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

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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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TomOnBoard wrote: »

Now that would be the height of foolishness!

Of course it would but that wont stop them. Not to mention the surfers, high divers and photographers

alroley

Kayly wrote: »

Nothing from Limerick IT as yet.. surely they will close too?

Probably, but I remember when I went there they were open during a storm when UL and Mary I were closed.

sdanseo

Coax wrote: »

My local national school in Limerick hasn't issued a notice of closure yet.

The Minister for Education has overruled them. He ordered all schools in red areas to close about an hour ago.

munsterlegend

Can some expert answer is this tracking further and further east? Going by the other thread seems to be the trend.

Kayly

Nothing from Limerick IT as yet.. surely they will close too?

sdanseo

Anywhere in the country engaged in non-essential work tomorrow should be closed. It's one day. I work in Logistics near Dublin so looks like I'll head in the morning for 7am but once we've sorted out the chaos I intend to be leaving before lunchtime. No way in hell am I driving the N7 in 130km/h crosswinds.

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Coax wrote: »

My local national school in Limerick hasn't issued a notice of closure yet.

Mary Imaculate College and University College Limerick are not opening according to my son and daughter who attend both Colleges.

Nettle Soup

crossmolinalad wrote: »

Just out walking the dogs and spoke to the next door farmer about the upcoming storm
He started laughing and said they are fools nothing bad is going to happen just some light storm and some heavy rain and that's it
He leaves all of his animals outside and i told him we will see a lot of flying cattle and sheep and rubbish from your farmyard tomorrow passing the windows I think
Answer was you are mad take another drink

We will see neighbor , will talk talk to you again on Tuesday

He might be right. The storm is tracking east again so Galway/Mayo should not get the worst of the wind but will get a lot of rain.
Wexford could be in for a battering.

pimpmyhat

Starting to get a bit windy here in south sligo

sdanseo

__..__ wrote: »

What time is it due in Dublin tomorrow ?

looks at the moment like early afternoon.

Add 5hrs to below

Jakey Rolling

frozenfrozen wrote:

They'll cry the loudest about how they weren't given enough warning when their wheelie bin goes through one of our windows

I wouldn't have believed it, but our own (empty) wheelie bin cleared our 4 foot fence and ended up 100yards down the field. That was just in a regular gale.

Had our few loose slates fixed recently, so hopefully they will hold tight. I have previously been outside propping up the fence in high winds when a slate blew off the roof and embedded itself in the grass 10 feet away.

Looks like we'll get easterly wind initially, moving to southerly. We rarely get strong easterlies so it may test some structures that usually survive being pummelled by westerly winds.

Coax

mrsoundie wrote: »

UL closed as are all Schools in Limerick

https://twitter.com/UL/status/919569384686923776

My local national school in Limerick hasn't issued a notice of closure yet.

cameramonkey

__..__ wrote: »

What time is it due in Dublin tomorrow ?

https://weather.us/forecast/2964574-dublin/ensemble/euro/wind-gusts

crossmolinalad

tomcosgrave wrote: »

My parents cancelled their trip to Westport thankfully. I was giving out about them at the start of this thread!
But I'm still finding a lot of people in Dublin not taking the thing seriously. "Alarmist", "Over the top", "Just a gale and a bit of rain", "Just a bad storm" etc etc.

Just out walking the dogs and spoke to the next door farmer about the upcoming storm
He started laughing and said they are fools nothing bad is going to happen just some light storm and some heavy rain and that's it
He leaves all of his animals outside and i told him we will see a lot of flying cattle and sheep and rubbish from your farmyard tomorrow passing the windows I think
Answer was you are mad take another drink

We will see neighbor , will talk talk to you again on Tuesday

Xenji

NUIG will make the decision to remain open or close at 19.00.

__..__

What time is the nad wind due in Dublin tomorrow ? Ie what time should I drive for cover and stop driving?

Bif

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Anything going to happen in Laois/Offaly weather wise

Anyone that hasn't their turf home will be in trouble?

Slippin Jimmy

harr wrote: »

I am in two minds to send him or not

Don't send him so.

Donal55

Valyawl wrote: »

I have a hospital appointment tomorrow at 1pm in Cork, I rang earlier to see about cancelling/rescheduling they said ring back in the morning

Well I suppose t being Sunday afternoon there's probably no one working in out patients or your consultants office.

harr

I think now is probably the time to issue the extra red warnings not very early in the morning or late tonight...my son gets his school bus at 8 am and doesn’t get home till near 3 , just got text from school saying they are open as normal but to keep an eye on weather forecast...I am in south east kildare..
I am in two minds to send him or not...morning might be ok but worried about Home time..I don’t have access to a car tomorrow to collect him if things drastically change...

__..__

harr wrote: »

I think now is probably the time to issue the extra red warnings not very early in the morning or late tonight...my son gets his school bus at 8 am and doesn’t get home till near 3 , just got text from school saying they are open as normal but to keep an eye on weather forecast...I am in south east kildare..
I am in two minds to send him or not...morning might be ok but worried about Home time..I don’t have access to a car tomorrow to collect him if things drastically change...

Don't send him. You can't rely on anybody else to make a decision. If they won't make one, make the decision to protect your family yourself.

waxmelts2000

I have a hospital appointment tomorrow at 1pm in Cork, I rang earlier to see about cancelling/rescheduling they said ring back in the morning

r93kaey5p2izun

Flying Fox wrote: »

Problem is that people will get the train in, storm hits, trains cancelled and lots of stranded commuters. They should be communicating some kind of plan for tomorrow afternoon.

Yes. I remember myself and many others stranded in Dublin city during snow in 2010. We ended up in hotels for the night - I wouldn't fancy my chances now given the current situation with shortage of hotel beds and hotels at full occupancy.

Rossi IRL

Anything going to happen in Laois/Offaly weather wise

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Trebor176 wrote: »

There is a banner at the top of the Irish Rail site:

"All services currently operating and expected to operate Monday morning 16th October - no disruption arising from Hurricane Ophelia at this time."

Otherwise, on Twitter it's just a case of keeping an eye out for updates.

Problem is that people will get the train in, storm hits, trains cancelled and lots of stranded commuters. They should be communicating some kind of plan for tomorrow afternoon.

Trebor176

Deleted User wrote: »

If Dublin and Wicklow go red, will the DART run? It'd be terrifying going along Killiney and Greystones coastal piece.

Had a google, couldn't find out.

There is a banner at the top of the Irish Rail site:

"All services currently operating and expected to operate Monday morning 16th October - no disruption arising from Hurricane Ophelia at this time."

Otherwise, on Twitter it's just a case of keeping an eye out for updates.

frozenfrozen

At this point anyone not taking it seriously can go fook themselves. They'll cry the loudest about how they weren't given enough warning when their wheelie bin goes through one of our windows

mrsoundie

UL closed as are all Schools in Limerick

https://twitter.com/UL/status/919569384686923776

tomcosgrave

My parents cancelled their trip to Westport thankfully. I was giving out about them at the start of this thread!
But I'm still finding a lot of people in Dublin not taking the thing seriously. "Alarmist", "Over the top", "Just a gale and a bit of rain", "Just a bad storm" etc etc.

Foweva Awone

Anyone got any idea if Sligo's likely to go to red alert, or if they should start considering school closures there?