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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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VinLieger

Trebor176 wrote: »

I'm a bit late to the game this morning, but there is the odd gust here in Clondalkin. The sun is shining, and the sky is blue!

Colour of the sky means nothing, its coming, from 1 on onwards it will be very nasty

dudara

Barometer in my parent's house in West Cork reading 966 (don't know about its accuracy), my father says it's been falling fast. Intermittent power for them also.

Irish_rat

Cork and Kerry should be getting the worst of it now

Mantis Toboggan

Just back from Tesco Naas it's like the storm of the century episode from always sunny in Philadelphia, people just grabbing anything they see. Store due to close in the next hour.

Semena Mertvykh

90 knot (166kph) SSE gust at Cobh at 1124 - from Cork Harbour Weather‏ Twitter.

mayo.mick

That's 191km an hour gusts recorded

https://twitter.com/FastnetLHouse/status/919864152725884931

Sephiroth_dude

Hopefully it passes Cork quickly.

Alun

R116 and RNLI boat heading back to base now thank god.

Neamhshuntasach

sadie9 wrote: »

If you were stranded in your workplace in Dublin. Might be an idea to go to the Airport, at least there is food and drink there and you could sleep if you had to! And the transport links will be open there first.
It's very unfair on those who commuted into Dublin from other counties and now are stranded there by the services.

I'm walking to the airport now from Leopardstown. Thanks.

Peatys

mayo.mick wrote: »

https://twitter.com/NeilRedFM/status/919865049438674944

Wait till the wind dies down and push it back

PJD

Rescue 116 nearly home after the shout north. Just off the coast near Skerries according to marine traffic app.

Itssoeasy

It's gotten way stronger in the northside of Cork City. if this is whats coming to Dublin then it'll be mental.

grasscutter

wind has picked up significantly in the last 10 minutes and looking fairly sketchy now

VinLieger

PJD wrote: »

Rescue 116 nearly home after the shout north. Just off the coast near Skerries according to marine traffic app.

Good to hear, fingers crossed they dont have to go out again

Cushtie

Picking up a bit now in West Limerick. Still not too bad but a few strong gusts.

Bananaleaf

Windy in kildare now. The odd gust here and there, nothing out of the ordinary just yet (obv) very calm in between gusts which is eerie

km79

smodgley wrote: »

smodgley wrote: »

should be arrested and charged - gob****es

glad they are safe though

I'm glad the people whose lives they endangered are safe.
Those people had no choice but to go out
The 2 clowns did

People are dumb.
My neighbour is the last half hour looking for her dog outside

outsourced_ire

Tree gone in my garden here in Ballincollig.

km79

smodgley wrote: »

smodgley wrote: »

should be arrested and charged - gob****es

glad they are safe though

I'm glad the people whose lives they endangered are safe.
Those people had no choice but to go out
The 2 clowns did

People are dumb.
My neighbour is the last half hour looking for her dog outside

Surreptitious

The whole house is being buffeted here.

Hunter456

grasscutter wrote: »

wind has picked up significantly in the last 10 minutes and looking fairly sketchy now

over in caherline power just went but back on it will go though, wind is strengthening aswell.

Jimbob1977

Ramping up in Limerick since 11.20am

Patrickswell and Adare area

fred funk }{

Surreptitious wrote: »

The whole house is being buffeted here.

Where is here?

STB.

road_high wrote: »

Well then blame the employer/s if you are keen (which clearly are) to find someone to blame.
You freely sign a job contract that involves clear responsibility and taking control of those responsibilities. After that it's your job to liaise with your employer. How people think that is the states responsibility just boggles my mind.

You are not the brightiest are you ? There are many that dont want to believe there is anything to worry about, inlcuding businesses that didnt heed the warnings and whose staff may now get stranded, manyof which are posting on this thread. It is the States responsibility to get the urgent emergency warnings out there. The NECC have made statements. If it takes the head of the country to underpin its seriousness, then so be it. He should have done it yesterday though even if it meant making it more difficult for businesses to forget their duty of care to their employees.

road_high

outsourced_ire wrote: »

Tree gone in my garden here in Ballincollig.

Sounds bad down In Cork right now...

Redo91

Getting fairly hairy down in Salthill now! Leaving work in the next ten minutes at least.

HeidiHeidi

Surreptitious wrote: »

The whole house is being buffeted here.

But where is "here"

ravendude

Getting a bit mad here in Cork now, - the "yerra tis just a bit of a breeze" crowd will be looking pretty stupid me thinks

loveisdivine

We work in a car dealership on the northside of Dublin and we're all still here. There's been a few phonecalls that the whole group is closing at 12 but nobody wants to actually confirm it. It's getting ridiculous now.

Ludo

Power flickering here now in Rochestown area Cork.