TDYER63 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 21 minutes ago, Hertsscot said: Grit. We've got a big yellow container down the road. No one seems to know how to use it. We've got an excuse as we moved up from SE England and councils never provided them. Naive questions here. Is grit only for footpaths or can it be used on road (which has been a bit of a skating rink)? And is anyone up to date with legal implications about clearing snow/ice outside your property? Cant help you on specific questions unfortunately but this link might help. There is a 24 hr helpline too , 01506 280000 though it will probably be a robot 🙄 https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/30888/Gritting-and-Winter-Maintenance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 30 minutes ago, Hertsscot said: Grit. We've got a big yellow container down the road. No one seems to know how to use it. We've got an excuse as we moved up from SE England and councils never provided them. Naive questions here. Is grit only for footpaths or can it be used on road (which has been a bit of a skating rink)? And is anyone up to date with legal implications about clearing snow/ice outside your property? I only use it for the pavements. All the roads round my way tend to get gritted within a couple of days of a cold snap. They do the main routes first, then the wee side roads. It would help a lot if the folk who didn't know how to drive in winter conditions left their cars at home. Although, when there is virtually no public transport, it makes folk more likely to risk it. I hadn't even thought of any legal implications. I quite enjoy shovelling snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 3 hours ago, Orraloon said: I only use it for the pavements. All the roads round my way tend to get gritted within a couple of days of a cold snap. They do the main routes first, then the wee side roads. It would help a lot if the folk who didn't know how to drive in winter conditions left their cars at home. Although, when there is virtually no public transport, it makes folk more likely to risk it. I hadn't even thought of any legal implications. I quite enjoy shovelling snow. Yesterday at work. My truck slid right off the road into the ditch. Tow truck to pull me out.. Oh aye, lovely weather. 40cm of snow.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Och Aye Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, Big Ramy 1314 said: Yesterday at work. My truck slid right off the road into the ditch. Tow truck to pull me out.. Oh aye, lovely weather. 40cm of snow.... Well we had over 1 millimetre of snow here in Motherwell. Absolute chaos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper123 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Maybe come and help your wife shovel? 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 15 minutes ago, Och Aye said: Well we had over 1 millimetre of snow here in Motherwell. Absolute chaos! 🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertsscot Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 6 hours ago, TDYER63 said: Cant help you on specific questions unfortunately but this link might help. There is a 24 hr helpline too , 01506 280000 though it will probably be a robot 🙄 https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/30888/Gritting-and-Winter-Maintenance Thank you for the link! Must say the roads and paths round my way have been pretty good. I remember years ago the local council did provide some sort of grit or salt box but that was a long time ago. I guess they thought we never got really bad conditions where we lived so no longer bothered, which may explain why the whole of SE England goes into panic mood if a snowflake falls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Storm of the century is happening right now here in Ottawa. 50cm of snow coming, then freezing rain, 120km winds, then a cold snap -20. I'm not making this up. I'm working right through Christmas to help a few lads out that want time off. Should be interesting. Mrs.Ramy was smart, she booked off till next week... Be safe everyone.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Och Aye Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 On 12/23/2022 at 3:53 AM, Big Ramy 1314 said: Storm of the century is happening right now here in Ottawa. 50cm of snow coming, then freezing rain, 120km winds, then a cold snap -20. I'm not making this up. I'm working right through Christmas to help a few lads out that want time off. Should be interesting. Mrs.Ramy was smart, she booked off till next week... Be safe everyone.. Not much weather news about Canada over here, only reported when hits New York area. A 'bomb cyclone' apparently the term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Och Aye said: Not much weather news about Canada over here, only reported when hits New York area. A 'bomb cyclone' apparently the term. We got the tail end of it. Ended up 40cm of snow, it was bad though. Loads of car pile up on the motorway. Yes, the States got hammered, not nice at all. Merry Christmas pal.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 I see 2022 was the warmest year on record, with respect to the mean temperature being over 10 degrees for the first time since records began. Also hottest recorded temperatures set all over the country as well. Think Scotland was 8.5 degrees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaundy Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Global weather reports are most interesting . It’s like the IPCC report from 2018 from 2000 of the world’s best climate scientists commissioned by the UN and subsequently ignored by major governments was correct. Forecasting increasingly regular unprecedented weather extremes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 2 minutes ago on one of the many international news chanels the reporter was in China and it was minus 53 degrees. Apparently they get very cold winters of around minus 25 but this was extreme even by their standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Just in from walking Wallace.. -38 with the windchill tonight !! Oh my fuck !🥶🥶🥶 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper123 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 12 hours ago, Big Ramy 1314 said: Just in from walking Wallace.. -38 with the windchill tonight !! Oh my fuck !🥶🥶🥶 Another Big Ramy selfie! 🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Not sure we know causal chain yet but temperature graphs looking a bit worrying, might have been volcanoes etc been a few eruptions in last 18 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaundy Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Tbh , it’s 5 years since the IPCC report from a couple of thousand of the planets leading climate scientists warned our Governments that unless we started reversing our destructive ways by 2025 then extinction was a possibility *. As they have done since the first environmental warnings over 60 years ago, our governments do the bidding of their financial management. It should also be noted that the vast majority of humanity, about 7,500,000,000 of us, are considered “oxygen thieves “ by a group who believe they have prepared for whatever is coming. *It became obvious during lockdowns that the essential workers are not those who take most , do most damage and are quite useless societally right, my wet bucket hat has been in the freezer a bit, so gonna put it on and brave the 30 odd C plus to get some liquids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Hottest June on record, just had an average of 17C for a day recorded as well for the first time as well. So hottest day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hampden_loon2878 Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, phart said: Hottest June on record, just had an average of 17C for a day recorded as well for the first time as well. So hottest day. well the first half of july looks really really poor,, never seen charts so bad for july before,, low pressure after low pressure, that said, this weekend looks warmish Edited July 5, 2023 by hampden_loon2878 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 It's more global temperatures than a parochial outlook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, hampden_loon2878 said: well the first half of july looks really really poor,, never seen charts so bad for july before,, low pressure after low pressure Pretty standard for the Scottish summer holidays. Absolutely nap that the good weather would end in time for the schools stopping. Edit...actually given that July is typically Scotland’s wettest month is it worth bringing the holidays forward a month? (Especially if we make the Euros 😁). Edited July 5, 2023 by Toepoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 On 2/2/2023 at 9:06 PM, Big Ramy 1314 said: Just in from walking Wallace.. -38 with the windchill tonight !! Oh my fuck !🥶🥶🥶 39 degrees here yesterday. It's scorching hot and going to Bluesfest with Mrs.Ramy tonight to see Shania Twain..😳😳😳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ally Bongo Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Normally in Scotland when you get a massive plump of rain things cool down Have you noticed that isnt happening lately ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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