fastest flowing rivers in Europe (river Foyle) is starting to have icebergs on it for the 2nd time this year.

**Schumi** · 02/12/2010, 1:51 PM

16-17cm in South Dublin (~6.5 inches for any Yanks reading). I thought there was more.

**thischarmingman** · 02/12/2010, 1:52 PM

About 2 inches on my doorstep today in London. Thank God I don't rely on public transport to get to work.

Wonder if anyone will be brave enough to jump in fountains in Trafalgar Square a la 2005 should England get the World Cup.

**Macy** · 02/12/2010, 3:02 PM

Getting on for 2 foot up here in the Wicklow Mountains - more where it's drifted. Real powdery stuff though - crap for snowballs/ snowmen. Tomorrow looks like it could be brutal though, if the rain falls as (wet) snow up here as predicted. The second or third period of heavy snow earlier in the year brought down trees, power lines etc. No power means no water and no heating.

Road ok here, as there's a council depot half a mile up the road (they're not gritting that often on this stretch, but the bit of heavy traffic clears it quickly once it is gritted). But we are on the main road - those down lanes are screwed. Wouldn't chance getting down off the mountains, and there's a lot more exposed stretches between us and the N11. I think I'd get down alright, it's getting back up that's the problem. The council normally get the roads clear ok to be fair, but when it effects Bray and Greystones we fall down the priority list (rightly so).

Made it in earlier in the week - worst part of the 30 miles was the couple hundred yards in the industrial estate around the job!