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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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adox

Starting to pick up here now in Portmarnock North Dublin.

KCAccidental

Shadylou wrote: »

Calmed way down in cork city.....id say we're over the worst thank goodness and we still have power

Will strengthen again apparently. So don't think that it's over yet.

d'Oracle

Straffan1979 wrote: »

not trying to be inflammatory but we need to have a national/global discussion about this type of hype and mass hysteria that's now part of day to day life- nuclear wars and global warming and hurricanes - much worse in Feb 2014 ; it really has gone too far

If the discussion needs to be national, then why the feck are you looking at the weather out your window and using that as a basis for your point?

kippy

Straffan1979 wrote: »

not trying to be inflammatory but we need to have a national/global discussion about this type of hype and mass hysteria that's now part of day to day life- nuclear wars and global warming and hurricanes - much worse in Feb 2014 ; it really has gone too far

I think it's best to wait till after the event has passed to make the determination of whether this was "overhyped" or not.

There's already one unfortunate person dead and one one badly injured.......

amadangomor

Spend yesterday and this morning making the place/garden as storm proof as possible then walk into the bathroom and the other half has the skylight wide open.

Hmm smelly bathroom or no roof, she obviously went with the latter :rolleyes:

BumperD

One dead Waterford https://www.rte.ie/

[Deleted User]

Anyone that goes out swimming today is a f*cking idiot. Hearing reports of people down in Blackrock in Galway.

Anybody that is rescued from the sea by the coastguard should be made pay for the costs of saving them.

MJohnston

A very sad statistic to add to the thread - a woman has died in Waterford after a tree fell on her car:

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-41633276?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_linkname=news_central&ns_fee=0#post_59e49f46e4b0df0fea8c33e1

LeinsterDub

sryanbruen wrote: »

Storm Darwin brought 25m waves.

Storm surge is still to come . This is a different beast than most people in Ireland have ever experienced

Lucreto

The power has been reduced. Tv still works but oven and lights are not working.

fxotoole

Wind has really picked up in North Kildare. Our doormat has just blown away. Not risking going out there to recover it

JaMarcusHustle

Dublin 18 - very windy but nothing here so far that warrants much concern. Though I've read that the worst of it is yet to come.

titan18

Straffan1979 wrote: »

I'm not belly aching but I'm not a fan of this mass hysteria and culture of fear that's part of day to day life- I don't buy it and it's not just hurricanes - just my opinion

Considering that there are idiots in our country who decided to go out for a swim or to surf in it, there clearly wasn't enough hysteria

2Mad2BeMad

Guarda just pullled up outside my neighbours house, asked him to move his car (parked right beside a tree)
Fair play to them

Dunno why he has it parked their, any other day it wouldn't be.

Donal55

ellieh1 wrote: »

Lamp post outside is moving about quite a bit here in the outskirts of Limerick city....getting scary now

Same here. P & T pole in the back garden looks dodgy. Wish it would fall now while the wind is blowing away ftom the house.

taytobreath

its very scary here in Tramore now

cros13

13:15

Colibri

soap1978 wrote: »

Biggest overreaction in the history of Irish weather lol

?!!!?!???!
1 person has died already, and the storm hasn't hit most of the country yet.

TomOnBoard

signostic wrote: »

Met Eireann webcam...Roches Point Automatic Weather Station

Very well spotted!

spookwoman

Tree down outside belle Lake on the Dunmore East Road.

Shadylou

Definitely a storm in a teacup.....ive seen a few branches off trees but nothing worth keeping the kids off school for and losing a days wages

noah45

Web Graphic Designer wrote: »

General update (infographic) 13:00:

Looks very informative, what site is this?

smurgen

Roof gone off Douglas Community School.Roofs gone off some north side houses.Turner's Cross stand roof damaged and lots of power lines down in Cork.

Assetbacked

Blowing quite hard in Malahide but not so hard that one wouldn't go outside. Some of the gusts are quick powerful but barely lasting. Early days.

horsefarm

soap1978 wrote: »

Biggest overreaction in the history of Irish weather lol

Theres nothing more infuriating and disrespectful than this sort of comment. One woman has already lost her life. Would you be happier if more people died?

spookwoman

Tree down at Belle Lake On the Dunmore East Road Co Waterford

smokingman

Shadylou wrote: »

Definitely a storm in a teacup.....ive seen a few branches off trees but nothing worth keeping the kids off school for and losing a days wages

You want to tell that to the family of the lady that's dead this morning as a result of this storm yeah?

TeaBagMania

I've got weather envy, id give anything to be in the west of Ireland riding this out in a pub with a cold Guinness, survived the floods in the north back in September in the same fashion

Hunker down and be safe people

TeaBagMania

double post, interweb is mighty slow from the states to Ireland

Arcade_Tryer

Straffan1979 wrote: »

not trying to be inflammatory but we need to have a national/global discussion about this type of hype and mass hysteria that's now part of day to day life- nuclear wars and global warming and hurricanes - much worse in Feb 2014 ; it really has gone too far

Agree with this to an extent, but mostly in relation to the reaction in Dublin. Work was closed today in a new, state of the art building while builders continued on as normal outside, shopkeepers etc. But sent home for the employer's safety...