Did you stay inside?

The part time boy

Did you heed the advise today?

roy rodgers

Feck no I had a days work to do. Mind you I'm a plumber and not a farmer and was in other people's houses today

whelan2

nope , milked cows

The part time boy

Be honest! I heard of a few lads today that were either clearing roads or working as normal.

In 2014 I was stupidly out in the hight of the storm clearing road. It got fairly scary . One stage I saw a tree up the road come down . I got in quickly and said never again .

Today I stayed well inside once I had things sorted by 11. Saw a tree down blocking the road but left it there till it claimed down at 2.30

Karangue

Stayed in bed with herself till 4 o clock.

Genghis Cant

I cleared a tree from the neighbours drive to let him in and out.
Then I cleared a big ash tree that blocked the road. In between I tidied up anything around the place that took flight. Not much thankfully, a few small things.

MickeyShtyles

Was in work till Twelve-ish. Then in and out for a bit till about four. Then I went for a snooze!
Still a bit windy out but it’s safe enough.

Hard Knocks

Heard Midwives Ireland are dreading July 2018 .... their of thinking this was duvet day

lakill Farm

In by 10.30am this morning. Had done some preparing Saturday

Had to head out to "save" a large shed door.

Wasn't on the road at all till I walked to neightbour this evening so see was she ok. But it wind had died at that stage

blue5000

Fed, checked cattle, pulled/shoved trees off the roads twice.

Reggie.

Just fed and checked a few cattle

kollegeknight

Stayed in from 10:30-5. Checked cattle and on smaller animals and on the brother and his family.

We didn't get the extreme high wind storm at all.

selectamatic

Same as above just kept a check on the place and sorted the cattle with a bit of meal.

Thankfully the dept of ed has decided I can stay in tomorrow too

J.O. Farmer

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Heard Midwives Ireland are dreading July 2018 .... their of thinking this was duvet day

You mean something like this.

dzer2

Had to go into work for a few hours. Came back to trees down on road. Finished that by 6pm got a phone call at 7.30 from a neighbour he wanted help removing one on his drive. 3 more down on road between us. its like armegedon here.

Reggie.

dzer2 wrote: »

Had to go into work for a few hours. Came back to trees down on road. Finished that by 6pm got a phone call at 7.30 from a neighbour he wanted help removing one on his drive. 3 more down on road between us. its like armegedon here.

Not one tree fell here

Karangue

Reggie. wrote: »

Not one tree fell here

Life is just perfect in Reggie world.

Reggie.

Karangue wrote: »

Life is just perfect in Reggie world.

Nope I'm raging actually.

Wanted abit of firewood. Westmeath coco went on abit of a mad one after the last storm in 2014 and directed all landowners to remove any dangerous trees from the roadside after a woman was killed by a tree.

I'd say that's why there's very little trees down around this area.

Karangue

Fell a tree if you want firewood. If you are depending on windfall for firewood then ditch the chainsaw. You will become another death statistic.

Reggie.

Karangue wrote: »

Fell a tree if you want firewood. If you are depending on windfall for firewood then ditch the chainsaw. You will become another death statistic.

Nope as you need permission to do that and i won't just cut down a tree for the sake of it.

Why do you think I'll become another death statistic if I rather cut up fallen trees over healthy or non dangerous ones?

Karangue

Have you city and guilds to deal with wind blown trees?

TITANIUM.

Karangue wrote: »

Have you city and guilds to deal with wind blown trees?

Oh Lord Jesus

Karangue

Permission from whom or do you mean a felling license?

White Clover

Karangue wrote: »

Have you city and guilds to deal with wind blown trees?

Give it a rest Jack....

Karangue

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Oh Lord Jesus

Lord Jesus is right, one family is without a father tonight after dying dealing with a wind blown tree today.

GY A1

City and guilds oh dear 😂

Karangue

City and guilds as in a qualification in dealing with wind blown trees. Oviously we are dealing with heroes here so drive on lads.

_Brian

Minimal jobs outdoors today.
Seen stock and fed meal, left them to it.

Working from home so paperwork most of the day.

bogman_bass

Picked the old pair up from the airport after checking stock. Got home at 1 and waited it out till 5. Had a scout round and cleared some branches

TheRiverman

bogman_bass wrote: »

Picked the old pair up from the airport after checking stock. Got home at 1 and waited it out till 5. Had a scout round and cleared some branches

Your mother and father I presume.

ganmo

Took a tour out around 6 to check if there was any trees down blocking the road. None luckily. I've met more traffic at 4 in the morning than rush hour today :P

Karangue

White Clover wrote: »

Give it a rest Jack....

Ok Mary.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Mod note: Karangue, stop posting in this thread. You have made your point and it's time to move on!

Buford

Karangue

Ok will do Butford T justice n

John_Rambo

Genghis Cant wrote: »

I cleared a tree from the neighbours drive to let him in and out.
Then I cleared a big ash tree that blocked the road. In between I tidied up anything around the place that took flight. Not much thankfully, a few small things.

Fair play to you and anyone else that did clearing like this. Very brave and civic minded, your community must value you so much with those skills, knowledge and machinery.

Sadly one of the three lives lost was tragically a like minded brave soul clearing fallen trees from a road with a chainsaw, so although, I don't live rural I do appreciate your efforts and I'm sure your community sees you as lifesavers.

Bass Reeves

worst of the weather around me was forecast from 12-3pm. Was inside for this period. Was at work for a few hours am, checked cattle from 3.30-5pm. Kids returned to college thsi evening after 6pm. Both texted everything ok a few hours ago. Was called into work for a few hours this evening. But home now and off to the leaba.

simx

Spent the day in the pub along with half the parish, great country

boggerman1

Stayed in for the worst of it here.was just after putting in silage and a tree from a neighbours ditch narrowly missed two cars.went out with tractor and hauled it off the road straight away.stayed in till 5 to do milking

BoatMad

went for a walk on my local beach around 3pm , quite spectacular

White Clover

BoatMad wrote: »

went for a walk on my local beach around 3pm , quite spectacular

Fair play to you! Can't have been easy...

davidk1394

Fed everything and checked everything and closed up all the gates and got petrol. Stayed in between 1 till 4.30, played cards and that. Had a drive around the roads to see if anything was down. Then headed to the pub for the night.