Hurricane Tomas no where near Ireland

Bill G

Why does the media keep insisting that the bad weather this weekend is
the remains of Hurricane Tomas?

http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/ireland-braces-itself-ahead-of-hurricane-tomas-006817-1

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/hurricane-tomas-backlash-to-hit-ireland-this-weekend-480508.html

and about a hundred others. Hurricane Tomas is no where near Ireland, and is currently 100 miles north of Hatii and moving at 15 mph. Why do the idiots in the Irish media think something moving in the Caribbean at 15 mph will reach Ireland in a day?

redsteveireland

This has been discussed to death on other threads:pac:

maquiladora

I dunno but it all seems to stem from this quote by a "Met Eireann spokesman"

"Although the hurricane will be significantly weaker by the time it hits us, we are predicting winds of up to 100kmh and very high waves....

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/dublin-braced-for-hurricane-14997026.html

Maybe he was quoted incorrectly or it wasn't even a real spokesman, I dunno. It just seems that some of the media still haven't corrected it.

cedissapointed

Not sure about that hurricane hope i never see one in ireland lol..Although there will be speeds from up to 100 km in ireland and this will hit our shores on Sunday and Monday.

Hope nobody is driving across a bridge on that night very dangerous.
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

highdef

Sent this to both of those webites:

Hello,
Can you please rephrase your headline and story regarding the storm due to hit Ireland tomorrow? The headline currently says "Hurricane Tomas backlash to hit Ireland this weekend" and the contents of the story say that Tomas is to affect us tomorrow night. This is completely untrue and is pure sensationalism. Tomas is currently 160 kilometres north of Hatii and moving at about 15KMH. How on earth do you think it's going to get over to Ireland by tomorrow evening. The storm we will be experiencing is just a typical winter storm and nothing more. And most importantly has NOTHING to do with hurricane Tomas. Actually, I should correct myself....Tomas is not even a hurricane anymore, it has been downgraded to a tropical storm. The track of the low and very low pressure expected over Ireland together with a spring tide make it notable but please remove all mentions of the storm being in any way connected to a hurricane currently meandering around the Caribbean.

Kindest Regards

XXXXXX XXXXXXXX

Graces7

Well, we emailed friends in Texas and told them to stop sending us the leftovers from their hurricanes..... Glad they took heed.

Seriously, we often get a kind of backlash after hurricanes etc. Not the full blast

Those poor people in Haiti; conditions there continue to worsen with cholera and other diseases and now more flooding. How anyone can welcome this kind of weather when it causes so much pain defeats me.

Birdnuts

Cos what passes for the media in this country involves misinformation, spin and agenda setting. Indeed I blame them as much as the banks, politicians etc. for the state of the country. Tony O' Reilly for example is an Oirish, poor mans(though he seems to think he's a Sir these days:rolleyes:) Rupert Murdoch:(

Su Campu

:mad: :mad: :mad:

F%&§@+~# numbskulls!!!

maiden

Evelyn Cusack said on the radio yesterday that this weekend was NOT Tomas but we should feel some effects of tomas on Thursday!

arctictree

The majority of mainstream media are clueless when it comes to science.

Was watching a childrens programme yesterday with my son. They dropped a feather and bowling ball from a building and said that the bowling ball falls faster becuase it is 'much heavier'.

Did they not hear that Galileo disprooved this hundreds of years ago??!!
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_15_feather_drop.html

Sorry - OT, but makes me mad!

thetonynator

There was a section in the sports part of the independant today discussing the match against south afriica which is on right now, and talking about the impact that hurricane tomas will have on it. How idiotic can they be to think this??? And they havent even got their dates right for the storm that is coming!!!

highdef

Looks like a partial success:
http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/ireland-braces-itself-ahead-of-hurricane-tomas-006817-1

Su Campu

Steven Alken commentating on the Blackpool-Everton game just now said "with a hurricane on the way......" :rolleyes:

Deep Easterly

Su Campu wrote: »

Steven Alken commentating on the Blackpool-Everton game just now said "with a hurricane on the way......" :rolleyes:

Well, it is 'Hurricane Weekend' after all.

thetonynator

if i hear hurricane weekend 1 more time . . . :mad: :mad: :mad:

maquiladora

thetonynator wrote: »

if i hear hurricane weekend 1 more time . . . :mad: :mad: :mad:

Marty Whelan just referenced it on Winning Streak...

*double facepalm*

thetonynator

maquiladora wrote: »

Marty Whelan just referenced it on Winning Streak...

*double facepalm*

Dont worry there were probably about 15 people watching . . .x factor is on!!

maquiladora

If anyone is interested, the actual name of this storm will probably be either Becky or Carmen : http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/adopt-a-vortex/tief/#aktuell/

Birdnuts

arctictree wrote: »

The majority of mainstream media are clueless when it comes to science.

Was watching a childrens programme yesterday with my son. They dropped a feather and bowling ball from a building and said that the bowling ball falls faster becuase it is 'much heavier'.

Did they not hear that Galileo disprooved this hundreds of years ago??!!
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_15_feather_drop.html

Sorry - OT, but makes me mad!

Irish journalism is in general populated by sleazy hacks, most of whom are profoundly ignorant, even in the areas they claim to specialize in. Certain crime journalists spring to mind in particular:rolleyes:

Deep Easterly

Birdnuts wrote: »

Irish journalism is in general populated by sleazy hacks, most of whom are profoundly ignorant, even in the areas they claim to specialize in. Certain crime journalists spring to mind in particular:rolleyes:

Off topic, but I totally agree with ya Birdnuts

Hooter23

maquiladora wrote: »

Marty Whelan just referenced it on Winning Streak...

*double facepalm*

Also mentioned on The Saturday Night Show on rte1 and even the boxing on rte2 lol:P
When this storm passes every1 will wonder what all the fuss was about :rolleyes:

Su Campu

Hooter23 wrote: »

Also mentioned on The Saturday Night Show on rte1 and even the boxing on rte2 lol:P
When this storm passes every1 will wonder what all the fuss was about :rolleyes:

Yes, and who will get the blame? Met Eireann. And the media will get off scott free..... :rolleyes:

Hooter23

True and next met eireann will be warning us to prepare for the storm of the century and no one will listen:eek:

maquiladora

Su Campu wrote: »

Yes, and who will get the blame? Met Eireann. And the media will get off scott free..... :rolleyes:

Ah, I can see the tabloid articles already.....Weather boffins at Met Eireann were left with egg on their face this morning after Hurricane Tomas failed to wreck havoc on the capital etc....

:rolleyes:

WolfeIRE

highdef wrote: »

Looks like a partial success:
http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/ireland-braces-itself-ahead-of-hurricane-tomas-006817-1

the two girls look devastated. one of them is saying 'sandbags for everyone?...but i thought they said it would be cheese!'

Hooter23

We might need the cheese to survive if this imaginary Hurricane flattens the country:pac:

dfx-

arctictree wrote: »

The majority of mainstream media are clueless when it comes to science.

Was watching a childrens programme yesterday with my son. They dropped a feather and bowling ball from a building and said that the bowling ball falls faster becuase it is 'much heavier'.

:eek:

gbee

What this media event means is there are journalists just waiting for the Met Éireann report and publishing it and legging it off home for the weekend. Due to national cutbacks no one works weekends or after hours anymore.

Weekend papers are made of Friday and Saturday’s staff come in only if there is a major story they can cover before publishing that days paper.

Internet media are even more offensive, Internet is supposed to be 'instant' but in most cases it's whoever is on duty actually uploads and no one is there to make any corrections.

In this incident we have three weather events and to be fair, Met Éireann made the initial mistake, but they did correct it in a timely manner, unfortunately there were no journalist left to see the correction.

Cantona's Collars

Just stumbled on this thread-The dj on Today FM this morning still talking about Tomas smashing into Ireland tonight,aaargh.Do they carry out any research?

Birdnuts

zerks wrote: »

Just stumbled on this thread-The dj on Today FM this morning still talking about Tomas smashing into Ireland tonight,aaargh.Do they carry out any research?

I'm surprised, what with intellectual giants like Ray d'Arcy etc.:rolleyes:;)

Bill G

zerks wrote: »

Just stumbled on this thread-The dj on Today FM this morning still talking about Tomas smashing into Ireland tonight,aaargh.Do they carry out any research?

Listening to the news on Nova radio on Saturday, they had a news story about the damage hurricane Tomas had just caused Haiti, and then the very next story was about Tomas hitting Ireland the next day. Are they really that thick?

gbee

Bill G wrote: »

Listening to the news on Nova radio on Saturday, they had a news story about the damage hurricane Tomas had just caused Haiti, and then the very next story was about Tomas hitting Ireland the next day. Are they really that thick?

Sure that's a mere 3,900 miles away, they probably think it passes through a wormhole or a stargate to impact us.

vixdname

arctictree wrote: »

The majority of mainstream media are clueless when it comes to science.

Was watching a childrens programme yesterday with my son. They dropped a feather and bowling ball from a building and said that the bowling ball falls faster becuase it is 'much heavier'.

Did they not hear that Galileo disprooved this hundreds of years ago??!!
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_15_feather_drop.html

Sorry - OT, but makes me mad!

Sorry dude, but a feather WONT fall as fast as a bowling ball simply because of the actual physical properties of a feather which by it very makeup will let air pass over it more slowly then a smooth but dense bowling ball.
If you were to say that a small marble would drop at the same speed as a bowling ball if both were dropped from the top of a large height then THAT would be correct but NOT a feather

thetonynator

vixdname wrote: »

Sorry dude, but a feather WONT fall as fast as a bowling ball simply because of the actual physical properties of a feather which by it very makeup will let air pass over it more slowly then a smooth but dense bowling ball.
If you were to say that a small marble would drop at the same speed as a bowling ball if both were dropped from the top of a large height then THAT would be correct but NOT a feather

But they said it will fall faster because it is heavier, not because of different properties.

RDan

Bill G wrote: »

Why does the media keep insisting that the bad weather this weekend is
the remains of Hurricane Tomas?

http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/ireland-braces-itself-ahead-of-hurricane-tomas-006817-1

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/hurricane-tomas-backlash-to-hit-ireland-this-weekend-480508.html

and about a hundred others. Hurricane Tomas is no where near Ireland, and is currently 100 miles north of Hatii and moving at 15 mph. Why do the idiots in the Irish media think something moving in the Caribbean at 15 mph will reach Ireland in a day?

Have a look at this website.. Shows the size of this storm. Its a huge band that swings around.. It certainly looks like Tomas.
http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/49373/news.htm

gbee

RDan wrote: »

Have a look at this website.. Shows the size of this storm. Its a huge band that swings around.. It certainly looks like Tomas.
http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/49373/news.htm

You do know Tomas is over 3,000 miles away!

thomasj

On leaving the house earlier I was told

I'd advise you to wear a good jacket there will be a hurricane tonight!

Irish people believe anything!

Birdnuts

thomasj wrote: »

Irish people believe anything!

Would explain the current state of the country all right:rolleyes:

RDan

gbee wrote: »

You do know Tomas is over 3,000 miles away!

Have a look at that website sat images of it..This storm is because of Thomas..It's causing ocean swells in the atlantic.. It's a pretty big cyclone.. Yes I know the Hurricane is 3000miles away. Doesn't mean we can't feel the effects of it.

gbee

RDan wrote: »

Have a look at that website sat images of it..This storm is because of Thomas..It's causing ocean swells in the atlantic.. It's a pretty big cyclone.. Yes I know the Hurricane is 3000miles away. Doesn't mean we can't feel the effects of it.

Now, I have to take you to task here, this post is simply wrong.

We are not getting ANY effect from Tomas THIS weekend, Tomas is not contributing ANYTHING to our immediate weather. In approx a week the remnants of Tomas, depending on where it goes and its speed across the Atlantic, typically only 25PMH, will bring a little rain and a little wind.

There is the remnants for Hurricane Shary arriving around Thursday, this has followed a mid Atlantic path but is very slow moving but will probably bring a bigger event than the Trough 'Becky' will to our shores.

After Shary hits, Tomas [if anything will be left of it] will follow in due course. Right now for for the next week Tomas had absolutely NOTHING to do with our weather.

chellypoo74

He's here!!!!

thetonynator

chellypoo74 wrote: »

He's here!!!!

For the last time, THIS IS NOT HURRICANE TOMAS OR ANY OTHER HURRICANE IT IS A MODERATE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WHICH IS CALLED BECKY.

Could this be stickied???:P

coolhandspan

ha ha ha

chellypoo74

thetonynator wrote: »

For the last time, THIS IS NOT HURRICANE TOMAS OR ANY OTHER HURRICANE IT IS A MODERATE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WHICH IS CALLED BECKY.

Could this be stickied???:P

Um, Giddy down dude. Temper, temper...maybe this is hurricane thetonynator????

thetonynator

chellypoo74 wrote: »

Um, Giddy down dude. Temper, temper...maybe this is hurricane thetonynator????

This has been a source of much annoyance for everyone on this forum the last few days . . .

chellypoo74

thetonynator wrote: »

This has been a source of much annoyance for everyone on this forum the last few days . . .

I take it you have a doctorate in meteorology then?

Su Campu

chellypoo74 wrote: »

I take it you have a doctorate in meteorology then?

No, but the idiots in the media who called it a hurricane do of course.

It's not a hurricane - has not been and will never be. Tomas has nothing whatsoever to do with this system. If you don't want to believe that then that's your perogative, but stop having jabs at people who are clever enough to see it for what it is.

You're not a journalist by any chance are you??!!

the_syco

thetonynator wrote: »

HURRICANE TOMAS

OMG OMG OMG!!!

=-=

That's all you really need to say. The rest of the sentence gets forgotten. Sure, what would you prefer: to listen to the rumours about IMF, or about a hurricane? And thus we talk about the hurricane.

On a side note, CC's throughout the country are actually trying to stop massive flooding, so it's not all bad.

chellypoo74

Su Campu wrote: »

No, but the idiots in the media who called it a hurricane do of course.

It's not a hurricane - has not been and will never be. Tomas has nothing whatsoever to do with this system. If you don't want to believe that then that's your perogative, but stop having jabs at people who are clever enough to see it for what it is.

You're not a journalist by any chance are you??!!

I'm not a journalist, thank god - otherwise I would have considered your comment a jab!
*phew*
Bullet dodged!

Getting quite stormy out there, no?

chellypoo74

Jaysus, Tomas is kicking up fiercely outside.....eeeeekkkkk!!!!!

gbee

chellypoo74 wrote: »

Jaysus, Tomas is kicking up fiercely outside.....eeeeekkkkk!!!!!

Let your brother back in why don't you?