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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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ibarelycare

spoonerhead wrote: »

Just cause there is sunshine, doesn’t mean it’s safe. Taken in Dublin 12

What road is that on?

wexdevil

few slates flying off roofs here in enniscorthy

Sam Quentin

Little excitement Now turning to concern!? Very strong sharp gusts here right now on North East coast(Louth).

retro:electro

from_atozinc wrote: »

Has it hit Galway city yet in its full force?

My house is taking a bit of a battering but nothing out of the ordinary so far for Galway

Samaris

Aw, the Shakey Bridge is gone? 90 years old, survived Debbie! It was reported even a few days ago that it was getting pretty fragile though, so not hugely surprising.

Rebelbrowser

https://mobile.twitter.com/NadineORegan/status/919900994192007168/video/1

scary stuff in the middle of suburbia. anyone could have been killed. thats the roof of my alma mater, Douglas Comm, you eventually see blown into the air.....

marno21

Tree down on N7 outbound around J5 Athgoe. 2 lanes blocked.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

https://twitter.com/barryomahony4/status/919900274801692672

km79

Electricity flicked on and off in East Galway an hour ago
Still have it though
Most outages still restricted to south of country

[Deleted User]

Planes really struggling to get off the ground. Thought they were to stop at 1.30 in Dublin.

Seanmk1

Getting wild here in Clontarf, bits of my neighbour's roof are coming off.

from_atozinc

Has it hit Galway city yet in its full force?

spookwoman

Portlaw waterford fecked 7 roofs have blown off at Brown street

IP freely

In case anyone is remotely interested, I've set up a camera to stream live to youtube from a window upstairs looking south. I live on the top of an exposed hill outside Letterkenny Co.Donegal so should be good for seeing it come in.

Can only steam a max of 30 minutes then need to restart again...

https://youtu.be/kKotCqZpEL4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKotCqZpEL4

randylonghorn

Yawns wrote: »

I'd ask the question of how many lives need to be lost before people stop saying this storm is overhyped?

There seems to be two dominant tendencies ... to treat it as Apocalypse Now (which it's not) or to treat it as a typical Irish Autumn storm (which it's not).

froog

sunny in cork city but still very windy and gusts.

[Deleted User]

Reports that the Shakey Bridge in Cork has collapsed!

Reati

anna080 wrote: »

Is Boards being glitchy for anyone else? I'm not having trouble with other sites

Yes, Boards is gltichy for everyone. It's under a huge strain with requests. Even the anti-DDOS system is now kicking in.

mdwexford

John_Rambo wrote: »

Update, they weren't kitesurfers, they were windsurfers. They weren't in trouble and didn't have to be rescued. Dundalk Gardai saw them, panicked and made the wrong call.

They're pricks is what they are.

cursai

John_Rambo wrote: »

Update, they weren't kitesurfers, they were windsurfers. They weren't in trouble and didn't have to be rescued. Dundalk Gardai saw them, panicked and made the wrong call.

Wow. Safety first. It's a saying I just made up.

HighLine

Wicklow Weather just recorded a 72mph gust. The highest on record at that station.

LEIN

Massive gust here and then the power went.

Blanco100

d'Oracle wrote: »

Yes.

I mean I was talking about the valley and the poddle.
I mispoke really because its not actually built over the poddle, but Its basically in the poddles flood plain. Unlike Citi Bank which is built on an actual Quay that was planned to be a quay and not in a narrow valley without any consideration to flooding.

I'm saying that they aren't similar to the extent that you could make comparisons, but I'm not looking for a fight either.

Is there a chance of damage to the Citi building? Lots of people working in there I'd say

TitianGerm

C__MC wrote: »

Still Nothing to severe in north Wexford any how

Very heavy wind in Enniscorthy. Got very heavy about 20 minutes ago.

retro:electro

Is Boards being glitchy for anyone else? I'm not having trouble with other sites

Feckoffcup

111km/h isn't that bad

zetalambda

Anyone getting double posts?

Sierra Oscar

Gerry Murphy is taking questions on RTE Radio 1 Liveline now. It's also on RTE News Now.

posy2010

D6. Hopefully not the first of many!

IQO

road_high wrote: »

Roof blown off a Lidl store in Clonmel apparently...

https://twitter.com/thejournal_ie/status/919909383605174273

https://twitter.com/pbcdave_dave/status/919907561779924992