Coax wrote: » My local national school still haven't gotten back to me yet on whether the school will close if a Red warning is issued. Three years ago they closed the school during the height of the winds. I don't want the same situation this time. Bus Eireann stop the school bus service in areas where a red warning is issued. I know there is a framework in place for closing schools but it doesn't take into account a developing situation over a weekend as far as I can see. An alert to parents that if a red warning is issued that the school will be closed is adequate at this stage, followed up by a definite notification if one is issued. It's quite simple, it's called planning ahead or preparing. For some reason, as a nation we resist this notion and complain if an event doesn't materialise after a warning. We need to get it into our heads that it's a warning not a guarantee! Obviously this is a genrral observation to the "sure it'll never happen" brigade rather than the folk who participate in the weather forum.
Deank wrote: » Who said anything about locking down the country Informing people of the potential is absolutely the right thing to do, if it comes to nothing there's no loss, a direct hit with 180kph winds will cause widespread damage, I'd rather be informed than not.
Turtwig wrote: » Regardless of a public warning they should at last have considered informing the local authorities and education boards just how much potential this has before the weekend. Putting preparations in place over the weekend for schools and local authorities will likely be nowhere as smooth as if they were doing it mid week.
jasper100 wrote: » Of course, lets lockdown the entire country 3 days before every possible wind event reaches our shores and effects one or two counties.
jasper100 wrote: » People have been informed by met eireann since yesterday.
dsmythy wrote: » If I see a red warning for Dublin the little lad isn't going to school. School can do what it wants.
show me the money.1 wrote: » Or the give a massive warning to early for this and it never materialises, then people will ignore the next warning they send out and there could be mayhem. They must be sure if they are going to give a red warning and the cannot be at this moment.
MJohnston wrote: » Personally I think this "Boy who cried wolf" effect doesn't really exist - can anyone even remember the last time Met E (not the tabloids) drastically overstated the warning for a storm? People just don't remember these things.
George Sunsnow wrote: » I said this upthread Met Éireann are handling this very well Better than Darwin They are informing of the risk of a high impact storm That is definitely sufficient language to inform people to be prepapared at this stage It means if they issue a red warning ,people won’t be taken by surprise and means if it mostly discerned likely by tomorrow to be of lesser impact and covered by yellow or amber it’s still very good information
jasper100 wrote: » Not a storm but a few years ago met eireann predicted snow in Donegal which never happened. Stuff got cancelled and hotels lost business. Then there was no snow.
My name is URL wrote: » Is it safe to assume that there'll be some disruption to flights to Dublin on Sunday night?
PukkaStukka wrote: » Sorry, this seems like trolling,
emeldc wrote: » Some folk not taking any chances anyway :P
jasper100 wrote: » http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/big-storm-is-brewing-as-met-team-face-threat-of-lawsuit-25959437.html
frozenfrozen wrote: » It's not as if it's made up to try get everyone to do a bit of work in the garden this weekend, there's a storm coming in our direction and everyone should prepare for the worst and be pleasantly surprised if it misses us. Stupid for anyone to get upset by the idea that it may not happen, every chart is showing that at best it's going to be a very windy day and at worst it could cause serious damage. It will do no harm for people to prepare for that scenario.
jasper100 wrote: » So should every parent of every child in every county be told today that the school will be closed on Monday if met eireann issue a red alert because some storm way off in the Atlantic might hit a few counties on Monday?
