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5th February 2012 at 6:05PM
Let's just thank our lucky stars we were not due to fly from Heathrow yesterday - they cancelled flights before the snow came down!
Re: Snow 1 0 5th February 2012 at 7:53PM
That is our national airport - a complete embarrassment and compounded by BA. The year before last I flew in and out of Heathrow every week using BMI but one week I had to fly BA - the week of the snow that year. BA cancelled most of their domestic flights which left me without a flight which I found out by the fact I couldn't do an online check in 24hrs before the flight. Couldn't get hold of BA that night at all. I eventually got a text off them at 3am - thanks for waking me up!! Their alternative was to fly out on Sunday (orig flight Thurs) and from Gatwick.
I managed to get a BMI flight at the very last minute and got into Manchester on time. On taxiing around Heathrow you notices that there were snow tracks where the planes had blown the snow away (there was only half an inch on the ground). Get into Manchester and there appeared to be considerably more snow but all the taxi ways were clearly ploughed and piled up at the side.
I did hear that BA rely on their own de-icers and one broke down so they decided to de-ice all their fleet (long haul only) using the one machine where as BAA had several to use.
As I said, Heathrow is a complete joke as are the staff that used a little snow to skive off work thus throwing it into evn more chaos
I managed to get a BMI flight at the very last minute and got into Manchester on time. On taxiing around Heathrow you notices that there were snow tracks where the planes had blown the snow away (there was only half an inch on the ground). Get into Manchester and there appeared to be considerably more snow but all the taxi ways were clearly ploughed and piled up at the side.
I did hear that BA rely on their own de-icers and one broke down so they decided to de-ice all their fleet (long haul only) using the one machine where as BAA had several to use.
As I said, Heathrow is a complete joke as are the staff that used a little snow to skive off work thus throwing it into evn more chaos
Re: Snow 1 0 5th February 2012 at 9:58PM
Don't know about other main routes, but I saw a gritter heading south on London Road around 2:30 pm Saturday when the snow covering was still pretty slight. So they were out and about, and early on.
Re: Snow 0 0 6th February 2012 at 9:20AM
As it had been forcast for late Saturday, got all my business done and stayed in and got drunk and watched the nice part of the snow through the window.... by the time Id sobered up yesterday afternoon it had mostly melted.... Simples
Re: Snow 0 0 6th February 2012 at 9:36AM
Hahah what a top weekend, Saturday 1700 I travelled from the Trafford Centre to Stockport Tesco to Hazel Grove to Bramhall to Cheadle Hulme to Sharston (arriving home at 2030!!)
On this journey I did not see one gritter and witnessed atleast 5 people just come completely off the road other cars just abandoned. I heard a rumour we are no longer gritting the roads in the afternoons due to the shortage of salt last year but I think in an instance like this where it had been forecast for atleast 2 days to be this unprepared is just embarrasing. Nearly not making it over Chester Road bridge was definitely the highlight!
I realise they're more prepared for it but when i lived in Austria it snowed all day every day and there was never a flake on the road nor a mound of Black slush on the road side in sight! Ahh rant over.
On this journey I did not see one gritter and witnessed atleast 5 people just come completely off the road other cars just abandoned. I heard a rumour we are no longer gritting the roads in the afternoons due to the shortage of salt last year but I think in an instance like this where it had been forecast for atleast 2 days to be this unprepared is just embarrasing. Nearly not making it over Chester Road bridge was definitely the highlight!
I realise they're more prepared for it but when i lived in Austria it snowed all day every day and there was never a flake on the road nor a mound of Black slush on the road side in sight! Ahh rant over.
Re: Snow 0 0 6th February 2012 at 9:38AM
Guest Wrote:
I havent seen a single gritter, and considering this has been forecast all week, I can't believe SMBC haven't been around. I drove home from Torkington road to Penmoor chase at 7:10pm and saw 6 cars come off the road!, they were just taking corners and not speeding! The A6 was dreadful and Bramhall Moor Lane was treacherous!
I havent seen a single gritter, and considering this has been forecast all week, I can't believe SMBC haven't been around. I drove home from Torkington road to Penmoor chase at 7:10pm and saw 6 cars come off the road!, they were just taking corners and not speeding! The A6 was dreadful and Bramhall Moor Lane was treacherous!
I was sat waiting to turn right up comercial Road on Saturday a gritter passed me and GRITTED my car!
Re: Snow 0 0 6th February 2012 at 9:43AM
On this journey I did not see one gritter and witnessed atleast 5 people just come completely off the road other cars just abandoned. I heard a rumour we are no longer gritting the roads in the afternoons due to the shortage of salt last year but I think in an instance like this where it had been forecast for atleast 2 days to be this unprepared is just embarrasing. Nearly not making it over Chester Road bridge was definitely the highligt.
Saturday afternoon I saw at least 2 grittere out in the Grove!
Re: Snow 0 0 6th February 2012 at 10:28AM
Found this article on the BBC website explaining how gritting works!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8420755.stm
According to this - if the road surface is dry when the grit goes down, the grit is far less effective because it needs some moisute to turn the 'grit/salt' in to a brine. Also, on a dry surface, most of it gets blown away by cars passing over it.
So, in fairness to the council, they may well have gritted in good time but the surface was bone dry before the snow started. It started to 'work' when the snow actually came but it took a bit of time to kick in. That's my science project finished for today.
Garthy1981
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Re: Snow 0 0 6th February 2012 at 11:55AM
Oh well it's all gone now, and there doesnt seem to be anymore forecast. But, the next time we have snow, I'm going to do what Debbieh did, sounds like a good idea!!!
Re: Snow 0 0 6th February 2012 at 12:10PM
Thanks Adora :) Proves for an interesting read.
Belvoir do you work for the council???
Belvoir do you work for the council???
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