Current conditions - are you prepared?

my3cents · 05-10-2014 7:06pm #1

Sunday 5th of October near the sea in Co Waterford and there are nationwide weather alerts with Orange one copied below.

Wind Warning for Dublin, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Meath, Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Cork, Kerry and Waterford
Southeast winds between 50 and 70 km/h on Sunday evening and night, with gusts up to 100 to 120 km/h, highest values in coastal areas.

Issued:Saturday 04 October 2014 21:00
Valid:Sunday 05 October 2014 18:00 to Monday 06 October 2014 06:00

We are now well battened down here but I had to go out and take down a frame tent in the garden that we were using as storage while we sorted stuff out in the house and of course before I did that we had to pull a load of things back into the house

I don't think this is going to compare to last February's storm in anyway but it would be good to hear what the conditions are like in different areas and what, if any, extra precautions people are taking.

Here at 10 pm its just wet and windy (not far from the sea) but I was worried because its supposed to get much worse around 3 am tomorrow (Monday) morning.

One thing I forgot to do was sharpen the chainsaw

I would expect with all the leaves on the trees to find a few trees down in the morning.

alie · 05-10-2014 7:15pm

I have the candles at the ready. Was out putting stuff in the shed. Please god it will last!! Not the newist of sheds
A lot of alarms going off in the distance.
Thankfully my son pruned all the trees in the back garden during the summer.

Current conditions - are you prepared?

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