Storm Ali Sept-18

buzz11

Lots of damage reports coming in this morning of Storm Ali, tree down in lots of places.

Arghus

The wind was something fierce this morning at about nine o clock. A couple of times I thought I was actually going to catch flight.

LucyBliss

Part of our garden fence came down this morning in the half hour between me letting the dogs out and then going out to make sure I'd closed the shed door. (I had).

I'm getting house renovations done and as I already found problems with the chimney and now this, I'm half expecting to find Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs standing around the corner narrating about my woes.

(However, it's not as tragic as that poor woman in Clifden who died, God Rest Her)

sgthighway

Stay Safe. This is a copy and paste from GBFM just now:

Annaghdown Pier, boats in danger. One brown boat with yellow stripe has blown onto the road.

Between Whiriskey refrigeration, Claregalway and the airport rd. Tree on the road.

Power lines hanging over Athenry to Monivea Road at Dillon’s Cross.

Ganadeen Road to Crows Nest, tree and wires blocking road.

N17 Blocked at Corofin turn off.

Brownsgrove, Tuam, road blocked by wires and trees.

Cables hanging over road Galway side of Park Lodge, Spiddal.

Tree down Anbally Inn on Galway to Tuam Road.

Sky Road Clifden completely blocked.

Two trees down on the Castlerea to Ballymoe Road.

Maree Road in Oranmore is open again.

Murragh Avenue, Renmore blocked by tree.

Kilbannon, Tuam, road partially blocked on the Ballinrobe side of Duddies pub. Cars can get through but trucks can’t.

N17 Loughgeorge side of Claregalway tree blocking entire road.

Tree down on Cappagh Road Roundabout on Western distributor road.

Tress down near Ballgar.

4 trees down in Ballinderry.

Moyard to Letterfrack road blocked.

Trees and wires down between Bushfield Nursing Home and Casey’s Cross Clarinbridge.

Headford side of Cloonboo, tree hanging over road.

Wellpark road blocked by tree, diversions in place to Tuam road.

Powerline hanging over the road outside Currandrum school.

Tree fallen outside Hynes, Loughgeorge.

Athenry road in Tuam. Tree fallen on bridge.

Williamstown tree blocking road.

Cables down on Rahoon road.

Road closed at Kenny Transport yard, Cregmore.

Maam Cross, tree across road. May be clear buy now.

Tree down on Lake Road, Loughrea across from St. Brendan’s Nursing Home.

Road at Glenloo Abbey closed due to tree and wires blocking road.

Athenry road in Tuam near Tuam Graveyard. Wheelie bin, branches and a shed roof on the road.

Kilmean/Portumna road large amount of debris.

Annaghdown NS tree lying across electrical wire.

Rockbarton road by Leisureland, tree down on electrical wires

N59 impassable near Gortacleva.

Barnaderg to Tuam blocked by debris.

Large branch down at Knockdoe between Mystical Rose and Lydans.

Milltown to Dumore blocked by trees. Also Dunmore to Garrufans blocked.

Kilroe NS, Ower, Headford is Closed today.

St. Enda’s College, Threadneedle Road is closed today.

Gurteen to Clooncah road blocked large branch.

Currandulla School area, trees blocking road.

R347 Athenry Roundabout on Tuam road, branches blocking the road.

Several incidents of trees and branches down on the curragh line.

Branches across the Ballybane Road.

Oranmore, Creganna road. Tree partially blocking road.

Lydican wood Claregalway, large tree blocking both sides of the road.

Spiddal to Moycullen road blocked by fallen tree.

Rock Road Claregalway tree down. Kilconnell to Cappataggle road blocked by fallen tree near Donie Mechanics. The tree has taken down electrical wires.

Crosswinds on the M17 are very strong. Exercise extreme caution.

Currandulla to Loughgeorge road is partially blocked by fallen trees.

Horse on the road near Ballyfa

Woodlawn train station to Ballymoe partially blocked by electrical wires

biko

On my drive to work today I had to stop a few times to clear big branches and bins from the road.
Quite an adventure in storm winds:)

flazio

Anyone go for a dip in Blackrock?

inisboffin

flazio wrote: »

Anyone go for a dip in Blackrock?

I swim regularly with 'daily' swimmers. None of my group went in today.

Sycamore Tree

flazio wrote: »

Anyone go for a dip in Blackrock?

I saw 2 swimmers in at around 11am. It was actually fine because there was a westerly wind and they were sheltered on the city side.

inisboffin

Sycamore Tree wrote: »

I saw 2 swimmers in at around 11am. It was actually fine because there was a westerly wind and they were sheltered on the city side.

The day was very changeable. There are always some who go in no matter what, but many chose not to. It can be sheltered there but often the danger is getting out. Saw someone very bloody there the other day too!