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Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

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  • #1412
    John O.Groats
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 837 ✭✭✭John O.Groats


    smellyoldboot wrote: »
    They're right though tbf. A spot of wind. Jaysus there were some sites going on as if we were getting Hurricane Katrina or similar. Had more worrying farts.

    Where are you?


  • #1413
    grebtol2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭grebtol2


    smellyoldboot wrote: »
    They're right though tbf. A spot of wind. Jaysus there were some sites going on as if we were getting Hurricane Katrina or similar. Had more worrying farts.

    A spot of wind. What are you on.


  • #1414
    Akrasia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,698 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Barely a puff of wind or drop of rain here in Ennis. Mad how it can be so variable

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • #1415
    M.T. Cranium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,354 ✭✭✭✭M.T. Cranium


    munsterlegend wrote: »
    Flight update from earlier on in Cork.

    A lot of vomiting and screaming on the plane that landed. Source:Twitter

    I didn't fly a lot in my earlier days but even so I managed to get on one flight that aborted a landing at 250' (at Edmonton) and "went around" due to severe storms and another one that landed anyway in a rather strong windshift (at London ON). That was a relatively small plane so it was quite dramatic. However neither of those were as scary as any given float-plane flight take off or landing in normal weather.

    Sounds like they timed the Cork landing to hit the eye of the storm.


  • #1416
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,109 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


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  • #1417
    Tazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Tazio


    anacc wrote: »
    Picked up here again near Kinsale. Third wave I guess. Not as bad as the second wave though.




    Same here near Riverstick.. stormy - but not like earlier.


  • #1418
    Dwarf.Shortage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,428 ✭✭✭Dwarf.Shortage


    grebtol2 wrote: »
    A spot of wind. What are you on.

    The wind up, they are on the wind up.

    Do not feed.


  • #1419
    smellyoldboot
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭smellyoldboot


    John O.Groats wrote: »
    Where are you?

    Waterford City. Its blustery but that's about it. Put it this way, (ignoring the time of night) if you needed a jar of milk it wouldn't bother you strolling to the shop in it.


  • #1420
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,832 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    Wind is picking up again around Carrigaline.


  • #1421
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,109 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    https://twitter.com/CorkSafetyAlert/status/1296218988159082500?s=20

    https://twitter.com/WaterfordCounci/status/1296218582121160714?s=20


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  • #1422
    padohaodha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭padohaodha


    Limerick/cork border..holy jesus she has arrived.Mad gusts.Trees under big pressure


  • #1423
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,857 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Gusting mad now again in Rochestown


  • #1424
    dzsfah2xoynme9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 326 ✭✭dzsfah2xoynme9


    Just a light wind here in Limerick city at the moment. But looking at the rain radar we're in for a massive downpour..


  • #1425
    deisedevil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,252 ✭✭✭deisedevil


    smellyoldboot wrote: »
    Waterford City. Its blustery but that's about it. Put it this way, (ignoring the time of night) if you needed a jar of milk it wouldn't bother you strolling to the shop in it.

    Thats mad. Piles of damage in Dungarvan and surrounding area.


  • #1426
    obi604
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,334 ✭✭✭obi604


    smellyoldboot wrote: »
    Waterford City. Its blustery but that's about it. Put it this way, (ignoring the time of night) if you needed a jar of milk it wouldn't bother you strolling to the shop in it.


    You’d be a long time looking for a JAR of milk though.


  • #1427
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,109 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    https://twitter.com/CorkSafetyAlert/status/1296219814499844097?s=20


  • #1428
    anacc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 228 ✭✭anacc


    Tazio wrote: »
    Same here near Riverstick.. stormy - but not like earlier.

    I’m only down the road from ya sure!


  • #1429
    OhToBeByTheSea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭OhToBeByTheSea


    grebtol2 wrote: »
    A spot of wind. What are you on.

    That's all just a conspiracy, met eireann, rte and the government are in on this together. They made Storm Ellen in a lab and released her into the atmosphere to distract from covid. Duh!


  • #1430
    circadian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,867 ✭✭✭circadian


    M.T. Cranium wrote: »
    I didn't fly a lot in my earlier days but even so I managed to get on one flight that aborted a landing at 250' (at Edmonton) and "went around" due to severe storms and another one that landed anyway in a rather strong windshift (at London ON). That was a relatively small plane so it was quite dramatic. However neither of those were as scary as any given float-plane flight take off or landing in normal weather.

    Sounds like they timed the Cork landing to hit the eye of the storm.

    Flew into Vancouver around 2012 in a huge thunderstorm. When the pilot looks pissed off you know someone messed up. I would totally agree on the Float Planes. Took one to Victoria, almost bought a ferry ticket for the return.

    Not too windy in Dublin from what I can tell, but the rain has been relentless pretty much all day. Its been a long time since I've heard the rain beating off the windows like this.


  • #1431
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,675 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    A tree is over 500m tall? :eek:

    A Ryanair pilot reported seeing the top of it as he was holding at 8000ft, so I'd say he was just playing it down, like most Cork people.


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  • #1432
    anacc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 228 ✭✭anacc


    smellyoldboot wrote: »
    Waterford City. Its blustery but that's about it. Put it this way, (ignoring the time of night) if you needed a jar of milk it wouldn't bother you strolling to the shop in it.

    And sure there were Waterford folk complaining earlier that Met Éireann care more about Cork than Waterford because ye didn’t get a red warning.


  • #1433
    marno21
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,810 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    3300 in Carrigaline, 2500 in Ringaskiddy, 1600 in Aghada, 2000 in Cloyne, 4400 in Youghal, 4500 in Midleton, 1100 in Carrigtwohil, 300 in Little Island, 2500 in Glanmire, 1800 in Blackpool, 400 in Bishopstown, 2500 in Douglas/Rochestown, 1500 in Macroom, 2700 near Castlelyons, 2700 in Fermoy, 1400 in Mitchelstown, 1000 in Mallow, 500 in Buttevant, 500 in Charleville. Busy night for the ESB in Cork.


    But only 277 near Skibbereen, West Cork has escaped bar that. Not a single outage in Kerry either.


  • #1434
    JackieChang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,522 ✭✭✭JackieChang


    Winds picking up now.


  • #1435
    sunbabe08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,355 ✭✭✭sunbabe08


    no lightning for us here in cork city then? damn you met eireann.


  • #1436
    smellyoldboot
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭smellyoldboot


    anacc wrote: »
    And sure there were Waterford folk complaining earlier that Met Éireann care more about Cork than Waterford because ye didn’t get a red warning.

    Nobody pays much attention to us so we'll take what we can get in fairness. lol


  • #1437
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,675 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    spookwoman wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/CorkSafetyAlert/status/1296219814499844097?s=20

    The trampoline is heading from Blackpool to Whitechurch? Christ on a bike. I will pray for Cork.


  • #1438
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,716 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    https://twitter.com/Padraig_WMC/status/1296213437131915265


  • #1439
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,759 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    Just went outside to assess if the house was ok in west cork, its mental this is now the strongest winds I have experienced down here. Sand blowing into my eyes and face in general, being blown around by the actual storm itself. Its just mental but an experience at the same time and we are easily gusting above 120km/h, more to 130km/h id say but again cant measure and could easily be lower!

    Probably going to be my last post because don't want to spam the thread anymore but really hope everybody is being safe.


  • #1440
    auspicious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,554 ✭✭✭auspicious


    spookwoman wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/CorkSafetyAlert/status/1296218988159082500?s=20

    Really shouldn't be playing with Radio controlled cars in this weather.


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  • #1441
    Sugarbowl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Sugarbowl


    I’d say there are lots more without power than map is showing.

    Power gone here a half hour but nothing on the map.

    Still a bad night here off the west coast from the fastnet. Gusty, and rain pelting off window.


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