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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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Sephiroth_dude

No sign of Lorenzo down here in Ballincollig.

tom1ie

Are/when are we expecting the worst winds to hit the Dublin area?

The chan chan man

Is it actually going to cross Ireland from West to East or just piss off towards Greenland?!

Danno

Just watched that RTE Primetime. What rubbish and what a waste of public money. The cynic in me says that the hype about this storm is to soften the blow for a 5c-10c hike in carbon taxes on road fuel next Tuesday - sure Miriam even announced that their next big show is to discuss the budget.

Hooter23

Speak Now wrote: »

Gerry Murphy didnt even bother to correct her, I'd say he couldn't wait to get off air.

Tv presenters and media are seriously stupid why cant they just listen to what they are saying...they are so stupid he just couldnt be bothered to even correct her anymore...he should have just slapped her:mad:;)

NIMAN

Bigboldworld wrote: »

I think that’s it nail on the head, they’ve invested so much in it that by backing down and saying actually there’s nothing to worry about folks after whipping up the country into a frenzy is not a good look and is serious egg on their face.

So forget about reporting real news.
That makes sense.

washman3

Wtf ? wrote: »

Bens Surf Shop says all his stock was destroyed in 2014 becauce it got wet lol !

Where were 123.ie when Ben needed them.......:P:P

The high horse brigade

tayto lover wrote: »

Kite surfer having to be rescued on Wexford coast and people swimming in the sea in Galway after all the warnings???

Darwinism. We should really leave these fcukers there and not risk anyone elses lives

odyssey06

NIMAN wrote: »

Dee Forbes, have a look at all those reporters, news crews, camera men etc sent out tonight around the country to report a non event.
How many hotel roomts are booked now tonight by Rte to put them all up?
And she's asking us for more money for their debts.

The cynic in me said they were hoping for a major event to match their major coverage... cue demand for licence fee increase because the public relied on rte for news during a crisis.

Zeek12

Bigboldworld wrote: »

I think that’s it nail on the head, they’ve invested so much in it that by backing down and saying actually there’s nothing to worry about folks after whipping up the country into a frenzy is not a good look and is serious egg on their face.

Gerry Murphy did a bit of backtracking on the 9:00 news. Basically admitted that outside of the 5 Orange warning counties - its pretty much a regular breezy autumn night.

He looked quite uncomfortable saying it.

malinheader

Most worrying thing is who will take them seriously next time.

fritzelly

What we really need is a version of the UK COBR
Something like SWARM -Some Wind and Rain Maybe
Something the reporters can really get their teeth into

tayto lover

Kite surfer having to be rescued on Wexford coast and people swimming in the sea in Galway after all the warnings???

Grandeeod

Captain Snow wrote: »

Stand your ground Gerry.

Met Eireann do great work.

I wouldn't blame them a bit. The problem is the disconnect between them and most other media. My day was ruined by listening to utter crap from people. My actual work performance was below what it usually is due to baloney spouted by colleagues.:(

It worries me that some people fail to be able to read an official forecast - one that early today clearly explained the situation and higher risk areas. My daughters school acted like feckin arseholes today, despite me knowing at 8am this morning what the weather situation would be locally.

Drama drama drama:rolleyes:

Speak Now

Hooter23 wrote: »

She said "Wnds of 100mph" see people still dont know the diiference between kmph and mph...what a joke of a programme lol :rolleyes:

Gerry Murphy didnt even bother to correct her, I'd say he couldn't wait to get off air.

Bigboldworld

Roger_007 wrote: »

In all the official and social media commentary on this non-event there is a serious side.
I have no problem with giving advance warning of potentially major weather events.
I have no problem with making preparations for potentially dangerous conditions.
What I have a problem with is the failure to inform the public when it becomes clear that the danger is minimal or non-existent. Media and government organisations just continue with unnecessary hype and pretence simply to justify the 'investment' that they made in the response to the original predictions.
Met Eireann are also to blame with their silly colour coded warnings and even sillier giving names to what are no more than routine Atlantic depressions.

I think that’s it nail on the head, they’ve invested so much in it that by backing down and saying actually there’s nothing to worry about folks after whipping up the country into a frenzy is not a good look and is serious egg on their face.

nmacu

sugarman wrote: »

What fear mongering? Weather changes, its unpredictable to an extent. It wasnt known if it was really going to hit us or not until a few hours ago. Luckly it didnt.

Is it scare mongering when theres hurricane warnings in Florida and they end up not hitting? No. Its public being warned in advanced in case it does.

Obviously a lot less extreme here, but imagine there was no warning and everyone was going about their business getting caught out.. there would be uproar about no warning! You cant win.

I'm not questioning ME's here but are you seriously suggesting that RTÉ have handled this with balance? Have you been following RTÉ's coverage and most of the rest of the media? Older people take what the likes of George Lee has been spouting as gospel. Do you think that his delivery was reflective of what Met Éireann were forecasting? We have a number of orange warnings here every year and sure, people need to take these warning seriously ... but why did this one warrant a week's worth of headline news ... it seems to me that they cynically jumped on the word "hurricane" and decided to go massive on it irrespective of what the forecasters were reporting.

HorrorScope

Hooter23 wrote: »

She said "Wnds of 100mph" see people still dont know the diiference between kmph and mph...what a joke of a programme lol :rolleyes:

The local paper here (Limerick Leader) said we were getting 250MPH/~400KPH winds! They even doubled down on this by demonstrating an example of 74mph being 120kph which is the speed on a motorway

2+2 is 5 quick maths

Roger_007

nmacu wrote: »

I hope that the media realise that this fear mongering is probably causing more harm than this fairly average storm. I'm in Galway and am getting texts from elderly relatives in Dublin that they're praying for us ... FFS ... it's obvious that the RTE newsroom are raging that this didn't go red.

In all the official and social media commentary on this non-event there is a serious side.
I have no problem with giving advance warning of potentially major weather events.
I have no problem with making preparations for potentially dangerous conditions.
What I have a problem with is the failure to inform the public when it becomes clear that the danger is minimal or non-existent. Media and government organisations just continue with unnecessary hype and pretence simply to justify the 'investment' that they made in the response to the original predictions.
Met Eireann are also to blame with their silly colour coded warnings and even sillier giving names to what are no more than routine Atlantic depressions.

sliabh 1956

Watching DMc C in lahinch and the tide gently lapping behind him made me smile

Hooter23

She said "Wnds of 100mph" see people still dont know the diiference between kmph and mph...what a joke of a programme lol :rolleyes:

dmc17

Hooter23 wrote: »

I seen enough rte I think it time to smash the telly:pac:

I'm actually finding it entertaining now. When they switched to talking about Brexit, I was a bit disappointed :P

Pineapple1

Had to laugh earlier on the news at 5.30, they had a reporter in Salthill and a reporter in Blacksod, fair enough, we were told those areas were going to be worst hit. But they also had to send a reporter to a VERY relatively calm Dublin (Howth?) seafront location, jacket zipped right up to the chin. Do the Dubs get jealous that us Westerners get the most weather attention and throw a strop and demand that they make out theyre having to batten down the hatches for dear life?

Captain Snow

Stand your ground Gerry.

Met Eireann do great work.

Shefwedfan

macnug wrote: »

Getting married 1pm of Friday FML

Trying to use a storm to get out of it is a small bit desperate

NIMAN

Dee Forbes, have a look at all those reporters, news crews, camera men etc sent out tonight around the country to report a non event.

How many hotel rooms are booked now tonight by Rte to put them all up?

And she's asking us for more money for their debts.

malinheader

sugarman wrote: »

What fear mongering? Weather changes, its unpredictable to an extent. It wasnt known if it was really going to hit us or not until a few hours ago. Luckly it didnt.

Is it scare mongering when theres hurricane warnings in Florida and they end up not hitting? No. Its public being warned in advanced in case it does.

Obviously a lot less extreme here, but imagine there was no warning and everyone was going about their business getting caught out.. there would be uproar about no warning! You cant win.

You can give out warnings without turning it into an embarrassing sideshow.

fritzelly

Thought it funny yesterday when Evelyn Cusack was on the news and the guy wouldn't let it go that this was to be the worst storm ever and Evelyn was like "I didn't say that, it could be bad but we don't know yet" and he's like hurricane winds, whole towns wiped out. Jaysus
When I was a kid we never had anything of the kind with these weather reports - it was it's gonna be windy and wet

mojesius

Hooter23 wrote: »

I seen enough rte I think it time to smash the telly:pac:

You might want to wait until the 9am storm special tomorrow morning

[Deleted User]

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Fcuk it we may aswell just roll with it so at this stage and set up a go fund me account and tap all the east coast for cash.
#rebuildthewest.
Send money.

Lord save us, 'tis needed here in the whest. Potted plant toppled over, sure you'd fit a JCB in the crater it left. Bejaysus, I'm awful shook now.

RTÉ are a bunch of turkeys whose necks should be wrung.