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Storm Ophelia - General Discussion/Local reports - See MOD NOTE Post #1

Samaris

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'Scuse me if I'm breaking any rules of Weather here with another thread, but didn't want to derail the main thread with too much chatter.

Guessing a lot of people (particularly us mostly-lurkers) might be in the same boat as me - not really sure what this all means on the ground in terms of preparation - and even if it's not too awful, I for one would prefer to be over-prepared rather than under-prepared! (At the moment, I don't feel that prepared at all!)

I'm living in a pretty exposed place for this particular set of indicators (on a narrow, south-west jutting peninsula off the Galway coast) and thus somewhat nervous about it. We're moving the bedroom to the sitting room as I've always been a bit dubious about the tall trees on that side of the house, but apart from that, sheltering the car (somehow) and ensuring there's as little potential debris as possible, I'm a bit at a loss. Water, candles might be an idea to get in.

Any more experienced people have ideas? Or what are others in the firing line doing?

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Widdershins

Are people going to work on Monday? It's hard to imagine what it's going to be like.

[Deleted User]

I’m driving down to Kerry to visit the family tomorrow morning. Was going to stay the night and drive back to Cork Monday morning (don’t start work till 11) but won’t be doing that anymore I’d say. Will surely be grand tomorrow?

fraxinus1

County councils are still not being put on alert. Sunday is an even worse day to contact people in charge.

antodeco

Just something to be aware of. Mobile signal may stop if the weather is very bad. Landlines can be more resilient. If you've any family members you are worried about, make sure you know each others landlines if you know them (and have them!).

If you don't have a gas cooker and electricity dies, you can use a barbeque if you have one, but please ONLY outside!

If you plan on leaving the house for the day/night, please be conscious of your alarm that's it not ringing all the time!

Make sure side gates are properly locked and strengthened up from opening.

noble00

Hi sorry for jumping in , I'm in the south surely if it's going to be this bad , all schools and business should close , I'm a bit worried about having to work Monday and leaving kids

Doltanian

philstar wrote: »

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MJohnston

philstar wrote: »

Ophelia ? what sort of name is that anyway? sounds like a protestant name :mad:

Not sure if you’re serious or not, but to maintain some semblence of being on topic, the name comes from the North American naming system, and has nothing to do with our joint Met Eireann/Met Office naming system. It is convention that storms already with one of those names don’t get renamed by us.

philstar

Ophelia ? what sort of name is that anyway? sounds like a protestant name :mad:

irishgeo

Tie down trampolines would be a good bet. Also it's supposed to hit early Monday. Meaning any powercuts should be at least be negated by the fact it's still bright outside.

Den Creed

MJohnston wrote: »

It would help if people stated their locations in these types of posts as conditions will vary a lot around the island, but - probably not, there isn’t expected to be an extreme amount of rain with this storm overland, most of it will be in the western quadrants of the system, which is currently looking like it will out over the sea. Storm surges might be a problem in southern coastal areas though, as MTC mentioned before.

Sorry, East Kerry region

Spanish Eyes

Stupid question, please indulge me.

If the electricity goes, so does the broadband, so desktops and tablets won't work. 4g probably will work on phones, so that is the important thing to keep charged with a power pack back up. That's right isn't it, re the broadband?

Battery operated radio is good too. I have two little Bush personal radios that work off AA batteries, were a godsend in another time. Rooted them out, still working!

As others have said, don't get too worried (but I am so scared, will be here on my own at the time yikes!), but keep extra water and food that can be eaten cold. And a bottle of whisky and plenty of vino lol!

Best of luck everyone, especially those in the eye of the storm, although at the moment it looks like very few places will escape unscathed.

crossmolinalad

horsefarm wrote: »

If I have a powercut I cant pump water from my well. So l cant even flush a toilet. Probably thousands of others in the same situation. Do you have an issue with people wanting to be prepared for a possible prolonged powercut?

We have a generator for it can connect it in minutes to the house
Having power for the most Important things like the pump of the backboiler , waterpump , kettle , radio, tv, computer (keeps us updated) and some light in the house
Switch off the mains with a powercut at the consumer unit , take a cable with two plugs on it , one in a socket in the house other one in the generator works perfect
Done it earlier by powercuts

[Deleted User]

Have a couple of flask with hot water and soup. Wrap them in a towel.

Check on elderly neighbours tomorrow and see if they need anything.

Virtanen

Living in Kilkenny. We should be good on all other resources from things lying around the house (candles, gas cooker, etc.), but we''ll definitely be stock-piling cartons of water, just in case

cdsb46

Discodog wrote: »

I think that power cuts could be the biggest problem.

Candles, torches, battery packs and water at the ready, live in a apt block, last time the power went out we lost the water too

Irish Steve

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Batteries for torch, radio, phone. Obviously you might need to think about cold food meals for a day or two in worst hit areas or eating out/takaways.

If the power is out over a wide area, you think this will be a possible? During the day maybe, once it gets dark, there's a real issue from a health and safety aspect of operating a kitchen that may not have many windows with no power! Add to that the problems that will happen with orders and deliveries, especially if there are significant numbers of trees down on roads, blocking them, there's not usually significant reserve stocks in most places these days, and if there's no power, so no fridges or freezers, what stock they do have won't be lasting too long.

My name is URL

LaVail wrote: »

Thanks! Have hospital appointment in CUH Monday morning and it's a 200 mile round trip for me. Wouldn't be back in Kerry until around 3pm Not sure as to what I should do now.

I think the general advice will be not to make any non-essential journeys. Personally, unless the appointment was very important I wouldn't be driving 200 miles for it, especially in areas with a red warning.

Doltanian

A baby boom in July 2018 after this, especially if there is long periods of electricity outages.

PLL

Be sure to check everything. We had a rusty old satellite dish that fell off the side of the house a few weeks ago. If it had been subject to these forecasted winds it could easily have blown over the wall and hit a neighbours window. So be sure to check even the most stupid of things.
Are people staying indoors Monday? I'm in Galway myself.

Harry Palmr

Batteries for torch, radio, phone. Obviously you might need to think about cold food meals for a day or two in worst hit areas or eating out/takaways.

MJohnston

Den Creed wrote: »

Should I clean the storm drains lads?

It would help if people stated their locations in these types of posts as conditions will vary a lot around the island, but - probably not, there isn’t expected to be an extreme amount of rain with this storm overland, most of it will be in the western quadrants of the system, which is currently looking like it will out over the sea. Storm surges might be a problem in southern coastal areas though, as MTC mentioned before.

star gazer

Check for updates regularly from Met Eireann and your local council, make sure phone/device is charged and you have a battery radio that can last. Be ready in your mind of what power cuts will mean if the tree knocks out the local power lines and an event like this keeps work crews busy with other areas for more than a day or two.

Den Creed

Should I clean the storm drains lads?

horsefarm

touts wrote: »

My local tesco has moved bottled water to beside the tills and has two pallets of 5l bottles dropped in the middle of the soft drinks section.

That sort of thing is probably why RTE is hesitating to issue a warning.

If I have a powercut I cant pump water from my well. So l cant even flush a toilet. Probably thousands of others in the same situation. Do you have an issue with people wanting to be prepared for a possible prolonged powercut?

JCX BXC

In terms of flying, I've said it and I said it again, we won't really know until Sunday evening at the earliest when TAF's come out. It all depends on wind direction and strength combined.

Airlines generally don't cancel all their flights in Ireland in advance of a storm (except Aer Lingus Regional) however it must be respected that this storm is a little stronger than we're used to. Nothing will be cancelled until airlines are somewhat sure of not being able to.operate in those conditions.

Looking from this far out, I'd say chances of flying from or landing into any ROI airport between 3pm-6pm are slim, however that's by no means guarenteed.

Harry Palmr

Widdershins wrote: »

Is it necessary to tape the windows? Worried about the roof

For what? Flying debris? Only if there is a lot of loose stuff that might fly about - it's better to clean up stuff before the storm than after.

JCX BXC

In West Clare, in a fairly exposed area, had a bit of free time so cleared up stuff loose stuff around the house, will be taking in the weather station tomorrow to prevent it from damage (I'm not confident of its current setup).

Besides that it's mainly candles and food that doesn't need to be heated to be edible. Nothing to cook on here if the power goes.

I don't think there's any massive preparation to take place, unless you're in an area that's more at risk than others. Common sense is all that's needed!

Samaris

I might have a word with our neighbour in the shop and see if any of our neighbours might need someone looking in on them after it's passed/getting anything in. Houses are a bit isolated in this region.

Thanks for the advice!

Monkeynut

Call me Al wrote: »

Does anyone have an indication as to how long this event is to last?
Are flights expected to be delayed substantially through DUB?
We are scheduled to land @5.30pm with Ryanair and I'm hopeful that this a fast moving event and that it will pass over within a few hours.

Am I deluding myself :-)

yes, but not because of the storm