Storm Isha - Sunday 21/Monday 22 January 2024

Seems to have been 3 deaths due to this storm. Another incident outside Limavady, man in a van killed too.

Power still out at home this morning.

Entire local area seems totally without power. Looks like kids will be off today as well.

Roads very messy with debris, small twigs and larger branches, but council seem to have been out early moving larger obstacles.

I’ve never known a January like it.

After what was an exceptional beautiful cold week with snow & sunshine, yesterday has to be the worst storm I’ve ever experienced.

The house was battered by gusts and I thought the windows were going to come in. Quite a scary experience.. the normal run-of-the-mill wind & gusts today are most welcome.

Our electricity flicked on and off last night but thankfully we have power this morning. Although I fully expect organised power cuts today while lines & cables are repaired.

Don’t forget to check in on elderly neighbours today if you can.

Driving from Dublin to Sligo this morning! I'll be on the N4..... anyone know how the roads might be?

I'll be taking it very easy given that trees and power lines might be down.

Thanks for any information you might have.

Luckily no damage to the house. The only casualty was the wind disconnected the circulation pump hose for my fish pond and it drained the pond. So a 5am I am outside filling a paddling pool with the remaining pond water to save the fish.

When I get back from work I will refill and treat the water. At least the fish get a holiday.

I saw that some posters here reported hearing a very loud noise in the Sky during the storm I was outside at around 4pm and I heard what can only be described as a frightening noise high up in the clouds you could follow this noise in the wind direction, I am presuming that this was wind but can you imagine the damage it would have done at ground level, was this wind as I never heard this before in Galway

Didn't hear it myself but going by the conditions in many areas, together with the atmospheric conditions being experienced, I can only assume that it may have been a sting jet above, not quite making it to ground level?

Unbelievably the power went after the strongest of winds had passed in South Mayo last night. We had jinxed it by packing away all the candles :D

No power, heat(not really an issue as it’s so mild ), water to sinks , toilets , showers etc (runs off a pump except for mains at kitchen sink so we can fill buckets for the toilets ) or phone coverage

Hopefully back soon so the food in fridge and freezer keeps ok

The ESB workers aways do amazing work to get it back online but I’m sure there will be many waiting until tomorrow to get back online tbh

Credit as always to MTC and others who flagged this . We were due to be in Galway city yday where the clock blew down from Garveys. I’m sure many others heeded the warning too so injuries/lives saved

The wind was so violent last night that when I went to the bathroom the water in the toilet bowl was shaking from the wind, never seen that before!!

Definitely one of the worst storms I've ever experienced here in East Donegal. Power has been out since about 10pm last night, schools up here now closed for the third day in succession, last Thur and Fri due to the snow and ice.

Hearing that ESB could be down for a long time, could even be days, I can't imagine the job the ESB crews have to deal with today. Not sure at what point we will have to dump everything in the freezer if that's the case.

A long Fence between me and next door, which is currently unoccupied was collapsing last night, but managed to prop it up during the worst of the storm last night.

House in tact this morning. I just need to fix my honesty box back upright and check polytunnel and bee hives

Steady strong winds here in South Donegal. Haven't abated too much over night. Wondering tomorrow's event will bring!

Power still out in Carrick on Shannon - I'll be surprised if it's back today. The ESB teams have been on the go since early this morning trying to fix power outages, they really do Trojan work. They've a long couple of days ahead of them.

Who's going to start the Storm Jocelyn thread or are we all suffering from storm exhaustion?

Donegal, Mayo and Galway have an orange warning for Tuesday evening.

My green bin is back full after being collected this morning. Someone elses recycling ended up all over front drive 😂

I still think that it was irresponsible of the GAA to ignore an Orange warning yesterday that was going to effect supporters travelling home from Dublin. Poor poor decision.