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Storm Callum Chat/Non Technical Discussion (Including Travel)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,519 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Kilkenny under a yellow warning anyway, I'm not really sure what you were expecting tbh. We get loads of yellow wind warnings per winter.


  • Registered Users Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Rhineshark


    screamer wrote: »
    Well that was a non event here in north kilkenny/ south laois. I looked out to see an empty coal bag I'd forgotten to pick up last night in the garden..... This morning it's still there. I understand forecasters for their best and weather is unpredictable at best, and some areas are/ were hit badly, but when there are warnings and nothing much materialises it just undermines the whole warning system.

    Well, what's the alternative? As you said it was worse elsewhere and your region had a yellow warning. The people for whom it does merit an orange should get said warning even if S Kilkenny doesn't specifically get badly hit. System worked as intended. You got yellow and nasty but not awful weather. Other regions have trees and power down.

    Same goes for Dublin. You'd think from listening to complaints from Dublin that it's just plain insulting that a storm should be warned at all when Dublin isn't going to be the epicentre! Sure who cares about the entire Atlantic seaboard..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    I'm not taking this at all seriously, maybe I should but it just feels like it'll be nothing more than a standard issue windy night with rain.

    My suspicion proven correct! Total non event in Waterford.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,686 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Sitting in a car park in Tralee. The lamp post is moving considerably.


  • Registered Users Posts: 778 ✭✭✭Kingswood Rover


    Sitting in a car park in Tralee. The lamp post is moving considerably.
    Thats the gargle :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 945 ✭✭✭Colonel Claptrap


    Sitting in a car park in Tralee. The lamp post is moving considerably.

    Is your handbrake up?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,886 ✭✭✭✭Roger_007


    My suspicion proven correct! Total non event in Waterford.

    Non event everywhere, Harry.
    Met Eireann knew 24 hrs out that Callum was going to miss us by a good margin, but having issued their Orange warnings they couldn't withdraw them without seeming to be scaremongers.
    It was gas listening to the news reports on radio this morning where they trying, unsuccessfully, to pretend that there was a big storm overnight.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    My location in Limerick city got away lightly.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 694 ✭✭✭jackrussel


    Roger_007 wrote: »
    Non event everywhere, Harry.
    Met Eireann knew 24 hrs out that Callum was going to miss us by a good margin, but having issued their Orange warnings they couldn't withdraw them without seeming to be scaremongers.
    It was gas listening to the news reports on radio this morning where they trying, unsuccessfully, to pretend that there was a big storm overnight.

    Non event because you were asleep & missed it all. If it happened 12 hours earlier/later, you certainly wouldn’t be calling a non event.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Sycamore Tree


    They should have called this one Storm Calm.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,733 ✭✭✭Doctor Jimbob


    jackrussel wrote: »
    Non event because you were asleep & missed it all. If it happened 12 hours earlier/later, you certainly wouldn’t be calling a non event.

    I wouldn't even bother responding at this stage. No matter how severe the weather is you always get a few people coming on here with the "event? what event?" chat.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 633 ✭✭✭Idioteque


    Roger_007 wrote: »
    Non event everywhere, Harry.
    Met Eireann knew 24 hrs out that Callum was going to miss us by a good margin, but having issued their Orange warnings they couldn't withdraw them without seeming to be scaremongers.
    It was gas listening to the news reports on radio this morning where they trying, unsuccessfully, to pretend that there was a big storm overnight.

    Yes it's all one big conspiracy. Your 'Non event everywhere' resulted in 30,000 homes without power, flights cancelled and rail disrupted. Maybe the people affected by that don't feel the same as you.

    Thankfully not as bad as it could have been but better people (particularly in West and South) were prepared than not.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,886 ✭✭✭✭Roger_007


    jackrussel wrote: »
    Non event because you were asleep & missed it all. If it happened 12 hours earlier/later, you certainly wouldn’t be calling a non event.

    No, I was not asleep. My work requires me to be on duty during the night. I'm slap bang in the middle of the Orange zone, (east coast, north of Dublin). I can absolutely confirm that it was a moderately breezy night with occasional light rain and very mild. I kept tabs on the ME hourly 'latest weather' reports. It seems that most of the country had similar weather.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,519 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Idioteque wrote: »
    Thankfully not as bad as it could have been but better people (particularly in West and South) were prepared than not.
    I really don't get the logic of nothing happened so the warnings were OTT brigade. Do they not consider that the impact isn't as bad because people took precautions based upon the warnings?

    Plenty of trees and branches down, and spot flooding, on my route in from North Wicklow to Dublin 4 this morning anyway. Dart closed between Greystones and Bray. The impact on road commuting was somewhat minimised by it being a Friday.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Idioteque wrote: »
    Yes it's all one big conspiracy. Your 'Non event everywhere' resulted in 30,000 homes without power, flights cancelled and rail disrupted. Maybe the people affected by that don't feel the same as you.

    Thankfully not as bad as it could have been but better people (particularly in West and South) were prepared than not.

    Certain locations always get it in the neck - people on the west and north west coastal zones put up with this sort of thing several times every winter and they already know what to do and that the power will quite probably go down.

    Flights meh? fog can be as disruptive in January, it happens.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    Roger_007 wrote: »
    No, I was not asleep. My work requires me to be on duty during the night. I'm slap bang in the middle of the Orange zone, (east coast, north of Dublin). I can absolutely confirm that it was a moderately breezy night with occasional light rain and very mild. I kept tabs on the ME hourly 'latest weather' reports. It seems that most of the country had similar weather.

    Just cos it was alright where you were doesn't mean it wasn't bad anywhere else. The forecast wasn't given for your little section, it was given for the whole country


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 749 ✭✭✭EmptyTree


    I really don't get this whole thing of people getting it in the neck for saying it was a non event in their area. Their observation that it was a non event for them is just as valid as the person whose car was found upside down a mile down the road and their house was blown inside out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,433 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    EmptyTree wrote: »
    I really don't get this whole thing of people getting it in the neck for saying it was a non event in their area. Their observation that it was a non event for them is just as valid as the person whose car was found upside down a mile down the road and their house was blown inside out.

    It's the omission of 'in their area' that winds people up the wrong way. If you look back over this thread it's loads of posts of people saying non event in relation to the country, not just their area.


  • Registered Users Posts: 402 ✭✭cyclops999


    Some of Europe bound transatlantic flights touching 1100km/h


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    The fuel savings!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 698 ✭✭✭Tazio


    cyclops999 wrote: »
    Some of Europe bound transatlantic flights touching 1100km/h




    seen that...



    BA242 is now 1129.72 km/h


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,519 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    o1s1n wrote: »
    It's the omission of 'in their area' that winds people up the wrong way. If you look back over this thread it's loads of posts of people saying non event in relation to the country, not just their area.
    And also people saying it was a "non event" when they weren't in the higher/ Orange warning areas anyway!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    Tazio wrote: »
    seen that...



    BA242 is now 1129.72 km/h



    Throw her into neutral and let her coast home.full tank of petrol left for the weekend.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 749 ✭✭✭EmptyTree


    o1s1n wrote: »
    It's the omission of 'in their area' that winds people up the wrong way. If you look back over this thread it's loads of posts of people saying non event in relation to the country, not just their area.
    Fair enough, but there's also a good number clearly talking about their area and they're being taken to task for it.

    Anyway, didn't hear a peep myself last night, slept through it all, but that's not an indication of anything! Looking at the news glad I'm not in other areas of the country.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Macy0161 wrote: »
    And also people saying it was a "non event" when they weren't in the higher/ Orange warning areas anyway!

    Yes what IS that?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,555 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    The fuel savings!

    Idle the fans and turn the APU on to keep the coffee hot!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,939 ✭✭✭goat2


    It got to full blast at about 12 last night, but not as bad as others in the past couple yrs, I slept through, but I think Galway was going to get the brunt anyway, am delighted this morning, no damage to person, animal or property, delighted to have sailed through, maybe because I live in a very well insulated home could be the reason for a good nights sleep,


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,433 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    EmptyTree wrote: »
    Fair enough, but there's also a good number clearly talking about their area and they're being taken to task for it.

    Anyway, didn't hear a peep myself last night, slept through it all, but that's not an indication of anything! Looking at the news glad I'm not in other areas of the country.

    Not sure if you saw my earlier post, but at 5am this morning the wind nearly tore one of the windows off my apartment.

    Anyone who said it was a 'non event' would want to have seen the head on me as I ran down the stairs with my toolbox :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 780 ✭✭✭no.8


    Roger_007 wrote:
    Non event everywhere, Harry. Met Eireann knew 24 hrs out that Callum was going to miss us by a good margin, but having issued their Orange warnings they couldn't withdraw them without seeming to be scaremongers. It was gas listening to the news reports on radio this morning where they trying, unsuccessfully, to pretend that there was a big storm overnight.


    Wow you're so far off the facts is laughable. The strongest winds are on the north-eastern quadrant of a storm. Take a look at the wind speeds recorded in the NW....


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,295 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    You can smell the stupid can't you?


  • Registered Users Posts: 780 ✭✭✭no.8


    Roger_007 wrote:
    No, I was not asleep. My work requires me to be on duty during the night. I'm slap bang in the middle of the Orange zone, (east coast, north of Dublin). I can absolutely confirm that it was a moderately breezy night with occasional light rain and very mild. I kept tabs on the ME hourly 'latest weather' reports. It seems that most of the country had similar weather.


    Did you not see that the highest winds wouldn't all take place at the exact same time all over the country, or the severity of them. Winds coming in off the Irish sea would be causing the damage in Dublin , if any


  • Registered Users Posts: 780 ✭✭✭no.8


    EmptyTree wrote:
    I really don't get this whole thing of people getting it in the neck for saying it was a non event in their area. Their observation that it was a non event for them is just as valid as the person whose car was found upside down a mile down the road and their house was blown inside out.


    Exactly, could you imagine we were in a tornado Ally of sorts, with that carry on


  • Posts: 4,727 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The key word is WARNINGS.
    Nobody can predict exactly how mother nature is going to act.
    There was an orange warning in several parts to be prepared. Fair enough if it turns out to be not too bad. At least you were warned and had a chance to prepare.

    Cyclists are warned to wear helmets. If you don't and you fall off the bike and get brain damage, well thats your issue.
    If you ignore a weather warning and it turns out to be bad, thats your issue also.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭Whiplashy


    The “non event” posts are annoying enough, but I’m more annoyed by all the posts on Facebook this morning about not chancing bringing the kids to school. Our area was yellow and it was down to just a breezy morning by 7am. (Definitely warranted yellow over night) The kids will miss school for most of the winter if it wasn’t safe this morning! The cynic in me thinks certain mammys wanted a lie in.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,772 ✭✭✭✭Whispered


    Whiplashy wrote: »
    The “non event” posts are annoying enough, but I’m more annoyed by all the posts on Facebook this morning about not chancing bringing the kids to school. Our area was yellow and it was down to just a breezy morning by 7am. (Definitely warranted yellow over night) The kids will miss school for most of the winter if it wasn’t safe this morning! The cynic in me thinks certain mammys wanted a lie in.

    I'm in a yellow zone and got a text at 7:30 saying the playschool is closed. Rural school, no power, roads in the area damaged.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭Whiplashy


    Whispered wrote: »
    I'm in a yellow zone and got a text at 7:30 saying the playschool is closed. Rural school, no power, roads in the area damaged.

    Ah that’s different. Obviously there are some schools that had to stay closed. I’m talking about parents in an urban area where the schools were open and perfectly safe to get too. I’m pretty sure a lot of those parents had decided before the storm even hit that it was going to be a day off today.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 281 ✭✭Rodar08


    Whiplashy wrote: »
    The “non event” posts are annoying enough, but I’m more annoyed by all the posts on Facebook this morning about not chancing bringing the kids to school. Our area was yellow and it was down to just a breezy morning by 7am. (Definitely warranted yellow over night) The kids will miss school for most of the winter if it wasn’t safe this morning! The cynic in me thinks certain mammys wanted a lie in.

    The cynic in you would want a word with himself. What an awful thing to say jeez. I went to work but kept my daughter home from school. We haven’t been hit yet but apparently it’s still on it’s way here. I erred on the side of caution. Every other week as he’s on shifts, my husband gets her up ready and takes her to school. Generalising much???


  • Posts: 5,121 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A relatives roof in Achill has been damaged.
    They can't get out to fix or assess the damage yet.

    It is in an exposed spot facing the sea.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Rhineshark


    EmptyTree wrote: »
    I really don't get this whole thing of people getting it in the neck for saying it was a non event in their area. Their observation that it was a non event for them is just as valid as the person whose car was found upside down a mile down the road and their house was blown inside out.

    The problem is not so much people saying it was a non-event in their area so much as the people for whom nothing outside their immediate line of sight actually exists saying that because it was a non-event for them, it was a non-event everywhere. Those people are annoying and apparently lack object permanence.

    Edit; mind you, I'd certainly be more interested in the post regarding a house being blown inside out than I would be by a breathless post saying nothing's happened!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭Whiplashy


    Rodar08 wrote: »
    The cynic in you would want a word with himself. What an awful thing to say jeez. I went to work but kept my daughter home from school. We haven’t been hit yet but apparently it’s still on it’s way here. I erred on the side of caution. Every other week as he’s on shifts, my husband gets her up ready and takes her to school. Generalising much???

    Over sensitive much???? I referenced my area, and the conditions in my area! I never said it was the same nation wide!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭yeahimhere


    Just picked up in the last 30 mins in Dundalk. Not crazy, but still not looking forward to popping out to get my lunch.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Wind almost died down completely here in Wexford,heavy rain for the last hour though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Amprodude


    Bigger winds have passed through the cheeks of my arse!

    A1. People get carried away and hype it up to the last.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭pad199207


    Absolutely pelting down in Wexford the last hour or two. Rain more of an issue here then the wind. Flooding at the driveway gates.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭Pintman Paddy Losty


    The disaster junkies here must be very disappointed with this. A wet and windy day is all it was. People here jizzing themselves and circle jerking about how severe it was going to be.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Amprodude


    we love hype in Ireland.


  • Registered Users Posts: 780 ✭✭✭no.8


    The disaster junkies here must be very disappointed with this. A wet and windy day is all it was. People here jizzing themselves and circle jerking about how severe it was going to be.

    Mod. Can you please remove this pointless comment.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Lads giving out about warning, it totally depends on where you are. Last night this morning was nowhere near Ophelia but power and phone lines were down round here along with trees on some roads. A lot of trees are weakened after previous storms and the drought this year so it won't take much to knock em and generally they do a lot of the damage or disruption


  • Registered Users Posts: 780 ✭✭✭no.8


    Mod(s). Can you please get the thread back in line with technical weather discussions. There are numerous people posting bravado comments with no real input and who likely live in regions which were not subject to severe weather. Many seem unable to stop themselves from posting rubbish.

    Ye it wasn't windy or windy enough for you where you were, so what!!! It's a warning system, not enforced martial law


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