Off Topic Thread 3.0

irishbucsfan

dregin wrote: »

Getting cloudflare landing page now, so they must be getting hit by usage spikes.

Yeah, just a lot of people at home following. Don't think there's any issues at the DC.

Buer

Erik Shin wrote: »

Getting hit by the storm more likely

Just saw that Sean Hughes has passed away, 51 and a very witty acerbic comedian

Thought he was the funniest bloke around when I was a kid. Mad to think he was only about 25 in The Commitments.

Looks like alcoholism was the end of him. Sad to see. Was a real talent.

dregin

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Yeah, just a lot of people at home following. Don't think there's any issues at the DC.

A few DC's down south have had to start powering down servers to extend juice of the UPS' and generators.

mfceiling

Lads I'm not being smart but there is fcuk all worth talking about here. Blowing wind yeah but there's been bigger gusts out of my arse on a Sunday morning. Still to get worse?

awec

mfceiling wrote: »

Lads I'm not being smart but there is fcuk all worth talking about here. Blowing wind yeah but there's been bigger gusts out of my arse on a Sunday morning. Still to get worse?

Supposed to peak in Dublin ~4ish.

dregin

mfceiling wrote: »

Lads I'm not being smart but there is fcuk all worth talking about here. Blowing wind yeah but there's been bigger gusts out of my arse on a Sunday morning. Still to get worse?

It all depends on where you are. This is a few hundred metres from me an hour ago and it's gotten worse since:

https://twitter.com/eoinbara/status/919902891242086402

wp_rathead

mfceiling wrote: »

Lads I'm not being smart but there is fcuk all worth talking about here. Blowing wind yeah but there's been bigger gusts out of my arse on a Sunday morning. Still to get worse?

Where is "here" ?

mfceiling

wp_rathead wrote: »

Where is "here" ?

Terenure...windy enough but I was expecting mad gusts...little sapling trees opposite me are barely moving.

sydthebeat

mfceiling wrote: »

Terenure...windy enough but I was expecting mad gusts...little sapling trees opposite me are barely moving.

Laois is pretty bad, from my upstairs window I can see three neighbours fencing that have blown over... A post and panel fence in the opposite estate is down, and we've been without power since 12.

I do fear the amount of trees that will be down around the country side, and the debris will be big as well.

Anyway, my job for the afternoon is to put up the Halloween decorations... The joys!

errlloyd

It's reasonably serious where I am. Clocked a 51 knot gust (93kmph) with a handheld Odometre standing on Cherrywood flyover.

The Lost Sheep

b.gud wrote: »

Bit of a breeze here in Galway but I'd say it's actually calmer than it was for the Connacht Glasgow match

Picking up considerably now. Ive been down on prom and there's a guard at the diving board to try stop people getting in to swim. Already been quite a few in the water so far.

Buer

mfceiling wrote: »

Terenure...windy enough but I was expecting mad gusts...little sapling trees opposite me are barely moving.

Depends where you are, really. Dublin was never going to get the worst of it but it's still easily strong enough in plenty of parts of Dublin of take down trees and make driving conditions quite dangerous.

Apparently there are a couple of thousand people without power in Terenure/Kimmage area already.

Bridge93

Anyone who gets in the water today deserves everything that comes their way. No emergency services should be wasted on idiots like that. Leave them to save themselves

dregin

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Picking up considerably now. Ive been down on prom and there's a guard at the diving board to try stop people getting in to swim. Already been quite a few in the water so far.

Large fines for all involved, I'd hope. Utter morons.

Buer

Bridge93 wrote: »

Anyone who gets in the water today deserves everything that comes their way. No emergency services should be wasted on idiots like that. Leave them to save themselves

Anyone who requires rescue services should be put in front of a magistrate and fined the amount that it cost the services to rescue them.

It's the height of stupidity and selfishness. There have been multiple warnings not to go out unless necessary yet there are a glut of people out and about thinking it's grand. It's fine until one of those trees that is being bent over by the gales snaps and comes down on your car. It's not how much the wind is blowing, it's what the wind is blowing. You're fine driving along in your car until a wheelie bin gets whipped into the side of you.

The two lads who had to be pulled from the water in Carlingford earlier by the RNLI should be named and shamed for their idiocy.

On another note, I couldn't believe when Newstalk pointed out that many people had put their bins out this morning for collection. You wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry at the stupidity of people.

Neil3030

Buer wrote: »

Anyone who requires rescue services should be put in front of a magistrate and fined the amount that it cost the services to rescue them.

It's the height of stupidity and selfishness. There have been multiple warnings not to go out unless necessary yet there are a glut of people out and about thinking it's grand. It's fine until one of those trees that is being bent over by the gales snaps and comes down on your car. It's not how much the wind is blowing, it's what the wind is blowing. You're fine driving along in your car until a wheelie bin gets whipped into the side of you.

The two lads who had to be pulled from the water in Carlingford earlier by the RNLI should be named and shamed for their idiocy.

On another note, I couldn't believe when Newstalk pointed out that many people had put their bins out this morning for collection. You wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry at the stupidity of people.

Make this man a mod, says I.

Zzippy

Guy jumping off the diving tower in Blackrock... :rolleyes:

https://www.facebook.com/clarenbridgegardencentre/videos/1640305505991062/?hc_ref=ARQUGN1NhZ51hOCuT2cyCKUfikAdYZ3vCT53ihBhsJtwdXhLPF7lbRy-ou_gQf3zgKk

errlloyd

errlloyd wrote: »

I Clocked a 51 knot gust (93kmph) with a handheld Odometre

Interesting. I clocked a 50.75 knot gust half a half mile away in Ranelagh with a handheld some dropped grass.

CatFromHue

Zzippy wrote: »

Guy jumping off the diving tower in Blackrock... :rolleyes:

https://www.facebook.com/clarenbridgegardencentre/videos/1640305505991062/?hc_ref=ARQUGN1NhZ51hOCuT2cyCKUfikAdYZ3vCT53ihBhsJtwdXhLPF7lbRy-ou_gQf3zgKk

Just to play Devil's Advocate here but if you're a good swimmer that doesn't look too bad.

I personally wouldn't do it now

irishbucsfan

CatFromHue wrote: »

Just to play Devil's Advocate here but if you're a good swimmer that doesn't look too bad.

I personally wouldn't do it now

No. If there's a national emergency don't be the selfish bastard that drags the emergency services out to rescue you, even if you think you're the best swimmer in the country.

I would like to hope those people who have been rescued are charged. Endangerment is a serious crime, up to 7 years.

The Lost Sheep

dregin wrote: »

Large fines for all involved, I'd hope. Utter morons.

You would imagine but wont be the case.

CatFromHue wrote: »

Just to play Devil's Advocate here but if you're a good swimmer that doesn't look too bad.

I personally wouldn't do it now

Ive been in the sea when its been worse but completely irresponsible. I walked along the prom earlier on and there was a guard at the diving board for a few hours to stop people getting in

mfceiling

I took the dog for a walk there. Loads of people out walking. 2 miles of a walk and I saw 1 small branch on the footpath. I suppose we've been very lucky to escape any major damage.

mfceiling

I took the dog for a walk there. Loads of people out walking. 2 miles of a walk and I saw 1 small branch on the footpath. I suppose we've been very lucky to escape any major damage.

awec

Same, looks like we've been lucky as I think we've ended up being shielded by the bigger building beside us. It just felt like a stormy day in our apartment, I have definitely experienced much worse (where the place felt like it was shaking), all to do with wind direction I guess.

OldRio

45 foot Ceder Tree just came down near the cottage. Busy tomorrow with the chainsaw. I don't think it will be the last. Howling wind outside.

errlloyd

Buer wrote: »

The two lads who had to be pulled from the water in Carlingford earlier by the RNLI should be named and shamed for their idiocy.

I am conflicted on this. Carlingford at 11am this morning would have been very calm, like Dublin was until almost 1pm. They didn't call the rescue services, someone else did. The weather forecast was good and accurate. They knew their window was decent.

Buer

errlloyd wrote:

I am conflicted on this. Carlingford at 11am this morning would have been very calm, like Dublin was until almost 1pm. They didn't call the rescue services, someone else did. The weather forecast was good and accurate. They knew their window was decent.

That's a bit different from the initial report, in fairness. Although I still would consider them quite reckless and arrogant to go out a few hours short of the most dangerous storm in 56 years with multiple warnings in place to avoid the water.

Buer

Just when I thought we had missed the worst of it a tree comes down in front of the neighbour's house and takes out power lines. Fortunately, it was dangerous enough and Dublin was unaffected enough that the ESB were present within an hour and power back withing 3 hours of incident.

I would imagine that there are going to be a lot of people nowhere near as fortunate.

awec

Look at this twat.

https://twitter.com/thejournal_ie/status/919937061502799872

molloyjh

Lost a few tiles off the roof, as did a few of the neighbours. Wind is still strong enough here too and a few areas around us lost power a while ago but luckily we're still okay in that regard.