this weather is awful..

dlofnep

..awfully brilliant! Power has gone in work like 5 times in a row. Backup generator is reliable as our health service! Just waiting for the roof to be ripped off the call-centre.

Jesus Wept

A lot of weather we're having lately.

I'm going fishing followed by a game of golf:pac:

staker

dry between the drops:)

Conor108

Welcome to Ireland

Berty

My house lost power twice. I was thinking its ok because my laptop will still have power but then I remembered that the router does not work on fresh air.

I love this weather. It keeps the riff raff indoors and the roads are quieter except I am having to avoid a lot of branchs on the road. Something that looked like a rock hit my windscreen earlier. I am still surprised it did not shatter the window. It looked like a massive rock and just bounced off without leaving any mark...............and its my mothers car :eek:

Victor

Be careful out there folks - there stuff blowing around from building sites and Socialist Workers Party posters.

rarnes1 wrote: »

I'm going fishing followed by a game of golf:pac:

You might be able to do both at the same time.

Berty

It wont keep those damned street warriors off the streets though. :mad:

Conor108

Berty wrote: »

My house lost power twice. I was thinking its ok because my laptop will still have power but then I remembered that the router does not work on fresh air.

Oh god I didnt think of that! An evening of Fallout 3 it is so...:)

Darragh29

They've taken in the roads again Father!

445279.ie

Sun is shining in West Limerick

fierce windy though :eek:

Patio furniture all over the garden

Berty

I heard a crash a few minutes ago so looked out the windows to see what of mine went off into the distance.

It was the next door neighbours dog house which fell over and the roof blew off.

Nightwish

The sh!tty fence between my back garden and next door, broke free and took flight. Its in a garden a few houses down. There was a power cut about an hour ago, thank god its back, as it would mean no internet.

Dan Dare

Here in Cork the wind has dropped and the sun is almost out. Garden looks chaotic though.

Berty

Nightwish wrote: »

The sh!tty fence between my back garden and next door, broke free and took flight. Its in a garden a few houses down. There was a power cut about an hour ago, thank god its back, as it would mean no internet.

The power came back and your fence found its way back into your garden. Very lucky indeed!

Diabhal Beag

Galway is wet but slightly sunny with a mix of gale force winds

trout

'tis a soft day, thank God :cool:

projectmayhem

I've been sitting here waiting to get over to my girlfriend's house for about 2 hours now (walking). I have a table booked for dinner tonight too. I don't really want to get a taxi right to the door (recession, etc.) of the place... but it looks likely now At least I'm not in work tomorrow...

Berty

projectmayhem wrote: »

I've been sitting here waiting to get over to my girlfriend's house for about 2 hours now (walking). I have a table booked for dinner tonight too. I don't really want to get a taxi right to the door (recession, etc.) of the place... but it looks likely now At least I'm not in work tomorrow...

Jeez you sound like a catch. Im too cheap to get a taxi to your house so I might possibly miss dinner.

Biggins

(I was waiting for someone to say "This is what you get for voting NO to Lisbon!)"

I'd hate to be on the ferry today! Yikes. One wild roller-coaster ride. :eek:

4zn76tysfajdxp

The weather is awful, but would it be any better if Fine Gael were running the country?

Abi

Berty wrote: »

Jeez you sound like a catch. Im too cheap to get a taxi to your house so I might possibly miss dinner.

Paste to Stingey thread tbh. ;-)

Ruu_Old

Ah least it's not around -18C in Ireland and I have to brave that in a few hours.

Sherifu

Grand here, nice 'n calm.

dlofnep

Ruu wrote: »

Ah least it's not around -18C in Ireland and I have to brave that in a few hours.

-18C - Where on earth are you?

Still extremely rainy/windy here. Gale force!

Abi

Ruu wrote: »

Ah least it's not around -18C in Ireland and I have to brave that in a few hours.

Jebz Ruu. Rather you than I

We'll keep ya company though!

MySelf56

oh well we got be thankful, at least we are not continent some where russians/ukranian switch off gas and the balls will be frozen for weeks until the stalemate resolved...

Ruu_Old

dlofnep wrote: »

-18C - Where on earth are you?

Still extremely rainy/windy here. Gale force!

Illinois. It was heading towards -30C yesterday.

dlofnep

Ruu wrote: »

Illinois. It was heading towards -30C yesterday.

Yeah, have a friend in Maryland, he said it's -20C there! Ouch.

SV

Alisha Damp Voltage wrote: »

The weather is awful, but would it be any better if Fine Gael were running the country?

Yeah, they might have clamped down on the eco freaks and we'd have a sunny day right now..




Been outside in this rain working all day..on the lunch break now, back for another hour of this ****e.

deecom

MySelf56 wrote: »

oh well we got be thankful, at least we are not continent some where russians/ukranian switch off gas and the balls will be frozen for weeks until the stalemate resolved...

Well i am. And i have to say winter is not much fun with threats of gas cuts. Electric heaters on stand by here just in case. :mad:

Terry

Had to go to the shops earlier. Not a nice experience.

Severe hangover and bad weather don't mix well.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Went to the UCC library there a while ago to enjoy it when it's quiet, and the WHOLE campus has been shut down because of an "extreme weather alert" sure there's a few branches around the place and people are walking kind of diagonally, but I don't see why they have to shut the whole place down like. They wouldn't do it on a bloody week day either when it'd have some chance of being a good thing, has to be on a weekend. ****ers.

Steve

Feckin wheelie bins are chasing themselves around the back garden and vomiting rubbish everywhere.:(

Bring back global warming I say. None of this crap ever happened before they changed the VRT rates on cars.:mad:

Victor

MySelf56 wrote: »

oh well we got be thankful, at least we are not continent some where russians/ukranian switch off gas and the balls will be frozen for weeks until the stalemate resolved...

Oh, we're only at the end of the pipeline. Russia has half the world's gas and all the cold countries from there to here will want their slice of the action first.

http://mappery.com/map-name/Europe-Proposed-Natural-Gas-Pipelines-Map

deecom wrote: »

Well i am. And i have to say winter is not much fun with threats of gas cuts. Electric heaters on stand by here just in case. :mad:

Much of the electricity in this country is generated from natural gas.

Earthhorse

The neighbours two doors down have had to evacuate after a tree feel across their roof. They turned off the electricity and left. I was going to go outside and get a photo but it seems kinda rude.

The guards have just arrived. Two squad cars. I guess they are going to take the tree away for questioning.

useful_contacts

julep wrote: »

Had to go to the shops earlier. Not a nice experience.

Severe hangover and bad weather don't mix well.

went down2the deli this morn2get the poor hungover bf a breakfast roll, and i was like mary poppins with my unbrella. tv is jumping on and off here , the trees are having a boogie outside the window

Anyone else love this weather or am i just mental???

themadchef

It's so windy.

Watching the surfers play chicken with the waves is great craic.

Mad bastids... "ohh he's definately fooked this time" and still they surface! No idea how or why, but those guys are lovin' it. i'm gettin cold just lookin at them.


Changing time is fun though, dam binoculars never do get in quite close enough :eek:

Earthhorse

It's really odd because I was out in it and it doesn't seem that bad. Windy, sure but nothing too bad. But on the way home I saw what looked like part of a chimney rolling off a roof and a tree had fallen down in an estate I walk through to get home.

Victor wrote: »

Be careful out there folks - there stuff blowing around from building sites and Socialist Workers Party posers.

fyp lol

Sherifu wrote: »

Grand here, nice 'n calm.

Phew!

SteveC wrote: »

Feckin wheelie bins are chasing themselves around the back garden and vomiting rubbish everywhere.:(

Thought you were clean man. Back to rehab for you.

Earthhorse wrote: »

The neighbours two doors down have had to evacuate after a tree feel across their roof. They turned off the electricity and left. I was going to go outside and get a photo but it seems kinda rude.

The guards have just arrived. Two squad cars. I guess they are going to take the tree away for questioning.

Actually, just found out three scumbags broke into the same house which is why the guards were called. Caught one them. Fuckheads.

rainbow kirby

I thought I saw some plastic blow off the roof of the church that's under construction across the road from me.

Where is your god now?

Victor

rainbow kirby wrote: »

I thought I saw some plastic blow off the roof of the church that's under construction across the road from me.

Where is your god now?

Telling people he doesn't want plastic on the roof.

DenMan

Awful here in Sligo. Not too long ago a few beer cans went up in the air together, quite majestic actually as they took flight, spinning around in unison. Haven't lost the power yet thankfully. Our cat has gone into hiding (more than likely under the shed). I'll keep you updated as things develop..........oh look there goes the bin lid....oh well!

Had intended on going into Zavvi today as there is a sale on and the Sligo branch is closing down.

That being said I became an uncle this morning so the weather can feck off.

towel401

i'm enjoying the power cut here in culchie land got a car battery connected to my modem

i'm such a nerd.cant live without interweb for more than a few hours

Gauge

I spent €10 on a fancy umbrella today... lasted til I got home, when I stepped off the bus I got blasted by wind and all the metal spokes in it bent sideways! :mad: Damn wind!

MySelf56

i'm enjoying the power cut here in culchie land got a car battery connected to my modem

i'm such a nerd.cant live without interweb for more than a few hours

this is nerdiest ever thing i heard from Culchie land, hope you have ur stock of Tatyo as well...

Onto the thread, my last ESB bill shows 50% electrickty from Gas, biggest reserves in Gas Co. Mayo (we can't get it from there), Russia (whiny ex-commes), Qatar and Iran (ruled out)... lucky not much snowy or bitter chill like continent. Just gusty winds on our way to local oh sure will get over that.

Pj!

Garden furniture all over the place out the back. We don't even have garden furniture!

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Moving into a cave might sort your problems.

df1985

had heavy snow last night in kildare, was out in maynooth, came out of the pub at 2 o clock and there was about 40 people having a drunken snowball fight.good fun all round!