Miserable Irish weather

abdulabduler

It's so depressing, almost every single day has to have at least some rain and add to that the extreme wind. When I look at people living in California or other warmer places I just get depressed, they have nice sunny weather for most of the year while we only get to enjoy it for a few weeks per year. We rarely get to sit outside and enjoy the weather. Does the weather affect you? I love this country it's just the weather that is hard to deal with.

pappyodaniel

Maybe I like the misery.

Tokyo

Don't know what you're talking about OP.

ChikiChiki

Definitely played a part in my mood and health. My respiratory system goes to ****e and I get really unwell every time the temp drops below 2/3 degrees. Doctors cannot figure it out and I've no confidence in them to do so at this point.

One of the main reasons Im currently basking in 25 degrees sunshine in Aus. The sun is so uplifting and puts a spring in my step.

Surreptitious

Fcking moaner thread starter.

4068ac1elhodqr

It's not great for vitamin D levels. These are the solutions:

i) Take a holijay!
ii) Start a land reclamation project (from Mizen Head 51°) and send the tarmac lorries SW (until you can see Ponta Delgada 37.8°).
iii) Stick a set of very large tracking mirrors up into a geosynchronous equatorial orbit that will burn away the clouds or approaching storms.

jimbis

Even worse when you work outdoors and haven't been on a holiday in 17 years.

plays small violin

Victor

Be careful what you wish for.

abdulabduler wrote: »

When I look at people living in California or other warmer places I just get depressed, they have nice sunny weather for most of the year while we only get to enjoy it for a few weeks per year.

California has been in drought for 6 years and then this: http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21717324-fears-californias-huge-oroville-dam-might-fail-have-subsidedfor-time-being-drought

Graces7

So move..

I came to Ireland from a bleak and barren Orkney island to get away from the extreme gales and mud. Like gusts of 124 MILES an hour..

Ok laugh, as the cottage rocks and deluges rattlethe roof..

But that was nearly 20 years ago now.

And I sat out here in sun yesterday a while.

Guy Sajer

We have no daily earthquakes, no seasonal monsoons, no major tornadoes, no typhoons, no snowstorms and blizzards, no mudslides.

Just some storms and some flash flooding, but not to the scale of other places.

I wouldn't complain too much.

whoopsadoodles

No such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love a bit of sunshine but you can do anything you please if you're wearing a decent coat! I go for plenty of walks with the mutt and sit outside for lunch or even a pint in all weathers. It's what you make of it.

Your Face

Piss off to California so.

Dardania

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Definitely played a part in my mood and health. My respiratory system goes to ****e and I get really unwell every time the temp drops below 2/3 degrees. Doctors cannot figure it out and I've no confidence in them to do so at this point.

One of the main reasons Im currently basking in 25 degrees sunshine in Aus. The sun is so uplifting and puts a spring in my step.

Did you ever go on vitamin D3 supplements? Can help...

gifted

Great little country....buy an umbrella.....man up...

whoopsadoodles

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

No such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love a bit of sunshine but you can do anything you please if you're wearing a decent coat! I go for plenty of walks with the mutt and sit outside for lunch or even a pint in all weathers. It's what you make of it.

This.
There is something about a walk on the beach in the wild wind and rain, once you are dressed appropriately. Beach to yourself. The dogs love chasing the debris blowing in the wind. Then back to the warmth, peace and quiet of the stove in the house. You get a heroic feel about the whole episode!

JackTaylorFan

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

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Don't get me wrong...

I get very anxious when people don't finish this phrase with a line from a Pretenders' song

Galwayguy35

It wasn't a bad winter at all this year, we had a good bit of dry weather and only a few nights where there was frost.

As someone else said we don't have hurricanes, earthquakes or drought so a bit of rain and a few chilly days isn't too bad really.

whoopsadoodles

jimbis wrote: »

Even worse when you work outdoors and haven't been on a holiday in 17 years.

plays small violin

Put that violin down and get back to work.

Alf Stewart.

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

No such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love a bit of sunshine but you can do anything you please if you're wearing a decent coat! I go for plenty of walks with the mutt and sit outside for lunch or even a pint in all weathers. It's what you make of it.

Best little country in the world to get fcuking drenched in.

9or10

Be a great little place if ya could only roof it.

ShatterProof

gifted wrote: »

Great little country....buy an umbrella.....man up...

Real men don't use umbrellas

Electric Sheep

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

No such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love a bit of sunshine but you can do anything you please if you're wearing a decent coat! I go for plenty of walks with the mutt and sit outside for lunch or even a pint in all weathers. It's what you make of it.

You can do what you want with a good coat, but I would still hate the dreariness. It gets very cold in winter, but the sky is blue and the sun is shining most days. I would never live in Ireland again.

Stonedpilot

abdulabduler wrote: »

It's so depressing, almost every single day has to have at least some rain and add to that the extreme wind. When I look at people living in California or other warmer places I just get depressed, they have nice sunny weather for most of the year while we only get to enjoy it for a few weeks per year. We rarely get to sit outside and enjoy the weather. Does the weather affect you? I love this country it's just the weather that is hard to deal with.

Its planned like that. With the tons of chemtrails being sprayed daily. Weather modifaction going on since the 1960s, look up operation popeye. Tehnology has advanced light years from then. You can now even buy weather with websites like Rain on Request if you have very deep pockets.

Mantis Toboggan

Depends where you're living OP, the east coast gets half of the wind and rain of the west coast.

I've started to go on sun holidays over Christmas instead of during our summer, breaks up the winter and gives you a good boost from all the dark and wet nights.

o1s1n

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Its planned like that. With the tons of chemtrails being sprayed daily. Weather modifaction going on since the 1960s, look up operation popeye. Tehnology has advanced light years from then. You can now even buy weather with websites like Rain on Request if you have very deep pockets.

Is that you, David Icke?

dr.fuzzenstein

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Its planned like that. With the tons of chemtrails being sprayed daily. Weather modifaction going on since the 1960s, look up operation popeye. Tehnology has advanced light years from then. You can now even buy weather with websites like Rain on Request if you have very deep pockets.

Let's all pool together and buy a decent summer so. Can you buy that on Amazon?

_Brian

I think it's as much the lack of a decent stretch of sunny summer that our problem. If we were getting a decent summer I don't care too much about the rest.

When the kiddies were very young we nearly emigrated to France, herself speaks fluent French and it was just my caveman brain that refuses to learn languages that stumped me. I love the French climate, they still get a winter but also get sufficient summer that makes the difference.

Stonedpilot

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Let's all pool together and buy a decent summer so. Can you buy that on Amazon?

I know you meant that as a joke but companies do sell good weather
Look up Olivers travels Perfect Wedding Day if you dont believe me. its mainsteam now. I dont have £100,000 lying around though!

Scary stuff.

Like I said going on since the 1960s at least with operation popeye.

The Weather we have these days is not natural.

diomed

I was out the back feeding the pigeons a few minutes ago.
Imagine sitting on a roof in the pi55ing rain waiting for some inconsiderate ba5tard to come out and feed you.

Andrewf20

Irish weather ain't so bad. Travel made me see that. The unbearable humidity of parts of Asia to the pesky mosquitos in Africa or the maddening heat of Phoenix or the torrential snow of New England - Ireland ain't too bad. Tornados and hurricanes don't reach us either in any real sense.

I love a good run in crap weather once layered up. It really does blow out the cobwebs to go out on a miserable dark evening to do a 5km run. You come home to a warm shower and pjs feeling a little bit like bear grylls.

seachto7

Andrewf20 wrote: »

Irish weather ain't so bad. Travel made me see that. The unbearable humidity of parts of Asia to the pesky mosquitos in Africa or the maddening heat of Phoenix or the torrential snow of New England - Ireland ain't too bad. Tornados and hurricanes don't reach us either in any real sense.

I love a good run in crap weather once layered up. It really does blow out the cobwebs to go out on a miserable dark evening to do a 5km run. You come home to a warm shower and pjs feeling a little bit like bear grylls.

f*ck that. Give me the med climate .

whoopsadoodles

Andrewf20 wrote: »

I love a good run in crap weather once layered up. It really does blow out the cobwebs to go out on a miserable dark evening to do a 5km run. You come home to a warm shower and pjs feeling a little bit like bear grylls.

I absolutely love running in the rain. It's one of my favourite things. Coming in soaked to the bone and having a hot shower and cup of tea...bliss.

Sabre0001

Have to agree with you OP. Would love a bit more sun and it definitely puts a pep in the step (as we see during the annual two days of summer). Yeah, it could be worse...but I wouldn't mind a bit more sunshine and warmth!

Widdershins

It's been a rainy week alright but one week is not the end of the world. It's nice today. We don't get rain every day.

Cina

it's amazing how many complain about our weather. We're actually incredibly lucky to live in such a mild country, we don't get cold or heat extremes. Our 'storms' at their most extreme knock out power in homes.

You should try going to California in the Summer and see how you like that, L.A. in particular. They're also currently going through a severe drought and have to import all their water from other states. That wouldn't happen here.

Graces7

Widdershins wrote: »

It's been a rainy week alright but one week is not the end of the world. It's nice today. We don't get rain every day.

Blowing a wet loud gale here; that is another facet of Irish weather; the range across the country in any given day...

gifted

ShatterProof wrote: »

Real men don't use umbrellas

You would if it was a James Bond umbrella lol lol

wakka12

Every country has weather they don't like dealing with . Be in typhoons, draught, humidity, extreme cold and snow..Ireland's problem is just that its dull. hardly that bad in the grand scheme of things. California and Mediterranean places like Italy are really the only places on earth with the ideal weather, and they still deal with earthquakes, forest fires and draught which we do not really.

9or10

dr.fuzzenstein

wakka12 wrote: »

Every country has weather they don't like dealing with . Be in typhoons, draught, humidity, extreme cold and snow..Ireland's problem is just that its dull. hardly that bad in the grand scheme of things. California and Mediterranean places like Italy are really the only places on earth with the ideal weather, and they still deal with earthquakes, forest fires and draught which we do not really.

Personally I would take fires, typhoons and earthquakes over 3 months of drizzle. That was always the hardest thing to take. The weather was a factor in me leaving the country, but admittedly not the largest. It is nice to live somewhere (Bavaria) that has seasons.

Shenshen

The weather was actually one of the main reasons I came here, I can't abide hot temperatures. I remember 30 summers in Germany as utter torture - constant heat, no escape, sweating and itching, getting sunburned, not being able to sleep for 3 months straight, it was a nightmare.

I admit I miss winter a bit, as it rarely gets cold here, but I'm so glad I escaped those ridiculous summers.

You can always layer up against cold, but society has some odd ideas about how much you can take off to try and escape the heat.

Pinch Flat

I was up in the Comeragh Mountains between Christmas and the new year, nice cool day, blustery with some rain showers. Hiked with my 10 year old son for about 6 hours. Stopped midday and had a flask of vegetable soup and a few ham blaas, looking down over Mahon Falls and the weather rolling in off the Atlantic Ocean, all nice and toasty in our hiking gear. One of those days where you're glad to be alive.

seachto7

I know a Spanish person here for the last year, from the south of Spain, and they just can't get used to the weather.

Pinch Flat

seachto7 wrote: »

I know a Spanish person here for the last year, from the south of Spain, and they just can't get used to the weather.

yeah, worked with a girl from Spain a while back - weather was probably the main reason she moved back. Couldn't get used to it at all - she used to run her hands under the hot tap in the morning to try and revive herself before work.

PARlance

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Let's all pool together and buy a decent summer so. Can you buy that on Amazon?

We'll get the same result and it'll be cheaper if we just keep destroying the Amazon.

pajo1981

I don't like very hot or cold weather, so it suits me here. Also around the east coast it doesn't rain that much.

Electric Sheep

Shenshen wrote: »

The weather was actually one of the main reasons I came here, I can't abide hot temperatures. I remember 30 summers in Germany as utter torture - constant heat, no escape, sweating and itching, getting sunburned, not being able to sleep for 3 months straight, it was a nightmare.

I admit I miss winter a bit, as it rarely gets cold here, but I'm so glad I escaped those ridiculous summers.

You can always layer up against cold, but society has some odd ideas about how much you can take off to try and escape the heat.

They don't have air conditioning in Germany?

seachto7

Aussies also seem to not be able to get used to the weather here, and go back, though they do get extremes as well, which wouldn't appeal to me at all.

Used to live in Rome and it was pretty good.

Pinch Flat

Electric Sheep wrote: »

They don't have air conditioning in Germany?

Wouldn't be standard. I worked a few Summers in Karlsruhe and did an Erasmus year there. Mid-30's wouldn't be unusual, getting down to high 20's / low 30's at night. Pretty sticky when you've no air conditioning.

It was 36 degrees when I was in Munich in July 2015. We had to take shelter in the Hoffbrauhaus. Nice and cool in there. :pac:

Shenshen

Electric Sheep wrote: »

They don't have air conditioning in Germany?

Not in people's houses, no. Only in some office buildings, and supermarkets.

Most people would think they're a waste of energy and not very ecological.

jimgoose

Grand and soft - sure the farmers are delighted.