The Big UK Thaw

[palinurus]

I'll charge up my camera for those pothole photos tomorrow..

 

[AlanW]

I work for a large company that supplies drinking water throughout the Midlands and it has already been suggested to expect a huge demand for repair clamps and fitting to repair burst water mains in preparation for the forecasted "big thaw".

Busy times ahead I suspect.

 

[Yellow Fang]

It's thawing around here, going by the amount my ceiling is dripping :-(

 

[addictfreak]

Well, the Evening Press had "York Flood Threat" headlines in the middle of last week....

When you think about it, a couple of inches of water lying on everything, all released in a day or two, there are going to be issues...

Sadly not a new headline to the people of York! Certain areas must be sick to death of bloody floods

 

[Baggy]

Then there will be all the household water damage from the burst pipes !

We've already had one of those, luckily it was in the outhouse so it didn't cause any damage although our bikes got an impromptu wash!

 

[Arch]

Sadly not a new headline to the people of York! Certain areas must be sick to death of bloody floods

I think we're pretty used to it - levels that make visitors stop and stare are routine to natives, but it's a nuisance. They'll have only just reopened Rowntree Park after the last time (it's by the river and below the level of the riverside path, so it fills up and then doesn't drain when the river goes back down. Still the ducks look smug as their park pond becomes the whole park)

I expect it'll depend on how quickly it thaws on the Dales, where the Ouse feeder rivers rise. If it stays cold up there, I guess the local meltwater has a chance to drain before the whole lot comes down.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Once the snow and floods have gone, the media can carry on scaring us with the recession, unemployment and swine flu.

 

[gavintc]

Yes, a definite change today. The ice around the streets is beginning to thaw.

 

[slowmotion]

Once the snow and floods have gone, the media can carry on scaring us with the recession, unemployment and swine flu.

...and Global Warming....

 

[Chris James]

Can't see the ice, or the potholes here or the snow (that is still falling)

 

[longers]

Is it coming down thick with you Chris? Barely a scattering here but the winds mostly from your direction.

 

[Bayerd]

More of a problem at the moment is the wind. I've travelled over New Hey to Denshaw and then up and over Standedge this evening, there's whiteouts in some places, pretty hairy for people who may not know the road well. Also, I don't think the roads have been gritted today, but there are snow ploughs out trying to keep the roads open.

 

[Chris James]

Is it coming down thick with you Chris? Barely a scattering here but the winds mostly from your direction.

Pretty steadily. Been going about 2 hours and approx half an inch extra has settled in that time. The roads that had looked black for the first time since Tuesday now are covered again.

Fine flakes but the sky is full of it. The local forecast has it continuing until 3 PM tomorrow afternoon - when it changes to sleet! Stops briefly and snows again Monday night. Yikes!

 

[marinyork]

It's stopped snowing here, so that's good, none of this 9hrs non-stop forecast.

We've had half an inch to an inch. Rather like ChrisJ, a lot of road that were previously fairly clear are mildly more difficult. The problem isn't now it is if we get a single snow flake more.

 

[longers]

Thanks Bayerd, it's still not doing much here yet. There's been a lot of JCBs out round this way but not today. A handy tool if you've got room to store one.