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Post by spindrift on Jan 9, 2010 14:06:57 GMT
So far I have personally witnessed one and heard of 3 definites.
I witnessed a car ice-sliding into the cathedral's railings.
* My cousin has broken her arm on ice
* someone up the road fell and cracked his head on ice, rendered unconscious
* another cousin wrote his car off on an icy motorway pileup plus injured his spine
how's it going for everyone else?
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Post by auntieannie on Jan 10, 2010 11:02:20 GMT
I fell on ice yesterday. Thankfully, I didn't hurt myself and the eggs I was carrying are still intact!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2010 11:26:32 GMT
glad you're ok Annie!(and the eggs too  Fortunately,there is not enough ice here to cause these kind of accidents. One of my last trips to ice country, I had just gotten off the plane and slipped in the JFK airport and badly sprained my ankle.One of the worst visits I ever had because of my immobility. |
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Post by auntieannie on Jan 10, 2010 12:47:41 GMT
casi, there would be no ice if the council had de-snowed the pavements and footpaths on the one day it snowed.
Standard treatment here is to plonk some grit salt onto the most used/worst bits of pavement.
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Post by spindrift on Jan 10, 2010 13:13:59 GMT
It's still treacherously icy on my street. It took me a couple of days to clear the ice off the pavement outside my house. I sprinkled salt to prevent the ice forming again. There is no salt left on supermarket shelves. Apparently salt is having to be imported into the country due to high demand.
I have urged my neighbours to clear their pavements and one has used builders' sand which is making a hell of a mess.
Perhaps I'd better try and start my car today. I have to walk half a mile to reach where I last parked it.
Annie - you had a lucky escape there!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2010 16:16:18 GMT
I learned in the British press this week that when grit is not available, cat litter is the next best thing.
There were a lot of accidents in Paris this morning, because the streets were a sheet of ice. I took enormous precautions in my rental car, because I had to go to the suburbs up a very steep hill, and yes, the wheels started spinning on the ice. Hate that!
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Post by lagatta on Jan 10, 2010 19:10:39 GMT
People have been stealing grit in Yorkshire (which is very hilly, of course).
Cat litter is not exactly cheap. Of course I have a big bag of road salt in my landing just above those treacherous outdoor stairs. To stay on the wee beastie theme, it is hard on dogs' feet, and that is why some dog owners put booties on their canine friends' paws. I know it looks silly, but...
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Post by spindrift on Jan 10, 2010 19:20:22 GMT
If I run out of salt I'll uses the ashes from my fire  |
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Post by BigIain on Jan 10, 2010 23:24:27 GMT
A very good friend in Hemel crashed on black ice yesterday morning (sat). He tells me they were hitting eachother like dodgem cars on the hill outside his home and he simply got caught up in the melee. Its a fairly steep hill and once a vegicle locks up or skids, it willactually pick up speed until it hits something solid.
His car is written off.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 11, 2010 2:27:38 GMT
I assume your friend is ok though?
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Post by BigIain on Jan 11, 2010 23:57:33 GMT
ah,yes. he is just almightily pissed.
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Post by auntieannie on Jan 12, 2010 18:31:34 GMT
the last of the ice was washed away today, by the relatively heavy rain... might be icier by tomorrow morning, though...
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Post by spindrift on Jan 12, 2010 22:05:17 GMT
I heard today that another woman fell down in my street the other day and broke both her wrists  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2010 2:17:41 GMT
That happened to one of my great aunts once. Apparently one is not able to do alone a number of necessary things in the WC during the healing process.
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Post by spindrift on Jan 13, 2010 11:45:37 GMT
so humiliating. just the end ;D
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Post by fumobici on Jan 13, 2010 21:08:31 GMT
I would find a way. Trust me, I would |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 17, 2010 17:10:46 GMT
I am getting an unfortunate mental image of that thing male dogs do, the activity my son refers to as "butt-surfing".
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 7, 2023 16:37:22 GMT
The scenes of the ice storm in Montréal were incredible.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 7, 2023 17:10:01 GMT
 Hope lagatta checks in to say that she is okay! |
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Post by bjd on Apr 7, 2023 18:09:04 GMT
I have seen some of those news reports about the ice storm in Quebec and eastern Ontario. After all these years, you would really think they would learn to bury power lines so that when trees come crashing down, thousands of people don't lose power.
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