YES WE DO SOMETIMES GET SNOW IN DUBLIN BUT NOT AS BAD AS JANUARY 2010
I RETURNED TO DUBLIN FROM BRUSSELS AND THE WEATHER WAS MUCH THE SAME - MAYBE WORSE [SNOW IS UNUSUAL IN DUBLIN]
I was unable to find the original files until this week - the problem was that the images were incorrectly date stamped by the Sigma DP1 camera.
In 2009, I decided to visit Brussels for two weeks over the Christmas holiday. As I was planning to devote at least six full days to photographing the city, I was very disappointed to find myself housebound for much of the time due to snow. When I tried to return to Dublin on Wednesday (6th January), my flight was cancelled due to snow at Dublin airport, and I did not arrive home until 2 AM on Friday (8th January). My photography was also constrained for another three days because of adverse weather conditions.
I should mention that snow in Dublin arrives very seldom; when it does, it usually remains for hours rather than days. However, on that Wednesday, Dublin was paralysed by a snowfall that forced buses off the road and caused the closure of the majority of schools as road surfaces turned into sheets of ice.
The snow continued to cause chaos and treacherous driving conditions on roads across the country. Environment Minister John Gormley said that Ireland was in the grip of its longest cold spell since 1963. He noted that in just three weeks, the nation had used up a year’s supply of road salt.
The official advice to the public was to stay at home unless their journey was absolutely necessary.
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I was unable to find the original files until this week - the problem was that the images were incorrectly date stamped by the Sigma DP1 camera.
In 2009, I decided to visit Brussels for two weeks over the Christmas holiday. As I was planning to devote at least six full days to photographing the city, I was very disappointed to find myself housebound for much of the time due to snow. When I tried to return to Dublin on Wednesday (6th January), my flight was cancelled due to snow at Dublin airport, and I did not arrive home until 2 AM on Friday (8th January). My photography was also constrained for another three days because of adverse weather conditions.
I should mention that snow in Dublin arrives very seldom; when it does, it usually remains for hours rather than days. However, on that Wednesday, Dublin was paralysed by a snowfall that forced buses off the road and caused the closure of the majority of schools as road surfaces turned into sheets of ice.
The snow continued to cause chaos and treacherous driving conditions on roads across the country. Environment Minister John Gormley said that Ireland was in the grip of its longest cold spell since 1963. He noted that in just three weeks, the nation had used up a year’s supply of road salt.
The official advice to the public was to stay at home unless their journey was absolutely necessary.
SEO Keywords
Dublin snow 2010, Brussels Christmas travel, Dublin airport flight cancellations, Ireland winter weather 1963, travel photography disruption, Irish cold spell, Sigma DP1, William Murphy, Infomatique, Photonique, The Urban Cartographer, Snow, Blog Post, Legacy,