So who here thinks Ireland will ever be hit by a Hurricane?

AMKC · 30-09-2019 10:33PM #1

Me I think with every passing year and the way the climate is now so fecked up and the currents in the Sea's as well that it is only a mater of time it might be next year in five years or in a decade but I think it will happen unfortunately.

Just look at storm Lorenzo when it hits us it will be big storm but its a Hurricane at the moment and the next could still be that when hits us.

punisher5112 · 30-09-2019 10:34PM

Nothing like over the water....

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 30-09-2019 10:36PM

We've had hurricane force winds before.

This Lorenzo has people in a panic and it probably won't even be storm force if it touches land here.

ILoveYourVibes · 30-09-2019 10:39PM

I hit this island with emotional hurricanes all the time ...no one seems to mind tho

SuperSean11 · 30-09-2019 10:41PM

I think he’s dead 🤔

Brock Turnpike · 30-09-2019 10:41PM

Audrina Muscular Horseshoe wrote: »

We've had hurricane force winds before.

This Lorenzo has people in a panic and it probably won't even be storm force if it touches land here.

This is exactly the kind of feckless attitude that has us in our current predicament.

dxhound2005 · 30-09-2019 10:43PM

Feck off.

branie2 · 30-09-2019 10:43PM

I don't think it's possible

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 30-09-2019 10:44PM

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

This is exactly the kind of feckless attitude that has us in our current predicament.

And what predicament are we in? Pray tell.

dxhound2005 · 30-09-2019 10:45PM

The Night of the Big Wind.

Fart · 30-09-2019 10:47PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The Night of the Big Wind.

That's right up my alley.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 30-09-2019 10:47PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The Night of the Big Wind.

tabby aspreme · 30-09-2019 10:54PM

Anyone remember Hurricane Charlie, mid eighties, 1985 I think, around the end of August, there was a lot of rain, camping at the Rose of Tralee, but I don't remember much wind

dxhound2005 · 30-09-2019 10:57PM

https://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/ACalend/BigWind.html

mzungu · 30-09-2019 10:58PM

We will be hit by big storms again alright, maybe like the downgraded Ophelia a few years back. But I doubt we would see something like Hurricane Wilma.

30-09-2019 11:00PM

tabby aspreme wrote: »

Anyone remember Hurricane Charlie, mid eighties, 1985 I think, around the end of August, there was a lot of rain, camping at the Rose of Tralee, but I don't remember much wind

It was 86 if I remember correctly.
Was at lough dan camping. Plenty of rain, wind, thunder and lightning. We had to move into a house as the area we were pitched in became flooded.

rossie1977 · 30-09-2019 11:05PM

sugarman wrote: »

Try a century or 2. We're nowhere near close to reaching ideal weather conditions for hurricanes to form.

They currently form in tropics near the equator, we'd need a serious shift in climate change / temperature increase to affect this far north of the equator.

Well get bigger storms alright as tailends of them hit here, but we're a long way off actual hurricanes. Certainly not 5 years anyway!

Ophelia was easternmost Atlantic major hurricane in recorded history. 2 years later we have one in similar spot.

Probably won't be 5 years but the way the Earth is warming unnaturally and the rise in sea temperatures Ireland is in for some severe storms probably annually within next 20 years.

This country isn't setup to deal with a direct hit from a hurricane either. The majority of our population are living in low lying areas near major bodies of water. Dublin, Galway, Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Athlone, Sligo, Drogheda and Dundalk would be devastated by anything approaching a category 2.

ToddyDoody · 30-09-2019 11:11PM

Here's the three possible routes, according to the Laois local newspaper.

https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/laois-weather/482412/watch-forecaster-predicts-three-possible-routes-for-hurricane-lorenzo.html

Lirange · 30-09-2019 11:12PM

A couple years ago some family were on holiday in Orlando and they were under a serious hurricane threat. All the parks closed down. A few weeks later they were constantly in my ear about this footage they took of crazy lightning and mad torrential rain. So they sent me the video and I asked if they were in the outside bands of the hurricane. “Oh no this wasn’t the hurricane. It was a nervy time though as we weren’t sure if we would make our flight out. But thankfully we did. Close call though.” The footage they were so jumpy about was just your standard Florida thunderstorm. If Ireland ever experienced a proper hurricane full on god help us. We’re not equipped for it, naturally, as Storm Ophelia well demonstrated.

IAMAMORON · 30-09-2019 11:22PM

Not without a polar realignment, which as far as I am aware is only a theory?

They only occur near the equator and work then towards the tropics. The Atlantic is too cold for them to grow to hurricane size.

AMKC · 30-09-2019 11:28PM

Awe that's good then. Phew I can stop worrying about a Hurricane ever hitting us in my lifetime so.

smelly sock · 30-09-2019 11:30PM

AMKC wrote: »

Me I think with every passing year and the way the climate is now so fecked up and the currents in the Sea's as well that it is only a mater of time it might be next year in five years or in a decade but I think it will happen unfortunately.

Just look at storm Lorenzo when it hits us it will be big storm but its a Hurricane at the moment and the next could still be that when hits us.

A. Lorenzo wount touch us.

B. No. Any weather system which presents this kind of threat generally loses most power as it travels further North.

mickdw · 30-09-2019 11:32PM

As storms increase over generations, we are well capable of developing with the weather. Our structures will change, our flood defences will improve, coastal accommodation will be moved out of dangerous areas. This is stuff that only needs to happen over multiple lifetimes. That said, I believe structurally we are far ahead of some regions in terms of how our housing is constructed. Timber stick built houses literally blow away in the wind. Our block built structures are good for well upwards of 100 mph
We have had 107 mph gusts here with only a few metal sheds etc losing some roof sections.

is_that_so · 30-09-2019 11:36PM

rossie1977 wrote: »

Ophelia was easternmost Atlantic major hurricane in recorded history. 2 years later we have one in similar spot.

Probably won't be 5 years but the way the Earth is warming unnaturally and the rise in sea temperatures Ireland is in for some severe storms probably annually within next 20 years.

This country isn't setup to deal with a direct hit from a hurricane either. The majority of our population are living in low lying areas near major bodies of water. Dublin, Galway, Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Athlone, Sligo, Drogheda and Dundalk would be devastated by anything approaching a category 2.

Eh, Drogheda is on a hill on both sides of the town. Upwards of 100ft above sea level.

smelly sock · 30-09-2019 11:40PM

rossie1977 wrote: »

Ophelia was easternmost Atlantic major hurricane in recorded history. 2 years later we have one in similar spot.

Probably won't be 5 years but the way the Earth is warming unnaturally and the rise in sea temperatures Ireland is in for some severe storms probably annually within next 20 years.

This country isn't setup to deal with a direct hit from a hurricane either. The majority of our population are living in low lying areas near major bodies of water. Dublin, Galway, Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Athlone, Sligo, Drogheda and Dundalk would be devastated by anything approaching a category 2.

Well thankfully as history shows we will never be hit woth one. Not in our life times anyway.

Maggie Benson · 30-09-2019 11:44PM

Anyone remember Debbie?

Rhys Essien · 30-09-2019 11:46PM

sugarman wrote: »

Ophelia was still only a category 3 hurricane and little more than a storm by the time it actually got anywhere near Ireland, albeit a very bad one.

Temperatures have only risen by 1 degree in the last century, albeit most of that 1 degree in the second half of it. Temperatures are predicted to rise by a 1.5 degree min by the year 2100.

So I reckon we will be hit by worse and worse storms, we're still a long way from actually feeling the full force brunt of a hurricane on these shores.

Ophelia actually slammed in to the coast of Cork with Hurricane force winds. (>120kmph)

Quantum Erasure · 30-09-2019 11:47PM

Maggie Benson wrote: »

Anyone remember Debbie?

is that the one that hit Dallas?

JupiterKid · 01-10-2019 12:09AM

tabby aspreme wrote: »

Anyone remember Hurricane Charlie, mid eighties, 1985 I think, around the end of August, there was a lot of rain, camping at the Rose of Tralee, but I don't remember much wind

Yep, remember it well. It was 1986 and I was just going into 6th class in primary school. There must have been very strong winds because a lot of big old trees in the Phoenix Park were blown down.

mickdw · 01-10-2019 12:22AM

Rhys Essien wrote: »

sugarman wrote: »

Ophelia was still only a category 3 hurricane and little more than a storm by the time it actually got anywhere near Ireland, albeit a very bad one.

Temperatures have only risen by 1 degree in the last century, albeit most of that 1 degree in the second half of it. Temperatures are predicted to rise by a 1.5 degree min by the year 2100.

So I reckon we will be hit by worse and worse storms, we're still a long way from actually feeling the full force brunt of a hurricane on these shores.

Ophelia actually slammed in to the coast of Cork with Hurricane force winds. (>120kmph)

120kmph is only a bit of wind in the West of Ireland. We had 107 mph or 170 kmph in with 1987 or 1991.

Rhys Essien · 01-10-2019 12:32AM

mickdw wrote: »

120kmph is only a bit of wind in the West of Ireland. We had 107 mph or 170 kmph in with 1987 or 1991.

It reached 191kmph during Ophelia.

https://twitter.com/severeweathereu/status/919891856774885376?s=21

So who here thinks Ireland will ever be hit by a Hurricane?

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