Newsbot Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 The Isle of Man's Mountain Road is closed to traffic because of the poor weather conditions. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7868247.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Police state that the mountain road 'is not an A-class road' - so why it it the A18, and is the TT run on B-roads ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digga Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 The island has been affected by heavy snowfall over the past few days. Where abouts is this Heavy snow we've been having over the last few days?? as it's not on the mountain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsbot Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 The Isle of Man's Mountain Road reopens to traffic after heavy snowfall forced to police to close it. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7869845.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevster Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 The island has been affected by heavy snowfall over the past few days. Where abouts is this Heavy snow we've been having over the last few days?? as it's not on the mountain It's not there because it's has melted - the road is now open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxy Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Police state that the mountain road 'is not an A-class road' - so why it it the A18, and is the TT run on B-roads ? I think you've got a good point TF and for people who use the mountain road to get to work, I'd be a little bit upset. So which roads are official A roads anyone, if not the TT as stated above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Is there a readily available website which is kept updated with roads closed or open, like when the mountain is closed, I would have thought the Police website or DoT would be the obvious place rather than have to keep listening to a radio station to find out which way people can set off home from work, or heading to the mountain and have to divert when you meet the signs, but neither seem to currently have any info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 All way-OTT IMO. If drivers don't learn how to drive in varying conditions over here, it'll only increase the number coming back in boxes from the UK. Nanny state policing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 If drivers don't learn how to drive in varying conditions over here, it'll only increase the number coming back in boxes from the UK. I quite admire your ability to deliver such claptrap whilst retaining a modicum of authority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesypeas Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 According to the BBC we are going to get dumped on tomorrow. Reach for the saxa ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digga Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 According to the BBC we are going to get dumped on tomorrow. is that any different to normal ? only difference is it's normaly by the tin-pot local government Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcCann Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 According to the BBC we are going to get dumped on tomorrow. Reach for the saxa ! More chance of hell freezing over than Douglas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbms Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 More chance of hell freezing over than Douglas I think you may mean Heaven as it is hotter. The temperature of heaven can be rather accurately computed. Take a look at the Bible, Isaiah 30:26 reads, Moreover, the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold as the light of seven days. Thus, heaven receives from the moon as much radiation as the earth does from the sun, and in addition seven times seven (forty nine) times as much as the earth does from the sun, or fifty times in all. The light we receive from the moon is one ten-thousandth of the light we receive from the sun, so we can ignore that. With these data we can compute the temperature of heaven: The radiation falling on heaven will heat it to the point where the heat lost by radiation is just equal to the heat received by radiation. In other words, heaven loses fifty times as much heat as the earth by radiation. Using the Stefan-Boltzmann fourth power law for radiation (H/E)4 = 50 where E is the absolute temperature of the earth, 300°K (273+27). This gives H the absolute temperature of heaven, as 798°K absolute (525°C). The exact temperature of hell cannot be computed but it must be less than 444.6°C, the temperature at which brimstone or sulphur changes from a liquid to a gas. Revelations 21:8: But the fearful and unbelieving... shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone." A lake of molten brimstone [sulphur] means that its temperature must be at or below the boiling point, which is 444.6°C. (Above that point, it would be a vapour, not a lake.) We have then, temperature of heaven, 525°C. Temperature of hell, less than 445°C. Therefore heaven is hotter than hell. So to correct you, More chance of heaven freezing over than Douglas. But just in case here is today's weather in Hell: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Take a look at the Bible Only a complete crackpot believes in religion. Move along please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immortalpuppet Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 The DOT webcams are fun at the moment, the mountain is packed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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