Wind

A2LUE42

Seems the city and county are being battered at the moment. Reports of Croom school having issues and porta kabins there being destroyed.

Jofspring

Ya working in town here and it's fairly bad. Bins full of rubbish being picked up and thrown down the road by it.

Insect Overlord

I think Limerick was given an Orange Warning by Met Éireann this morning. If this is Orange, I'd hate to see the Red Alert conditions that Cork and Kerry are getting! :eek:

A2LUE42

Just saw this on another thread..

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=88966555&postcount=1202

Jofspring

Jesus ya that's just around the corner from me.

FutureGuy

My parents house in Kilmalliock is getting battered. 5 trees down.

jonski

Big tree down outside Cormac Byrnes Photography in Raheen/dooradoyle .

steveon

Yet another tree from the peoples park has come crashing down across Mallow street. road blocked be careful people..

aaronjumper

I was just on William street. A car had to brake when the wind put me in the middle of the road.
Took me ten minutes to do a two minute walk.

flyingsnail

from twitter
https://twitter.com/Keoghser/status/433603251985195008/photo/1


Limerick Boat Club Roof blown off @limerickcityco pic.twitter.com/Lo7qtseS7Y

Jofspring

Tree behind O'Mara Motors on the Ennis Road is down and has taken out the power in the area.

Light Post near LIT roundabout ready to fall over, half way there already.

Trees down on Hyde Road and the bars around the peoples park starting to come down.

Trees down in Elm Park Castletroy.

Jofspring

Another picture of the car.

Jofspring

Sarsfield Street.

steveon

and to think I got abused when I cancelled on people and refused to carry out any work on roofs today glad I used my common sense.

bumper234

Shannon closed and an airplane on it's side.

marienbad

Any idea when it will begin to ease off, a tree in my garden just hanging on.

whitewave

Warning e-mails gone around UL asking everyone to stay indoors until conditions improve

Jofspring

They had said 4pm it would ease but it doesn't look like anytime soon at the moment.

Jofspring

From AA Roadwatch:

Gardai are advising the public to make no unnecessary journeys in West Limerick. There are a lot of fallen trees on secondary roads around Newcastle West, Foynes and Shanagolden.

Along the N21 Limerick /Tralee Rd, there is a truck overturned southbound before Newcastle West. Further along on the N21, is closed by Adare Golf Club due to a fallen tree.

On the stretch of the N69 Limerick /Tralee Rd, there are fallen trees and particular care is needed at Foynes due to fallen debris.

There is a tree down blocking the Ashford/ Broadford Rd (R515).

The Bruff /Kilmallock Rd (R512) is completely blocked due to a fallen tree.

There is a tree down on the N20 Limerick /Cork Rd outside Patrickswell on the Croom side. The fallen tree is at a bad bend and the road is reportedly completely blocked. Very windy conditions along this stretch.

The Newcastle West /O’Rourke Cross Rd (R520) is blocked at Bruff Line due to a fallen tree.

Main St in Hospital is closed due to a fallen tree.

LIMERICK CITY: Gardai are advising the public to stay indoors due to windblown slates and tiles coming off roofs.

There is a tree down on the Dock Rd by the Cement Factory but the road is passable.

There are two trees down on the Old Dublin Rd near Dalys Cross. Take an alternative route.

Condell Rd and Lower Shelbourne Rd are closed until further notice. Ennis Rd and Roses Ave is closed until further notice as is North Circular Rd, at Redgate

steveon

A few pics I just took around the peoples park and hyde road areas

flyingsnail

Video of the roof being blown off the boat club
http://www.rte.ie/news/player/2014/0212/20524293-limerick-boat-club-roof-is-blown-off-in-strong-winds/

marienbad

steveon wrote: »

A few pics I just took around the peoples park and hyde road areas

How do I open these pics. ?

Insect Overlord

marienbad wrote: »

How do I open these pics. ?

Right click, open in new tab.

marienbad

An File wrote: »

Right click, open in new tab.

Tried that, no go, I must have something blocking them

Jofspring

Jofspring wrote: »

Sarsfield Street.

My friends apartment building. That's his apartment on the top floor. His other half was sitting down watching tv on the otherside of that patio door when it happened. She's ok

jimgoose

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

My friends apartment building. That's his apartment on the top floor. His other half was sitting down watching tv on the otherside of that patio door when it happened. She's ok

Good Cheeses. Is that the brick outer "skin" of the building stripped by the wind?? :eek:

Brennans Row

marienbad wrote: »

Tried that, no go, I must have something blocking them

Try this link.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51397227@N08/

jimgoose

jimgoose wrote: »

Good Cheeses. Is that the brick outer "skin" of the building stripped by the wind?? :eek:

Ya. Once the door gave way it just took the brick with it. Scary to think I was standing at that door smoking a cig last Friday night

marienbad

Brennans Row wrote: »

Try this link.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51397227@N08/

Great photos- thanks very much .

Wind seems to be dying off a bit now. Did limerick get an orange or a red warning ?

Insect Overlord

Looks like the AA website is down. Does anyone know if the bridges into town (Thomond, Sarsfield, Shannon) are closed?

marienbad

marienbad wrote: »

Great photos- thanks very much .

Wind seems to be dying off a bit now. Did limerick get an orange or a red warning ?

Live95fm said it had been upgraded to red! And that it would be bad until 7pm.

Wise Old Elf

An File wrote: »

Looks like the AA website is down. Does anyone know if the bridges into town (Thomond, Sarsfield, Shannon) are closed?

Sarsfield bridge is closed till 5 apparently.

gerardk55

Work out Crecora direction, came to Raheen around 12.45 for a roll and couldn't get back out! Trees down everywhere, especially around Limerick Golf Club and Crecora. In fairness to the council they're on the scene in a few places but I came across at least 10 different trees down out there alone, so they're stretched to the max.

Stay safe kids!

Brennans Row

marienbad wrote: »

Wind seems to be dying off a bit now. Did limerick get an orange or a red warning ?

I wonder was this their problem?

Shannon Radar Offline (MET) Unfortunately, our radar at Shannon Airport appears to have suffered wind damage and is offline. Repairs will be made as oon as possible. We apologise for this interruption in service.

Gryzor

Someone at work said the Toll was free today as the canopy blew off in the high winds!! Anyone else hear that or is it April 1st??

phill106

An File wrote: »

Looks like the AA website is down. Does anyone know if the bridges into town (Thomond, Sarsfield, Shannon) are closed?

Twitter feed still works
https://twitter.com/aaroadwatch

Bicycle

Can't get AA roadwatch at the moment. Is the Condell Road/NCR junction open again?

campo

Anyone in Caherconlish/Ballyneety area stay safe a lot of trees down and a telephone almost down on the corner of inch st laurence,

My shed blow down and is currently lying on top of my car

Brennans Row

This infant terrible has a name “Storm Darwin” which we won’t forget for a while in Limerick.

According to the Leader, 34,000 homes across Limerick city without power.

Which probably explains why this thread has gone quiet?

hi_im_fil

The toll was free for me at 5pm

TheBeast17

Shed roof from house 2 down from me has blown off and windows in Our Lady of Lourdes school blown in.

flyingsnail

From Limerick Councils https://twitter.com/limerickcityco

Sarsfield Bridge (R857) is closed to pedestrian and vehicular traffic until 9.00pm. Please use Shannon Bridge and Thomond Bridge. #limerick

Condell Road and Lower Shelbourne Road (R527) in #Limerick City is closed until midnight 12/02/2014

Ennis Road, Roses Avenue is closed until further notice. North Circular Road, at Redgate is closed until further notice. #Limerick

concussion

Shannon Bridge is still open, traffic is light. The river bank on the Condell Road side is looking very wet but high tide is now and the winds have died down from earlier so I don't think it's going to get any worse over there.

steveon

I was passing the maldron hotel earlier and it looks like the roof on the circular part of the roof has been blown off.

Kess73

River is very high atm.

There is also a massive tree down on upper Church road as one heads towards Ballycummin. Road is totally blocked and anyone who needs to go that way will have to find another route.

Kess73

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

My friends apartment building. That's his apartment on the top floor. His other half was sitting down watching tv on the otherside of that patio door when it happened. She's ok

She must be the girl that was interviewed for the radio. She was just on the news at six on 4FM. She was describing how she was just sitting down and all of a sudden a chunk of the building came away.

Must have been a hell of a fright for her. Great that nobody was hurt.

nathan184

On N20 near Croom around 5:45pm saw a Munster Joinery lorry on its side and there was a car under it. It was on the side of road. Does anyone have any details? No gardai on scene at the time.

Kess73

nathan184 wrote: »

On N20 near Croom around 5:45pm saw a Munster Joinery lorry on its side and there was a car under it. It was on the side of road. Does anyone have any details? No gardai on scene at the time.

If you are in any doubt, best ring the gardai and let them know what you saw and exactly where. Better to waste a call and get told they already know about it than for it to go unreported for long.

Kess73

Kess73 wrote: »

She must be the girl that was interviewed for the radio. She was just on the news at six on 4FM. She was describing how she was just sitting down and all of a sudden a chunk of the building came away.

Must have been a hell of a fright for her. Great that nobody was hurt.

Didn't hear that. Had the local news on. Will check again at 7

davo2001

What colour was the car do you mind telling me? The missus is driving from Mallow to Limeirck and now my feckin worried!!

A2LUE42

Kess73 wrote: »

If you are in any doubt, best ring the gardai and let them know what you saw and exactly where. Better to waste a call and get told they already know about it than for it to go unreported for long.

On the news. Girl that was in the car was OK.