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

Its nothing to do with the SEAI, its government policy that was scheduled to scale back on a specific timeframe, the solar grant will reduce by 300 every year going forward unless government decide to change it.

And again that still doesn't change the fact that a system that's useable in a power cut is incredibly difficult and expensive to get installed.

The time to act on shortfalls people experienced is in the next few months while it’s still fresh. Took me 2 storms and 10 nights without power before I changed things. One of the worst storms I experienced was in August 3 or 4 years ago. Had a bad storm last April. Know someone who ran out of camping gas after 1 meal, not good enough.

The SEAI is the implementation channel of government policy, but this has to take reliability into account in the future. If the standard grant package for remote areas included a provision for operation without the grid then the installers would simply provide that as standard and there would not a large extra cost.

Its like talking to a wall, go and ring any solar company and ask about a system that isolates you from the grid in the case of a power outage and see what their reply is, i'm done with this conversation as you haven't a clue what you are talking about and refuse to acknowledge that anyone else might know more than you.

There is still the sound of busy chainsaws around my area. I am wondering where they will store all the wood. The sheds will be packed to the rafters for a few years.

Getting to the finish line, last of them should be patched up over the weekend.

There will be ongoing repairs over the course of the year so expect further disruption, but maybe some advance notice this time for scheduled maintenance jobs.

I still have no power. I know the ESB are working exceptionally hard but surely at this stage for the remaining outages they must now have a work schedule that shows where and when they will be working and this could be relayed to the people still in the dark and the cold to give us some idea and hope of when we can expect to be reconnected?
I rang them this evening trying to get some idea other than the date/time that is on the App that has been missed 4 times so far.
This is the only time I have called them as I didn't want to be bothering them but I am now really feeling the strain after 15 nights of no power, water, heat, and just asked if they had some idea what day a crew would be here to cut through all the trees to get access to the broken pole and put up new lines. All they could offer is the date/time on the App!
I am beginning to wonder if there is actually a detailed plan. Someone I know actually stopped an ESB van on the road and asked them when they were coming to fix her lines. They didn't know they were down. They came the next day and fixed it. I think I will just flag down a van tomorrow, dozens pass here daily, and see if that works.
I am exhausted.

the M3 buoy located 56km off Cork coast recorded a wave height of 20.15m – almost the length of a tennis court (23.7m).

A wave height of 18.75m was recorded by the M4 buoy 83km off the Donegal coast. Although not record wave heights at these locations, the data buoys operated throughout unprecedented storm conditions.

the Mace Head data buoy sustained winds of 114km/h and gusts up to 162km/h. The data buoy at Lehanagh Pool in Connemara recorded wind speeds of 100km/h and gusts of 150km/h.   

https://www.marine.ie/site-area/news-events/press-releases/data-buoys-provide-critical-ocean-data-during-storm-%C3%A9owyn

Power back after an on and off restoration. Unbelievable few weeks for a lot of people. We were lucky.

Getting into those damaged poles is a nightmare. Huge machines cutting through the forestry. We are surrounded by this 'forestry'.

Amazing to see the oaks and birch surrounding the 'crap' survive.

14 days,they wouldn't last 3 days. My heart really goes out to anyone who still haven't power back.

And a national crisis would be declared, Army out helping, TDs in wellies, hardhats and high vis would be falling over themselves to get in a picture to show them on the ground.

Hahaha. The log burner is a life saver. Heat is the one thing we needed.

Elder isn’t worth it, very very wet wood and feck all heat

I hope it's not a fairy fort Cluedo 🤔. I have ash, Whithorn, crabapple and elder to cut from fallen trees as well. Keep a bit of your ivy for 2 years, it's great for kindling and keep a bit of fallen timber for an ornament and varnish later as a momento to storm Eowyn. That's my plan anyhow !

So sad @Cluedo Monopoly when I heard it this morning. Indeed many a club game I saw him in action back in the day. Devastating in the aftermath of the cleanup of which so many will be doing ;(