Commute tomorrow on De bike

billyhead

Anyone else considering giving it a miss. It will be a first for me since I started over a year ago:(

rizzodun

billyhead wrote: »

Anyone else considering giving it a miss. It will be a first for me since I started over a year ago:(

Rule #5

sparrowcar

billyhead wrote: »

Anyone else considering giving it a miss. It will be a first for me since I started over a year ago:(

Anyone with half a brain.

longshanks

The advice currently being given by Met Éireann and the Gardaí is for motorists to limit their driving unless absolutely necessary. Take from that what you will.

Foweva Awone

Have a read of the threads on the Weather forum ... if you value your life, I'd answer NO!

sjb25

I'm not a cyclist don't post here ever just seen this thread

Anybody who contemplating getting on a bicycle tomorrow is a selfish idiot putting yourself and other road users lives at risk and also the emergency services such as paramedics when u fall of lives at risk and have to come help you.

Don't be silly tomorrow

C3PO

sjb25 wrote: »

I'm not a cyclist don't post here ever just seen this thread

Anybody who contemplating getting on a bicycle tomorrow is a selfish idiot putting yourself and other road users lives at risk and also the emergency services such as paramedics when u fall of lives at risk and have to come help you.

Don't be silly tomorrow

Must be a selfish idiot so!

JK.BMC

rizzodun wrote: »

billyhead wrote: »

Anyone else considering giving it a miss. It will be a first for me since I started over a year ago:(

Rule #5

And what exactly does that mean?
If people avoid cycling in tomorrow's tropical storm - they are weak?
Hilarious

ED E

JK.BMC wrote: »

And what exactly does that mean?
If people avoid cycling in tomorrow's tropical storm - they are weak?
Hilarious

its tongue in cheek, jeeeeeeeese.

rizzodun

JK.BMC wrote: »

And what exactly does that mean?
If people avoid cycling in tomorrow's tropical storm - they are weak?
Hilarious

Simply a joke.

Of course give it a miss, it's a no brainer, going by all the warnings given.

You should probably take the day off tomorrow too, sounds like you're a bit stressed out?

Johnny Jukebox

See what it's like in the morning...

Foweva Awone

Johnny Jukebox wrote: »

See what it's like in the morning...

Problem is it'll probably be grand in the morning, it's the journey home you'd have to worry about

AndrewJRenko

Looks like there could be fairly wide variations around the country, with a red warning for some coastal counties and orange warning for elsewhere.

elperello

http://www.housing.gov.ie/local-government/fire-and-emergency-management/statement-national-emergency-coordination-group

Advise no cycling.

Shedite27

Think of the KOMs!!!

07Lapierre

I will not be cycling tomorrow.... just not worth it.

snowflaker

Given anticipated weather conditions, tomorrow should be a no bike day.

http://www.housing.gov.ie/local-government/fire-and-emergency-management/statement-national-emergency-coordination-group

ted1

sjb25 wrote: »

I'm not a cyclist don't post here ever just seen this thread

Anybody who contemplating getting on a bicycle tomorrow is a selfish idiot putting yourself and other road users lives at risk and also the emergency services such as paramedics when u fall of lives at risk and have to come help you.

Don't be silly tomorrow

It’s a large country , it’ll be perfectly safe to cycle in many parts of it.

average_runner

ted1 wrote: »

It’s a large country , it’ll be perfectly safe to cycle in many parts of it.

All 26 counties are on a high orange or a red status. So cycling wouldn't be smart

Kaisr Sose

ted1 wrote: »

It’s a large country , it’ll be perfectly safe to cycle in many parts of it.

What version of ‘Crystal Ball’ software are you currently running to make that prediction?

crosstownk

I’m going to look at the positives regarding ex hurricane Ophelia.

I’ll take the opportunity to restock the locker in work with socks, jocks, toiletries, fresh towel and bags of Muesli.

The car is the man for this job. Bike and legs can have a rest.

secman

Going around back of of the lakes yesterday, going by a entrance to a field I took a side swipe from a cross wind, bike definitely moved to the right . The wind yesterday was absolutely nothing compared to what is coming tomorrow. Foolish and downright irresponsible to contemplate using a bike tomorrow.

Unknown Soldier

If it's not very windy where you live tomorrow, then cycle, if that's your thing.

That might be a very simplistic view though, doesn't seem that complicated really.

Lumen

No need for hyperbole.

Speaking from experience...

25,000 homes without power as Storm Barney lashes country
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/25-000-homes-without-power-as-storm-barney-lashes-country-1.2433190

"Met Éireann issued a Status Orange wind warning and ferry sailings and flights have been cancelled due to the storm. The warning was put in place until late on Tuesday and affects counties Dublin, Wicklow, Galway, Clare, Kerry and Limerick, where gusts of 100-125km/h are expected and wind speeds are predicted to reach 75km/h."

And yet...

Lumen wrote: »

Fine up through Phoenix Park. Wind very steady.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97769944&postcount=95

PokeHerKing

Unknown Soldier wrote:

That might be a very simplistic view though, doesn't seem that complicated really.

Unknown Soldier wrote:

If it's not very windy where you live tomorrow, then cycle, if that's your thing.

Indeed that is a simple view. The system will move up over the country from the SW. So it may just be a blustery morning in Dublin when you set out but it will be gale force winds by the time you're leaving work.

average_runner

Lumen wrote: »

No need for hyperbole.

Speaking from experience...

25,000 homes without power as Storm Barney lashes country
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/25-000-homes-without-power-as-storm-barney-lashes-country-1.2433190

"Met Éireann issued a Status Orange wind warning and ferry sailings and flights have been cancelled due to the storm. The warning was put in place until late on Tuesday and affects counties Dublin, Wicklow, Galway, Clare, Kerry and Limerick, where gusts of 100-125km/h are expected and wind speeds are predicted to reach 75km/h."

And yet...



http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97769944&postcount=95

This is a different beast though. But your choice.

Lumen

average_runner wrote: »

This is a different beast though. But your choice.

What do you mean exactly?

The current Orange warning from met.ie is:

"met.ie' wrote:

Hurricane Ophelia is expected to transition to a post tropical storm as it approaches our shores on Monday. Mean wind speeds between 65 and 80 km/h with gusts between 110 and 130km/h are expected. The winds have potential to cause structural damage and disruption, with dangerous marine conditions due to high seas and potential flooding.

For the example I gave the warning was "gusts of 100-125km/h are expected and wind speeds are predicted to reach 75km/h."

Seems about the same to me.

average_runner

Lumen wrote: »

What do you mean exactly?

The current Orange warning is from met.ie is:



For the example I gave the warning was "gusts of 100-125km/h are expected and wind speeds are predicted to reach 75km/h."

Seems about the same to me.

Because it's the biggest hurricane to hit since 1961 and all counties will be red tomorrow

Lumen

average_runner wrote: »

Because it's the biggest hurricane to hit since 1961 and all counties will be red tomorrow

Where did you get the information that "all counties will be red tomorrow"?

My source is this:

https://www.met.ie/nationalwarnings/default.asp

The orange warning runs all the way through to Tuesday.

average_runner

Lumen wrote: »

Where did you get the information that "all counties will be red tomorrow"?

My source is this:

https://www.met.ie/nationalwarnings/default.asp

The orange warning runs all the way through to Tuesday.

"This evening Met Eireann warned that is a possibility they may yet issue a red weather warning for all counties tomorrow as they continue to monitor the Hurricane."

Check the live feeds, independent website, rte or even boards weather forum.

AndrewJRenko

average_runner wrote: »

all counties will be red tomorrow

That's by no means definite - they said after the 6pm news that there is a chance they may upgrade the rest of the country from orange to red, so keep an eye on the met.ie site for details - but it is not certain.

Shedite27

And for anyone that wakes in the morning and thinks "that's not so bad", it'll be much worse by the time you cycle home

average_runner

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

That's by no means definite - they said after the 6pm news that there is a chance they may upgrade the rest of the country from orange to red, so keep an eye on the met.ie site for details - but it is not certain.

Nothing is certain. It be ok in the morning it's the evening time that could be a problem for dublin.


Models are pushing further east so hopefully it could go way further east.
Might have to have a pub lock in:)

Lumen

average_runner wrote: »

"This evening Met Eireann warned that is a possibility they may yet issue a red weather warning for all counties tomorrow as they continue to monitor the Hurricane."

Check the live feeds, independent website, rte or even boards weather forum.

OK, so this:

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/this-is-not-the-remnants-of-a-hurricane-this-is-a-hurricane-all-counties-may-have-red-weather-warning-issued-tonight-36228710.html

Obviously people's circumstances will vary. As I posted before, I have found it perfectly safe to commute in and out of Dublin city centre with forecasted winds gusts of over 100kph.

...but I now live in Wicklow so I'll be hiding under the table with the iodine, bottled water and tins of beans. :pac:

07Lapierre

average_runner wrote: »

Nothing is certain. It be ok in the morning it's the evening time that could be a problem for dublin.

Might have to have a pub lock in:)

It's just been updated to Red countrywide!

Kaisr Sose

Lumen wrote: »

No need for hyperbole.

Speaking from experience...

25,000 homes without power as Storm Barney lashes country
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/25-000-homes-without-power-as-storm-barney-lashes-country-1.2433190

"Met Éireann issued a Status Orange wind warning and ferry sailings and flights have been cancelled due to the storm. The warning was put in place until late on Tuesday and affects counties Dublin, Wicklow, Galway, Clare, Kerry and Limerick, where gusts of 100-125km/h are expected and wind speeds are predicted to reach 75km/h."

And yet...



http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97769944&postcount=95

This is the strongest storm ever recorded this far East. Of course, wind speed will be variable across the country, but it’s the gusts that are totally unpredictable. I do a lot of sailing and have seen boats knocked flat by a gust, while others near them of the same class and on the same tack, were not. They are that unpredictable.

Speaking from experience...Gusts are extremely dangerous when cycling in built up areas as you could be cycling along and have wind funneled along a street, or in between buildings and get hit side on with no warning. Last year I got hit by one that came down from the Beacon towards the LUAS. I was nearly lifted off the road and almost into the kerb. That was on a yellow wind warning!

average_runner

Lumen wrote: »

OK, so this:

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/this-is-not-the-remnants-of-a-hurricane-this-is-a-hurricane-all-counties-may-have-red-weather-warning-issued-tonight-36228710.html

Obviously people's circumstances will vary. As I posted before, I have found it perfectly safe to commute in and out of Dublin city centre with forecasted winds gusts of over 100kph.

...but I now live in Wicklow so I'll be hiding under the table with the iodine, bottled water and tins of beans. :pac:

And your mobile for boards updates:)

Hopefully it's not bad for everyone.

PokeHerKing

All counties have just been updated to red. I'll be working from home myself but anyone who can't do that, don't cycle. It's as idiotic as the people who are holding up in their basements with a shotgun and beans.

Just a different kind of stupid.

AndrewJRenko

07Lapierre wrote: »

It's just been updated to Red countrywide!

Source?

Met.ie is showing that they've DOWNGRADED the warnings from Red/Orange to Orange/Yellow - unless the website is in the middle of an update;

https://www.met.ie/nationalwarnings/default.asp

If you're basing it on this article, the detail does not support the headline;

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/this-is-not-the-remnants-of-a-hurricane-this-is-a-hurricane-red-weather-warning-extended-nationwide-as-hurricane-ophelia-barrels-in-36228710.html

LeinsterDub

07Lapierre wrote: »

It's just been updated to Red countrywide!

Where did you see this ?

Shedite27

RTE news alert on the phone

Galadriel

PokeHerKing wrote: »

All counties have just been updated to red. I'll be working from home myself but anyone who can't do that, don't cycle. It's as idiotic as the people who are holding up in their basements with a shotgun and beans.

Just a different kind of stupid.

Where does it say all counties red, I just checked the 'Status Red' warning on met.ie and it's still saying 8 counties?

average_runner

07Lapierre wrote: »

It's just been updated to Red countrywide!

Crap. Where u see that?

magicbastarder

here: https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/1015/912467-ophelia/

PokeHerKing

Galadriel wrote:

Where does it say all counties red, I just checked the 'Status Red' warning on met.ie and it's still saying 8 counties?

Rte

07Lapierre

LeinsterDub wrote: »

Where did you see this ?

RTÉ news

Status red wind warning extended across the country
https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/1015/912467-ophelia/

Galadriel

PokeHerKing wrote: »

Rte

RTE are saying their source is met.ie, it would be nice if met.ie updated their website.

EDIT: They mistakenly removed the Red warning and replaced it with an orange one but they've corrected it now.

RobFowl

Lads and lasses, don't be stupid.
To be fair to MEt Eireann they don't say this sort of thing too often.
Listen to them and take heed.
Live is short enough anyway, don't cut it shorter doing something the experts say is life-threateningly dangerous tomorrow....

07Lapierre

Galadriel wrote: »

RTE are saying their source is met.ie, it would be nice if met.ie updated their website.

Jesus! Give them a minute!

Galadriel

07Lapierre wrote: »

Jesus! Give them a minute!

Well if RTE can update their site based on met.ie information......

average_runner

Galadriel wrote: »

Well if RTE can update their site based on met.ie information......

Met staff might just be busy getting it out over national media first as bigger audience.