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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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Red Corvette

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Stay safe ..RTE just said the north hasnt even experienced anything yet

Nope, it's only starting where I am in Cork and it's meant to move north. It's pretty bad here alright.

squarecircles

Teresa is giving out her mantra on rte

Captain Snow

http://www.strandhillsurfschool.com/surf_forecast

You can really start to see the weather change here at strandhill.

laugh

West Wicklow - crazy wind now, likely trees will be entirely deleafed by the end of this.

Gael23

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Very very gusty here. Id put it a lot worse than our normal winter storm wind wise but not as bad as Feb 2014. Power is on and is find occasional showers but just to repeat very very windy and gusty.

That went in a few minutes though

road_high

Tree fell on a car in west Waterford according to RTE/Damien Tiernan. Emergency services at the scene, two injured so far...

stevek93

Got myself portable gas cooker just in case. Everyone stay safe

DOCARCH

Highest gust on 1200 report is 84kn at Roches Point....that's 156kmh!

Sherkin Island is not reporting!!!

...And Justice

Boater123 wrote: »

Wasn't taking this too seriously 'til now but the immensity of it all just dawned on me when I heard the most worry news.............Lidl closed.......Lidl never closes:)

Aldi still open, got the essential beers in.

paul71

Straffan1979 wrote: »

nothing major on Dingle peninsula tbh- is this over hyped

FutureGuy wrote: »

I have just seen a huge sheet of metal fly through the air. Definitely a roof.

You think it is overhyped!

andre2010

huge Gust of wind and very loud in Citywest. I think its about to hit dublin very soon

Cianos

Deleted User wrote: »

Did you not do your hurricane prep? Ive candles, a new torch, the bath is full of water, 2 thermos flasks with boiling water, enough Koka noodles to sink a ship, a fridge full of beer and a bottle of Jemmie.

You're way ahead of me on all accounts. Dry koka noodle sandwich for me and not even a warm beer to wash it down.

Sephiroth_dude

Cianos wrote: »

Where?

Ballincollg Co Cork

Power Gone here so I seriously pissed now :mad: probably be days before it's back by the way they were talking on RTÉ.

bfa1509

RTE are urging people to tune in to their live coverage to ensure your survival. They have had to break to commercials numerous times due to disruption to service but they are urging people to pay close attention to the adverts until coverage resumes...

Tigger99

A friend just had the door of their esb meter board ripped off in the wind. They are at a loss as to how to fix it. I'd suggest they do nothing but they'd be worried about it bring more dangerous. Any advice?

Lumi

Hurricane-force winds on the SW coast

https://twitter.com/meteireann/status/919883222921678848

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castletownman wrote: »

The two people that got into difficulty wind-surfing up in the north, and the people spotted swimming in Galway deserve Darwin Awards. A hefty bill or forced donation to the emergency services.

FYP. How much would a plumber charge you to come out today? Thats the sort of bill these tits should get.

Hoboo

Sparks43 wrote: »

Stocked up this morning

Breaking news: Unconfirmed reports of Tesco Tallaght running out of Dutch Gold and Goodfellas pizzas.

Nothing like a warm beer and a semi thawed pizza

sydthebeat

Power out here in Portarlington.

Timistry

Had to go out to the car to get my phone charger. Got knocked off my feet by a huge gust. Getting back into the house the wind caught the table by the door and flung it up the hallway!

_Kaiser_

MD1990 wrote: »

I'm in Laois.

Not bad at all for now. But seen post about it being bad in Kilkenny & Carlow.

I'm hoping I can escape it or maybe it will start here soon?

Yep, the winds are picking up the last hour. Only a matter of time I reckon.

randylonghorn

HONKEY TONK wrote: »

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

Not me, honkey.

Coz I'm honest enough to admit that I've been a stupid prat at times in my life; I grew up and I got sense, partly because someone with more sense kicked MY arse when I fooked up.

Let he who has never fooked up throw the first stone ....

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Tree down near me. Dromcollogher Co.Limerick

And what does this suggest about Kesselring's chances, lad?

Red Corvette wrote: »

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

Meh, it's Ireland, there will be tea tomorrow ...

Pintman Paddy Losty

Still very calm in Dublin. Doesn't seem to have warranted a red level warning here. Better safe than sorry i suppose.

Lumen

Tigger99 wrote: »

A friend just had the door of their esb meter board ripped off in the wind. They are at a loss as to how to fix it. I'd suggest they do nothing but they'd be worried about it bring more dangerous. Any advice?

Duck tape or WD40.

bren2002

Tigger99 wrote: »

A friend just had the door of their esb meter board ripped off in the wind. They are at a loss as to how to fix it. I'd suggest they do nothing but they'd be worried about it bring more dangerous. Any advice?

Duck tape

lawred2

Lumi wrote: »

Hurricane-force winds on the SW coast

https://twitter.com/meteireann/status/919883222921678848

is that 10 UTC? Either way that's at least 90 minutes ago

Xenji

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Ballincollg Co Cork

Power Gone here so I seriously pissed now :mad: probably be days before it's back by the way they were talking on RTÉ.

Hope you have your Vita well charged

fishy_fishy

Not sure why people reckon it hasn't come to Dublin yet. It's definitely windy and getting worse. Dublin Bay Buoy is reading 34 gusting 48 knots. That's about 70kmph gusting 96...

Burial.

Probably jinxing myself bad here but it's after calming down a tad here in Cork.

lawred2

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Still very calm in Dublin. Doesn't seem to have warranted a red level warning here. Better safe than sorry i suppose.

careful now - someone will be along in a minute to lecture you about timelines and that you're beyond help.