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UK Snow - Where is it falling?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just out of interest, is the TomTom Traffic screenshot on The Register's story about the weather anything special or not.

It looks like normal London traffic to me. Confused
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

True but I've been watching that site (the TT HD Traffic one) at various times of the day over the last few weeks and that is the busiest I've seen it.

It was interesting to see on Boxing Day how it was really quiet and then suddenly the M25 came alive with incidents about 11 am which continued through the day after the sales started....

Oh and please be aware that Page 3 of that story is very definately NSFW.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

North Cheshire...

Snow started Sunday late afternoon. About 0.75 inch overnight at home. It hadn't frozen at 10:30pm Sunday when we walked the dogs - but it had overnight so the commute was interesting! Half-hearted snowing during the day but a threat of more this evening. Hope it doesn't start until I'm back home - how a little bit of snow can turn ordinary motorists into people who seem to have forgotten how to drive is beyond me.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

snowing pretty bad now... just about to set off for Mini-Mrs-MaFt from baby-sitters... wish me luck!

blanket packed and ready!

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Well school's closed

So is the one with the pretentious name on the Great North Road. Unfortunately their skills do not extend to making this valuable information available to the kids who had to walk there this morning. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mullet wrote:
So is the one with the pretentious name on the Great North Road. Unfortunately their skills do not extend to making this valuable information available to the kids who had to walk there this morning. Rolling Eyes
Character building is what the PR chaps will say about the poor kids walking in the snow only to find the destination closed……
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mullet wrote:
So is the one with the pretentious name on the Great North Road. Unfortunately their skills do not extend to making this valuable information available to the kids who had to walk there this morning. Rolling Eyes

Thankfully ours uses an SMS alert system and we were put on notice on Sunday and had a text confirming closure at 6.30am. We've now been told it's all off tomorrow as well Confused
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i got 2 text messages today about school closures... unfortunately it was for a school in derby that i'd never heard of!!!

i did some googling and phoned them to let them know... so much for 'double opt-in' systems!!

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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so much for 'double opt-in' systems!!

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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so much for 'double opt-in' systems!!

Ah yes, but you obviously didn't opt out Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i've opted out now Smile if anyone's interested school was open today but netball was cancelled after school - they should be open tomorrow but will confirm by 8am tomorrow

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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if anyone's interested school was open today but netball was cancelled after school

I didn't know you played Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

6cms of snow arrived in Pembrokeshire since last night.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Update yesterday(Tue) North West Leics:
No snow today, sunshine most of day so snow predomantly thawing, we are off main road and road clear,all schools still closed, council offices not answering phone so presumed closed, refuse collection due today but didnt collect, rang Red cross in leicester no answer, post delivered fine Mon/tues(well done), also local pharmacy hand delivered wifes balance of out of stock pescription(not urgent), currently quite mild so expect most of snow to be depeleted by tomorrow, so make up your own mind,
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

aj2052 wrote:
refuse collection due today but didnt collect, rang Red cross in leicester no answer, post delivered fine Mon/tues(well done)


our bins are due today... i doubt it will happen either! i still put them out last night just in case i'm proved wrong!

i too was impressed with royal mail managing deliveries each day - makes a nice change (although we do still get the neighbours mail at least once a month)

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