nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

Child Item

Storm Ophelia - General Discussion/Local reports - See MOD NOTE Post #1

Samaris

Mod note

This is a busy thread and as a result the Mod Team will be taking a zero Tolerance approach to trolling and flaming

Don’t say you weren’t warned!!

And please don’t feed
Thanks

'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?

Find more posts tagged with

Quick Links

Comments

[Deleted User]

Straffan1979 wrote: »

probably be attacked from the doomsday merchants but game over Dingle

That's the eye of the storm, it'll kick up again soon enough.

tayto lover

Skid X wrote: »

Man who opened his electrical shop today in Cork rings Sean O'Rourke to complain about how he can see lots of people driving around in the storm.

Hypocrite much?

The lad who opened his paper shop was unlucky .... it blew away.

B0jangles

Donal55 wrote: »

Niece getting induced as we speak.
Can't think of any names if its a girl??

Wendy (but in Cork accent

)

jones 19

"Magic wrote:

;104987972"]I'd say you can expect a much stronger updraft through the chimney during storm. But I wouldn't expect any problems.

If you have a boiler ran off your fire then don't lite it as a power outage with cause your circulation pump to stop pumping and could cause leakage.

El Caballo

Biggest gusts to hit West Limerick so far right now. Huge trees swaying all over the place.

sryanbruen

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Thanks for the update - any news on the storm?

I recall the video of the Dundrum town centre flooding in 2012 (?) showing one or two layers of sandbags about 300mm high at the doors, and the water pouring in at about 1200m.

24 October 2011 you mean?

cros13

Latest powercheck for those who can't see it...
Lights flickering in Portlaoise, I have UPS backing for the house and my computers for a few hours and the cars are fully charged.

KCAccidental

Straffan1979 wrote: »

probably be attacked from the doomsday merchants but game over Dingle

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

lawred2

Straffan1979 wrote: »

probably be attacked from the doomsday merchants but game over Dingle

that's the eye most likely

_Dara_

First fatality.

Tree fell on a car in Waterford. Hope we get no more ghouls on this thread saying that it's not a "real" storm.

RIP.

Sierra Oscar

Straffan1979 wrote: »

probably be attacked from the doomsday merchants but game over Dingle

Gerry Murphy was saying on RTÉ around half an hour ago that he expects west Kerry to be in the 'eye' of the storm so to speak around now, winds to abate for a while and pick up again.

uck51js9zml2yt

In case anyone still doubts the severity of this...a woman was killed this morning when a branch hit her car in Waterford

LirW

I'm just seeing people walking on the beach at Inch Beach!

signostic

Met Eireann webcam...Roches Point Automatic Weather Station

tayto lover

ibarelycare wrote: »

Confirmed death in Waterford from tree falling on car

Very sad. RIP.

Ultimanemo

RIP

TomOnBoard

Deleted User wrote: »

View from my house

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdgpySfvIVk

What direction is that camera pointing?

Doltanian

A gust hit our house here in Kerry around 11:30 and it was easily over 100mph, trees down all over and reports of massive damage to older buildings and farm sheds.

LeinsterDub

Straffan1979 wrote: »

probably be attacked from the doomsday merchants but game over Dingle

The eye of the storm is over Dingle now according to RTÉ

d'Oracle

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Thanks for the update - any news on the storm?

I recall the video of the Dundrum town centre flooding in 2012 (?) showing one or two layers of sandbags about 300mm high at the doors, and the water pouring in at about 1200m.

Citybank isnt built on a river though.

Straffan1979

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

Gerry Murphy was saying on RTÉ around half an hour ago that he expects west Kerry to be in the 'eye' of the storm so to speak around now, winds to abate for a while and pick up again.

just an FYI folks .....an FYI

xper

MJohnston wrote: »

As an aside - ESB's Powercheck map service has failed because they have exceeded their Google Maps API rate limit.

Just saw that. Using the free API for an emergency service, feckin' cheapskates :rolleyes:

ibarelycare

Dublin 12 getting quite blustery.

Ultimanemo

Some rain and wind in Moycullen, it is like windy rainy dark winter day, nothing big so far

bigar

IQO wrote: »

https://twitter.com/nickcarbone/status/919846436539428864

Citibank Dublin

Apparently told staff to stay in until at least 5pm to get the storm passed (and not be hindered by the somehow expected flooding of their building).

They were actually advised to leave before 12 but when they chose to stay in, not to venture outside until the storm passes.

ASOT

Conor Faulkner giving it large about the storm and how dangerous it is on the news yet still has his staff working, madness.

Middle Man

Deleted (duplicate post).

sunbabe08

Electricity out on the north side of cork city.

beno619

First big gust in Saggart. Co Dublin.

ratmouse

Top "blogger " Joane Larby aka Make Up Fairy put up some snaps there a short while ago of her and her family and her boyfriend's Dad out dancing and doing exercises on a wall in West Cork midst storm. This girl has a huge following and is an "influencer " and there she is, showing no respect to the seriousness of the weather and the weather warnings and putting it out there for all her followers to see. The Happy Pear are getting backlash on social media for going for a swim this morning before the storm. I don't see how Miss Larbys antics are any less irresponsible. Disgraceful behaviour and example to be setting