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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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[Deleted User]

Mahony0509 wrote: »

The ultimately sad thing here is that due to the incompetency of the authorities, people will die.

Warnings have been given for days. What do you expect the authorities to do? Come out to every home in the country and batten down the hatches for them? Or give warnings and hope people have enough cop on to do so for themselves and their families?

_Kaiser_

Well RTE weather just now spent more time on weather in Eastern Europe and Spain than here at home but they did at least get the message that action should be taken

GarIT

titan18 wrote: »

They were told to act on advice to close. There's no official message out from the schools yet that they should actually close. My mom is staff in one here and still hasn't been told if closed or not.

I'd assume they will be, but it's seriously ****ty planning that they haven't messaged out yet. I'm guessing the principal was at the football final here and isn't bothered til after that

The minister for education has said all schools in read areas are closed no exceptions. Maybe the principal hasn’t gotten a call from the DoE yet, but they are closed

spookwoman

bbc will have something later on in the news

dropzone

TV3 are doing well getting the message out, taking up the most of their half hour coverage. RTE had a quick less than 5 minute bulletin at 1 o'clock. Radio 1 has been very poor just quick bulletin followed by talking about politics. Sky News have a live reporter on the Cork coast. Hopefully RTE are more serious at 6 o'clock.

[Deleted User]

rebel456 wrote: »

Do you need to be told every move to make by the Gov? A status red weather alert is in place and and the Gov through Dept of Housing has advised against any non-essential travel tomorrow. Can't get any clearer than that. Folks need to start taking responsibility for their own actions and stop blaming the gov/authorities for stupid decisions they make.

If they advised businesses to close it would give people some certainty and give some cover from employers who are not taking this as seriously as they should be. I did say I'm talking about the orange alert areas like Dublin, it's a no brainer in the red areas.

donal.hunt

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

SOme predict cloudy with a chance of meatballs, some say hurricane force winds. Why is this still up in the air when its only hours away ??

These systems are fairly well understood but still throw up surprises all the time. The whole nature of this weather system is unusual. The expectation is that the system will weaken somewhat before it hits land but there is no perfect understanding what the magnitude of it will be.

There is also a balance to be struck with communicating required action both in the short term and longer term. In the short term, inaccuracies mean the wrong people take the wrong actions. In the long term, trust in forecasts and "listening to the authorities" erodes.

titan18

Leandro Scruffy Misogynist wrote: »

All schools in red zones are closed by the dept of education tomorrow.

They were told to act on advice to close. There's no official message out from the schools yet that they should actually close. My mom is staff in one here and still hasn't been told if closed or not.

I'd assume they will be, but it's seriously ****ty planning that they haven't messaged out yet. I'm guessing the principal was at the football final here and isn't bothered til after that

Donal55

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Roofer is saying not to block it. There is hollowcore between floors so that will take the impact.

More work for the roofer on Tuesday I suppose.

BorneTobyWilde

Leandro Scruffy Misogynist wrote: »

All schools in red zones are closed by the dept of education tomorrow.

The red zones are all wrong on some charts though.

Mahony0509

The ultimately sad thing here is that due to the incompetency of the authorities, people will die.

Slippin Jimmy

Blanco100 wrote: »

Any idea as to whether it would be foolish to get the galway to Dublin train to work in morn ?

Yes

peasant

Deleted User wrote: »

I was thinking it might be better to let it blow through the house instead of blocking it.
Or do i need to go the whole hog and plywood it up ?????

Roofer is advising to let it blow through.

I'd try to isolate the top floor from ground floor, if possible.

I.e. board up the stairwell so that the wind can freely play havoc downstairs without creating pressure or vacuum to affect the top floor/roof

spookwoman

May has issues a level 3 flood warning
http://www.mayo.ie/news/mayo-county-council-has-implemented-a-level-3-flood-response-hurricane-ophelia/

[Deleted User]

gordongekko wrote: »

Not an engineer but won't the wind if strong enough take the roof off?

Roofer is saying not to block it. There is hollowcore between floors so that will take the impact.

rebel456

Flying Fox wrote: »

There has been no official advice on what the general public should do tomorrow. Do we stay in, or go to work and risk being stranded later? Seems a no brainer in the 'red' counties, but what about Dublin which is still orange? The east coast is expected to be hit hard in the afternoon.

Do you need to be told every move to make by the Gov? A status red weather alert is in place and and the Gov through Dept of Housing has advised against any non-essential travel tomorrow. Can't get any clearer than that. And in regards for status Orange areas, you're an adult. Make up your own mind if it's worth the risk of travel.Folks need to start taking responsibility for their own actions and stop blaming the gov/authorities for stupid decisions they make.

Donal55

Oasis1974 wrote: »

If you live in some derelict building better move to some homeless shelter until the storm passes.

No place like home.

KathleenF

titan18 wrote: »

Me, no. The retards who make decisions like employers etc clearly are. Schools in Cork still haven't been told if they're closed or not, and nothing about businesses. I'll be fine getting to work, as it's a duel carriageway 90% of the way, but I've got colleagues coming from the complete back of beyonds who won't be, and nothing has come out from management that there's an issue. Of course, they're hardly going to be on here, so are completely reliant on RTE taking this with seriousness

A duel carriageway sounds pretty bad to me

uck51js9zml2yt

titan18 wrote: »

Me, no. The retards who make decisions like employers etc clearly are. Schools in Cork still haven't been told if they're closed or not, and nothing about businesses. I'll be fine getting to work, as it's a duel carriageway 90% of the way, but I've got colleagues coming from the complete back of beyonds who won't be, and nothing has come out from management that there's an issue. Of course, they're hardly going to be on here, so are completely reliant on RTE taking this with seriousness

All schools in red zones are closed by the dept of education tomorrow.

gordongekko

Deleted User wrote: »

I was thinking it might be better to let it blow through the house instead of blocking it.
Or do i need to go the whole hog and plywood it up ?????

Not an engineer but won't the wind if strong enough take the roof off?

BorneTobyWilde

SOme predict cloudy with a chance of meatballs, some say hurricane force winds. Why is this still up in the air when its only hours away ??

Blanco100

Any idea as to whether it would be foolish to get the galway to Dublin train to work in morn ? Get on in athlone at 6.30am, train home is 6.15pm

Don't want to be stranded

joujoujou

J Mysterio wrote: »

Just putting these things upside down or lying flat is not preparedness. You are supposed to store those items indoors or in a shed. If you are in a windy area, thats sh1t will be blown all over the place and could be dangerous.

I really want to see 70 kg heavy structure of welded DMFs flying. :P

Oasis1974

Deleted User wrote: »

I have a house with a roof on, windows are in the top floor. There are no windows in the bottom floor and large holes left where they will shortly be installed. I'm in an exposed site.

do i need to consider boarding up all these windows. ???

If you live in some derelict building better move to some homeless shelter until the storm passes.

Jim Bob Scratcher

spookwoman wrote: »

TV3 seem to be the only ones taking it seriously

and that's why people aren't taking this hurricane business seriously :pac:

Drumpot

TV3 forecaster sounded like he was going to say something like "Time to stop f**king around and take this serious" . .

titan18

First Up wrote: »

Are you feeling uninformed?

Me, no. The retards who make decisions like employers etc clearly are. Schools in Cork still haven't been told if they're closed or not, and nothing about businesses. I'll be fine getting to work, as it's a duel carriageway 90% of the way, but I've got colleagues coming from the complete back of beyonds who won't be, and nothing has come out from management that there's an issue. Of course, they're hardly going to be on here, so are completely reliant on RTE taking this with seriousness

Kermit.de.frog

Gerry Fleming on the BBC.

Always knew he'd make it.

[Deleted User]

gordongekko wrote: »

The windows might be ok but I'd be blocking those holes without windows

I was thinking it might be better to let it blow through the house instead of blocking it.
Or do i need to go the whole hog and plywood it up ?????

Roofer is advising to let it blow through.

xper

flaneur wrote: »

We also have a brilliant network of local radio stations and all they need to do is keep informing them.

Also maybe an Irish emergency Twitter and Facebook feed ?!

A live blog ?

https://twitter.com/emergencyIE