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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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Sparks43

Rte reporting a tree has fallen on a car that had two people in it

Let's hope they will be ok

Irish_rat

Tree after falling hitting a car in Waterford.

LordSutch

Getting so many mixed messages!

Some say its not as bad as expected, others saying it's howling ......

What's the story?

star gazer

Met Eireann warning

STATUS RED

Wind Warning for Ireland

Latest Update
Ex-Hurricane Ophelia is forecast to track up over western parts of Ireland during daytime today. Violent and
destructive gusts of 120 to 150 km/h are forecast countrywide and in excess of these values in some very
exposed hilly and coastal areas. The most severe winds over Munster and south Leinster at present, will extend
quickly to the rest of the country this afternoon. Also heavy rain and storm surges along coasts will
result in flooding.
There is a danger to life and property.
To recap
Most severe conditions over Munster and South Leinster now

Extending quickly to remaining areas this afternoon
Issued:
Monday 16 October 2017 11:16
Valid:
Monday 16 October 2017 11:00 to Tuesday 17 October 2017 01:00

barryf42

2 kite surfers rescued off blackrock in louth -by cloggerhead lifeboat after they got into trouble - what did they expect- should have been left out there to their own devices as opposed to putting safety of lifeboat crew at risk - stupid gob****es with no respect for the welfare of volunteers-

snowstorm445

Still fairly calm out here in the Dublin docklands, only a stiff breeze really.

bloodless_coup

Sparks43 wrote: »

Rte reporting a tree has fallen on a car that had two people in it

Let's hope they will be ok

Sure tis only a bit of wind apparently

jackboy

Bad gusts in west Clare now.

fred funk }{

Serious wind gusts now in Arklow.

spookwoman

Irish_rat wrote: »

Tree after falling hitting a car in Waterford.

where abouts

Gorgeousgeorge

very quiet in baldonnell area of dublin

LastLagoon

Out for a walk on the beach with dog in donegal,he’s not bothered ,I reckon the dog posters are seeing what they want to see. Nothing special here yet,some ominous clouds,and yes I’ll be in before it hits so no need for the high horse

Mooooo

Straffan1979 wrote: »

nothing major on Dingle peninsula tbh- is this over hyped

Centre of the storm is closer to ye, it's east of the storm getting the worst winds

Shanee.

spookwoman wrote: »

where abouts

Aglish

Burial.

LordSutch wrote: »

Getting so many mixed messages!

Some say its not as bad as expected, others saying it's howling ......

What's the story?

Go on Twitter and search Cork or Kerry and you'll find dozens of photos and videos. See for yourself.

spookwoman

Shanee. wrote: »

Aglish

Poor bugger

uck51js9zml2yt

LordSutch wrote: »

Getting so many mixed messages!

Some say its not as bad as expected, others saying it's howling ......

What's the story?

Turn on rte 1 tv

klose

Getting rough in clonmel now.

Guy Sajer

spookwoman wrote: »

where abouts

near Aglish

Birdnuts

I'm in Kill Village Kildare atm(parents) and some big gusts now starting to come through!!

JaMarcusHustle

Kite surfers had to be rescued.

Selfish ****ers should be left to drown, putting other people's lives at risk :mad:

Ted_YNWA

Wind after seriously picking up in Wexford town in last 10 mins.

ME were bang on for 12:00 hitting.

Water level high at the moment in harbour & southerly winds will mean flooding I reckon.

Irish_rat

Just after a couple of scary gusts in Limerick now, house rattling mad. Must be crazy on higher and more exposed areas.

Straffan1979

live from Dingle - relatively calm

iamwhoiam

LastLagoon wrote: »

Out for a walk on the beach with dog in donegal,he’s not bothered ,I reckon the dog posters are seeing what they want to see. Nothing special here yet,some ominous clouds,and yes I’ll be in before it hits so no need for the high horse

They are not in Donegal maybe but in areas where it had ACTUALLY hit .

Del.Monte

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Wind after seriously picking up in Wexford town in last 10 mins.

ME were bang on for 12:00 hitting.

Water level high at the moment in harbour & southerly winds will mean flooding I reckon.

Funny, I was just going to ask was the "event" over as there's nothing to report from Enniscorthy at 12.11.

radharc

Power out in Carlow and its starting to really blow

Cianos

Anyone else have an odd craving for a few bottles of beer today for all of this

:pac:

squarecircles

Tree fallen on car,Waterford,2 trapped inside

angeldaisy

just outside limerick city, top of hill, fairly exposed, really bad here now. power has gone, gate blown down, part of fence gone. some slates gone off roof.