Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we’ve no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Irish times poll
Lots of whining on the Irish Times Poll on whether it constitutes a national emergency:
It is only an emergency because as usual there was no planning and no materials in storage to deal with the problem. In the Scandinavian countries farmers are contracted by local authorities to grit the roads in rural areas…the local authorities provide the machinery which is kept on the farms and the salt and grit is kept in large heated silo’s. Once they start spreading the salt and grit it is very effective because it is warm. But we do it the Irish way…sure it’ll never happen…and even if it does..shure it’ll only be for a few days. In Scandinavian countries they dont have 5 cm of snow they can have up to 3 metres of snow and yet the roads always remain open…even in the most northern areas which are truly inhospitable. Roros in Norway yesterday registered – 42 degrees but the roads are open. By the way where is Gormley, Ryan, DeBurca and of course the Scarlet Pimpernel of FF …and Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey. Absent…missing in action (or in this case lack of action or official response). We are not governed at all. All we hear are reasons, excuses but no damn action.
Joe from d’unbelievablese spoke of d’emergency:
The Emergency (Irish: Ré na Práinne) was an official euphemism used by the Irish Government during the 1940s to refer to its position during World War II. The state was officially neutral during World War II, but declared an official state of emergency on 2 September 1939,[1] and enacted the Emergency Powers Act the following day.[2] This gave sweeping new powers to the government for the duration of the Emergency, such as internment, censorship of the press and correspondence, and the government control of the economy. The term has remained in use, for example, as a cultural and historic context in school books. The Emergency Powers Act finally lapsed on 2 September 1946.[3][4] Although the state of emergency itself was not rescinded until 1 September 1976,[5] no emergency legislation was ever in force after 1946 to exploit this anomaly.
