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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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The boss rang, no work today!

Cantona's Collars

Hastentoadd wrote: »

bbc says ex hurricane ophelia, strong winds. And that is it, that is what they say, no trolling, no nothing. Just saying exactly what the bbc are saying

BBC is UK centric and they'll give forecasts for NI at best. They are forecasting 70-80 mph winds but don't expect them to go into any details regarding the Republic.Stick with Met Eireann instead and you'll be better informed.
Believe it or not TV3 is actually very informative this morning and it's a channel id rarely watch.

ESB: 6000 outages already.

Necro

Gael23 wrote: »

I'm afraid if I go to work I won't be able to get back home

Exactly my thoughts. So I didn't go. Given that I'm in Sligo and work in Mayo, I think I made the right choice.

Still no word from my employers and I was supposed to start at 8am. (And yes, I did try to ring, been trying since 6am)

FutureGuy

Weird in Limerick. Was out to grab some milk and while it's a bit windy, everything is a slight golden/yellow colour.

realdanbreen

Strong gusts in Castletroy, Limerick. The fact that there is no rain with it makes it seem less severe.

PAKNET

What way will this pan out do you guys reckon?

Is it a gradual and steady increase in wind speed and intensity as it moves up the country or will it arrive as a very sudden and dramatic change in conditions as it enters an area?

Surreptitious

I've never heard wind like this in my lifetime. The trees around the house are really moving.

gmisk

flazio wrote: »

Anyone else see a flaw in the logic in checking esb website and twitter feeds for power outages when most likely you need the power for internet.

Tablets phones etc tend to work for a good while without power, 4g etc..

randylonghorn

lawred2 wrote: »

absolute tossers

act as shuttle buses for sleveen employers and then leave everyone high and dry

Yes, they should have cancelled earlier, but people should have actually LISTENED and stayed at home in the first place. 6 of one and half a dozen of the other.

jmcpnw wrote: »

Remember just how many people Debbie killed.

So everyone, stay inside and stay safe.

Desmond back in '15 killed 3 in Ireland if I recall correctly.

I can't see this being less serious a storm, no matter how much they're overestimating it for safety reasons.

My name is URL

Really weird looking skies here in Louth atm. Kind of yellowish hue to it.

Tonnes of birds circling very high up too. Surreal

ezra_

Strange here in Wicklow (west).

Lovely blue sky, but the wind is starting to really kick in.

[Deleted User]

Here comes the rain, power is gone in the houses a few hundred metres up the road (connected through CastleLyons)

Rulmeq

Pressure on Buoy M3 is dropping quite quickly.

http://www.marine.ie/Home/site-area/data-services/real-time-observations/irish-weather-buoy-network

Rubberlegs

Nothing much to report on the Waterford coast yet, sky mostly blue with sun breaking through and a bit windier than usual.

Petal765

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think this has been overrated. Maybe I'll change my mind later but Jesus the media hype is unreal !! Non stop . It's like we're all gonna die today .

If this wasn't an "ex hurricane " we would just get on with life as though it was another bad Autumn storm . Even the news from Kerry and Cork isn't bad at all , and the storm was meant to hit there 7 am ?
One women from Tralee said the leaves had blown off her trees now . Mmmmm

I'm on the cork coastline and it is very bad, were not even near the peak yet, I think you'll have a change of mind later when you witness how severe these winds are

Colibri

amadangomor wrote: »

Neighbour has a large skip bag sitting out the front of her house with lots of wooden objects in it. Tried to talk to her last night but she won't answer the door. Going to be fun and games if that wood starts flying around later.

Take a photo of the skip bag just in case.

Gael23

I'm afraid if I go to work I won't be able to get back home

haminka

5500 wrote: »

Put your pin code in when the power goes this normally knocks off the internal siren from ringing

If it doesn't work, the battery is gone and needs to be replaced.

Clamball

Cork suburbs, Douglas. Still breezy, but only one strong gust I have noticed so far. Luckily not in an exposed position so not feeling brunt of wind yet. Power still on.

Paully D

flazio wrote: »

Anyone else see a flaw in the logic in checking esb website and twitter feeds for power outages when most likely you need the power for internet.

Not the case these days IMO. Majority of people will have 3G/4G coverage.

ben.schlomo

flazio wrote: »

Anyone else see a flaw in the logic in checking esb website and twitter feeds for power outages when most likely you need the power for internet.

Data?

Harry Palmr

flazio wrote: »

Anyone else see a flaw in the logic in checking esb website and twitter feeds for power outages when most likely you need the power for internet.

That's what your fully charged phone is for.

Waterford City Gusting raised a level or three in the last few minutes. Can hear the awnings creaking.

Itssoeasy

Okay there we go. That was a huge bust there in cork city.

Hastentoadd

bbc says ex hurricane ophelia, strong winds. And that is it, that is what they say, no trolling, no nothing. Just saying exactly what the bbc are saying

Meteorite58

Mod Note: Warnings given : Keep posts civil.

Coax

0830

SSE 18km/h
Gust 26.4km/h

Dry
Overcast

120m asl
West Limerick

ben.schlomo

Deleted User wrote: »

I think this has been overrated. Maybe I'll change my mind later but Jesus the media hype is unreal !! Non stop . It's like we're all gonna die today .

If this wasn't an "ex hurricane " we would just get on with life as though it was another bad Autumn storm . Even the news from Kerry and Cork isn't bad at all , and the storm was meant to hit there 7 am ?
One women from Tralee said the leaves had blown off her trees now . Mmmmm

Ya see youve missed the whole point there. :rolleyes:

flazio

Anyone else see a flaw in the logic in checking esb website and twitter feeds for power outages when most likely you need the power for internet.

arleitiss

Just came from Lidl, its insane, literally entire parking lot of Lidl was occupied with cars and people shopping.

fyfe79

carltonleon wrote: »

Great ... Bring people to work and then leave them ****ing stranded ... What a shower on cnuts !!!

In fairness, it's not like anyone could've predicted this scenario developing.

Oh, wait.