There's a storm a comin'! Well a hurricane actually

_Whimsical_

Well we all love a good storm here and looks like we are going to be in luck this weekend.

From Galway News website

HURRICANE TO HIT GALWAY THIS WEEKEND

September 9, 2011 - 12:27pm
HURRICANE TO HIT GALWAY THIS WEEKEND
Galway homeowners are being advised to secure their belongings this weekend as Hurricane Katia makes its approach.

Parts of Galway will be hit by high winds, coastal areas being worst affected.

Strong winds and gusts will also hit other parts of the country including Mayo and Donegal as the storm crosses the atlantic on Sunday evening.

David Rogers of Met Eireann says the worst of the winds are expected to be felt on Monday.

beeintheknow

OMG the hits keep on coming for the Aquarium

First ironman now this FFS

where can I get a good cup of coffee after 6pm?

ronnie3585

This thread over on the Weather Forum is probably the best way of keeping up to date on the storm.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056375333

Mr. Presentable

Why are they calling it a hurricane? It wasn't even a hurricane when it reached NW USA.

Sponge Bob

It never reached any of the USA and yes it is officially a hurricane at this moment in time.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at2.shtml?5-daynl#contents

ronnie3585

Mr. Presentable wrote: »

Why are they calling it a hurricane? It wasn't even a hurricane when it reached NW USA.

This is Katia, not Irene. It's been a fish spinner to date.

Sponge Bob

Latest NHC advisory, still a hurricane ( just)

snubbleste

Surfs up, dude.

goat2

Sponge Bob wrote: »

It never reached any of the USA and yes it is officially a hurricane at this moment in time.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at2.shtml?5-daynl#contents

are they sure it will still be strong on monday, as the american one, they were saying in days leading up to hit that it was a hurricane, but hours before it hit, they downgraded it to a storm, could that happen in our case here

Diabhal Beag

**** that ****e. We always get promised a massive storm nearly every single year and we're always disappointed when its just a bit of rain and a small breeze. I don't remember seeing old woman fly through the air or cows ending up on top of sheds.

I'll have to see it to believe this promising fable.

_Whimsical_

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

**** that ****e. We always get promised a massive storm nearly every single year and we're always disappointed when its just a bit of rain and a small breeze. I don't remember seeing old woman fly through the air or cows ending up on top of sheds.

I'll have to see it to believe this promising fable.

Ah but in the meantime we can dream....imagine a wild Monday morning so stormy no one can go to work,college ,school or whatever...where we all sit home on boards drinking tea and providing weather updates for each other.

And it's a good excuse to say things like "batten down the hatches!". We may as well make the most of the possibility now hanging in the air.

cats.life

good, cos ive tonns of washing to get dry, like school uniforms etc.,,i,ll put about ten peggs in each item to make sure they stay on the line:D

GalwayGaillimh

Remember the storm of 87 ?
That was a rough one!

kabakuyu

GalwayDotCom wrote: »

Remember the storm of 87 ?
That was a rough one!

Did it have a name? I've heard about Debbie from 63/64?

totally wrong it was 1961

Mars Bar

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Ah but in the meantime we can dream....imagine a wild Monday morning so stormy no one can go to work,college ,school or whatever...where we all sit home on boards drinking tea and providing weather updates for each other.

And it's a good excuse to say things like "batten down the hatches!". We may as well make the most of the possibility now hanging in the air.

If a storm is bad enough to have us all at home, I can be certain my mother will be insisting on turning off all electrical items in case it blows us all up. Good god, I'd have to converse with my family! :eek:

Seaneh

GalwayDotCom wrote: »

Remember the storm of 87 ?
That was a rough one!

My Family was in holiday in Wales one summer around then and we missed a hurricane by a few days, the place we were staying, a butlons or something, was tore apart.

gaillimhabu

GalwayDotCom wrote: »

Remember the storm of 87 ?
That was a rough one!

I remember it well. It brought down a huge windmill in my home town

Wahey! Down to Salthill I go!

cats.life

GalwayDotCom wrote: »

Remember the storm of 87 ?
That was a rough one!

yes i do remember that storm, cos i was in my friends house that evening before it got bad, she wanted me to stay the night cos it had got so wet, but the night was blowing gusts of 90. we lived in the country so there was no shelter to try to go home , we had no phone so i couldnt let mum and dad know that i was staying . never seen it so bad or since then. when i got home at about 3-4 pm the next day i saw my neighbours caravan go flying over our house and landing in the harbour over in the next field. just hoping it wont be that bad this time .:eek:

galwayrush

Back in the day, i remember part of the roof being blown off Leisureland.

Sponge Bob

That day was around 40 years ago dude

The monday storm will be no worse in Galway than todays current one I reckon ( based on the latest model runs) . Might last longer that is all.

tfitzgerald

GalwayDotCom wrote: »

Remember the storm of 87 ?
That was a rough one!

I can't remember if it was that year but they had to close the cresent shopping centre in Limerick , some of the roof near tesco blew off and damaged cars and the canopy over petrol station in dan ryans had a lot of damage

kabakuyu

link to discussion about the last big storm in 91 and the appalling loss of life in Galway.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056325732

Aiel

Its NOT a hurricane btw.Monday morning is the peak time for the winds from this storm although strong winds will continue into the afternoon.
Considering that todays strong winds peaked at around 40mph,tomorrow night and Monday mornings storm will have winds around 60mph or higher for a few hours.Coupled with a very high tide expected for Monday morning then there's a real possibility of flooding along the Prom and Spanish Arch area's of the city.
I do plan to have my camera with me down near the Prom on Monday morning to catch some decent wave action.I wont be taking many risks though:).

kabakuyu

kabakuyu wrote: »

Did it have a name? I've heard about Debbie from 63/64?

totally wrong it was 1961

Debbie does Dangan

barone

will be more in salthill to see any destruction by the storm then were there for the iron man..:rolleyes:

can see it now, lined up like they are looking at the airshow and .. gussssssssssshhh... half of them end up in westside !!!!!:pac:

omg !! they will never survive westside :eek::eek::eek:

astonaidan

35mph winds predicted out west, Time to show of my long drive in golf:D

goat2

how wide is this storm, and how far down country will it effect, is cork coastline going to feel much of it,

richymcdermott

Im gonna stick on my superman costume and running outside :pac:

nuac

I remember Debbie in Sept '61. Many trees blown down all over. Chunks of prom torn out by the waves and thrown up on the road. Hope Katie not at bad.

Be careful on the prom. Both winds and waves can overpower one.

skelliser

kabakuyu wrote: »

link to discussion about the last big storm in 91 and the appalling loss of life in Galway.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056325732

that was the storm where 3 homeless people died when a wall fell on them.
Denis was there and thats where he got is dodgy leg injury from.

joeKel73

The storm was well and truly arrived out there!

Das Kitty

Not too much carnage this morning on my route. A couple of branches down, some traffic cones knocked over. The big Irish Independent signs at the Parkmore entrance to the races were bending in the wind as I was coming by, wouldn't fancy encountering one of them flying towards me!

KittyeeTrix

Walked from the train station to NUIG this morning. Not as bad as I had feared, the worst area was from the Cathedral headed towards the hospital.

I had my hood up and the wind nearly lifted me off my feet as the wind made a quasi-balloon in my hood:D

Lumi

Latest Updates
Theres a tree down on the main road on the Galway side of Oughterard village. The road's impassable at moment

Another tree down on the Dyke road

The car park at Toft Park/Aquarium is currently flooded. Motorists should avoid the Promenade and divert through Salthill village

It's not quite stormy out there (max gust 56mph so far) but the combination of high winds/high tides and trees in full leaf is a dangerous combination - stay safe on the roads

www.galwaycityweather.com

beardybrewer

I left our loft window opened a crack and came upstairs this morning to find all kinds of leaves and debris on the floor!

amiable

newkie wrote: »

I left our loft window opened a crack and came upstairs this morning to find all kinds of leaves and debris on the floor!

Did you notify the press?

JohnCleary

I'm looking forward to walking the prom this evening in my wet gear

biko

Hopefully it won't get this bad, again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbpaalw0-SI

Sponge Bob

Tropical Storm Maria is scheduled to encounter the jet stream around saturday and should be here by Monday next.

ronnie3585

More crap weather on the way then:mad:

I'd take the snow and ice any day over this sh*te!

snubbleste

Workers out on the SQR today, doing their bit on our infrastructure. There is a fierce gust along that road as it is pretty straight and heading west-southwest.

s_carnage

Fionagus wrote: »

Another tree down on the Dyke road

The council were out to cut up that tree and wasn't there a bee nest in the tree and they all got stung.

snubbleste

s_carnage wrote: »

Another tree down on the Dyke road
The council were out to cut up that tree and wasn't there a bee nest in the tree and they all got stung.

I'm sure there is a joke in there somewhere.

Das Kitty

snubbleste wrote: »

I'm sure there is a joke in there somewhere.

as well as a beehive?

goat2

s_carnage wrote: »

The council were out to cut up that tree and wasn't there a bee nest in the tree and they all got stung.

there was a sting in the tale

barone

was delivering down the docks (harbour company area) at 7.45 am this morning, never felt gusts of wind as strong, pretty cool

Gal44

Does anyone know how the galway to connemara road is the N59.. i heard some trees have fallen..

dloob

Gal44 wrote: »

Does anyone know how the galway to connemara road is the N59.. i heard some trees have fallen..

It's been reopened.

http://www.galwaynews.ie/21496-n59-reopens-oughterard-after-trees-felled

joeKel73

Stormy evening in Salthill earlier...

ronnie3585

^

Fantastic shot!

Any chance you could post up the hi-res, would love to use it as my desktop.