Storm Lorenzo Chat Thread.

easypazz · 03-10-2019 10:46PM

inajock wrote: »

A lot of disruption caused

Yeah, I heard the seafront at Lahinch was blocked with all the RTE vans.

Fitzo123 · 03-10-2019 10:47PM

No wind in Sligo yet but a power of rain.

Hooter23 · 03-10-2019 10:47PM

More people will die from the hype than the actual storms:rolleyes:

km79 · 03-10-2019 10:47PM

Andrew00 wrote: »

Can't believe RTE are doing a special programme on this in the morning. Small bit of wind in EAST GALWAY here that it. Scandalous

2 hours later you are now reporting “extreme gusts”
Scandalous ......

km79 · 03-10-2019 10:48PM

Andrew00 wrote: »

Extreme gusts of wind now in Galway.

Big change from 2 hours ago so when you called the forecast “scandalous”?

HighLine · 03-10-2019 10:48PM

Man Vs ManUre · 03-10-2019 10:49PM

Businesses throughout the country should be looking to sue RTÉ for loss of earnings.

BlackandGreen · 03-10-2019 10:50PM

Has there ever been a cat 5 storm that hit ireland before? I know it's not a cat 5 now but has a system that used to be a cat 5 and downgraded ever made its way here?

Harry Palmr · 03-10-2019 10:51PM

The ESB grid graphic shows very little activity.

iamwhoiam · 03-10-2019 10:52PM

Some posters on this thread are like stroppy teenagers sulking because adults are trying to keep them safe

easypazz · 03-10-2019 10:54PM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

Changing a warning to remove areas as a result of updated forecasts isnt backtracking. Its issuing updated information in like with up to date information. The warning for the other counties you mention is still in effect until 6am.

Met eireann have consistently updated their forecasts in line with the information they have. It's not their fault RTE have been trying to hype this beyond belief. Weather forecasting is never an exact science.

How have they? I've seen or heard no evidence to suggest Clare, Limerick or Kerry have achieved the criteria for an orange warning?

In particular Met Eireann said:

Storm surges will produce coastal flooding and damage.

Has there been any flooding or damage of note? High tide has passed so the risk has subsided.

piplip87 · 03-10-2019 10:55PM

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Businesses throughout the country should be looking to sue RTÉ for loss of earnings.

Why ? If people could actually read warnings, know that the forecasts can change. I have a few mates working in Dublin from home tomorrow yet Dublin was never an orange warning and never looked like getting one ?

TheRiverman · 03-10-2019 10:55PM

It really does feel like an RTE/ Government agenda to hype up "climate change" ahead of the Budget,so that Pascal can screw us further with carbon tax.They got an opportunity to jump on a Hurricane that was thousands of kilometres from Ireland,but happened to be on a track towards us and hyped it literally out of existence.Shame on them.

RicketyCricket · 03-10-2019 10:56PM

Strong enough wind here in Galway but whats freaking me out is the amount of people on here watching RTE!! FFS.

smelly sock · 03-10-2019 10:56PM

Shocking journalism and reporting all round. Click bait followed by senior reportes actually on the tv getting hard at the thought of a storm that was never going to have any impact on most of country. No need for any warnings at all.

schizo1014 · 03-10-2019 10:59PM

piplip87 wrote: »

Why ? If people could actually read warnings, know that the forecasts can change. I have a few mates working in Dublin from home tomorrow yet Dublin was never an orange warning and never looked like getting one ?

Don't feed the troll. The same poster posted about the Ireland/Russia rugby game being played indoors because of storm lorenzo, the game that was played in Japan.

NIMAN · 03-10-2019 10:59PM

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Businesses throughout the country should be looking to sue RTÉ for loss of earnings.

In all seriousness, this is going to be a big issue in future

Social media followers will be badgering their employers for time off everytime there are warnings issued, but after debacles like this employers won't be too fond of listening to them.

uck51js9zml2yt · 03-10-2019 11:00PM

Wind picking up in North Kerry and it's gotten cold.

TheRiverman · 03-10-2019 11:01PM

easypazz wrote: »

How have they? I've seen or heard no evidence to suggest Clare, Limerick or Kerry have achieved the criteria for an orange warning?

In particular Met Eireann said:

Storm surges will produce coastal flooding and damage.

Has there been any flooding or damage of note? High tide has passed so the risk has subsided.

As someone posted earlier,the tide was gently lapping behind David McCullagh and those he was talking to in Lahinch.There also was no sound of wind.Major fail and major waste of tax and licence payers money.

nmacu · 03-10-2019 11:02PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Some posters on this thread are like stroppy teenagers sulking because adults are trying to keep them safe

Rather than a typical catch-all begrudging comment, could you be more specific and call these 'stroppy teenagers' out?

Reading back through the thread it seems that most posters are commending Met Éireann's coverage while castigating RTÉ's skewing of their forecasting. Is that what your beef is with or what exactly is it?

Your own comment is hardly an exemplar of mature adult debate.

Oscar Bravo · 03-10-2019 11:03PM

The tonight show on Tv3/virgin media 1 intro "as the country battens down for Lorenzo are the strong winds actually going to come to pass".

The biggest problem here is when during a disturbed Atlantic pattern occurs and a sneaky low pressure develops,Met eireann will issue warnings and not a one will take heed.
Met eireann are not to blame on this one, Media, especially RTE on all their media platforms are to blame.

Oscar Bravo · 03-10-2019 11:04PM

Joanna on Virgin media 1 now from met eireann. Knew she would appear somewhere

rosiem · 03-10-2019 11:05PM

MJohnston wrote: »

What has this to do with technical discussion? There’s a chat thread for this!

This is the chat thread ??

easypazz · 03-10-2019 11:11PM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

Maybe they haven't, and wont, reach the orange criteria. That doesnt change the fact that the information available indicated that they would.

The warning is active until 6am. They could drop the orange warning for at a bare minimum Limerick now, its inland and won't see anything.

buried · 03-10-2019 11:11PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Some posters on this thread are like stroppy teenagers sulking because adults are trying to keep them safe

If Eoghan Murphy is trying to keep us safe then we need far more severe warnings than a code red.

Need defcon 8 or some craic if this Wally is going to try to keep a pair of his own socks safe
never mind anybody else .

Hes as inept as a Queen wasp on Christmas eve

03-10-2019 11:13PM

The warnings from ME were fairly spot on. It’s just the media that made it out to be doomsday.
I was wondering why the reports were so sensational but I guess they just have to get viewers etc

Not sure a warning was even needed in Leinster. Weather was worse on Monday.

Storm 10 · 03-10-2019 11:17PM

Joanna on the tonight show said " We dodged a bullet" after she went off air Ivan said " fake news"

RobbingBandit · 03-10-2019 11:19PM

Here's the story of the hurricane that just seems to have forgot to came talking about it's something RTE shouldn't a done their scare tactics always the never fun.

Bob Dylan better not sue

paleoperson · 03-10-2019 11:25PM

Deleted User wrote: »

The warnings from ME were fairly spot on. It’s just the media that made it out to be doomsday.
I was wondering why the reports were so sensational but I guess they just have to get viewers etc

Not sure a warning was even needed in Leinster. Weather was worse on Monday.

Well you know these days they have to compete with Trump, Love Island, the Kardashians, they have to spice it up a little or noone would watch.

Thing is this is exactly the sort of toxic situation that causes people to completely ignore warnings in the future. Like how Chernobyl happened - a culture of automatically ignoring protocols or disabling safety procedures without a second thought.

Alanhooly · 03-10-2019 11:26PM

The weather in Laois Monday was absolutely shocking, torrential rain. Far worse than anything today has brought. There's hardly a breeze out there right now. Better safe than sorry I suppose. Always interesting to follow its development nonetheless

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