has the storm hit yet?

whelan1

seems very calm here... has it hit the west coast yet

reilig

It got windy here in the north west an hour ago. No rain yet. It was a lovely fresh day up to 3pm.

johngalway

Light rain and winds strengthening here in Connemara. Not too pleasant out.

whelan1

right better go and close the doors of my slatted shed in case it blows away

futurefarmer

Still very calm in cork, expecting floods later
hope the catlle have their boots on ;/0

cedissapointed

Very cold,the first part of the storm will be here within the hour,by the looks of things outside,cloud cover is high and the winds are high.

Shauny2010

Its Starting,
Looks like its going to dump a load of water on us as well

pakalasa

Winds starting to pick up here in Co. Clare now.
Very high tides all last week too.

A lot of our land is under high tide level. It if bursts the banks it will be like New Orleans. It happened here in the 40's.
Since then they've built lots of houses in the area.
If the banks do go, it's not the just the river Shannon that comes in, it's the ocean.

Would you believe that a lot of Shannon Town is built on these low lying corcas lands too. Madness.

cedissapointed

Thats a lot of shannon and limerick folk under water i hear ennis has a lot of low lying buildings lets hope nobody gets flooded

blue5000

Getting fairly windy in Tipp now, only in the last hour or so. Raining now too. I hear next Thursday is going to be bad as well.

Birdnuts

pakalasa wrote: »

Would you believe that a lot of Shannon Town is built on these low lying corcas lands too. Madness.

When it comes to planning in this country, nothing would suprise me:( - the worse thing is that lessons are never learnt, its a well estaiblished part of the general gombeen attitude to such things in this banana republic:rolleyes:

PS: Only a few drops so far tonight, though the winds have got up!!

tabby aspreme

rain started here in kildare ,wind blowing too

roosterman71

Pretty windy here in athlone now. Wind picked up around 4. Wet out too. The shannon has risen by about 18 inches since morning :eek:

whelan1

decided to check cows now rather than later.... its bitter cold , windy and massive drops of rain falling ... glad to be back indoors

dar31

just hitting the east coast of wicklow now. better get the wet gear ready for the morning

pajero12

Strong winds here in the midlands!! Not looking good on the banks of the shannon:(

whelan1

my husband has to be in limerick for the morning in the lorry... he left at 4 in case the roads where blocked during the night... he just arrived in parteen ... all roads where clear ... he delivering gutters to alot of dairygold shops;)

pajero12

whelan1 wrote: »

my husband has to be in limerick for the morning in the lorry... he left at 4 in case the roads where blocked during the night... he just arrived in parteen ... all roads where clear ... he delivering gutters to alot of dairygold shops

Ah the irony :P

homer simpson

Its hit here with a vengeance (outside letterkenny) now, Really blowing hard, just back in form a short walk, your fighting against the wind its pushing you back and the rain feels like hail hitting you... batton down the hatches! :P

cedissapointed

yep it has hit here too a bit of rain and the winds if you went too coastal would blow you out to sea :eek:

i looked out a few mins ago after coming back in out of the stormyish weather and a tree just fell lucky the cats are in tonight

kay 9

No storm here anyway in Whest Galway, alls settled. Lovely and fresh for a bit of lampin.

johngalway

kay 9 wrote: »

No storm here anyway in Whest Galway, alls settled. Lovely and fresh for a bit of lampin.

Was out in the ruin of an old shed with it arrived around 3pm. Nasty to be out in, for the sake of being out. But, as a storm? It was pretty crap.

Birdnuts

johngalway wrote: »

Was out in the ruin of an old shed with it arrived around 3pm. Nasty to be out in, for the sake of being out. But, as a storm? It was pretty crap.

The coming Friday looks more like the real deal - I blame our dumb media for overhyping this run of the mill bit of wind and rain:rolleyes:

heavyballs

dar31 wrote: »

just hitting the east coast of wicklow now. better get the wet gear ready for the morning

as opposed to the west coast of Wicklow ?:D

kay 9

I think they are creating a storm in a tea-cup to compensate for the flooding they didn;t forecast last year:rolleyes: Unless of course we get the real blast tomorrow, but it seems to have blown over the western side of the country anyway. As John said it wasn;t exactly what one would call a storm anyway. Having said that I wouldn't have fancied roundin sheep on a hill today:eek: (the dog be blown away):D

bigroad

was a bit of wind and rain earlier. nothing major .wx

pakalasa

calm enough here in Co. Clare too, not very windy during the night either.

Plenty of rain though, winter's in now for sure.:(

5live

Yup. Winter has arrived for sure. I dont think what arrived yesterday could be described as a storm. Like a previous poster, i think they were covering their ass in case it was a bad one they didnt forecast. Putting in the dogs last night was cold but no more windy than normal tbh. But the cows are in now(dammit) and refusing to go out:(. Hope the silage is very elastic to stretch a few more weeks

whelan1

not too bad here yet today , heard its to be bad later , whats the weather like where you are?

vanderbadger

fairly rough at home in Clare this morning..had a chap finish reroofing a line of sheeting on leanto yesterday..phew

whelan1

a farmer up the road from me was killed when cutting a tree down on monday... so take care

johngalway

Bloody windy in West Connemara now. It's supposed to get worse here between noon and three pm, so batten down anything that needs battening down folks.

Birdnuts

johngalway wrote: »

Bloody windy in West Connemara now. It's supposed to get worse here between noon and three pm, so batten down anything that needs battening down folks.

I warned ya;)

supersean1999

fairly windy here in mayo, seen a tree or two down,

paulaa

Sorry. Double post

paulaa

Getting rough here now in the South East and it's started lashing rain. Local radio warning there are trees down .
I hope the hole in my polytunnel roof doesn't get any bigger or the whole thing will take off

dasheriff

Its fairly windy here in Limerick the odd tree down and there as been torrential rain but thats easing now thank god..

bbam

We're getting intermittant bursts of serious wind and lashing rain here in Cavan.. Had to do an emergency repair to shed as edge sheet was starting to lift thismorning, thank got as I couldn't get it done now.... also had to add extra lashings to the damn trampoline