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Severe Wind Storm late 26th-27th December

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    #152
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,245 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    maquiladora wrote: »
    I just think it sounds too much like impending doom is at hand. Avoiding travel and staying indoors is good advice, but seek shelter sounds like people diving from their cars to avoid a meteor strike to me. :p

    Yes, and what's your point?? :-P


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    #153
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    leahyl wrote: »
    Yes, and what's your point?? :-P

    Code purple for Cork. :p


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    #154
    sunbabe08
    Registered Users Posts: 6,316 ✭✭✭sunbabe08


    munsterlegend wrote: »
    Us rebels are always on red alert!

    you make a very good point :D


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    #155
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,245 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Well I'm making it a red alert for Cork as well, we're not missing out on this one :-P


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    #156
    daelight
    Registered Users Posts: 194 ✭✭daelight


    Last few pages have been needless nit picking about who's house is red or orange - this is a serious storm event, the experts have given much analysis - now Keep Calm and Seek Shelter.


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    #157
    horsefarm
    Registered Users Posts: 222 ✭✭horsefarm


    When was the last red alert? Just trying to gauge the warning off previous storms.
    Flights from Dublin to NY tomorrow will be affected I assume?


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    #158
    JanuarySnowstor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭JanuarySnowstor


    Leaving cork out of the warning doesnt worry me. I can read the charts myself and know my city. Cork is right on the coast and is first to flood and see damage under this kind of set up.
    Cork airport will report a gust of over 90mph is my call. To put Waterford in and not Cork is just smart ass stuff. Its the second city in Ireland and has largest population outside of the pale! !


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    #159
    Cosmo Kramer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,991 ✭✭✭Cosmo Kramer


    No part of the UK even set to amber as of yet. Although this event is making more of a direct hit here, if a red warning is out for Wexford and Waterford would a UK amber warning at least not be needed for south west Wales and Cornwall?


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    #160
    Red Nissan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭Red Nissan


    leahyl wrote: »
    Serious question though, why are we not includes in the red alert? Not saying that orange isn't serous but can't see why we would not be included in red alert??!

    The Cork weather shield does exist. MT went to great length in 2010 to explain it in minute detail. We are effectively shielded from three side for major events coming our way, this has the effect of almost completely blocking snow and exceptionally heavy precipitation and wind and wind gusts are also lowered.

    In any case where the wind shifts to our South East and East is when we are at our most vulnerable.


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    #161
    woody1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,902 ✭✭✭woody1


    was planning on driving mayo to meath tomorrow, which now doesnt sound like such a good idea..although it is driving away from the worst of it.. whens it due to ease off lads.. the warning is til 3 o clock or is the whole day a wipeout


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    #162
    Storm 10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,878 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    From a safety point of view thousands of people will be on the move today, visiting family and friends, attending sporting events etc so the warnings should be going out on radio


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    #163
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Storm 10 wrote: »
    From a safety point of view thousands of people will be on the move today, visiting family and friends, attending sporting events etc so the warnings should be going out on radio

    It was the first story on the 8am news.


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    #164
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Storm 10 wrote: »
    From a safety point of view thousands of people will be on the move today, visiting family and friends, attending sporting events etc so the warnings should be going out on radio

    Listen to the news (on radio) at 11.00...it has been the No. 1 headline all morning.


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    #165
    Red Nissan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭Red Nissan


    Peoples' Republic of Cork, Independent Weather Service:

    Forecast:
    Thurs 15:00: 30km/h wind, 0mm/h precipitation.
    Thurs 21:00: 51km/h wind, 1.5mm/hr precipitation.
    Friday 00:00: 55km/h wind. .9mm/h precipitation
    Friday 03:00: 66km/h wind, 0mm/h precipitation
    Friday 06:00: 58km/h wind, 0mm/h precipitation

    :) I'm going for a Pink Alert.


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    #166
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    What time is this storm to hit galway at ? At the moment its hard to believe its going to get so bad


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    #167
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    On a more serious note, this will probably be the most significant storm for some areas since 1997.

    But for other areas, it will be the most significant since last Wednesday.


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    #168
    John.Icy
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    Going to be copious amounts of taxi's and cars out late into Friday morning. Hope all can stay safe.


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    #169
    Rock Lesnar
    Registered Users Posts: 11,880 ✭✭✭✭Rock Lesnar


    Seek Shelter warning :eek:, now i cant get the air raid siren sound out of my head since i 1st read the headline.

    Luckily i will be in shelter, down the local for a few pints :)


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    #170
    Frank Lee Midere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,780 ✭✭✭Frank Lee Midere


    Seek shelter probably means at home. For people out and about, or staying in campers. I can't see us all fitting into a homeless shelter.


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    #171
    Storm 10
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    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Listen to the news (on radio) at 11.00...it has been the No. 1 headline all morning.

    Well it was not no1 which surprised me but its RTE nothing new there


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    #172
    Storm 10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,878 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Listen to the news (on radio) at 11.00...it has been the No. 1 headline all morning.

    Well it was not no1 which surprised me but its RTE nothing new there


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    #173
    Bigcheeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭Bigcheeze


    JanuarySnowstor wrote: »
    Its the second city in Ireland

    Thanks for finally clearing that up :pac:


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    #174
    davidsr20
    Registered Users Posts: 768 ✭✭✭davidsr20


    Seems us in Galway or west in General will get the worst of it,or most of it :)
    Would like to see how Galway bay holds up but might be a bit mad to go out there tonight.


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    #175
    cotton
    Registered Users Posts: 629 ✭✭✭cotton


    Have just cancelled plans to drive from Wicklow to the in-laws in Meath tonight. Better to be safe than sorry.:)


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    #176
    Avns1s
    Registered Users Posts: 3,422 ✭✭✭Avns1s


    cotton wrote: »
    Have just cancelled plans to drive from Wicklow to the in-laws in Meath tonight. Better to be safe than sorry.:)

    I often get afraid of my in-laws too!! :D:D:D:D

    (Sorry - couldn't resist!)


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    #177
    Terry Wogans Inner Thigh
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭Terry Wogans Inner Thigh


    So Sligo should escape the worst of it and I can go for pints tonight?


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    #178
    delw
    Registered Users Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭delw


    maquiladora wrote: »
    On a more serious note, this will probably be the most significant storm for some areas since 1997.

    But for other areas, it will be the most significant since last Wednesday.
    This could be the storm you've been waiting on Maq since then :)


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    #179
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    delw wrote: »
    This could be the storm you've been waiting on Maq since then :)

    I'm not expecting it to be on that kind of level for where I am in the southeast. Along the coast and in parts of Wexford it could be quite severe though.

    It'll be an interesting storm to watch develop though!


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    #180
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users Posts: 3,033 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    Just want to says thanks to everyone, I was planning to head from Galway to Dublin tomorrow but because of the info. here I have changed it to NOW.
    As much as I want to stay and experience the storm, family safety comes first.


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    #181
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,245 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    maquiladora wrote: »
    I'm not expecting it to be on that kind of level for where I am in the southeast. Along the coast and in parts of Wexford it could be quite severe though.

    It'll be an interesting storm to watch develop though!

    What are your thoughts on the severity for Cork Maq?


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