Hurricane Katia heading for Ireland!

Icyseanfitz · 12-09-2011 1:55am

huricane huricane huricane there i said it three times it should start now

Console · 12-09-2011 1:57am

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

huricane huricane huricane there i said it three times it should start now

Someone was watching Beetlejuice on tv earlier, right?

Billy86 · 12-09-2011 2:07am

Off to Oz on Thursday and really wanted one last dose of absolute s***e weather, so I'd remember well what I will be missing when over there.

Very disappointing indeed...

mann · 12-09-2011 2:08am

Its really warming up here in Doonbeg Co Clare, I just been for a walk near the beach where I found it hard at times to walk against the stronger gusts of wind that kept driving the drizzly rain down my neck,

It should be a sight for sore eyes around midday with the High tide and big swells.. I heard the swells could reach 8 metres in places,

I love this type of weather as it sends all the holiday folks home and gives me plenty of parking space everywhere I go :cool:

K-9 · 12-09-2011 2:11am

The Hurricane is to start from about 6 in the morning on through the day!

RTE Radio one forecast predicting up to Force 11 winds! :eek:

flanum · 12-09-2011 2:11am

eerily calm at the moment.. no rain, no breeze nothin..

wooohooo bring it on (like that scene in forrest gump when yer man with no legs is on the fishin boat!)!!

Icyseanfitz · 12-09-2011 2:13am

if true im going fishing

figure its the smart thing to do on a day like that

Resi12 · 12-09-2011 2:13am

Wind's howling/pretty strong here in Limerick for me..

Console · 12-09-2011 2:20am

As of noth dublin ... nothing

Hey not saying i want to see things blowing off roofs or anything :P but as of right now, no rain and only a bit of wind.
Have to say tho, doesnt seem to be a lot of traffic on the roads. Back of my house is a main road. Not much activity.

robbie_998 · 12-09-2011 2:23am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AepyGm9Me6w

Mickeroo · 12-09-2011 2:23am

Wind is fairly howling outside now here!

robbie_998 · 12-09-2011 2:25am

I have absolutely no idea why i posted the Hawaii five-o intro there... but feck it...

Console wrote: »

As of noth dublin ... nothing
Hey not saying i want to see things blowing off roofs or anything :P but as of right now, no rain and only a bit of wind.
Have to say tho, doesnt seem to be a lot of traffic on the roads. Back of my house is a main road. Not much activity.

same... only a slight bit of wind in dublin... hopefully we'll have a lot of activity tomorrow... need an excuse not to wash the car and just let the wind and rain do it :pac:

what road is behind you ? im sure i can make some activity on it........... im bored and armed with a honda civic :cool:

Hank Scorpio · 12-09-2011 2:25am

nothing going on in the south east

mann · 12-09-2011 2:32am

Just checked the Kilkee weather station and its recorded winds of 39.1kts SSW at 2:04am and it really does feel as if its getting worse,

The barometer is reading 969.9 and falling slowly…. Its going to get a lot worse before she calms down,

Sounds like my roof is going to blow off at the moment

Just checked again and the wind is reading 44.3kts at 02:19

joshrogan · 12-09-2011 2:34am

mann wrote: »

Just checked the Kilkee weather station and its recorded winds of 39.1kts SSW at 2:04am and it really does feel as if its getting worse,

The barometer is reading 969.9 and falling slowly…. Its going to get a lot worse before she calms down,

Sounds like my roof is going to blow off at the moment

Just checked again and the wind is reading 44.3kts at 02:19

No need to worry until you see a cow and an old lady in a rocking chair swirling around in the wind.

General General · 12-09-2011 2:35am

Situation in Carlow is dire.

Nothing to do with storm, however.

flanum · 12-09-2011 2:36am

"auntie em...auntie em..."

mann · 12-09-2011 2:41am

General General wrote: »

Situation in Carlow is dire.

Nothing to do with storm, however.

:):) Wicked

Killer Pigeon · 12-09-2011 4:24am

Looks like this is it guys;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHsx1cvACkY

The Scientician · 12-09-2011 4:27am

It's 1839 all over again lads!

EverEvolving · 12-09-2011 4:29am

It's blowing a gale here in Galway anyway, sounds like horror movie wind out there

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angelfire9 · 12-09-2011 4:30am

Its windy in Ennis
According to http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03962.html as of 29 minutes ago:

Shannon (EINN)
Elevation
20 m
Station Select
Now

Mostly Cloudy
Temperature 15 °C Feels Like 15 °C

Wind(km/h)50

lilymc · 12-09-2011 5:10am

Bit of wind up here in Dublin alright, nothing to write home about. Was due to give birth yesterday.. so hoping the drop in barometric pressure might help! Could be a load of rubbish but at the same time so could the hurricane... still something to talk about.

Killer Pigeon · 12-09-2011 5:34am

lilymc wrote: »

Bit of wind up here in Dublin alright, nothing to write home about. Was due to give birth yesterday.. so hoping the drop in barometric pressure might help! Could be a load of rubbish but at the same time so could the hurricane... still something to talk about.

You must be very committed to boards.ie.

IvySlayer · 12-09-2011 5:54am

Getting windy here in Dublin now...

OPENROAD · 12-09-2011 6:01am

IvySlayer wrote: »

Getting windy here in Dublin now...

Yup thought we had escaped it.. picking up a bit now

lilymc · 12-09-2011 6:45am

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

You must be very committed to boards.ie.

You've lost me.

Full.Duck · 12-09-2011 7:45am

Jayzus its a bit of wind lads. My farts have done more damage!

westendgirlie · 12-09-2011 8:13am

lilymc wrote: »

Bit of wind up here in Dublin alright, nothing to write home about. Was due to give birth yesterday.. so hoping the drop in barometric pressure might help! Could be a load of rubbish but at the same time so could the hurricane... still something to talk about.

Best of luck with your imminent arrival xxx

zuroph · 12-09-2011 8:19am

it blew my bin over. and a fence panel and smashed a patio stone. dog is pissed off he's locked in.

oh the humanity.

the_pits · 12-09-2011 8:22am

Bird table blown over and few twigs fell off tree

Sprouts · 12-09-2011 8:24am

Washing line flying around, grand bit of drying out

westendgirlie · 12-09-2011 8:28am

Turned on trashy tvam at 8am to hear more about todays bad weather. 10 mins I had to sit through it before they mentioned the weather!!!!

I'll never get those minutes back

Quite blustery ere but no biggy.

Sooopie · 12-09-2011 12:46pm

Its fairly howling here right now in Dublin City Centre.

I was very surprised at the amount of cyclists on the road this morning. It was well documented on the news & internet there was going to be gale force winds & still this morning I saw plenty of hardy folk cycling into town

Madness!

jonnyfingers · 12-09-2011 1:06pm

I was in Connecticut for Hurricane Irene a few weeks ago. Luckily it had eased off a lot to winds of about 80 - 90mph. Still made **** of the trees, branches everywhere, some larger trees fell on a few houses. Not a pleasant experience.

Hopefully the winds won't do too much damage over here.

Liam Byrne · 12-09-2011 1:27pm

Lots of large branches and bits of trees down in Limerick, and there's a fence panel sent flying that might need replacing....

.....but FFS guys.....compared to the damage done in Japan & other places when they have actual extreme weather, we're getting off VERY lightly!

Fago! · 12-09-2011 1:30pm

Damn wind blew me onto the ground. I dropped me breakfast roll

Big Nasty · 12-09-2011 1:32pm

Fago! wrote: »

Damn wind blew me onto the ground. I dropped me breakfast roll

You must be a featherweight! :eek::eek::eek:

polka dot · 12-09-2011 1:32pm

The roadsweeper is out clearing leaves. Must be serious :pac:

Icyseanfitz · 12-09-2011 1:32pm

a bit breezy down here in tralee but nothing we havnt seen before ffs

kfallon · 12-09-2011 1:37pm

Well I'm going playing football later, I couldn't give a gee about this 'hurricane'.....they can shove it up their hoop :pac:

Liam Byrne · 12-09-2011 1:42pm

kfallon wrote: »

Well I'm going playing football later, I couldn't give a gee about this 'hurricane'.....they can shove it up their hoop :pac:

Yeah, yeah - you'll be saying that when you score an own-point from your own kick-out.

kfallon · 12-09-2011 1:44pm

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Yeah, yeah - you'll be saying that when you score an own-point from your own kick-out.

Have the rules of 5-a-side changed over the weekend?

I'm more worried about when people start spitting tbh :pac:

Liam Byrne · 12-09-2011 1:47pm

kfallon wrote: »

Have the rules of 5-a-side changed over the weekend?

You said football. But the principle still applies - if you're playing 5-a-side soccer then you could even score an own-goal.

kfallon · 12-09-2011 1:48pm

Liam Byrne wrote: »

You said football. But the principle still applies - if you're playing 5-a-side soccer then you could even score an own-goal.

The secret, my friend, is to keep the ball on the deck in conditions like this

Liam Byrne · 12-09-2011 1:52pm

kfallon wrote: »

The secret, my friend, is to keep the ball on the deck in conditions like this

Soccer on a boat! Challenging!

kfallon · 12-09-2011 1:59pm

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Soccer on a boat! Challenging!

Wait til you try hurling on a plane :P

Dyr · 12-09-2011 1:59pm

Well, jaysus lads weren't we lucky to come out of that with our lives?

Liam Byrne · 12-09-2011 2:00pm

kfallon wrote: »

Wait til you try hurling on a plane :P

No fear.....I take travel-sickness tablets!

electrobanana · 12-09-2011 2:38pm

bit gusty here is all..oh wait there goes barny's bowlarama

Hurricane Katia heading for Ireland!

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