Storm Lorenzo Chat Thread.

lleti · 04-10-2019 08:27AM

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Can we quit bashing M.E? They did an excellent job forecasting this. It’s not like they made the entire country Orange they made 6 counties and lowered it to 5 and then got rid of 3 counties from the late night warnings over all. They did a great job with this. Dublin was yellow, not orange or red. Maybe next time try to look at the actual forecasts instead of just basing everything on tabloids like Dublin live. RTÉ were very bad in this storm and tbh it should be looked into.

Dublin should not have been anything.

It was a normal winters night.

Simmer down · 04-10-2019 08:28AM

pburns wrote: »

Why does everything about weather (and by extension climate) have to be so sensensationalist these days?

Carbon Tax agenda/scam would be my answer.

ednwireland · 04-10-2019 08:29AM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

George Lee should be stood down from reporting on climate and weather.

He has lost whatever credibility he ever had on this over the Last week.

stood down completely hes like that with everything

SleetAndSnow · 04-10-2019 08:29AM

lleti wrote: »

Dublin should not have been anything.

It was a normal winters night.

And If you were in ME and every model you looked at showed Dublin getting yellow level winds at least, would you say “era no i won’t give a warning even though everything is showing that I should”? They have obligations. If the path changes it changes but they went off guidance as they are supposed to do

It was clearly showing yellow level speeds for Dublin until the end and maybe they didn’t happen but cork Waterford and tipp got totally removed from the warnings at 6 so they were actively looking at the models .

sjb25 · 04-10-2019 08:30AM

Flooding this morning

BDI · 04-10-2019 08:30AM

And every headline had caused by global warming at the end of it.

irishgeo · 04-10-2019 08:31AM

Villain wrote: »

They need to move to impact based system used in the UK!

https://twitter.com/CarlowWeather/status/1180008921106386944?s=20

One station is not widespread

enricoh · 04-10-2019 08:31AM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

RTÉ journalist reporting that a “couple of twigs” on the roads in county Clare !!

Jesus, snowflake generation!

munsterlegend · 04-10-2019 08:32AM

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

The top news item at 8 am is that there is no news. No major incidents, flights and trains running as normal. Just 4000 withoutn power George has gone into hiding.

Still, it is fairly muck here in Celbridge. Steady rain and just breezy enough to make difficult to stay dry.

I heard George got a plane out of here given the danger.

HBC08 · 04-10-2019 08:32AM

I have no problem with ME conduct all week,they gave accurate data and were pretty much on the ball.I have no problem with Rte basing their 6 o clock news around this and having reporters live all over the country.
However once it became clear that this wasnt going to be a major weather event worthy of this kind of coverage then the ridiculous charade began. Instead of reporting accurately on this we had the embarrassing scenes on the 9 o clock news of reporters around the country shouting into the camera and telling us about "lock down" etc as waves lapped about behind them. What was the point of this bizarre effort? did they think people wouldnt notice?
I lived abroad during the tiger years so only have a vague idea who George Lee is.We need more of him on the telly though,that was the most ive belly laughed at an rte programme in decades!

The high horse brigade · 04-10-2019 08:32AM

So where are these thousands without power the RTE website is reporting?

Reckless Abandonment · 04-10-2019 08:33AM

lleti wrote: »

And give over, if you can't trust your state broadcaster who can you trust?

That's the part I've the biggest problem with. We all know the papers love to make a meal of stuff. But jesus our national broadcaster was a disgrace. Maybe they are trying to be more like Fox news..

Comhrá · 04-10-2019 08:34AM

munsterlegend wrote: »

I heard George got a plane out of here given the danger.

Rumour has it he's applied for a post with the National Hurricane Center.

Widdershins · 04-10-2019 08:36AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Widdershins wrote: »

I think they just don't know definitively which way it will go. They have to inform the public of the possibilities. Some people then hear only the dramatic parts and ignore the other possibilities.

Yes, and there was ample time for RTÉ to dampen the hyperbole once it was clear the storm was weaker than anticipated. Instead they went about needlessly frightening people with ill-informed ravings about "hurricanes". George Lee was the biggest offender of them all, and rightly faces ridicule in the court of public opinion.

I can't comment on RTE but I think met Eireann could be spared criticism this time

Villain · 04-10-2019 08:38AM

irishgeo wrote: »

One station is not widespread

Yes but criteria based system is messy in my opinion.

Allinall · 04-10-2019 08:38AM

The high horse brigade wrote: »

So where are these thousands without power the RTE website is reporting?

https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/

Stevieluvsye · 04-10-2019 08:39AM

The high horse brigade wrote: »

So where are these thousands without power the RTE website is reporting?

Try here chief

https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/

irishgeo · 04-10-2019 08:40AM

The high horse brigade wrote: »

So where are these thousands without power the RTE website is reporting?

A thousand houses in castlebar and another thousand in Galway .

Harry Palmr · 04-10-2019 08:40AM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

RTÉ journalist reporting that a “couple of twigs” on the roads in county Clare !!

With a knowing tone of voice.

pburns · 04-10-2019 08:40AM

Widdershins wrote: »

I think they just don't know definitively which way it will go. They have to inform the public of the possibilities. Some people then hear only the dramatic parts and ignore the other possibilities.

Why!?
Why do they have to inform us about all sorts of possibilities that may never happen?
That's the road to irrelevance...

Doctors room ghost · 04-10-2019 08:41AM

lleti wrote: »

Dublin should not have been anything.

It was a normal winters night.

Autumn lad.autumn

JamesBond2010 · 04-10-2019 08:42AM

Graces7 wrote: »

Thanks … I gather that there have been no fatalities or serious accidents which speaks for itself. WONDERFUL

Most of the naysayers are in areas that were not in the warning and none as far as I can see expressed any concerns re those who were.

Not been outside yet but I am aware that there is damage out there. And the supply ferry due today may not get across either .

The worst here was that sudden attack a few hours ago! POW!

But we owe a great deal to met.ie's forecast on this one. We really do. WELL DONE and WELL DONE boards.ie

Personally I do not have radio or TV and never read newspapers. the internet and here is enough for me. Stands to reason that any kind of journalist or presenter has vested interests in creating interest and attention. Why are folk so... gullible?

One poster even told me I did not count as my location is " extreme"... a/c to him there was no storm anywhere...

Still howling out here..

West mayo

Why are u posting the same stuff over again U posted most of this last night We all know you are on an island course u are going to get bad weather there. Other people were talking about the mainland. Which was different.

joe40 · 04-10-2019 08:43AM

HBC08 wrote: »

I have no problem with ME conduct all week,they gave accurate data and were pretty much on the ball.I have no problem with Rte basing their 6 o clock news around this and having reporters live all over the country.
However once it became clear that this wasnt going to be a major weather event worthy of this kind of coverage then the ridiculous charade began. Instead of reporting accurately on this we had the embarrassing scenes on the 9 o clock news of reporters around the country shouting into the camera and telling us about "lock down" etc as waves lapped about behind them. What was the point of this bizarre effort? did they think people wouldnt notice?
I lived abroad during the tiger years so only have a vague idea who George Lee is.We need more of him on the telly though,that was the most ive belly laughed at an rte programme in decades!

Yeah absolutely, in every report from met eireann over the last few days they stressed the level of uncertainty.
It was clickbait media that built up the hype, but RTE should have done better. By all means report the risk but when it does not come to pass don't keep up the act.
I know very little about about forecasting but some weather events are easier to forecast than others.

NIMAN · 04-10-2019 08:44AM

Nothing overnight up in North Donegal.

I woke expecting to see a lot of leaves and debris from heavily laden trees round the house, but nothing.

Next to no leaves down overnight, must have been no winds at all.

So much for all Atlantic and West coats being battered.

Stevieluvsye · 04-10-2019 08:45AM

I wonder will ME review how they engage with RTE going forward as it will be ME who get the criticism

virginmediapls · 04-10-2019 08:46AM

Reading through this thread would make you want to go out naked in the middle of a hurricane.

So many biased and uneducated opinions, using the weather to push their agenda. Sad.

Widdershins · 04-10-2019 08:48AM

pburns wrote: »

Widdershins wrote: »

I think they just don't know definitively which way it will go. They have to inform the public of the possibilities. Some people then hear only the dramatic parts and ignore the other possibilities.

Why!?
Why do they have to inform us about all sorts of possibilities that may never happen?
That's the road to irrelevance...

Because there was enough of a chance it'd happen and happen imminently. Only a couple of possibilities not all sorts. awe were told to wait for updates and clarification as and when met Eireann could provide them. Can't ask for more.

04-10-2019 08:48AM

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

I wonder will ME review how they engage with RTE going forward as it will be ME who get the criticism

Met Éireann are not in the crosshairs, it's RTÉ which are correctly receiving brunt of flak. Watch them attempt to sweep it under the carpet in derisory fashion.

Graces7 · 04-10-2019 08:49AM

starting to quieten.. at last..

easypazz · 04-10-2019 08:52AM

Graces7 wrote: »

Thanks … I gather that there have been no fatalities or serious accidents which speaks for itself. WONDERFUL

Most of the naysayers are in areas that were not in the warning and none as far as I can see expressed any concerns re those who were.

Not been outside yet but I am aware that there is damage out there. And the supply ferry due today may not get across either .

The worst here was that sudden attack a few hours ago! POW!

But we owe a great deal to met.ie's forecast on this one. We really do. WELL DONE and WELL DONE boards.ie

Personally I do not have radio or TV and never read newspapers. the internet and here is enough for me. Stands to reason that any kind of journalist or presenter has vested interests in creating interest and attention. Why are folk so... gullible?

One poster even told me I did not count as my location is " extreme"... a/c to him there was no storm anywhere...

Still howling out here..

West mayo

You should really move to the mainland well inland seeing as these moderate storms affect you so bad.

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