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

I like that, SDBC.

Does anyone out west know what the stocks of coal and bottled water are like?

Have some friends out there who are out of contact and I was thinking of loading up tomorrow and driving over.

The response to this crisis left post storm by Government is absolutely useless. Where are the water supplies for people? Thousands in Galway have no water at all, all shops are out of stock of water as there’s been a run on them for water. Where is the official response? Where are areas set up to charge phones? Why aren’t vital networks like Eir, Vodafone or Three backed up to help people communicate. Many people are in storm damaged houses with roofs or windows blown off. Many old and vulnerable alone and cold. Elected officials are going to get a serious earful, people are angry.
Why isn’t there public service information on radios re where has or hasn’t water, has or hasn’t electricity, what areas have shops open, etc. Why when I turn on the radio am I listening to rubbish re Dail and what movie to watch.
Hundreds of thousands are off the grid and being left that way with no action being taken beyond hoping the ESB crews endanger themselves and others working around the clock in bad weather to restore.

I posted before the storm with concern over the lack of action and preparedness. It’s not good enough.

As many as 100,000 customers may be without power after Friday, ESB Networks has said. 

In a statement, the organisation said that expected restoration times show that by Friday 31 January, the vast majority of those impacted by Storm Éowyn will have had supply restored. 

"After this we expect that the remaining, approximately 100,000, customers will progressively have their supply restored over the course of the following week," it said.

Uisce Éireann said that more than 109,000 people are without water and warned that supplies for a further 126,000 people were at risk. An additional 112,000 people are now being supplied by schemes where generators have been deployed by Uisce Éireann crews. 

The worst affected areas are Galway, Mayo, Clare, Cavan, Monaghan, Westmeath, Donegal and Longford.

feb 5th is my current reconnection time, no water, no power and no internet.

Maybe best to book a holiday for 2 weeks to Tenerife.

Drove from where I live yesterday through Loughrea and on to Oranmore, no power the whole way there.

Heard Tuam was hit hard as well.

Power was back when I got home yesterday which surprised me because I'm in Woodford and thought it would be a few days before the ESB got out to us.

National media need to step up and report on the crisis going on in the west. Completely out of touch. No proper investigation happening. Where's the journalism? 2 days after massive structural damage to many properties, the likes of which has never happened in living memory. I won't be renewing subscriptions to national media at this rate.

We got power back yesterday at 3 the other part around the village is still out. I’d say as they turn back on power more faults are being discovered frustrating for people but what can they do and todays weather isn’t helping.

Up to 100k customers may be without power after Friday 31st. "After this we expect that the remaining customers will progressively have their supply restored over the course of the following week" - ESBN.

I'm from Longford and my parents and a lot of my friends living there all had significant impacts from the storm. Downed trees, no power, no water, broken/missing roof tiles, even instances of parts of the roads being torn up by the roots of falling trees etc. One friend lives near Ardagh and on Saturday he was heading into Longford Town and had to turn the car around because there were so many leaning trees that he was worried about one coming down on top of him. Longford got very hard hit it seems, and being an inland county not used to strong winds like that didn't help.

God, I'd love an A rated home + I could do all the other things too.

Some proper miserable hindsight heroes in this thread.

Its pouring rain and freezing here in North Donegal. We're in town so power restored in 1 day but there are faults everywhere outside of town areas. Families with no water and electric are contacting radio stations looking for any discounted accommodation available. Dont see what use it is saying everyone outside of a town should have a generator bought. Sounds ridiculous.

I prefer Irish beef thanks.

Given we export 90% of irish beef, there is no danger of a shortage in ireland and we clearly over produce it.

We are paying farmers to over produce food we do not need and at the same time paying them to damage the environment, via that over-production.

Climate targets will reduce the over production in time, but we are off topic so will leave it there.

You don’t need to install a gas hob in the house to be resilient. They are very bad for indoor air quality

We had two extended power cuts after Ophelia and Emma ( where we were also snowed in for a week).

Currently living in an a rated home that’s all electric. We have a small generator that could power the well pump and keep the freezer and fridge going if needed. It wasn’t expensive. Have a two ring camping stove that can be pulled out for cooking. We do have an air sealed stove as back up which I am glad of also but I do know of houses that don’t need external heat source at all. Ours wouldn’t be far off that. Filled up an Ibc tank on Thursday with water for flushing and for the animals if needed as well as a couple of 5 litre flasks for drinking.

Edit to add. Also have solar here but no batteries. It didn’t add up for this house yet.

Sympathies to everyone without power it’s no fun at all. Don’t be afraid to ask for help if needed.

think the army helicopter has just flown over v low. assume they are looking for downed power lines