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

It is currently as bad as it has been all afternoon here where I am (south-east coast).

Is there actually any let up to this at all tonight and if so, when can we expect it down here?

I am not sure how much longer some structures are going to last if it continues at this pace.

Definitely picking up again here in South Dublin...! Crazy noises outside for the first time since about 3pm.

I was hoping to go to bed for a nap; got very little sleep last night. No chance of that for another few hours, I think.

I thought the peak was going to be over by 7pm? We'd be lucky.

Seems to be picking up again around Naas , powers out here for a few hours now . Thankfully we were quiet in work today so no need to go in and because of the warnings and the advice on the threads here over the past few days I had a ramble around this morning clearing gutters and securing sheds etc so hopefully will escape any damage .

Silverbling wrote: »

The loudest and windiest it has been all day in Sandyford

Same here on the northside. Strongest gusts of the day at the moment here.

Definitely stormier and more dark clouds than there has been all day here in Dublin 5

Fairly blustery here now. D24. Tree blew down in garden earlier.

kingshankly wrote: »

Imelda Munster has it on her Facebook page

She has this up now

Thankfully reports of the second death in Louth appear to be unfounded. Sadly one life lost in Louth along with two others around the country. Thoughts and prayers for them tonight.

We don't shy from giving out when the "authorities" get things wrong, so in this case I think we should be happy with what they got right.

Met Eireann gave good information, good advice and were clear on what they knew and didn't know. They knew it was an extraordinary weather event, but they couldn't predict exactly what would happen as a consequence.

The Government I thought did OK, but their emergency committee should have met earlier than Sunday and the advice was good but not great. It was unclear what "stay indoors" really mean - I think they were deliberately ambiguous, and were lucky the storm didn't affect most peoples commute to work.

Employers were a mixed bag. Dublin city was chaos with many people arriving into work at 9, and barely sitting down before running away to get public transport home. It was an interesting test of employer attitudes to staff safety.

We'll see in the coming days how the local authorities and ESB respond, their work is only starting.

Boards came through brilliantly, I'm sure the site was under strain

I must say fair play to the crowd on here, very informative, one of the best forums on Boards.ie. Well done.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Can any other Dubs confirm we are seeing the strongest gusts we have seen all day in the last 20 minutes or is it just my locale?

Major increase in traffic on my street. Pedestrians too.

Road-Hog wrote: »

Where did you hear that one??

Courtesy of TireeTerror:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=104991716&postcount=5464

Wind has been picking up for the last 20-30 minutes in the curragh, it had gone quiet for a few hours.

Here in Tramore it's still blowing pretty hard. Has been like that since 2pm with no noticeable increase (good) or decrease. According to that ventusky site it will probably decrease from around 10pm onwards. That site has been pretty spot on so far.