The Great Storm of Wednesday 12/02/2014

_Kaiser_

ThaitaniumM wrote: »

From a FB page, Mallow St. Limerick

Ouch!! Will that even be covered? Act of God etc

Knex*

There's trees down around my parents house in Cork that have been there for as long as anyone remembers.

Thankfully no structural damage to the house that they can tell, so far.

Tbh, never thought I'd see the day when those trees fell. Can't concentrate on anything now, with all of this happening.

Elmer Blooker

so calm here that I just struck a match outside and it burnt all the way down to my finger tip without going out.
Quite eerie, the calm before..... :eek:

martingriff

Was out here in limerick city and had to hold my wheelchair tight it was trying to blow me over

D.Campbell

northgirl wrote: »

expected it to headline.. unbelievable..

aid to the far east is more important than the souhtcoast of Ireland also on last night on rte I got the words why cant cork pay for there own system of fighting back the floods

force eleven

ThaitaniumM wrote: »

From a FB page, Mallow St. Limerick

I'm assuming and praying no one was in that car?

loubian

ThaitaniumM wrote: »

From a FB page, Mallow St. Limerick

Oh my god. Mother nature sure is powerful

Oneiric 3

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

so calm here that I just struck a match outside and it burnt all the way down to my finger tip without going out.
Quite eerie, the calm before..... :eek:

Same here, although didn't try the match test. Cig smoke however was casually hovering around.

TheMilkyPirate

Its very windy here in Wexford town but wouldn't call it stormy, Should be peaking here in the next hour or so from what I can gather so it may pick up.

The12thMan

loubian wrote: »

Oh my god. Mother nature sure is powerful

so is gravity....

Tazio

13:00h Kinsale Energy Gust 96kts = 110.47 mph = 177.79 kph

aisling86

So a window just blew in on the floor above me in work!!

Itsdacraic

When is this due to leave Limerick?

MichealD

24 hour wind and pressure at Wexford Harbour

Sierra Oscar

ESB reporting "severe" damage to infrastructure in Co. Clare.

https://twitter.com/ESBNetworks/status/433596912126947328

We have severe damage in #Kilrush #Kilkee Updates available on http://tinyurl.com/cl3utpb #hurricane #staysafe

Outkast_IRE

Seems to be marginally easing back in cork.
Still very very strong, but seems more gusts than the persistent high winds previously.

miss no stars

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26148379#TWEET1041802


F12 (hurricane) strength winds imminent for Irish Sea

leahyl

UCC Emergency Text just sent - telling people not to leave the building they are in. lecture timetable suspended until further notice

JONJO THE MISER

Remember when a few years ago there was heavy rain in dublin that flooded dndrum centre, it was headline new.
This just shows what contempt RTE hold the rest of the country.

irishfeen

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Same here, although didn't try the match test. Cig smoke however was casually hovering around.

Most if not all of Mallow town and surrounding areas now out of power - emergency fire crews have been instructed not to attend fell trees until given the of ahead.

hawkwing

Am 9 years monitoring an Irish IT network and never saw so many sites go down in Cork/Kerry and now Limerick,Waterford--crazy :eek:

Weathering

Tazio wrote: »

13:00h Kinsale Energy Gust 96kts = 110.47 mph = 177.79 kph

Impressive. lets not forget it is a buoy and doesn't count as a gust for Ireland

maquiladora

ESB will be busy for days.

https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/

blobbyblob

50ft tree just picked up and tossed over in the IDA industrial estate on Browns Road, Waterford. Not obstructing roads etc though. Stay safe.

Stinicker

Lost power here in Kerry at 12.15 and this is the first time to lose power in over 10 years to a storm. It is the worst storm I seen here since the St. Stephens Day storm of 1997 and there today trumps that storm last month which was bad too. On the iPhone with 3G, I discovered my power pack was flattened when I connected the inverter to run the laptop and modem

force eleven

Itsdacraic wrote: »

When is this due to leave Limerick?

On its way up the N7 now I expect...

flying11

Im after hearing from a friend that UCC have issued an emergency text to all students informing them that all lectures are cancelled and to stay indoors.

ThaitaniumM

Shannon Station cut off on the last frame of the rainfall radar:(

mayfly757

Gusting 79 kts in Snn , shamrock unable to take off

RobbingBandit

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Remember when a few years ago there was heavy rain in dublin that flooded dndrum centre, it was headline new.
This just shows what contempt RTE hold the rest of the country.

Remember that night myself living in Ballymun at the time I had to abandon a taxi that got stuck right outside the met building in Glasnevin and walk home through two foot of water, fun times.