Updated: Heavy snowfall hits South Essex (From Southend Standard)
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Updated: Heavy snowfall hits South Essex
4:29pm Saturday 19th January 2013 in News By Gina Marden
HEAVY snowfall has finally, as predicted, hit South Essex.
The snow began to fall at around 8.30am on Sunday after light flurries throughout Friday and Saturday.
The Met Office has warned that Essex and other parts of the South East will see the worst of the weather conditions.
Snow is expected to begin to fall into the night with forecasters predicting as much as five to eight centimetres falling along the Essex coastline, with two to five centimetres in other parts of the county.
Essex County Council gritters have continued to grit the county's main roads throughout Saturday day and evening.
However by 9am on Sunday town centre and residential roads were beginning to become treacherous.
Motorists leaving the A127 at Basildon found themselves instantly hitting snow covered roads.
Despite the A127 carriageway behing heavily gritted snow had begun to gather at the edges of the roadside and are set to become more treacherous as the day continues.
The Basildon exit of the A13 on the London-bound carriageway was closed at around 10.10am after a vehicle struck a lamppost while on Victoria Avenue in Southend another vehicle skidded and struck the central reservation.
Police are continuing to warn motorists to take care on the county's roads, avoiding travel by car where possible.
*As the snow hits email your photographs to echonews@nqe.com.
Comments(20)
Shoebury_Cyclist
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9:21am Sun 20 Jan 13
Carnabackable
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9:55am Sun 20 Jan 13
Alice in Her Own Land :P
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10:58am Sun 20 Jan 13
EssexPerson
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11:05am Sun 20 Jan 13
Carnabackable
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11:13am Sun 20 Jan 13
Eric Whim
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12:27pm Sun 20 Jan 13
EssexPerson wrote:The good folk of Essex have nothing to worry about - see the link in the post by me at the head of the thread.....
I still dont understand how the country comes to a grind with every bad weather. No doubt schools already closing for tomorrow and the roads to work will be gridlocked. :(
The County Council wouldn't lead us up the garden path after all, would they?
emcee
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1:19pm Sun 20 Jan 13
mr_happy
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1:22pm Sun 20 Jan 13
emcee
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1:25pm Sun 20 Jan 13
Eric Whim wrote:No good if you live in Southend. They have their own gritters, don't they?
don't forget this
http://www.echo-news
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Carnabackable
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1:26pm Sun 20 Jan 13
emcee wrote:Your probably not on the list, council house ?
Well I live right on top of a main road and gritter route in Southend. I have not even seen a gritter (or evidence of gritting) on this road at all this winter.
Eric Whim
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1:55pm Sun 20 Jan 13
emcee wrote:dunno, don't live in Sarfend
Eric Whim wrote:No good if you live in Southend. They have their own gritters, don't they?
don't forget this
http://www.echo-news
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Campbell's dad
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1:56pm Sun 20 Jan 13
Southend Airport ready for the worst of winter
9:00pm Thursday 10th January 2013
WHATEVER the worst of the British weather throws at us passengers flying from Southend are highly likely to still take off from Southend.
Southend Airport has the kit and procedures in place to ensure flights can come in and leave despite fog, snow and ice.
But the airport lists there are no departures listed and a couple of arrivals have been cancelled.
- so much for their snow
ploughs.
thought it had been nice & quite.
Max Impact
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2:32pm Sun 20 Jan 13
Campbell's dad wrote:If visibility drops below the airlines operating procedures minima than it is the airline that cancels the flight.
quote from your local press, , it's seemed to have been pulled, I wunder why?
Southend Airport ready for the worst of winter
9:00pm Thursday 10th January 2013
WHATEVER the worst of the British weather throws at us passengers flying from Southend are highly likely to still take off from Southend.
Southend Airport has the kit and procedures in place to ensure flights can come in and leave despite fog, snow and ice.
But the airport lists there are no departures listed and a couple of arrivals have been cancelled.
- so much for their snow
ploughs.
thought it had been nice & quite.
I take it you have no knowledge of such such things so in your hatred of the airport it has to be their fault, so what about Heathrow spending £25million and having the same problem.
Antonius
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2:51pm Sun 20 Jan 13
Rochford Rob
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2:54pm Sun 20 Jan 13
Antonius wrote:Certainly is, three flights just passed over the house within the last 30 minutes.
Airport is operating as normal, for arrivals and departures.
Max Impact
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3:41pm Sun 20 Jan 13
Rochford Rob wrote:Sadly the nimbys will post anything that makes it sound like things are not working right at the airport, that they are trying to put firms out of business but one thing they don't do is check facts first.
Antonius wrote:Certainly is, three flights just passed over the house within the last 30 minutes.
Airport is operating as normal, for arrivals and departures.
What campbells dada probaly did not check was conditions at other airports if they are out of limits then it will effect services at Southend but hey facts do they matter when it's an airport bashing session!
Each and every airline set out their own rules for each aircraft type they operate.
Max Impact
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5:48pm Sun 20 Jan 13
saarfender
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1:36am Mon 21 Jan 13
Carnabackable wrote:Don't need to go that far, I've been out and about without any problems at all - BMW1 series, and no issues at all. Just the abliity to drive, and a pair of snow chains.
Time to get the ex-army Landrover out, with the ropes and chains, ready to save a maiden in distress...
I don't know why people don't know how to drive in it, aren't prepared, forget what happened the previous year (it's the same every winter FFS), and somehow expect the councils to grit and clear every single road.
I'd rather nothing was cleared. At least then the surface is predictable (is that tarmac or re-frozen sheet ice?) and there's no need to keep stopping to put chains on/off.
Same for pavements. It's easy walking on snow/ice (again I have chains on my shoes), but as soon as people clear that away it freexes back to sheet black ice that is more treacherous.
Moan over. Time to go back to watching Ice Road Truckers - HGVs on sheet ice over lakes without chains or polluting salt.... now there's driving :)
Alekhine
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2:43pm Mon 21 Jan 13
mr_happy wrote:The football was cancelled then.
Having now moved to Wales, in the middle of the Rhondda Valley. We live right on top of two steep hills. The gritters are out about 5 times during the days and regularly during the night. Not one car stuck and the town is opperating as normal. Oh yes, and no stabbings, muggings, robberies or fights.
Eric Whim says...
4:42pm Sat 19 Jan 13
http://www.echo-news
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