Storm Lorenzo Chat Thread.

Lollipop95 · 02-10-2019 11:00PM

Anyone know what time it will hit Galway city tomorrow? Wonder will buses be effected?

Loughc · 02-10-2019 11:10PM

Lollipop95 wrote: »

Anyone know what time it will hit Galway city tomorrow? Wonder will buses be effected?

You'll be fine.

ChikiChiki · 02-10-2019 11:29PM

Sottol wrote: »

We got the typical “caring” email at work today.
If you feel it is unsafe to travel to work please arrange to work from home etc!! Making sure we all took the laptops home so there’s no excuse not to be working. There’s always one who lives too far away to come in when there’s a bit of wind!

In fairness if you can work from home and its gusty why would you even bother taking the slightest chance. You could get caught coming home in the evening with various outages/disruptions.

I took my laptop home just in case. And the rugby is on for an added bonus. :-)

Pa ElGrande · 02-10-2019 11:58PM

Adding this here for now

https://twitter.com/BigJoeBastardi/status/1179473296288632833

uck51js9zml2yt · 03-10-2019 12:04AM

ChikiChiki wrote: »

In fairness if you can work from home and its gusty why would you even bother taking the slightest chance. You could get caught coming home in the evening with various outages/disruptions.

I took my laptop home just in case. And the rugby is on for an added bonus. :-)

It's just a pity you're working and not taking the day off.

mikeecho · 03-10-2019 12:43AM

Last time for Ophelia, I was warning colleagues in advance of its danger, and I was ignored.
I warned about the snows .. and I was poo poo'd , cos it was balmy outside.

Today (Wednesday) I tell them that it won't be such a major event as Ophelia was (in cork) , and they point to George Lee on the TV.

FFS. I'm only going to buy some bread tomorrow, only because I've just run out

This will be a storm in a tea cup for where I and my work colleagues live.

Jpmarn · 03-10-2019 12:48AM

It now looks like a non event between Thursday into Friday morning especially in the south. But saying that just be careful out there. Various models have downgraded the storm and has it landfalling in North Donegal or Derry. Satellite photos are showing it gone disorganised.

Little snowy old me · 03-10-2019 01:17AM

The hype around this event has been ridiculous. RTE and the media in general are a disgrace. It looks like further downgrades are imminent. I wouldn't be surprised to see only a few western counties put to yellow and no warnings for the bulk of the country.

refusetolose · 03-10-2019 01:45AM

Graces7 · 03-10-2019 05:45AM

Roycropper63 wrote: »

Slightly off topic but Graces7 be safe!!

Aw thanks!

Waking to wind song here as Lorenzo gets ready to tramp in. Distinctly chilly too. All organised here. ( Fighting off an amorous wee cat here who will stymie typing)

Will see what it is like at first light. Black as pitch out there now...

All is well .

Graces7 · 03-10-2019 05:53AM

phormium wrote: »

Well whatever about frightening elderly people the ones in my area will have no 'home help' tomorrow afternoon as they have been told to go home early! So tough luck if you're elderly and were relying on one.

Many meals on wheels services make sure they have meals in the freezer. There will be no harm for one day and I am sure the vulnerable needing special care will not be neglected. Cleaning can wait. A good home help will make sure they have all they need.

Reckless Abandonment · 03-10-2019 06:44AM

The papers are doing a George Lee on it

Mirror "winds of terror:
Indo " perfect storm"
Star "orange orders" kind of like that one.
The Sun "we're next" with a picture from the azores

Jaysus

Loughc · 03-10-2019 06:56AM

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

The papers are doing a George Lee on it

Mirror "winds of terror:
Indo " perfect storm"
Star "orange orders" kind of like that one.
The Sun "we're next" with a picture from the azores

Jaysus

Would you expect anything less. The tabloids are hardly going to print it might be a bit windy tomorrow.

Unearthly · 03-10-2019 06:58AM

Boards on the ball as usual.

People in work this morning (Dublin) making out Armageddon with Bruce Willis is imminent

DOCARCH · 03-10-2019 07:02AM

First words/sentence on Morning Ireland....'preparing for the years most violent storm'. George Lee on now....sensational!!!

Fup sake!

US2 · 03-10-2019 07:03AM

DOCARCH wrote: »

First words/sentence on Morning Ireland....'preparing for the years most violent storm'. George Lee on now....sensational!!!

Fup sake!

About as voilent as a Sunday morning fart.

Graces7 · 03-10-2019 07:06AM

corsav6 wrote: »

100km and hurricane don't belong in the same sentence, pure clickbait rubbish.

We're fairly exposed on the west coast so fairly uses to the winds. Worst experience was about 5 years ago where there were 150km gusts. Watching the back door bending in was not a pleasant experience.

Which is why many rural Irish houses only have a front door! Facing south. Just read the latest forecast and they now say, " 100 k and higher in coastal regions" They just altered that again.. need keeping an eye on! Not that we can do anything that we are not already doing.

Curtains will stay closed; less damage/danger if a window gets smashed. No fire lit in case the chimney is damaged... big candle lit in here for many reasons.. like mislaying lighters..

My cats are very unsettled. In and out and in again.

Out here we all just hunker down. In my first winter I thought it was uncaring but then … I was chatting at the gate with my neighbour and a visitor, She asked had I always lived here and my neighbour told her, " We realised this one was not soft; a bit tough!" High praise. You have to be able to cope without running for help. In a real emergency, fine but days like today? My "job" is to stay safe. Not to be a liability.

west mayo offshore island

malinheader · 03-10-2019 07:08AM

Nothing that we haven't had before. Jesus its beyond embarrassing the way the papers and rte are scaring people. How did we ever survive before.

Graces7 · 03-10-2019 07:19AM

malinheader wrote: »

Nothing that we haven't had before. Jesus its beyond embarrassing the way the papers and rte are scaring people. How did we ever survive before.

glad I do not read papers or listen to rte... here and met.ie is enough .

Maybe THAT is how we survived and survive...

M.T. Cranium · 03-10-2019 07:20AM

I think it will more or less justify the billing on the west coast, but it may underwhelm in some other parts. The forecasts need to be a little higher than most likely outcome just because an earlier turn towards land would cause the most likely forecasts to bust low, which would probably be worse than busting high.

The fact is this is already showing its hand as a powerful storm out around the M6 buoy which is about 200 miles due west of Galway Bay. It is supposed to track well offshore all day then turn towards land. Some of the outer strong wind bands will brush the coast by afternoon whether it turns or not. But if it did turn even 3-6 hours earlier than the models are saying, a much stronger wind field would move into western counties.

We are pretty confident in the models at 12-24 hours range nowadays but we can't allow overconfidence to eliminate that one in four (or lower) possibility of the stronger outcome happening. While I am not in the forecast office at Met E, this is probably what they have concluded also, better to be safe than sorry and warn of the higher end of possible outcomes. You can always ask the presenters and spokespersons to clarify the range of possible outcomes to give people a better sense of what might happen.

To put some numbers to what I am saying, it seems likely that right now, winds within 100 miles of the low have reached 90-130 km/hr. But closer to the coast the numbers will be 70-110. If that stronger wind field off the coast swerved towards the coast a bit earlier than most of the models say it will, then a conservative forecast would bust on the high side.

Pangea · 03-10-2019 07:22AM

Evelyn was just on Virgin Media, she said the storm not as bad as it as bad or as strong as it was showing yesterday. Rainfall warning also downgraded.

Mr.Crinklewood · 03-10-2019 07:26AM

Pangea wrote: »

Evelyn was just on Virgin Media, she said the storm not as bad as it as bad or as strong as it was showing yesterday. Rainfall warning also downgraded.

Need to get Evelyn and George Lee in a face off

c.p.w.g.w · 03-10-2019 07:29AM

Eerily calm in Limerick city now

Pangea · 03-10-2019 07:29AM

I admire Evelyn's ability to respond to awkward questions, the presenter asked her what is her advise, She replied what do you mean? She then said my advise is to listen to the Gardaí and Local Authorities.

Sean O Rourke on Rte Radio asked her yesterday is is it time to get the sandbags out, she said oh gosh, listen to your local authorities.

03-10-2019 07:36AM

Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning

Lucreto · 03-10-2019 07:36AM

People at work have been talking about what they were planning to do on their free day off. (Dublin)

I have been saying it would be a windy and wet but nothing out of the ordinary. They didn't believe me.

I will have my I told you so face tomorrow morning when they come in.

Doctors room ghost · 03-10-2019 07:37AM

12 hours will see big changes weather wise.
The perfect storm the paper calls it.
Any old people living near ye let ye check on them and see do they need anything.
Write down your mobile number for them Incase they need anything urgent.

US2 · 03-10-2019 07:39AM

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

12 hours will see big changes weather wise.
The perfect storm the paper calls it.
Any old people living near ye let ye check on them and see do they need anything.
Write down your mobile number for them Incase they need anything urgent.

Every man for himself it's doomsday

Tzardine · 03-10-2019 07:39AM

I went into Supervalu to buy bread and milk yesterday evening. There wasnt a sliced pan left.

It just occured to me now. It was everybody buying bread because of the storm.

For feck sake, I like in Kildare. People are idiots.

virginmediapls · 03-10-2019 07:45AM

Lucreto wrote: »

People at work have been talking about what they were planning to do on their free day off. (Dublin)

I have been saying it would be a windy and wet but nothing out of the ordinary. They didn't believe me.

I will have my I told you so face tomorrow morning when they come in.

Aren't you great?

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