So this Hurricane

josip

According to the Dundalk Democrat, the passerby called it in because "they felt it to be irresponsible."

http://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/home/276434/two-kite-surfers-in-difficulty-in-blackrock.html

LollipopJimmy

josip wrote: »

According to the Dundalk Democrat, the passerby called it in because "they felt it to be irresponsible."

http://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/home/276434/two-kite-surfers-in-difficulty-in-blackrock.html

So the passer by is a moron.

chopperbyrne

Just rang ESB. They're aware that 26 customers in Strawberry Hill are still without power, and their best current estimate for restoration is 22:00 tomorrow.

Everywhere else in Bunclody already has power restored.

fergiesfolly

Apparently we won't qualify for European funding because not enough damage was done during the storm....

Can we do anything right in this country?
Even our storms(not a hurricane) are inept.

Although, I bet the Healy Rae's could find a billion worth of damage in Kerry alone.
Maybe we should let them do the assesment.

branie2

We were lucky where I live, as the electricity didn't go out.

MadYaker

John_Rambo wrote: »

There were no kitesurfers out.

There were windsurfers out way before the Eastern coast 1pm alert in perfectly safe conditions.

Someone saw them and assumed wrongly they were in trouble, even there were no signs of distress. The windsurfers were up on their boards sailing well and made their way to shore on their own steam.

It was recorded as a false call by rescue 116.

No need for the call. Waste of money.

The call was made by frantic, panicked, know-it-all, indignant, overreacting do-gooders who were standing on the shoreline in calm weather (where they shouldn't have been in they believed their own advice) with moderate winds observing people in calm waters with moderate winds because there was a storm warning for a few hours later.

If they'd have looked with their eyes and not their self righteous, tut-tutting compass and observed the activities with an adult like calm minded brain they would have saved a few thousand euro on fuel and unnecessary effort from rescue 116.

pjohnson, I know I quoted you, but it's not an attack on your very sensible post, and I agree with your post.

Rescue 116 Facebook page says kite surfers but it's irrelevant. If they actually had been in difficulty chances are they would have been seperated from their boards and they wouldn't even have been visible from the shore since they would be floating in the water with just their heads visible. The irony of the situatiuon is that if they were in trouble nobody would have been able to see them and nobody would have called any rescue services. The windsurfers were well aware of this. People need to stop and think for a few minutes before panicking and calling 999.

The Talking Bread

MadYaker wrote: »

John_Rambo wrote: »

There were no kitesurfers out.

There were windsurfers out way before the Eastern coast 1pm alert in perfectly safe conditions.

Someone saw them and assumed wrongly they were in trouble, even there were no signs of distress. The windsurfers were up on their boards sailing well and made their way to shore on their own steam.

It was recorded as a false call by rescue 116.

No need for the call. Waste of money.

The call was made by frantic, panicked, know-it-all, indignant, overreacting do-gooders who were standing on the shoreline in calm weather (where they shouldn't have been in they believed their own advice) with moderate winds observing people in calm waters with moderate winds because there was a storm warning for a few hours later.

If they'd have looked with their eyes and not their self righteous, tut-tutting compass and observed the activities with an adult like calm minded brain they would have saved a few thousand euro on fuel and unnecessary effort from rescue 116.

pjohnson, I know I quoted you, but it's not an attack on your very sensible post, and I agree with your post.

Rescue 116 Facebook page says kite surfers but it's irrelevant. If they actually had been in difficulty chances are they would have been seperated from their boards and they wouldn't even have been visible from the shore since they would be floating in the water with just their heads visible. The irony of the situatiuon is that if they were in trouble nobody would have been able to see them and nobody would have called any rescue services. The windsurfers were well aware of this. People need to stop and think for a few minutes before panicking and calling 999.

Maybe the likes of that woman wouldn't have a clue about windsurfing and was just trying to help. The media (rightfully and wrongly) instilled panic in the conscience of the country throughout the 48 hours since Sunday as to what to expect and the dangers.
There were warnings to stay out of the sea and although the "experts" knew such warnings were over exaggerated, the "non-experts" may not and the height of paranoia gets instilled in their conscious and they react to what they perceive may be dangerous.

I don't understand what "stopping and thinking about it" would improve their knowledge of the dangers or allow their conscience relax and say, leave them at it.

It's a case of putting yourself in the mind of someone ignorant to kite surfing and windsurfing and reacting amidst the state of emergency declared for Monday.

The windsurfers with half a brain cells would have accepted that people were going to overreact if they saw them out Monday in the water after media telling everyone to stay out of it.

Yet they didn't give two hoots about potential multiple false alarm calls to rescue services/resources when such could have been required for far more important usage.



That is the point of the matter.

Nothing to do with Steve Hindsight saying sure they were never in any danger.

Realt Dearg Sec

This thread is now minus craic, there was a stage where Jonjo the Wiser was asking the real questions, like where he should park his various high-end automobiles recently purchased at great expense in order to minimise flood damage. SERIOUS QUESTIONS. With SERIOUS ANSWERS.

begbysback

Were the cars ok?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

This thread is now minus craic, there was a stage where Jonjo the Wiser was asking the real questions, like where he should park his various high-end automobiles recently purchased at great expense in order to minimise flood damage. SERIOUS QUESTIONS. With SERIOUS ANSWERS.

I think the loss of three lives sobered things up. Particularly when one was related to a regular boards member and another was a neighbour of a boardsie.

Alf Veedersane

fergiesfolly wrote: »

Although, I bet the Healy Rae's could find a billion worth of damage in Kerry alone.
Maybe we should let them do the assesment.

Not sure that would work. Danny Healy-Rae announced that God controls the weather and you won't get a payout for that.

dbagman

Zayn Red Carpentry wrote:

I think the loss of three lives sobered things up.

You'd think alright wouldn't You? Sadly them sad losses were used to fuel ridiculous accusations and petty name calling at anyone that dared suggest they were lucky enough to avoid the worst of the weather.

Mod-Banned

OldMrBrennan83

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Autosport

We got our water back Tuesday evening and our electricity back Tuesday night but some of our neighbouring villages won't have their electricity back until the weekend if they're lucky.


Now the rain and floods are bringing all the debris onto the roads and I've had to detour twice this evening driving home due to roads closed because of this.

philstar

Brian....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkWjf9DhlnA

The Talking Bread

philstar wrote: »

Storm Brian....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkWjf9DhlnA

Not quite as threatening, mysterious or "tropical" as "Ophelia, is it!

GFish

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

People don't know what sort of journeys of others had to make. I work in healthcare, people don't suddenly get better and go home if there's a storm so that we can shut up shop. Almost all staff were in. They needed to be.

Then some of those staff had to go home to their children or other vulnerable family members.

No stupidity, just necessity.

On my way home I picked up a guy who had walked 8k home from work in it by the time I saw him. He wasn't given a choice to stay in work and had to leave as they were closing the place and there was no other way for him to get home.

I brought rain gear and hiking boots with me in case I had to leave the car. I stuck to big roads.

I'm very glad that most of the country stayed in doors and have no doubt that it minimised the loss of life, but some people did have genuine reasons to be out in it and it's not fair to imply that if you were outside, your death was your own fault.

This is precisely the point which I was making and for which I got banned.

Thank you for putting it more eloquently than I did.

brooke 2

American Pie wrote: »

Just to add to the mix, I happened to be driving in the middle of the Storm coming home from work in what would have been close to peak intensity for the North of the Island. I know NI was under a slightly different warning, ie. yellow rather than red, however almost everywhere was sending home employees early to get back home before the worst hit. The company I work for was the exception which sent an e-mail around stating it would be "business as usual" but that they would be monitoring the situation. I also heard a manager stated in a meeting something similar and something along the lines of how important it was for people to be working rather than being let out early. This meant that practically everyone who left my place of work yesterday had to drive during the beginning of peak intensity and a number came across trees that were down and blocking the road.

A lot of people might have been out in the middle of it all because they didn't have a choice or had to weigh up in their head getting in trouble with work for leaving early or staying and taking a chance on getting home later. There were times it didn't seem bad and staying in work would have been an easy option to make. Then other times a large gust would hit the car and remind you that you were in the middle of a particularly nasty storm. It's still quite gusty where I am at the minute with some large and loud gusts periodically which aren't too far off what it was like when it was at it's worst.

I was in NI for the weekend. It was pretty windy on Sunday morning around the Causeway coast. Had planned to go to Belfast for the day on Monday, but after checking on Ophelia's course, decided to head for home instead at 8.00a.m. on Monday. Very blowy on the motorway. Was delighted to get home by 10.30. Did not move outside the door for the rest of the day! Could not believe that someone went out with a chainsaw in an area where the storm was still at gale force. :eek:

Gehad_JoyRider

don't forget the photographers out taking the pictures they need a good heckling too

The Talking Bread

Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »

don't forget the photographers out taking the pictures they need a good heckling too

Yeah, but we need them to take the photos so we can spout some outrage at the windsurfers! !!!

branie2

They could take a picture through the windows from the safety of their houses

Karangue

Raining well between the showers at the moment.

degsie

Karangue wrote: »

Raining well between the showers at the moment.

Is Orphelia still here?

Karangue

degsie wrote: »

Is Orphelia still here?

She left earlier.

branie2

And Brian's on the way

philstar

so what part of the country will get the worst blow job off Brian?

branie2

One of the coastal counties

Karangue

philstar wrote: »

so what part of the country will get the worst blow job off Brian?

It’s a small storm so I would imagine Brian has a tiny penis.

RobbingBandit

Thread's dead baby, thread's dead.

fryup

so is Brian