Storm Lorenzo Chat Thread.

mojesius · 03-10-2019 04:45PM

is_that_so wrote: »

So we're about to hit the worst of it?

She was warning people to 'hold onto their sandbags' when they've been handed to them. :eek: I'd say they're just warming her up for the 9pm news, where they'll have her tied to Salthill pier, while spray-hosing her in the face during her live report. #allhailteresa

thomasj · 03-10-2019 04:57PM

A few powercuts in the Dublin area this afternoon .

Wonder is it weather related ?

BarryD2 · 03-10-2019 04:59PM

josip wrote: »

But land is kryptonite to hurricanes. Kills them dead.

Yeah, but it's not a HURRICANE, is it

Doctors room ghost · 03-10-2019 04:59PM

thomasj wrote: »

A few powercuts in the Dublin area this afternoon .

Wonder is there a link.

A lot more of that to come yet.
There won’t be a kettle boiled in the west come morning.
The wind is whipping mad here now
Chimney howling like a soon to be released Irish wolf

Andrew00 · 03-10-2019 05:00PM

She's fairly picking up now East Galway

Doctors room ghost · 03-10-2019 05:01PM

Andrew00 wrote: »

She's fairly picking up now East Galway

She sure is

LastLagoon · 03-10-2019 05:01PM

Condolences to the Drama queens.
Lorenzo dead on arrival.
Onto next hype train.
I’m heading for a walk lovely refreshing weather out there.

BarryD2 · 03-10-2019 05:02PM

NIMAN wrote: »

They are their own worst enemies.

There is no point having a yellow warning at 9am when the storm is hours away.

Media hype that Met Eireann willingly or unwillingly participates in. They should abolish those yellow warnings - serve no useful purpose other than to remind people to bring a rain coat in winter. Nanny state stuff.

josip · 03-10-2019 05:04PM

LastLagoon wrote: »

Condolences to the Drama queens.
Lorenzo dead on arrival.
Onto next hype train.
I’m heading for a walk lovely refreshing weather out there.

Excellent idea, I suggest a long walk on a short pier.

Carol25 · 03-10-2019 05:04PM

BarryD2 wrote: »

Media hype that Met Eireann willingly or unwillingly participates in. They should abolish those yellow warnings - serve no useful purpose other than to remind people to bring a rain coat in winter. Nanny state stuff.

Where do you live might I ask? Wind yellow is a useful warning with quite high gusts of between 90-110km/h. Why on earth would that be scrapped? I always have to put things away and secure the garden during a yellow warning.

Doctors room ghost · 03-10-2019 05:05PM

LastLagoon wrote: »

Condolences to the Drama queens.
Lorenzo dead on arrival.
Onto next hype train.
I’m heading for a walk lovely refreshing weather out there.

Enjoy the walk.come back in a better mood you contrary little boll1x

uck51js9zml2yt · 03-10-2019 05:05PM

Just back from Banna Beach. I can confirm it's very windy.

Interesting that the sky to the southwest was reasonably clear.

Somedaythefire · 03-10-2019 05:06PM

LastLagoon wrote: »

Condolences to the Drama queens.
Lorenzo dead on arrival.
Onto next hype train.
I’m heading for a walk lovely refreshing weather out there.

Didn't you make this exact post like 4 hours ago?

dougm1970 · 03-10-2019 05:06PM

mojesius wrote: »

spray-hosing her in the face during her live report.

hehe

irishgeo · 03-10-2019 05:10PM

Troy Shy Forest wrote: »

Just back from Banna Beach. I can confirm it's very windy.

Interesting that the sky to the southwest was reasonably clear.

The storm is in the North west direction.

LastLagoon · 03-10-2019 05:11PM

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Enjoy the walk.come back in a better mood you contrary little boll1x

I’m making a serious point, the ramping and over dramatisation that goes on in these threads is insane. People actively rooting for the worst case and over dramatising it when it does hit. Met say peak is 6-7 tonight. It’s gonna be a big fat nothingburger

is_that_so · 03-10-2019 05:12PM

Carol25 wrote: »

Where do you live might I ask? Wind yellow is a useful warning with quite high gusts of between 90-110km/h. Why on earth would that be scrapped? I always have to put things away and secure the garden during a yellow warning.

Wouldn't you have done this before all these colour schemes came in anyway?

optogirl · 03-10-2019 05:13PM

LastLagoon wrote: »

I’m making a serious point, the ramping and over dramatisation that goes on in these threads is insane. People actively rooting for the worst case and over dramatising it when it does hit. Met say peak is 6-7 tonight. It’s gonna be a big fat nothingburger

I don't see anyone rooting for the worst case? In fact the only dramatisation in here is those waxing lyrical about hype and 'nothing burgers'.

HorrorScope · 03-10-2019 05:13PM

LastLagoon wrote: »

I’m making a serious point, the ramping and over dramatisation that goes on in these threads is insane. People actively rooting for the worst case and over dramatising it when it does hit. Met say peak is 6-7 tonight. It’s gonna be a big fat nothingburger

Nobody here is dramatising anything except you with your crystal ball of bull****. Go for your walk and take a break from the internet for a while

ednwireland · 03-10-2019 05:15PM

i think met E. should just stick to the bare facts, they need to stop getting sucked along by the press and call it as it is.

the worst reporting was george lee who was pathetic on rte news last night.

the weather warnings and storm naming make it easier for the press to exaggerate, although considering im in the direct line of landfall which its not made yet we shall see whether its hyped up

Carol25 · 03-10-2019 05:16PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Wouldn't you have done this before all these colour schemes came in anyway?

No?! I’ve no time to hunt through Met Eireann’s Weather forecasts daily and hourly to see what the winds will be. A simple yellow wind warning is useful and also quite windy if you actually have the conditions that require it.

bodhrandude · 03-10-2019 05:17PM

LastLagoon wrote: »

Condolences to the Drama queens.
Lorenzo dead on arrival.
Onto next hype train.
I’m heading for a walk lovely refreshing weather out there.

Lorenzo is very much alive and playing his pipes.

DOCARCH · 03-10-2019 05:17PM

ednwireland wrote: »

....the worst reporting was george lee who was pathetic on rte news last night....

He was not much better earlier when he declared the risk of lightning and thunder had passed!

03-10-2019 05:18PM

BarryD2 wrote: »

They should abolish those yellow warnings - serve no useful purpose other than to remind people to bring a rain coat in winter.

I disagree. I think the country should be on a PERMANENT Yellow. That way we would always be in a state of readiness.

Doctors room ghost · 03-10-2019 05:20PM

LastLagoon wrote: »

I’m making a serious point, the ramping and over dramatisation that goes on in these threads is insane. People actively rooting for the worst case and over dramatising it when it does hit. Met say peak is 6-7 tonight. It’s gonna be a big fat nothingburger

It depends where you live.
I’m in Galway and you wouldn’t be going out walking here now and it’s promised worse.

irishgeo · 03-10-2019 05:20PM

ednwireland wrote: »

i think met E. should just stick to the bare facts, they need to stop getting sucked along by the press and call it as it is.

the worst reporting was george lee who was pathetic on rte news last night.

the weather warnings and storm naming make it easier for the press to exaggerate, although considering im in the direct line of landfall which its not made yet we shall see whether its hyped up

George Lee doesn't work for met eireann. There is no facts with weather. Weather does it's own thing. It's already moved further North than expected. The facts are the warnings.

is_that_so · 03-10-2019 05:25PM

Carol25 wrote: »

No?! I’ve no time to hunt through Met Eireann’s Weather forecasts daily and hourly to see what the winds will be. A simple yellow wind warning is useful and also quite windy if you actually have the conditions that require it.

Fair enough. It only takes a few seconds on the app BTW, to read a whole week's worth of forecasts. Far more information than bandying colours about IMO.

HorrorScope · 03-10-2019 05:25PM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

If people took the time to look into what the warnings actually mean instead of believing media hype, none of this would be an issue.

Yellow warnings aren't meant to indicate severe weather. This is explicitly stated on Met Eireann's website.

99% of the whingers here clearly have trouble with basic english. It’s sunny in Dublin so this is loike a total non event you goys - **** OFF!!!

paleoperson · 03-10-2019 05:27PM

I said a few days ago about how so many people were larping and fantasizing about fearsome winds, howling storms, epic floods, battening down the hatches, bravely trying to keep hopes up, knowing that with this storm only the strongest would survive.... proven right. And that I excepted a small breeze.

I'm just back from the shops and god you couldn't even call it a breeze! It's the calmest day, hardly a whisper, you can scarcely feel anything at all. Literally everyone was out and about as normal, if anything I saw more people walking the dogs right now than on a sunny day. Old people, young people, all taking a **** on the big warnings because they heard it all before and it never turns out bad. The fearsome Lorenzo... what a joke! yeah like I know the main of it hasn't hit yet but there's literally nothing at all.

irishgeo · 03-10-2019 05:27PM

HorrorScope wrote: »

99% of the whingers here clearly have trouble with basic english. It’s sunny in Dublin so this is loike a total non event you goys - **** OFF!!!

Indeed. All whining because they didn't get a day off.

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