Storm Approaching

Villain

Just incase you are too busy abusing each other in here and didn't notice the Weather Warnings from Met Eireann:

National Weather Warnings

STATUS RED

Wind Warning for Wexford, Galway, Mayo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Waterford
Update
Becoming very stormy this evening with gale force southeast winds veering southwest early tonight and further veering westerly tomorrow. Severe and damaging gusts of 120 to 140km/hr expected and 150km/hr gusts in exposed coastal areas.
Very high seas also with significant danger of coastal flooding also.
Winds moderating Friday afternoon and evening.

Issued:Thursday 26 December 2013 10:00
Valid:Thursday 26 December 2013 16:00 to Friday 27 December 2013 15:00


STATUS ORANGE

Wind Warning for Rest of the country
Update
Becoming very stormy this evening with gale force southeast winds veering southwest early tonight and further veering westerly by tomorrow morning. Severe and damaging gusts of 110 or 130 km/hr expected. Very high seas also with a risk of coastal flooding in the northwest.
Winds moderating Friday afternoon and evening but gales continuing in the north until early Friday night.

Issued:Thursday 26 December 2013 10:00
Valid:Thursday 26 December 2013 16:00 to Friday 27 December 2013 15:00

Batten down the hatches! especially if you live near South or West coasts

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

May bring in the washing

Hank Scorpio

Winter is coming

Fr_Dougal

LexieOnRale wrote: »

May bring in the washing

Great drying out.

P_1

Anybody know where I can purchase some hatches and how one goes about battoning them down?

The Backwards Man

The Norwegians say it won't be that bad, where I am anyway.

Villain

P_1 wrote: »

Anybody know where I can purchase some hatches and how one goes about battoning them down?

From the practice aboard a ship of sealing hatches to prevent water getting below-decks in a storm by using covers secured by strips of material, called battens, firmly attached to the frame of the hatch open

Karl Stein

♥ storms.

zenno

Is there any good precipitation around this large storm ? We need some good snow.

greedygoblin

LexieOnRale wrote: »

May bring in the washing

I'll be putting the washing out. It'll be well washed come this time tomorrow.

Hal1

They didn't heed the warning in salthill last week...so let this be a warning to you.

Salthill

kneemos

What is it exactly you can do about it ?

Villain

kneemos wrote: »

What is it exactly you can do about it ?

Stay indoors

EdwardCastle

greedygoblin wrote: »

I'll be putting the washing out. It'll be well washed come this time tomorrow.

I'll put my washing out too, I'm short a few clean underpants for the weekend.

UCDVet

Lucky me - I'll be riding my bicycle into work tomorrow

Grrr

BNMC

Villain wrote: »

Just incase you are too busy abusing each other in here and didn't notice the Weather Warnings from Met Eireann

Sorry Ma.

Wattle

Already had two slates come off my roof the other day. Might be a few more tonight.

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The wind has already picked up here. Hopefully the power doesn't go out.

PTH2009

bet ya it wont happen in Waterford tonight. tall tales is all it is

Villain

PTH2009 wrote: »

bet ya it wont happen in Waterford tonight. tall tales is all it is

This is the real deal, you can joke all you want but this storm IS going to cause damage.

azzeretti

16:01 in Wexford and no storm. I call bull****, lets go sailing.

mfergus

T'be grand

cherryghost

This coming storm will be stronger than the one a few days ago. Be warned.

minidazzler

And I'm out on my bike in a while for work

Thespoofer

Villain wrote: »

This is the real deal, you can joke all you want but this storm IS going to cause damage.

The perfect storm maaann....

Villain

Villain wrote: »

This is the real deal, you can joke all you want but this storm IS going to cause damage.

Let's just hope that there are no more tragic weather related fatalities and that everybody in the worst affected areas gets through it in one piece.

Preferably with their homes intact and power and heat unaffected, specially the old folks.

CrowdedHouse

cherryghost wrote: »

This coming storm will be stronger than the one a few days ago. Be warned.

They said that a few days ago as well - but it wasn't

kneemos

Storm smorm.

Evelyn Cusack

I've had more wind pass through my sphincter

PizzamanIRL

I'm scared. Someone hold me.

kneemos

There's a Met Eireann app that has a rainfall radar for anyone interested.

hession

Wind picking up here in Galway

Frosty McSnowballs

kneemos wrote: »

There's a Met Eireann app that has a rainfall radar for anyone interested.

I just look out the window

Professey Chin

I AM THE ONCOMING STORM!

...../farts

wretcheddomain

There's a Level 5 orgy going on over in the Weather forum at the prospect of this...

Senor Jingle Balls

Senor Jingle Balls wrote: »

I just look out the window

Me too. I don't check the weather unless I'm going somewhere on holidays - and even that's only because earlier this year I went to Amsterdam with lovely pretty dresses and pumps, and a leather jacket. Fcuk it I was freezing in that snow.

Gamayun

Pfff.... Nonsense. There's no record of a bad storm here in Ireland.

Although the records only go back to 1978 when the hall of records was mysteriously blown away.

greedygoblin

Evelyn Cusack wrote: »

I've had more wind pass through my sphincter

So THAT'S what that sound was when you were doing the weather the other night?

Nemeses

My car will be fine...Wonder if the house will there when I get back from work today...

EdwardCastle

Villain wrote: »

This is the real deal, you can joke all you want but this storm IS going to cause damage.

AHAHA!

Cool joke.

ninebeanrows

More people viewing the weather forum than after hours! :O

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Aestivalis

Weathercheck wrote: »

More people viewing the weather forum than after hours! :O

The weather is Irelands national past time after all!

My god thisis one miserable country. :pac:

Weathercheck

Weathercheck wrote: »

More people viewing the weather forum than after hours! :O

I never looked at it before but I'm going to now after reading this:

wretcheddomain wrote: »

There's a Level 5 orgy going on over in the Weather forum at the prospect of this...

I don't know what a level 5 weather orgy looks like, but nothing is going to stop me from finding out.

Conmaicne Mara

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

They said that a few days ago as well - but it wasn't

Don't say that in the weather forum what ever you do.

kneemos

wretcheddomain wrote: »

There's a Level 5 orgy going on over in the Weather forum at the prospect of this...

Seek shelter!

The drama.

Karl Stein

Aestivalis wrote: »

My god thisis one miserable country. :pac:

For miserable people? Yes I suppose so.

jigglypuffstuff

P_1 wrote: »

Anybody know where I can purchase some hatches and how one goes about battoning them down?

probably all sold out..thats what happends when you dont wake @ 5.am to que outside shops on St Stevens day :rolleyes:

NuckingFacker

severe southerly wind here in Kildare, but I'm blaming the christmas pudding - it was very rich.

wretcheddomain

Mike65 reports from Clonakilty that it's currently getting battered - I can't think of a better punishment for Cork's support of the Act of Union to have Clonakilty destroyed and its inhabitants scattered to Rathlin Island.

Hal1

There's 80km/h winds at the south coast already.
http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=3.74,42.10,776