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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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0byme75341jo28

Can't understand why some people are being so dismissive.

Why are people so afraid of taking precautions and subsequently being wrong? That's what the vast majority of those taking precautions want the outcome to be - they're just not arrogant enough to presume they know better than met eireann and several media outlets.

Idiots.

Danbo!

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

The wind coming down off 3-rock and the Dublin mtns is always stiff.
Tomorrow will be something else.

Used to live in a timber framed apartment at the bottom of the mountains. On a windy day you’d feel the place literally move. Tomorrow would be fairly mental in one of those.

GarIT

rameire wrote: »

My office is at the bottom of that in Central Park, i will not be looking forward to sitting in work with all that wind going on around me.
especially with the cranes and scaffolding around the place.

Cranes should have been disassembled in any red areas by now

GottaGetGatt

What can be expected in Tralee. Is there a risk of flooding?

titan18

GarIT wrote:

Cranes should have been disassembled in any red areas by now

Like they'd be out to work on a Sunday

shivermetimber

No knowledge of weather but been keeping an eye in here the past few days. How come further up the east coast i.e. Dublin hasn't been upgraded to Red when anything I've seen the past few hours seems to show the outer winds whipping right up the Irish sea?

r93kaey5p2izun

:cool:

GarIT wrote: »

Cranes should have been disassembled in any red areas by now

Dublin only orange status so be grand apparently.

cherryghost

Hurricane-force winds are
expected to reach the southern portions of Ireland by Monday
afternoon and spread inland across the country into Monday night.
Preparations to protect lives and property should be rushed to
completion by this afternoon.

Wind speeds atop and on the windward sides of hills and mountains
are often up to 30 percent stronger than the near-surface winds
indicated in this advisory, and in some elevated locations could be
even greater.

RAINFALL: Ophelia is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 2 to
3 inches (50 mm to 75 mm) with isolated totals near 4 inches (100
mm) through Tuesday across western Ireland and Scotland. Across
eastern Ireland, rainfall amounts will average around 1 inch (25 mm)
or less.

STORM SURGE: A dangerous storm surge is expected to produce
significant coastal flooding near and to the east of where the
center of the post-tropical cyclone makes landfall. Near the coast,
the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves.

Anyone not taking it seriously, grow up and take it seriously

GarIT

Colby Tall Shootout wrote: »

:cool:

Dublin only orange status so be grand apparently.

If I owned a crane I still wouldn’t leave it up just in case, it can’t hurt to prepare. Unless you have insurance then it’s win-win right?

lawred2

GarIT wrote: »

If I owned a crane I still wouldn’t leave it up just in case, it can’t hurt to prepare. Unless you have insurance then it’s win-win right?

unless a collapsing crane kills someone

Romantic Rose

I think it takes quite a long time (like weeks) to assemble a crane?

galwaybabe

Hi all. I have a family member in critical care in St. James hospital. I've been driving his mother over from kimmage every day. I'm very concerned about the drive tomorrow. Up to what time will it be safe to do the drive?

awec

GarIT wrote: »

If I owned a crane I still wouldn’t leave it up just in case, it can’t hurt to prepare. Unless you have insurance then it’s win-win right?

Lol. There must be near 50 cranes all over Dublin, if not more and they take all day to put up and take down.

You really think any of them are coming down today?

GarIT

lawred2 wrote: »

unless a collapsing crane kills someone

That was the point. But say you’re a building contractor and your crane collapses, you’ll probably get a new crane on your insurance and an extra contract to make more money fixing the damage the falling crane did.

MidMan25

GarIT wrote: »

If I owned a crane I still wouldn’t leave it up just in case, it can’t hurt to prepare. Unless you have insurance then it’s win-win right?

Two large cranes up where I work at one of the highest points in Cork City (No prizes for guessing where :pac: ) No word yet about expectations for employees tomorrow.

namloc1980

I was the only one of my neighbors who cleared up their garden today. The people living behind me have decided to leave their cheap super light patio furniture out. I expect it'll be wedged in the garden wall or their patio door by this time tomorrow.

Nettle Soup

mono_mac wrote: »

How does monaghan and cavan look

O stony grey soil of Monaghan
The laugh from my love you thieved;
You took the the gay child of my passion
And gave me your clod-conceived.

You clogged the feet of my boyhood
And I believed that my stumble
Had the poise and stride of Apollo
And his voice my thick-tongued mumble.

You told me the plough was immortal!
O green-life-conquering plough!
Your mandril strained, your coulter blunted
In the smooth lea-field of my brow.

You sang on steaming dunghills
A song of coward's brood,
You perfumed my clothes with weasel itch,
You fed me on swinish food.

You flung a ditch on my vision
Of beauty, love and truth.
O stony grey soil of Monaghan
You burgled my bank of youth!

Lost the long hours of pleasure
All the women that love young men.
O can I still stroke the monster's back
Or write with unpoisened pen

His name in these lonely verses
Or mention the dark fields where
The first gay flight of my lyric
Got caught in a peasant's prayer.

Mullahinsha, Drummeril, Black Shanco -
Wherever I turn I see
In the stony grey soil of Monaghan
Dead loves that were born for me.

GarIT

awec wrote: »

Lol. There must be near 50 cranes all over Dublin, if not more and they take all day to put up and take down.

You really think any of them are coming down today?

They should have known at least 24 hours ago to take them down, I don’t think they are coming down but they should.

GarIT

galwaybabe wrote: »

Hi all. I have a family member in critical care in St. James hospital. I've been driving his mother over from kimmage every day. I'm very concerned about the drive tomorrow. Up to what time will it be safe to do the drive?

10PM ish

The One Doctor

galwaybabe wrote: »

Hi all. I have a family member in critical care in St. James hospital. I've been driving his mother over from kimmage every day. I'm very concerned about the drive tomorrow. Up to what time will it be safe to do the drive?

Difficult to say. Dublin will start getting seriously windy around 9am or so.

One of the bad things about a windstorm like this in October is that the trees still have most of their leaves, so many more trees will fall than usual, causing many more power outages, road blockages and structural damage.

Samaris

GarIT wrote: »

If I owned a crane I still wouldn’t leave it up just in case, it can’t hurt to prepare. Unless you have insurance then it’s win-win right?

Far as I recall from Florida/Miami, those big cranes take a couple of days to disassemble. Without knowing where the storm is coming in, I can see debate on whether it's worth bringing it down or not.

RoisinClare6

My boss called. He doesn't want the staff to risk it so we are off tomorrow

WoolyJumper

I really think the gov should have a mandatory closure of all non essential businesses/services in the red zones for tomorrow. Have my father saying he is going off to work tomorrow. He is a delivery driver, doing the rounds around Cork and Kerry. Very dangerous to be driving in those conditions. But he is unsure what to do as heard nothing from work and still has it in his head that this is being over played and nothing will come of it.

[Deleted User]

Can't believe there's still no advice from the government. Very few people are taking this seriously and we seem to be completely unprepared, needlessly putting people in danger.

Donal55

Flying Fox wrote: »

Can't believe there's still no advice from the government. Very few people are taking this seriously and we seem to be completely unprepared, needlessly putting people in danger.

Will or should the govt compensate employers for letting their staff off however?
And how could the govt tell some of those multinational Pharma plants in Cork to shut?

joujoujou

Calm before the storm. The best moment to go out and do some preparations.

Dubl07

WoolyJumper wrote: »

I really think the gov should have a mandatory closure of all non essential businesses/services in the red zones for tomorrow. Have my father saying he is going off to work tomorrow. He is a delivery driver, doing the rounds around Cork and Kerry. Very dangerous to be driving in those conditions. But he is unsure what to do as heard nothing from work and still has it in his head that this is being over played and nothing will come of it.

My father is the same. He thinks RTE are overhyping it. Facepalm.

kenmc

Donal55 wrote: »

Will or should the govt compensate employers for letting their staff off however?
And how could the govt tell some of those multinational Pharma plants in Cork to shut?

Mate of mine works in one such, they've been told to stay away tmw....

GarIT

Donal55 wrote: »

Will or should the govt compensate employers for letting their staff off however?
And how could the govt tell some of those multinational Pharma plants in Cork to shut?

They shouldn’t compensate. They can broadcast it on the news radio etc, word would get out quick enough.

sheepers

Would I be mad to go to work tomorrow? I'm in Cork City but need to take 2 buses to get to work, so about a 1 hour commute.

Problem it sounds like it won't get bad until the afternoon, so if I phone in at 8am and it's just a bit windy I'll feel like a pleb. Don't fancy getting stuck in that on the way home though.