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The Great Storm of Wednesday 12/02/2014

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    #1022
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    would you listen to that wind....

    Ballybunion


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    #1023
    alfalad
    Registered Users Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭alfalad


    Looking at sky news in work, and given the fact they have only picked up how bad this is getting in the last half hour shows this seems to have caught most by surprise. A lot of south west UK was in massive trouble with flooding already so if they thought it would be this bad earlier they would have flagged it.


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    #1024
    littlemac1980
    Registered Users Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭littlemac1980


    Somebody should send this to Met Eireann:



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    #1025
    D.Campbell
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 194 ✭✭D.Campbell


    flicking like good oh here looks like it could go recharge everything asap im in the cork city center


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    #1026
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    AA Roadwatch ‏@aaroadwatch 45s

    Waterford: Several trees down on the Dungarvan to Clonmel Rd. Also tree down on the Villierstown side of Dromanagh


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    #1027
    fatalll
    Registered Users Posts: 437 ✭✭fatalll


    Tralee very bad
    power gone in College and surrounding areas
    this is pretty scary


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    #1028
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Kerry getting the full force of it now.

    http://sat24.com/en/gb?ir=false


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    #1029
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,951 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Someone from ME on newstalk just there making it sound as if only the south can expect any trouble from this storm. She didn't mention anything about it affecting other areas in the afternoon.
    She was onto talking about Fridays storm!


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    #1030
    Ludo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    leahyl wrote: »
    Wouldn't be surprised if there were outages in Cork City

    Power flicking on and off for last ten minutes now on Model Farm Road.


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    #1031
    Assassin saphir
    Registered Users Posts: 318 ✭✭Assassin saphir


    Slates off the roof. Fence gone and power gone. Moving car now.

    Cork Airport


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    #1032
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,255 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    God dammit - power just went again!! I'm in UCC


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    #1033
    sully2010
    Registered Users Posts: 593 ✭✭✭sully2010


    AA Roadwatch: Overturned truck on M8 near Fermoy, Trees down all over Cork and Kerry

    https://twitter.com/aaroadwatch

    Another truck overturned in Kerry, getting mental down there


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    #1034
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    Pressure down to 956hPa @ Mace Head.

    --- This is the big one.


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    #1035
    Birtles
    Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭Birtles


    D.Campbell wrote: »
    flicking like good oh here looks like it could go recharge everything asap im in the cork city center

    second that.

    working in major manufacturing facility in Cork ,lights flickering like crazy and they have switched on the back -up Generators.


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    #1036
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    some_dose wrote: »
    Eerily calm here in Waterford


    Oh well done you! :p


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    #1037
    handbagmad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 650 ✭✭✭handbagmad


    Oh my. Should have gotten my cigarettes yesterday me things. Only few gusts here co. Waterford
    Rain just really started sky looks very dark


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    #1038
    Ludo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    leahyl wrote: »
    God dammit - power just went again!! I'm in UCC

    he he...my pc is staying on (un)fortunately during the power glitches...


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    #1039
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,255 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Weathercheck wrote: »
    Pressure down to 956hPa @ Mace Head.

    --- This is the big one.

    You mean we haven't even got the strongest in Cork yet?!:eek:


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    #1040
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 16,786 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    not much happening here in meath, snow melted overnight with heavy rain and the odd gust this morning. now mostly sunny and winds much lighter.


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    #1041
    Snowmaker
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭Snowmaker


    as of 12h00... from met.ie
    Sherkin Island - gust of 155kph (steady wind 103kph)
    Kinsale Energy Platform - gust of 160kph (steady wind @ 125kph)


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    #1042
    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Most likely position of possible tornado earlier today.

    Radar showed a nice hook echo visible .

    293499.jpg


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    #1043
    SeaFields
    Registered Users Posts: 6,551 ✭✭✭SeaFields


    Very few cars traveling the ring of Kerry. Seems like people have listened to the warnings. Some delivery vans and the like passing my place, looking fairly lost, which can be used as a detour around the main ring of kerry route so I'm assuming there's a tree down on the main road


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    #1044
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    leahyl wrote: »
    You mean we haven't even got the strongest in Cork yet?!:eek:

    Highest winds for Cork City 2pm i think.


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    #1045
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    The sustained wind of 51 knots at Valentia at 12pm has broken the all time February record of 49 knots. 58 knots is the overall record, that was set in Sept 1961.


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    #1046
    Birtles
    Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭Birtles


    SeaFields wrote: »
    Very few cars traveling the ring of Kerry. Seems like people have listened to the warnings. Some delivery vans and the like passing my place, looking fairly lost, which can be used as a detour around the main ring of kerry route so I'm assuming there's a tree down on the main road

    truck overturned on tralee/dingle road so maybe not their best idea!


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    #1047
    daelight
    Registered Users Posts: 194 ✭✭daelight


    4° QNH 963hpa 35 kt From southwest EIKY 121220Z 23035G63KT

    ... 63kts gusts, holy ...


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    #1048
    Power Gear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭Power Gear


    Warning --Stay indoors County Kerry

    https://twitter.com/countykerry/status/433577544622039040


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    #1049
    force eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭force eleven


    maquiladora wrote: »
    The sustained wind of 51 knots at Valentia at 12pm has broken the all time February record of 49 knots. 58 knots is the overall record, that was set in Sept 1961.

    September 1961 is a benchmark for many stations still. Phenomenal storm that was, or I imagine ;)


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    #1050
    StewartGriffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,284 ✭✭✭StewartGriffin


    Can anyone give a prediction of what will happen around the Westport area. Dead calm here now and from the graphs seems we will be at the centre of the storm, until it starts to move up and then it swirls around. Is that worse or better than the full blast that Kerry is getting?


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    #1051
    busymum1
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭busymum1


    Power gone in Douglas and we're only at the start of it..


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