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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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randylonghorn

road_high wrote: »

Car sprinkled with dust this morning (Kilkenny)...?

She picked up some Saharan dust on the way, and kindly donated it to us!

_Dara_

Hubsie is coming home from work shortly. Some hurricane afternoon delight on the cards.

:P:pac:;)

awec

Cranes beside me in south Dublin are starting to blow a bit in the wind now.

LuckyGent88

Sent home from work. Not to sit back and relax for the day.

Steviesol

from_atozinc wrote: »

Any reports so far of what its like once it has hit land ?

Im in West Cork and I don't think I havewas ever seen srronger windsup, and I domt know if iy has fully reached us. Electricity gone

d.pop

Drove from west cork to cork city this morning to send people home that I couldn't reach by phone or email.
Drove back home again around 8:30.
Some debris on road but nothing serious, some old trees have fallen over alright.
Bit windy now but to be honest can't see it currently being much worse than a typical winter storm.

...And Justice

Louche Lad wrote: »

Claim on Reddit that Luas to be curtailed from 10 a.m., ceasing at 12 noon.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/76p736/just_overheard_announcement_at_the_luas_drivers/

It's true rte are reporting that.

kippy

jcd5971 wrote: »

West clare nicest day in weeks so far non event here.
Overstated as usual glad I came into work.

Fair play, ya trooper ya.

[Deleted User]

Starting to get gusty in Athlone, just measured one at 50kmh, but average is still below 20kmh.
pressure is still up at 997mb .

Nothing dramatic to report..... YET!

from_atozinc

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Hasn't hit land yet.

oh ok, thought was due in cork at around 9am or so, but obviously not happened yet so

Just trying to see what we are actually in store for !

R.F.

What to watch when Ireland AM is over in 15 mins?

LirW

People just passed on their horses here with 2 kids, some people are truly mental.

Anyway it's quite gusty, we're on a high altitude here in the the very southwestern backbutt of Wicklow.

_Kaiser_

LUAS Services to cease from 12 noon

PLL

I just saw a man walk past my house in a suit looking really pissed off. It has really calmed here in Galway. I'm assuming he was called into work.

morgana

Lombardstown, North Co. Cork

978 barometric pressure, gusting from mainly from the south / south east, winds up and down, so far like a strong storm but nothing we haven't had before.

STB.

CeilingFly wrote: »

We have staff in, using it as a training day and sending them home before 1pm and they'll be paid for the full day.

Places that are closed will porbably deduct the day from holidays or for those on hourly contracts they won't be paid. Many retailers are closing becasue it suits their bottom line, not because they are concerned about staff.

I take it your company is one of those that doesnt pay any heed to Red Weather warnings. Used as a training day! I hope they can get home at 1pm as most public services will be off. Arent yis just great second guessing what meteorologists are saying. Eejits.

Aimsir

Semena Mertvykh wrote: »

Can't post links yet, but Ventusky's a belter of a website for tracking weather, suggest it to anybody who thinks it's a non-event/they've seen the worst of it.

Getting windier in Cork City now and we won't even catch the strongest gusts until around midday.

Where are you getting that form, I'm finding it hard to get a pin down of times for Cork city. I know its landed and we are just getting the front winds and it will get much worst. The tech posters might be able to give a pin down on times and I also thought I heard it will worse again later today in Cork, is that correct?

tdonegan1990

jacksie66 wrote: »

Damn it. You're right..

It can be bought at 10.30!

marvin80

from_atozinc wrote: »

oh ok, thought was due in cork at around 9am or so, but obviously not happened yet so

Just trying to see what we are actually in store for !

It's very close though:

https://en.sat24.com/en

shampoosuicide

murpho999 wrote: »

youtube! wrote: »

Can she not think for herself? It's perfectly obvious to put safety first. Tell her to go home immediately.

It's really not that easy in work situations. People expect you in work.

Conditions were perfectly fine in Dublin today.

I am in work and I hope common sense prevails and we're sent home early but it's not as easy to simply say I'm not going in as many here advise.

these things are easier than people make them, but (touch wood it won't) if the worst happens you can blame your employer and not yourself

Sparks43

jacksie66 wrote: »

Damn it. You're right..

He's not

Off licences open at 10:30

randylonghorn

Deleted User wrote: »

Nothing dramatic to report..... YET!

Dramatic in Athlone, dolan? Sheesh ... you'll be lucky!

Dcully

d.pop wrote: »

Drove from west cork to cork city this morning to send people home that I couldn't reach by phone or email.
Drove back home again around 8:30.
Some debris on road but nothing serious, some old trees have fallen over alright.
Bit windy now but to be honest can't see it currently being much worse than a typical winter storm.

Call your people back in so :P

padraig.od

Beautiful sunshine in South KK. Very gusty, but nothing outrageous yet

NegativeCreep

Is it behind schedule? (yes, I know these things can’t be “scheduled” per se) It hasn’t made landfall yet but was expected at around 9 this morning?

ibarelycare

flazio wrote: »

Be nice and offer lifts to anyone on your route home.

Home and colleague dropped home too!

patneve2

Wind starting to pick up here in Dalkey/Killiney, coming in from the SSE so not much shelter from the Wicklow mountains at this stage. Dun Laoghaire harbour is reporting an impressive 18C ( http://www.dlhweather.com/current-details/ ), very mild. Expecting a 120 kmh gust or two later on close to the coast, possibly more depending on low pressure track.

munsterlegend

R.F. wrote: »

What to watch when Ireland AM is over in 15 mins?

RTÉ news special on rte1.

up4dabah

The Winchester is closed so cant have a pint there and wait for all of this to blow over. I say I'm going to take a nap through this one. Best of luck to everyone. Stay safe.

PeterParker957

clawback07 wrote: »

Hats off to Joanna Donnelly ,the lady is not for swerving from her mantra that this is the real thing and I believe her . Great reporting on this situation.

If it's not windy now it will be later and of it's windy it will get worse!!! She's what we need.