Deleted User wrote: » It's very frustrating and disappointing to read about these incidents. We all talk about the good people who work in the rescue services, and I can put a face to one of those good people - A close friend volunteers on the river rescue in the locality of Clogherhead. Never mind that he's my friend, that's not important, it just affords me the knowledge that this good, hard-working man is a father to two young boys who look up to him like there is no one else in the world. They have a great mother too of course, and there's no one like her, but the boys are in full dad-idol mode at the moment as young boys can be for a phase. He's had a few testing times out on the waters already since he joined the rescue. It's dangerous work even in the calmest conditions. If he had to go and those young boys lost their father, I'd hope that it would be for someone who didn't blatantly ignore the red weather warning just for the lols. These people who do this, I honestly believe that they don't see the bigger picture. Either that or they have Type-A Assumed Invincibility Disorder (it's real, trust me, don't look it up ). In choosing to go out there, they might just be in their own world and not thinking of emergency personnel - "Yeah it's wild out there, but sure I'm a big boy/girl and I'll only hurt myself if anything happens". Or worse... "Bad things only happen to other people, I'm grand." Or even worse... "Sure isn't that the reason we have a coast guard in the first place?" Very frustrating. But I started my day by seeing a gif of a skateboarding teenager set himself on fire without an extinguishing source nearby to attempt a stunt. It ended well in that he didn't die or get badly burnt, but part of me inside might have done having watched it. Disappoint and frustrate me - yes, but some eejits kite-surfing on an Irish beach today does not surprise me in the slightest. Unfortunately. The storm is centre-story here, but like any major story there will be lots of offshoots and smaller details to review in the aftermath and lessons to learn. For me, one of those things already is a clear snapshot into the mindset of some employers and just what they think of their staff vs money. This has been an unprecedented event for us in terms of advanced and high warning, and some of the reports of employer/company responses have left a lot to be desired in terms of how they view and value their employees. It's been more about how they view and value that sacred bottom line. For example, this was a post earlier in the thread... The story of your husband adds to a growing pile. Good on him and his co-workers for making a stand. That said, there are many good stories in the thread about companies giving their workers advanced notice of a day off, fair play to them for acting like humans. It's been mentioned elsewhere, but today is a day you find out who are the "really good companies to work for".
mdwexford wrote: » All schools colleges and crèche to stay closed tomorrow. Dept of education confirms.
Lord Trollington wrote: » Gardai made the right call.
Deleted User wrote: » OK people in Cork thinking that this is over, it is NOT
Strong Life in Dublin wrote: » source? I don't understand the logic behind this, the storm will be over by 7.
Confucius say wrote: » I wasn't hanging off a cliff and wasn't in any danger, so you don't know what you're talking about. There are still tonnes of people down at the promenade in Clontarf and around howth.
gandalfio wrote: » Is it foolish to drive from Belfast to Dublin now?
4Ad wrote: » I thought it was easing here in East Clare as the sun shone through..within 10 secs in picked up and one of the stro gest gusts I've heard !
A detail that I wanted to underscore for west coast readers especially from Tralee north to Galway is that extreme westerly winds 130-170 km/hr may develop shortly after the passage of the low centre between 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm. These may be stronger than any winds that occurred in the southeasterly phase before the centre arrived. Violent gusts could cause some structural damage and beach debris could become a hazard in some places (thinking of Lahinch for example). This cycle of the storm will probably begin to lose intensity just about when it reaches Galway so would predict 100-150 km/hr winds there around 3:00 to 4:00 p.
mdwexford wrote: » Whoops sorry if incorrect. Someone sent me a pic from the independent website.
eimsRV wrote: » Do you have a link?
....... wrote: » Oh wow - getting closer to Dublin. Windy and raining here in Tallaght but not Armageddon.
YeaYeaSure wrote: » In West Limerick has certainly calmed down the last half hour. No major damage around here and no loss of power thankfully. Nothing like the force of Darwin in this area thankfully.
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