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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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Web Graphic Designer

noah45 wrote: »

Looks very informative, what site is this?

Just an infographic compiled with my design software, from news sources within the public domain.

Seems to be an increase now in roof's being lifted, (sheds, caravans, building sites) etc. I lost a shed during storm Frank, which isn't as bad as this one.

Gael23

The driver of the car hit by a tree in Waterford this morning has died in hospital

Eoin247

Seeing lots of people sitting out on boats in Dublin... Some really stupid people around...

iguana

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

Two posts later:

smurgen wrote: »

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.

Mortified for you Shadylou.:pac:

exaisle

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

That gets the award for g0bsh1te of the week.

You do realise that there's a woman dead? May she rest in peace.

Are you so concerned about your feckin day's wages?

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

This enough for you so?

https://twitter.com/NadineORegan/status/919900994192007168

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

This enough for you so?

https://twitter.com/NadineORegan/status/919900994192007168

Irish_rat

Thankfully not too bad in Limerick, couldn't imagine the gusts of over 100km/hr that Cork and Waterford are receiving.

Tin Foil Hat

EPAndlee wrote: »

I've a roof starting to lift off one of my older sheds

Douglas Community School Gym roof is in someones garden in Cork.

FutureGuy

WhiteRoses wrote: »

Not sure if it's been posted already but will post again for attention.

There is a 13 year old child missing in cork. Her father dropped her to the ferry in Cobh this morning to go to school in Passage not knowing school was cancelled.
The father went to work but was sent home, can't get in touch with the child and she isn't at home or with any friends.

All the local news sources are running with it so it seems legit. As of 1pm she's still missing.

no words.

Minister

We'd love a bit of hurricane delight - but kids are here&#55357;&#56857; Any takers for them????

Minister

We'd love a bit of hurricane delight - but kids are here😙 Any takers for them????

[Deleted User]

We were finally let go around 12:40. :rolleyes:

Gru

WhiteRoses wrote: »

Not sure if it's been posted already but will post again for attention.

There is a 13 year old child missing in cork. Her father dropped her to the ferry in Cobh this morning to go to school in Passage not knowing school was cancelled.
The father went to work but was sent home, can't get in touch with the child and she isn't at home or with any friends.

All the local news sources are running with it so it seems legit. As of 1pm she's still missing.

The girl was found safe and well. Heard on the radio.

EPAndlee

I've a roof starting to lift off one of my sheds

strawdog

R.F. wrote: »

I’ve been impressed by the countries reaction to this

If everyone had gone about their normal Monday morning routine I would have expect multiple fatalities

You can't win sometimes. You don't prepare, people die unnecessarily and you'll get people pointing the finger at the authorities. You prepare, minimal loss of life or injury and you get people saying, "see! nothing happened, just a storm in a teacup". Ultimately , Its one day. Even if doesn't turn out to be that bad, why take any risks?

Sephiroth_dude

Xenji wrote: »

Hope you have your Vita well charged

Both of them fully charged xenji

sryanbruen

nacho libre wrote: »

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

The relatives of the woman killed in Waterford might disagree. Even if it's transpires that it's not as bad in your area, or in all other areas as Darwin, it's still dangerous and foolish to travel. It is likely more people would be killed if the state and meteorological services were of the same mentality as you. Do you remember the storm of 1989 ? I do. There were several casulaties in that storm precisely because the state and weather service did not give adequate warnings prior to it.

Out of curiosity, when did the storm in 1989 occur?

Irish_rat

Looks like Dublin will get some high winds around 3pm

fryup

WhiteRoses wrote: »

There is a 13 year old child missing in cork. Her father dropped her to the ferry in Cobh this morning to go to school in Passage not knowing school was cancelled.
.

oh ffs!!

(hope she's found, hope he gets a kick up the ....)

Gamer Bhoy 89

My house made of bricks and I can feel the whole place shaking. Step father opened the door to bring the dogs in and the wind knocked the frying pan I was using off of the hob.

There's a power line visible from my bedroom window - just waiting for it to keel over.

iLikeWaffles

Is boards taking longer to load for anyone else. Just thank if so.

fxotoole

exaisle wrote: »

Chances are you have a brownout....dont use anything that has a heater element or a motor. Disconnect the fridge and freezer as you risk burning out the motor of the compressor....

Should I disconnect things with sensitive electronics in the environment entirely of a brown out? (eg Smart TVs, laptops, etc?)

shellycub

Roof gone from a shop in Clonmel.

Shadylou

Here in north side cork we actually just got a little burst of sunshine and can see a bit of blue sky...happy days

Semena Mertvykh

Sustained winds dropped significantly in Cork City. Still the occasional strong gust though.

Straffan1979

nacho libre wrote: »

The relatives of the woman killed in Waterford might disagree. Even if it's transpires that it's not as bad in your area, or in all other areas as Darwin, it's still dangerous and foolish to travel. It is likely more people would be killed if the state and meteorological services were of the same mentality as you. Do you remember the storm of 1989 ? I do. There were several casulaties in that storm precisely because the state and weather service did not give adequate warnings prior to it.

obviously this is tragic

iguana

Irish_rat wrote: »

Thankfully not too bad in Limerick, couldn't imagine the gusts of over 100km/hr that Cork and Waterford are receiving.

Reports that the roof blew off World of Tiles in the Fairgreen a couple of hours ago. And I've seen photos of garages with blown off roofs in the city centre. Childers Rd is/was blocked by a fallen tree. So it's not great already and I don't think we've seen the worst of it yet.

C__MC

Still Nothing to severe in north Wexford any how

GoldFour4

Roof gone from the Lidl in Clonmel.