Storm Lorenzo Chat Thread.

Pangea · 03-10-2019 07:14PM

It got rough at midday here in SW Donegal and after heavy rain there was floods on the roads and strong gusts, but since then its been quiet enough.

Doctors room ghost · 03-10-2019 07:14PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Oh yeah! Back in mid 80's (I was around 12) my dad brought the whole family up the mountains, when a blizzard struck. I remember crawling through the snow down the mountain in what must have been 100mph winds. You couldn't stand up.

Who remembers the famous raft off the prom.all us kids used to swim out to it and climb up on it basking like seals in that glorious 80’s sunshine.
There would be that many on it you would have to push off someone to get on.
We were like crabs climbing onto a rock.
God be with the days.
# bringbacktheraft.

Roberto_gas · 03-10-2019 07:14PM

When ? I am waiting...

igCorcaigh · 03-10-2019 07:15PM

HorrorScope wrote: »

Is it slightly Dublin where you are??

Aren't we great for the old sarcasm, eh?

LOL!

Storm 10 · 03-10-2019 07:15PM

Snow Garden wrote: »

I was talking to someone from Salthill, Galway today. He remembers in the 70s and 80s that the local kids would love big storms. They would all head out to the promenade with their roller skates and let the wind bring them up and down the path/road. That would be frowned upon in today's safety first world.

Born and raised in Salthill remember doing that well when we progressed to cars we would go to the end of the prom and do car races with wind power only blowing us down the prom, great days meant to add the winner would be who got furthest

HorrorScope · 03-10-2019 07:16PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Aren't we great for the old sarcasm, eh?

LOL!

It’s not sarcasm at all - a lot of people posting nonsense here who were only on yellow until 6pm. If you go by them, the national average reading comprehension is that of a 6 year old.

igCorcaigh · 03-10-2019 07:17PM

Storm 10 wrote: »

Born and raised in Salthill remember doing that well when we progressed to cars we would go to the end of the prom and do car races with wind power only blowing us down the prom, great days

Loved staying in Galway city centre last year during the heatwave, until I moved to Salthill and it was bitter in the wind!

JamesBond2010 · 03-10-2019 07:17PM

Deck chair is wrecked:D:D

igCorcaigh · 03-10-2019 07:18PM

HorrorScope wrote: »

It’s not sarcasm at all - a lot of people posting nonsense here who were only on yellow until 6pm. If you go by them, the national average reading comprehension is that of a 6 year old.

I know, I know.
People need a bit of chatter. That's all.

squarecircles · 03-10-2019 07:20PM

JamesBond2010 · 03-10-2019 07:24PM

what kind of tree is that @ the start seems to have white branches

vladmydad · 03-10-2019 07:26PM

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

squarecircles · 03-10-2019 07:28PM

lashing into it proper now, west Mayo.

scamalert · 03-10-2019 07:30PM

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:

Reati · 03-10-2019 07:33PM

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.

c.p.w.g.w · 03-10-2019 07:33PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

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

Nominee for a Darwin Award right there

naughto · 03-10-2019 07:34PM

squarecircles wrote: »

lashing into it proper now, west Mayo.

Sure is gone very nasty out

happyoutscan · 03-10-2019 07:34PM

squarecircles wrote: »

lashing into it proper now, west Mayo.

Picking up here in Westport.

kod87 · 03-10-2019 07:35PM

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.

syngindub · 03-10-2019 07:39PM

Looks a bit sad really

Drifter50 · 03-10-2019 07:40PM

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

JamesBond2010 · 03-10-2019 07:41PM

Something to keep ye smiling

DellyBelly · 03-10-2019 07:44PM

Pretty bad in Dublin City centre now.

signostic · 03-10-2019 07:44PM

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

paconnors · 03-10-2019 07:53PM

Somebody braving it in Salthill Galway

HeidiHeidi · 03-10-2019 07:54PM

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.

fryup · 03-10-2019 07:55PM

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

HeidiHeidi · 03-10-2019 07:57PM

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

Somedaythefire · 03-10-2019 07:58PM

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.

peneau · 03-10-2019 07:59PM

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

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