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Storm Lorenzo Chat Thread.

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The suggestion was made earlier in the 'Lorenzo' thread to open up a separate thread for general discussion on this potential storm. I think this is a good idea as that thread is now incorporating both technical discussion and more banterish posts, which is making it harder to follow.

It is probably best if we keep the original thread where more technical discussions & charts etc can take place to allow people to have a quicker access to the latest thoughts on the storm, and keep this one for more general chit chat and reports etc.

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limericklad87

cyclops999 wrote: »

Calm as anything in Athlone, is it a damp squib for the midlands.

Look up when landfall is first and come back

Mick_1970

I'm on the Northwest coast, starting to hit now, doesn't seem too bad yet. Winds SW and a good bit of rain. Then again this is normal weather for here. Maybe it will intensify later.

cyclops999

Calm as anything in Athlone, is it a damp squib for the midlands.

BarryD2

Carol25 wrote: »

Maybe the weather warning system needs to be dumbed down even more? Something like red=really really bad weather, orange=bad, yellow=not great..

But that's pretty much what they do mean. The problem is idiots in the media and public who conflate the various gradations in events like this. There have been several yellow warnings already this autumn on their own and the media/ public has hardly paid any notice of them.

But put them in the context of hype over a big storm and suddenly the media/ public start treating yellow warnings with doomed expectation.

A more useful general forecast from ME for this period would be more like 'Orange level wind & rain for Galway, Mayo, Sligo & Donegal, other parts of the country may experience gale force wind and longer spells of rain'.

buried

signostic wrote: »

thats what you get when you get celebrity forecasters wanting to remain celebrities

It's not just celebrity forecasters wanting to remain celebrities. You have celebrity politicians making a fools arse of themselves clambering to get in front of a TV screen to show how concerned they are about itty bitty events like this. Eoghan Murphy pointing at radar images like he was some actual authority on something, thanking the Christ nobody is talking about his actual brief which he is totally useless and inept at.

c.p.w.g.w

Pretzill wrote: »

It's calmer here and drier than this morning - granted I'm 20 miles inland and not in an Orange county - is the general consensus the severity of this weather event has been over hyped? I know there's an entire night to go yet and I'd be far happier if the predicted wind just died off the coast before reaching land...but the general public will start ignoring these if they are handled this way again. What's wrong with just giving us a clear weather forecast without all this bluster (pardon the pun)

Sligo 90m asl

The media have certainly over hyped it's potential. Met Eireann haven't. But it's not landed yet in many parts.

The coast was always going to be hit the hardest

Andrea B.

Just went out and tipped over our trampoline.

SleetAndSnow

fryup wrote: »

it's not likely to be a huge event?? so what's the fuss about then?

The fuss is by tabloids who have no idea what they are talking about and RTE ramping this up way more then they should be.

ME, Though they have their faults, have been good with this storm so far. They have actively been changing the warnings based on guidance as the models are all over the place and were accurate with where they are being placed as well as being generally careful with their wording and have been communicating well over twitter etc with the latest updates.

There needs to be some reigns placed on rte and the likes, for a national broadcaster this ramping is a joke and making the public think twice. Its a yellow warning for most of the country besides the western coastal counties. Quit comparing it to Ophelia when its nothing like ophelia

odyssey06

peneau wrote: »

Well I'm in Sandymount, Dublin, about 2k from the City Centre and bad you most definitely could not call it, slight increase in wind not raining

Sandy... mount? Theres a clue in the name there as to why you need to get out now!!!
Dont check the forecast only have time fir the headline.

Pretzill

It's calmer here and drier than this morning - granted I'm 20 miles inland and not in an Orange county - is the general consensus the severity of this weather event has been over hyped? I know there's an entire night to go yet and I'd be far happier if the predicted wind just died off the coast before reaching land...but the general public will start ignoring these if they are handled this way again. What's wrong with just giving us a clear weather forecast without all this bluster (pardon the pun)

Sligo 90m asl

The chan chan man

What’s the story?! I wouldn’t even bother taking the kite out in this slight wafting breeze! I want some carnage!!

peneau

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

For the gazillionth time, the storm hasn't reached the east coast yet (has it even made landfall on the west coast yet?), and when it does, it's not likely to be a huge event.

I was replying to the earlier posting that described the City Centre as "pretty bad", take it easy

Somedaythefire

Drifter50 wrote: »

So why are so many businesses closing today and tomorrow or recommending working from home. Its all just way OTT

Are they? Haven’t heard of a single one.

HeidiHeidi

fryup wrote: »

it's not likely to be a huge event?? so what's the fuss about then?

If that was directed at me, the fuss was always about the west/northwest coastal areas

fryup

it's not likely to be a huge event?? so what's the fuss about then?

HeidiHeidi

peneau wrote: »

Well I'm in Sandymount, Dublin, about 2k from the City Centre and bad you most definitely could not call it, slight increase in wind not raining

For the gazillionth time, the storm hasn't reached the east coast yet (has it even made landfall on the west coast yet?), and when it does, it's not likely to be a huge event.

paconnors

Somebody braving it in Salthill Galway

signostic

Drifter50 wrote: »

So why are so many businesses closing today and tomorrow or recommending working from home. Its all just way OTT

thats what you get when you get celebrity forecasters wanting to remain celebrities

DellyBelly

Pretty bad in Dublin City centre now.

JamesBond2010

Something to keep ye smiling

Drifter50

Loughc wrote: »

WTF, it’s not due to hit until over night in Dublin.

So why are so many businesses closing today and tomorrow or recommending working from home. Its all just way OTT

syngindub

Looks a bit sad really

kod87

vladmydad wrote: »

Ehh I thought there was meant to be a storm today ?

There is, but unless you are right on the west coast you probably wont notice anything other than a normal autumn evening.

happyoutscan

squarecircles wrote: »

lashing into it proper now, west Mayo.

Picking up here in Westport.

naughto

squarecircles wrote: »

lashing into it proper now, west Mayo.

Sure is gone very nasty out

c.p.w.g.w

iamwhoiam wrote: »

A kite surfer had to airlifted after smashing into rocks in high winds

Nominee for a Darwin Award right there

Reati

scamalert wrote: »

nope Lorenzo stopped thought about coming to Ire and said fck that not going to die here :pac:

'Twas better to die 'as an Irish sky
Than at Suvla or Sud el Bar.

scamalert

vladmydad wrote: »

Ehh I thought there was meant to be a storm today ?

nope Lorenzo stopped thought about coming to Ire and said fck that not going to die here :pac:

squarecircles

lashing into it proper now, west Mayo.

vladmydad

Ehh I thought there was meant to be a storm today ?