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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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Sierra Oscar

Straffan1979 wrote: »

live from Dingle - relatively calm

Ah Minard, a beautiful spot - I'd say it must be fairly bleak there today though! :eek:

Claregirl

Very wild in Ennis now :eek:

kippy

LordSutch wrote: »

Getting so many mixed messages!

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

What's the story?

I really don't know why people have to ask this question......

The wind isn't just ON or OFF in a specific area. Different areas will experience different sets of weather features at different times.

Based on the northerly track of the esb outages and some of the photos I am seeing this is as bad an event as predicted with at least another 12 hours before the worst of it has left the general vicinity of the country.

Stay indoors, keep safe and worry about who got what right and wrong and what someone said tomorrow.

[Deleted User]

Really glad work was cancelled. The area where my workplace is (northside Cork City) seems to be getting the worst of it. Cork Safety Alerts has some good info...

HONKEY TONK

randylonghorn wrote: »

Yeah, we should, because they're people just like us.

But I'd be awful tempted to get them to shore and then bury my size 12s halfway up their arseholes for being stupid fking mutts!!

Not me. They know exactly what they are doing so off they go.

These are not accidents.

These stupid ****s are purposely being reckless pulling others into a dangerous situation

So off they go

ellieh1

ESB Powercheck website seems down...is it the same for anyone else??

SeaFields

An absolute tool just drove past my house with two kids in the back.

Paully D

Are the people who claimed all was fine when it was relatively calm this morning starting to grasp the reality of the situation facing us now?

randylonghorn

Straffan1979 wrote: »

nothing major on Dingle peninsula tbh- is this over hyped

As someone who who was born on the Dingle peninsula ... thank the gods if you got off / are getting off lightly!

Hell, park your arse on a stool in O'Flahertys / Dick Mac's / Foxy John's / Hannie's / John Benny's / Tom Long's / Geaney's and toast the old gods that the place is still standing!

Why tf do people complain when things aren't as bad as they might have been?! Colour me confused .....

Hoboo

Cianos wrote: »

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

Lasagne cooked this morning and two bottles of red ready to go!

Paully D

Are the people who claimed all was fine when it was relatively calm this morning starting to grasp the reality of the situation facing us now?

Pinch Flat

Cianos wrote: »

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

Too late.....

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2017/10/15/irish-off-licence-shelves-empty-as-preparations-for-hurricane-ophelia-begin/

:pac:

spookwoman

ellieh1 wrote: »

RBS Powercheck website seems down...is it the same for anyone else??

was acting up me get a few seconds then oops. ESB are aware and working on it

sunbabe08

now things are getting serious in cork city.

Red Corvette

squarecircles wrote: »

Tree fallen on car,Waterford,2 trapped inside

****

IQO

https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/919882600084361216

Dublin Fire Brigade sharing a live interactive map of Dublin incidents

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=17UnhDwNfKWD_tq-dw0f0qK5lN04&ll=53.344259162768914%2C-6.255786299999954&z=15

Colibri

Is there more rainfall expected in Cork?

Pinch Flat

spookwoman wrote: »

was acting up me get a few seconds then oops

Same here. App playing up

LastLagoon

iamwhoiam wrote: »

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

There was people posting yesterday saying their dogs wouldn’t go out.full of it

um7y1h83ge06nx

Branches and sticks hitting the windows here in rural Murroe Co. Limerick. Hopefully a big one doesn't break a window.

Reports on RTE that a tree has hit a car in Waterford with 2 occupants.

lawred2

Paully D wrote: »

Are the people who claimed all was fine when it was relatively calm this morning starting to grasp the reality of the situation facing us now?

it's still very benign in Dublin

Samaris

spookwoman wrote: »

was acting up me get a few seconds then oops. ESB are aware and working on it

Same, the map was erroring.

kippy

ellieh1 wrote: »

ESB Powercheck website seems down...is it the same for anyone else??

Down here as well, I'd say the site/app cant cope with the amount of queries it is currently getting.

tomcosgrave

LordSutch wrote: »

Getting so many mixed messages!

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

What's the story?

If it's dreadful with trees down and tiles off the roof, they are in the south of the country.
If it's rough but just very windy, they're just a little bit away from the worst and things will get worst.
If people are asking what the bother is, it hasn't gone anywhere near them yet - it will.

spookwoman

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Same here. App playing up

they are working on it

[Deleted User]

ellieh1 wrote: »

ESB Powercheck website seems down...is it the same for anyone else??

Probably exceeded the number of lookups for google maps.

Copper_pipe

Tree down near me. Dromcollogher Co.Limerick

pp_me

ESB Powercheck down because they didn't pay their bills

https://imgur.com/QisBnfc

Cork Boy 53

Tree down and electricity out in my area near Bandon.

Red Corvette

Gonna make a cup of tea. Could be my last one. That is my last one for today.