⚠️ Storm Éowyn - Fri 24.01.25 (Please read Mod Instruction in OP.)

kabakuyu · 24-01-2025 01:27PM

Worst night I have ever experienced in over 50 years here in Galway city,there was no lull in wind,it was constant and scary,roof tiles danced for hours but the solar panels survived.

Unfortunately the shed roof lost some corrugated panels,hope I cand find them and do repair.

redsteveireland · 24-01-2025 01:31PM

Many houses in Salthill missing roof tiles, reports that the Dome on the Galway Clinic has been damaged(unconfirmed).

2ndcoming · 24-01-2025 01:32PM

Just to clarify this storm can't be classed as a hurricane because it formed outside the tropics. If it had formed south of the Tropic of Cancer it absolutely would have been called a Category 1 hurricane, hitting Category 2 speeds in places.

Sammy2012 · 24-01-2025 01:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094641#Comment_123094641

Why would people do that? Weather wasn't too bad where we are (thankfully) but I wouldn't criticise them for having a red warning in place. A neighbour was killed 3 years ago by a falling tree in a a yellow warning, if i remember correctly. I think there will be less giving out this time due to the fact there was damage in Dublin.

Esel · 24-01-2025 01:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094669#Comment_123094669

Who called it a hurricane?

PokeHerKing · 24-01-2025 01:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094617#Comment_123094617

You clearly didn't read what I was replying to. If you're gonna try be a smart a$$ you need to put in the work.

Otherwise you look like an idiot.

Thunder87 · 24-01-2025 01:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094573#Comment_123094573

Yeah, you can buy cheap Chinese weather stations on Amazon for €50 that can instantly stream live data online so it's a bit ridiculous we need to wait until 2.15pm to get data on a gust at 1pm, but I guess it's par for the course for a public service organisation where continuous improvement and innovation aren't part of their culture

But overall, even accounting for lack of stations it's clear the models over-egged the widespread nature of the storm (not playing down the storm itself as it was obviously record breaking!), but e.g. locally in north Dublin plenty of model runs were showing 140-150km/hr gusts yet so far I think Dublin Airport has barely broken the 100km/hr mark

JCX BXC · 24-01-2025 01:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094677#Comment_123094677

Jaysussssssssssssssssss

You haven't been reading!

redsteveireland · 24-01-2025 01:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094677#Comment_123094677

Don't start them up again!

xzanti · 24-01-2025 01:36PM

Power back on in parts of Naas. Well done ESB. Trojan work.

JCX BXC · 24-01-2025 01:37PM

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HeidiHeidi · 24-01-2025 01:37PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094669#Comment_123094669

I don't think anyone is calling the storm "a hurricane". (disclosure - I haven't read the entire thread, but I've seen some back-and-forth in posts this morning).

Referring to "hurricane force winds" is legit - it's a point on the Beaufort Scale which classifies winds by strength and various qualitative descriptions and is widely used.

happyoutscan · 24-01-2025 01:37PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094673#Comment_123094673

Boils down to having a half-wit mentality.

Heard a few yesterday here giving out about it.

If you were to ask any of them the most simple of weather related questions, you'd be waiting for a coherent answer.

odyssey06 · 24-01-2025 01:39PM

I saw first Dublin Bus of the day passing by the stop outside.

Needmoretea · 24-01-2025 01:42PM

Sky is clearing nicely but still very gusty and that constant whoosh is still going on in Dublin 9. The wind seems to have changed direction making it sound even more vigorous. I suppose we won't know the full extent of the damage countrywide for a couple of days. Good call by Met Éireann on their warning.

John.Icy · 24-01-2025 01:42PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094301#Comment_123094301

If trees generally couldn't withstand 100-120 km/h gusts, there'd be barely a tree in the country, especially further West! Darragh would have taken out a fair few of 'ready to go' trees round these parts given it was a powerful storm in itself.

The winds at Dublin Airport I don't even think registered an orange level gust (open to correction, didn't see 8am or 9am report). It's been sub 100 km/h most of the hourlies and when it went above, I think I saw a max of 104 km/h? I'd well believe it here, a few km from the airport, there's plastic items in the garden next door that haven't budged an inch on the ground.

Casement had a noteworthy gust between 10-11am. 128 km/h. That's bigger than Darwin, so a really notable gust right there. Right at the end of the warning. It had listed recent rain shower so perhaps that dragged the big gust down.

The difference between DA and Casement is stark though. Very un-windy station if that's a word.

It's when you go north of 130 km/h, you start seeing huge damage to trees and so on.

We got relatively lucky here in Dublin given the hi-res models last night vs. other parts.

josip · 24-01-2025 01:43PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094219#Comment_123094219

Brick build rather than block build, not sure if that makes any difference.

But unless you've cut down a (large) tree it can be hard to imagine just how much weight there is in them. That looks like a pine and there wouldn't be many branches on that to spread the impact across the rest of the structure. You'd have 2 or 3 tonnes hitting the top 1 or 2 bricks at an angle. Never stood a chance.

newirishman · 24-01-2025 01:43PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094682#Comment_123094682

Sure. But you also need to buy an awful lot of cheap, battery powered network components to get the data to the servers if power and mobile networks are down.

yerwanthere123 · 24-01-2025 01:47PM

Escaped pretty unscathed here in Killarney. Never lost power, and slept like a baby last night 🫣 Now there's not even a gust of wind outside, completely still day.

redsteveireland · 24-01-2025 01:48PM

Finally got a report from Athenry that a large number of houses have roof damage, it will be a miracle if mine is not the same…

circadian · 24-01-2025 01:48PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094682#Comment_123094682

How do you know there's no continuous improvement? I'd like to know your solution to retrieving the data from areas that have no power and no mobile networks.

ledwithhedwith · 24-01-2025 01:48PM

haha flight delayed 20 mins , **** all ya scaremongering not a hope. Bit of breeze

Hurrache · 24-01-2025 01:48PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094512#Comment_123094512

What do you mean? The other supermarkets also said they weren't opening during the red warning, so most Tesco stores wouldn't have been even open in order to close again.

Hurrache · 24-01-2025 01:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094719#Comment_123094719

There's plenty of damage in Dublin, the rink in Blanchardstown for a start, also only a few km from Dublin airport, which was unscathed during Darragh.

Collie D · 24-01-2025 01:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094740#Comment_123094740

Must be really excited about your trip to feel the need to come in and post that.

castletownman · 24-01-2025 01:56PM

Escaped the worst of it here, though still gusty.

Had a lovely refreshing walk with the dog, but she annoyed me stopping under a few shaking trees, wouldn't go sniffing in clear, non-dangerous clearings of course.