Wooly hats off to Caitriona Perry for showing that even a few thousands miles away from home, the humble hurl has many many uses.
The RTE reporter is based in Washington and the east coast of America is currently in the midst of a massive deep freeze that has seen inches and inches of snow hit various states.
Big freezes aren't that uncommon, but it can sometimes be hard to tell exactly how much snow and slush you may have to try and battle through to get to work.
But Ms Perry has found a brilliant way to find out exactly how much of the snowy white powder has her trapped in her home thanks to a humble piece of ash.
https://twitter.com/CaitrionaPerry/status/690964546060734465
Genuis.
We reckon that there is probably two and bit inches off the bottom of the hurl, so that's a hell of a lot of snow in an event being called Snowmaggedon on Twitter.
Perry has also explained now why she used a hurl.
https://twitter.com/CaitrionaPerry/status/690968952323903492
https://twitter.com/CaitrionaPerry/status/690973928781672448
