The official 2024/2025 snowmageddon disappointment thread

The official 2024/2025 snowmageddon disappointment thread

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Forester1965

3,293 posts

13 months

Saturday 21st December 2024
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Scary under resourcing. Wish you a safe shift.

BossHogg

6,391 posts

188 months

Saturday 21st December 2024
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Cheers, I won't be getting any assistance from the next station down, they're dealing with a full closure on a serious incident near Preston.

fttm

3,957 posts

145 months

Sunday 22nd December 2024
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geeks said:
fttm said:
Dec 21st , yes siree the first day of winter . Myself and a mate flat out earlier for 3 hours on a bladed quad and bobcat clearing snow from the last few days , that was a lot to move .Minus 7 and sunny , perfect conditions .
Man that sounds awesome to me. I know it probably irritating when you have to live with it though
TBH I'd rather be mowing grass in a tee shirt and shorts but it goes with the territory , more pros than cons in the big picture .

S100HP

13,084 posts

177 months

Sunday 22nd December 2024
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BossHogg said:
When the winds blow over the A66, they can be lethal. It's an eye opener driving behind a heavy when you suddenly see air under the wheels then it topples over. One of our patrols stopped with a heavy that had blown over, both officers go out to check on the driver, suddenly there was a massive bang and the lights went out on the patrol car. Another heavy had been hit by a sudden gust of wind blowing it over landing on the patrol car. We have anemometers the full length of the road, so the decision to close is not taken lightly.
This, and the other posts about the A66 are really interesting, as my parents moved to Stainmore earlier in the year. I believe they're actually above the A66 and the wind can be pretty fierce.

What happens when the A66 closes, can they still get past the snow gates to get home or are they manned or similar? Or are they stuck at home? Just interested how it works

Edited by S100HP on Sunday 22 December 10:27

BossHogg

6,391 posts

188 months

Sunday 22nd December 2024
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To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure, there must be some contingency to allow residents to come and go. I only go as far as Appleby before heading back to the M6. I headed home this morning just as the snow was starting to fall between Shap and Penrith.

Forester1965

3,293 posts

13 months

Sunday 22nd December 2024
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On the Cumbria side there are enough ways to use the back roads and get access beyond the snow barriers. On the Durham side there's probably a way to bypass the gates there but if not you could still drive over to the Cumbrian end.

abzmike

9,682 posts

116 months

Wednesday 25th December 2024
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Just been outdoors erecting my big inflatable Santa - almost broke into a sweat it’s so sunny and warm. Beautiful day but very odd for Xmas day.

Bill

54,961 posts

265 months

Wednesday 25th December 2024
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yes Walking in a t-shirt yesterday afternoon, little cooler this morning but still no need for a coat.

Yesterday...


thepritch

1,260 posts

175 months

Thursday 26th December 2024
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abzmike said:
Just been outdoors erecting my big inflatable Santa - almost broke into a sweat it’s so sunny and warm. Beautiful day but very odd for Xmas day.
It was a very lovely day - almost stripped down to my t-shirt on a walk.

By contrast, we opened our bedroom curtains just now and our room got darker! Looks very grim today.


Mars

9,285 posts

224 months

Thursday 26th December 2024
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Tango13 said:
Mars said:
Are you allowed to drive tracked vehicles on snow-covered roads in Canada? I'd love an excuse to buy a Snowtrac.

Just googled Snowtracs and they have a version of the air cooled VW flat four. I understand swapping the VW for the much more powerful Subaru flat four is a fairly straight forward proposition? winkbiglaugh
Oh I really love them. I have a dream about living in some sort of "Twin Peaks" community where a tracked vehicle is the only way to move about in Winter.

I sometimes watch Matt's Off-road Recovery on YouTube. He has a Bombardier tracked vehicle which uses brakes to steer. I always thought brake-steer to be rather inelegant. The Snowtrac uses (what the manufacturer called) a variator which is a bit like a CVT gearbox to apportion power to each track. Such a clever idea.

There has been one in the US that had an engine swap with a Duratec in line 4 which was pretty fast in the videos I've seen but like you, I always thought a Subaru engine swap made more sense.

The other fun tracked vehicle would be the Hagglund. That also has clever steering - it forces the articulation between the two cars with hydraulic rams - a bit like a dumper truck.


wazztie16

1,541 posts

141 months

Saturday 28th December 2024
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Looked a few hours ago, temps of 0-2 degrees...

That escalated quickly!




WindyCommon

3,546 posts

249 months

Saturday 28th December 2024
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I took a look in the asylum… Expectation is being built hard and fast. Let’s hope they are right this time!

Puggit

Original Poster:

48,918 posts

258 months

Saturday 28th December 2024
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Cold spell coming up from NY Day. Chance of major snow for many parts. Keeping an eye out wink

abzmike

9,682 posts

116 months

Saturday 28th December 2024
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The Braemar weather forecasting guy is getting quite excited.

Tango13

9,139 posts

186 months

Saturday 28th December 2024
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Mars said:
Tango13 said:
Mars said:
Are you allowed to drive tracked vehicles on snow-covered roads in Canada? I'd love an excuse to buy a Snowtrac.

Just googled Snowtracs and they have a version of the air cooled VW flat four. I understand swapping the VW for the much more powerful Subaru flat four is a fairly straight forward proposition? winkbiglaugh
Oh I really love them. I have a dream about living in some sort of "Twin Peaks" community where a tracked vehicle is the only way to move about in Winter.

I sometimes watch Matt's Off-road Recovery on YouTube. He has a Bombardier tracked vehicle which uses brakes to steer. I always thought brake-steer to be rather inelegant. The Snowtrac uses (what the manufacturer called) a variator which is a bit like a CVT gearbox to apportion power to each track. Such a clever idea.

There has been one in the US that had an engine swap with a Duratec in line 4 which was pretty fast in the videos I've seen but like you, I always thought a Subaru engine swap made more sense.

The other fun tracked vehicle would be the Hagglund. That also has clever steering - it forces the articulation between the two cars with hydraulic rams - a bit like a dumper truck.

I have zero need for a tracked vehicle but a sufficiently large win on the lottery would see me buying a property large enough to justify one yes

Mars

9,285 posts

224 months

Saturday 28th December 2024
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Tango13 said:
Mars said:
Tango13 said:
Mars said:
Are you allowed to drive tracked vehicles on snow-covered roads in Canada? I'd love an excuse to buy a Snowtrac.

Just googled Snowtracs and they have a version of the air cooled VW flat four. I understand swapping the VW for the much more powerful Subaru flat four is a fairly straight forward proposition? winkbiglaugh
Oh I really love them. I have a dream about living in some sort of "Twin Peaks" community where a tracked vehicle is the only way to move about in Winter.

I sometimes watch Matt's Off-road Recovery on YouTube. He has a Bombardier tracked vehicle which uses brakes to steer. I always thought brake-steer to be rather inelegant. The Snowtrac uses (what the manufacturer called) a variator which is a bit like a CVT gearbox to apportion power to each track. Such a clever idea.

There has been one in the US that had an engine swap with a Duratec in line 4 which was pretty fast in the videos I've seen but like you, I always thought a Subaru engine swap made more sense.

The other fun tracked vehicle would be the Hagglund. That also has clever steering - it forces the articulation between the two cars with hydraulic rams - a bit like a dumper truck.

I have zero need for a tracked vehicle but a sufficiently large win on the lottery would see me buying a property large enough to justify one yes
We must be soul brothers laugh

fttm

3,957 posts

145 months

Sunday 29th December 2024
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The guy that looks after our vehicles loves his toys , he’s got a mid 80s Chev Blazer on tracks …….. with a 454 big block , much fun .

The Moose

23,203 posts

219 months

Sunday 29th December 2024
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Tango13 said:
I have zero need for a tracked vehicle but a sufficiently large win on the lottery would see me buying a property large enough to justify one yes
I also have zero need for a tracked vehicle…yet tried to buy one a couple of weeks before Christmas.

Not quite as extreme as the above however!

J4CKO

43,434 posts

210 months

Sunday 29th December 2024
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Been pretty foggy on and off, it’s freaking out TikTok conspiracy morons, I think most have never seen fog.

I don’t want to do the “in my day” but I genuinely remember much thicker fog as a kid in the eighties, couldn’t see much more than a couple of feet.

But now it’s apparently the government cloaking stuff they don’t want us to see ffs, in other words people born 90s onwards who have never seen much fog !

Why was there more then, has air quality changed or like there is less snow, some climate adjustment thing ?

Roofless Toothless

6,248 posts

142 months

Sunday 29th December 2024
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I remember when at school in the sixties there was a fog so bad we all got sent home early. What buses were running were being led down the road by the conductor with a torch. I decided to walk the three miles home. There were several side turnings to cross, and you couldn’t see across to the other side. I actually lost my sense of direction while negotiating one of these and ended up walking down the turning rather than the main road, which scared me a lot at the time.