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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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Santy2015

Burts Bee wrote: »

Fog has appeared here in north cork. Is this a phenomenon before a storm?

Foggy here in kanturk co cork

_Kaiser_

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Storm in tea cup for me.

Not a breath of wind atm, I think media are over hyping this as usual.

I don't get this attitude at all..

There's multiple sources all reporting the same thing, the language being used (potential risk to lives) isn't used lightly.. yet it's over-hyped??

Bonzo Delaney

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Storm in tea cup for me.

Not a breath of wind atm, I think media are over hyping this as usual.

Your just looking to rise someone ya messer ya

The Moldy Gowl

Any word from dublin bus. Are they running tomorrow?

polydactyl

I have to go to work as I work in a hospital as does OH in Dublin. I am guessing we will be getting an email from Creche any min to say they are closed. Disaster!

wexandproud

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Drive?

Unless the wind will be strong enough to blow cars off the road which is unlikely. People in the east don't have any excuses tomorrow.

cars being blown off the road isn't the problem , although high sided lorries would be at risk . Falling trees , signs etc and flying debris is the problem

Villain

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Storm in tea cup for me.

Not a breath of wind atm, I think media are over hyping this as usual.

It won't arrive until 6am, why is it so hard for people to follow the weather warnings from Met Eireann??

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flaneur wrote: »

Because if you instruct someone to come to work, despite a national advisory of extremely dangerous conditions, legally : on your head be it!

They would not have made that decision if you were not compelling them to and Ireland is HIGHLY litigious...

All I’m saying is you’d be a brave business owner to take that kind of legal risk for the sake of what’s likely to be a very unproductive day anyway...

No it's not legally on their heads, stop talking nonsense. Its an act of God, no employer would ever be held responsible for the death of an employee traveling to work.

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BorneTobyWilde

Will be awful to see so many ruins flattened, if this thing is as big as expected they will be.

Mantis Toboggan

Storm in tea cup for me.

Not a breath of wind atm, I think media are over hyping this as usual.

yoganmahew

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

My guess is they can’t guarantee county boundaries. Like if you make Dublin red then you cause a ripple effect out to all the surrounding counties. Replicate that across the country and it causes too many problems trying to predict who will be orange/red. Like is leixlip orange and lucan red? Wouldn’t make sense

Well, that, and it's not a strictly numeric criteria for the warning:

https://www.met.ie/nationalwarnings/warnings-explained.asp

Given that the thrust of the Weather Warnings service is on potential “Impacts” of weather rather than on the numerical values attained by the weather elements themselves, it may on occasion be appropriate to issue warnings at a level higher than that strictly justified by the anticipated weather elements.

Given the wide nature of the weather event (wind, rain, flooding) over both coasts, emergency services are likely to be quite stretched. Does this play into the warning? I guess it can.

Add to that, we haven't had anything like this is modern times... who knows what bits of the Celtic Tiger will fall to pieces with sustained gusts...

Nettle Soup

Cows Go µ wrote: »

Does anyone have any examples of previous storms that were at the same wind speeds as what's anticipated? I'm trying to get my dad to listen to me that this is serious and I thought if I showed him the pictures of the damage done by a similar storm he might pay attention. At the moment, he's more worried about the repair work he's going to do in the camper tomorrow. And we are living in Cork County on top of a hill.

Sit him down and make him watch Rocky 4 and Cliffhanger with Stallone. He will get it then.

An Ciarraioch

And of course, don't forget to have a battery radio at hand, just in case there are power cuts.

RevBlueJeans

rain has started in Tralee.

[Deleted User]

https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/1015/912467-ophelia/

Whole country upgraded to Status Red

WhiteMemento9

Surely if you are closing all educational institutions you should also be closing the state transport services or are the lives of those people not as important

GhostyMcGhost

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Drive?

Unless the wind will be strong enough to blow cars off the road which is unlikely. People in the east don't have any excuses tomorrow.

Because the car being blown over is the only danger

http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/woman-killed-by-falling-tree-during-100kmh-winds-26654137.html

Seriously i am a shocked at the piss poor attitudes towards safety from quite a lot of people

NUIG facebook graduation post is a real eye opener in particular, more so because these are statements from people who have supposedly graduated

Oops!

Cows Go µ wrote: »

Does anyone have any examples of previous storms that were at the same wind speeds as what's anticipated? I'm trying to get my dad to listen to me that this is serious and I thought if I showed him the pictures of the damage done by a similar storm he might pay attention. At the moment, he's more worried about the repair work he's going to do in the camper tomorrow. And we are living in Cork County on top of a hill.

He'll be repairing more than the camper this week... Some people can be just so stubborn..

Cantona's Collars

Surreptitious wrote: »

Everyone here has their bins out and no intention of taking them in by the looks of things.

Bin roulette tomorrow.Even a standard blustery day can send them flying.80mph winds will wreak havoc.

[Deleted User]

Just got the text from work.
Office will be open but work from home if needed/wanted.

That'll be fine til the power goes!!

snowflaker

https://education.ie/en/Press-Events/Press-Releases/2017-Press-Releases/PR2017-10-15b.html

kabakuyu

Nettle Soup wrote: »

What the hell are we going to worry about on Tuesday?? :eek:

The clear up, higher insurance, possible fatalities because the emergency services had to rescue some idiot surfing, there will be plenty to worry about.

Spanish Eyes

There will surely be a thread for the aftermath, but if there is I hope it is really the aftermath photos posted, not while it is in full flight.

I get the excitement about this. And the terror!

Probably because it is all so calm and quiet at the moment, people just don't understand how bad it could turn out to be.

sjb25

NASlad wrote: »

Working tomorrow 8am. This is going to be some craic.

Me to can hear the tetra tone already

(only we will understand)

Cows Go µ

Does anyone have any examples of previous storms that were at the same wind speeds as what's anticipated? I'm trying to get my dad to listen to me that this is serious and I thought if I showed him the pictures of the damage done by a similar storm he might pay attention. At the moment, he's more worried about the repair work he's going to do in the camper tomorrow. And we are living in Cork County on top of a hill.

RebelButtMunch

Surreptitious wrote: »

Everyone here has their bins out and no intention of taking them in by the looks of things.

If you're in Dublin and your collection is 7am you'll be ok

flaneur

Goose81 wrote: »

Why? If someone crashes their car on the way into work the employer isn't responsible, nor would they be on any regular day

If you don't want to go to work then done, pull a sickie

Because if you instruct someone to come to work, despite a national advisory of extremely dangerous conditions, legally : on your head be it!

They would not have made that decision if you were not compelling them to and Ireland is HIGHLY litigious...

All I’m saying is you’d be a brave business owner to take that kind of legal risk for the sake of what’s likely to be a very unproductive day anyway...

kingshankly

namloc1980 wrote: »

And with many employers expecting staff to show up as normal tomorrow, the ensuing chaos on the roads and potential risk to people traveling to and from work is completely unnecessary.

But as a train driver if you don’t show up train gets cancelled thus leading to a lot more cars on the road

Nettle Soup

twirlagig wrote: »

I don't mind admitting I am terrified of what tomorrow will bring

No!!! Storms feed off fear!

And don't look it in the eye!! :eek:

Captain Snow

Nettle Soup wrote: »

What the hell are we going to worry about on Tuesday?? :eek:

No electricity I suppose....

Over 3000 people in here that's got to be a record in itself.