Heavy snow and ice bring travel chaos across UK

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Vendor

Then it seems to be a problem, how do you solve it

Rock salt!
We got our icy weather a few weeks ago. They don't do anything here, so I went out and bought a 40 lbs bag of poor man's de-icer and took care of the problem myself.

On the local show, I thought it was funny to listen to people's reasons why they won't use rock salt. Seattle, learned their lesson and used RS this year. Portland, well.... we're run by morons. ...and that's why I don't live in Portland.

Well Britain got going today, all my visitors made their flights to come home for christmas....but Dublin shut while they was en route.

Still, all they have to do is make it up from Cork now.

[gimpy117]

20cm? so that like what? a lil ocer 10 inches. we had 2 feet in a day once....guess were



yeah even our cops fall victim to winter here.

[Oberon]

Well, we had a smattering of snow here Christmas eve night and Christmas day morning, so I guess we qualify for a white Christmas, the first I've ever experienced. It's not *looks out of window* doing anything out there now though, clear starry skies. One of the things about being slap bang next to the sea I guess.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Well, we had a smattering of snow here Christmas eve night and Christmas day morning, so I guess we qualify for a white Christmas

It must fall on London to be official, every where else dose not count. I've be glad when all this damn blasted snow & ice melts, hate it.

Lazy sods around here not cleaning there pathways should be fined £1000 in my book. So much for community spirit in mucking in & helping out.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by STEED

It must fall on London to be official, every where else dose not count. I've be glad when all this damn blasted snow & ice melts, hate it.

Lazy sods around here not cleaning there pathways should be fined £1000 in my book. So much for community spirit in mucking in & helping out.

This is just the beginning of the season, so you may make an upgrade on clothes and car fronts for the family, for more snow and cold will,

[XabbaRus]

Actually Steed they changed the rules if I understood the met office presenter the other day.

Snow has to actually fall, lying snow doesn't count but then again the bookies were probably on the right side of the profit line.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Rock salt!

I could be wrong but as far as my understanding goes, rock salt ceases to work at temperatures below -5 or -8 degrees

[jumpy]

Here in the midlands there's no snow at all. A few weeks back we had maybe 2-5 inches of snow... it was a nice walk down the river path ...but the next day it was all melted.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for snowfall like the rest of the uk seems to be getting. The landrover will love it
So far all we've got is cold and a bit of icy frost. The low temps have not been good for the car battery, requiring a booster start every few days and my screen wash keeps freezing in the pipes, but no proper snow

I don't think this is 'freak weather' when I was a kid there was always lots of snow in winter and power cuts because of the lines falling over etc. We have just forgotten how to get on with it in winter.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I could be wrong but as far as my understanding goes, rock salt ceases to work at temperatures below -5 or -8 degrees

It does have an optimum effectiveness temp, which is around >20 deg F. My house and the street corner had no ice on it. Gahd, I love it when I'm right. Plus a lady came out and thanked me for doing something about it. It's just maddening when the city won't do anything about it. But this only happens, once, maybe twice a year though.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

It does have an optimum effectiveness temp, which is around >20 deg F. My house and the street corner had no ice on it. Gahd, I love it when I'm right. Plus a lady came out and thanked me for doing something about it. It's just maddening when the city won't do anything about it. But this only happens, once, maybe twice a year though.

You deserve a gold star

[Bilge_Rat]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I could be wrong but as far as my understanding goes, rock salt ceases to work at temperatures below -5 or -8 degrees

Depends for what, in mild temperatures it will speed up melting and make it easier to scrape off the ice. However, even at -20 celsius, it will still melt through the ice and give you increased traction. I use it on my driveway during the winter.

[Gerald]

BBC Stephen Evans: "The effect of the great European freeze is now being felt in airports from New York to Hong Kong"

The EU has heavily criticised European airports for failing to deal with recent freezing weather, which has left thousands of travellers stranded.Around 1,000 flights were cancelled across the continent on Tuesday. European transport commissioner Siim Kallas urged airports to "get serious" about planning, and labelled them a "weak link" in the infrastructure.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12051038


Note: 21 December 2010 Last updated at 21:37 GMT

[bookworm_020]

Would you believe that we had snow here in Australia a few days ago? A cold day, but things are starting to revert to normal, 30 to 45+ degrees Celsius. Will think of you as I go on Holidays from Christmas onwards for 5 weeks, with a cold drink in my hand, cricket on the TV (go Aussies!) and think Australia has the right weather for Christmas!

[Gerald]

It sounds pretty unusual this time of year, but good that it was temporarily