Ireland – The Freeze, the Floods and Worsening weather Conditions

The latest news out of Ireland is turning from bad to worse and will continue to worsen if the weather predictions are to be believed. The rains that hit this country so late into the winter season had terrorized the citizens for weeks. Unfortunately, the weather has turned colder and a new terror is just settling in – the big freeze.

Obviously it was expected, if there is a lot of rain and the temperature continues to drop, all that water will turn to ice. And true enough, just as all the warnings from the weather stations around the globe had predicted, the water has turned to ice.

All that ice would mean one thing, terror on the roads and warnings from the government are being heeded by the commuters and the citizens. Those who opted to use the public transportation were caught unawares when they came out from work and realized too late that everything had shut down, stranding them away from their homes. Reports have come in that many who braved the weather and decided to walk home have either fallen or met some sort of accident.

Ice after the rains is a common occurrence in Ireland, but this time around, the weather seems not to be cooperating. For the past three weeks, Ireland has been seeing weather that had not been seen for over three decades and it seems to be worsening as the days go by.

The situation is fast becoming critical especially for the elderly who are trapped in their homes with no way to travel and buy food or groceries to tide them over. Those who manage to get out have resorted to buying in bulk to store up for expected worsening conditions.

Of course the government is trying their best to take a grip on the whole situation hoping that the weather will somehow improve any time sooner. Unfortunately, there is nothing anyone really can do except to wait and see what happens next.