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Extreme weather

  • 12-08-2012 02:56PM
    #1
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭


    If you could get more extreme weather brought to Ireland what type would it be? Not a massive fan of the heat myself but I get fierce tired of the miserable rainy and drizzly weather we get here.

    Used to enjoy the odd spot of floodgazing every year when the road at home used to flood. Houses around my area were all alright but it wasn't so good for people in other parts of the country who actually couldn't stop the water from getting into their house.

    Still I think if floods were more regular (or any extreme weather) people would quickly get used to it, you'd see a lot more people with small boats to get the shopping during the flood season. It only causes trouble when people aren't used to it. Still you'll get people who think they don't have to do anything and its all the council's fault, its always good craic listening to them moaning on Joe Duffy as well.

    I wouldn't mind a good dose of snow every year around christmas time for a few weeks. If it happened every year I'd get an ould snowmobile it would be mighty craic tearing up and down the road with one of them

    Which type of extreme weather would you prefer? 109 votes

    Heat waves (35-45 degrees) and drought
    0% 0 votes
    Massive downpours and flooding
    15% 17 votes
    Thunder storms
    3% 4 votes
    Snow
    29% 32 votes
    Hurricanes
    45% 50 votes
    Something else
    3% 4 votes
    Atari Jaguar
    1% 2 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    Proper dose of snow every Christmas would be the job.


  • #3
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    Why wouldn't you want something other than a bit of heat?

    I think people forget that you acclimatise to heat. We can't because it comes out of nowhere. Give us a more stable climate and we'd be good though


  • #4
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    An F5 twister ripping through Leinster House while all the FG/Labour gobshytes are in it..:D


  • #5
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    1ZRed wrote: »
    Why wouldn't you want something other than a bit of heat?

    I think people forget that you acclimatise to heat. We can't because it comes out of nowhere. Give us a more stable climate and we'd be good though

    Heat is overrated, all you really need is a warm/dry day with a blue sky.


  • #6
    girl in the striped socks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭girl in the striped socks


    I would prefer if the temperature was 5-6 degrees everyday, with no rain.
    I like cold weather.


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  • #7
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    I'd like more flooding please. My house is never affected by flooding and I like to watch the people in the canoes on the telly :D I also enjoy the misery of my fellow human being when their house gets destroyed.


  • #8
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    I wouldn't like to have extreme weather, don't like it too hot, floods would just be annoying, and get sick of snow after the first day.
    In saying that, i do like a good thunderstorm, so wouldn't say no to a few of them.


  • #9
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    Scioch wrote: »
    Proper dose of snow every Christmas would be the job.


    This is me sitting on a plane for 4 hours at Dublin Airport and snowbound on Christmas Eve a few Christmass,es ago.:(


  • #10
    Gee Bag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭Gee Bag


    Regular heavy golden showers so the entire country gets blasted with piss.


  • #11
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    What my favorite movie? TWISTER!


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  • #12
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    I was out cutting the grass earlier in the sunshine. It's now pissing down out of the heavens.

    That's about as extreme a weather as I would want.


  • #13
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    Gee Bag wrote: »
    Regular heavy golden showers so the entire country gets blasted with piss.


    Thats a "hole" different thread there.


  • #14
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,195 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    I was out cutting the grass earlier in the sunshine. It's now pissing down out of the heavens.

    That's about as extreme a weather as I would want.

    Haven't seen the sun since Friday here.

    Give me some extreme thunder though. Loads of fork lightening at night, great to watch.


  • #15
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Captain Chaos wrote: »
    Haven't seen the sun since Friday here.

    Give me some extreme thunder though. Loads of fork lightening at night, great to watch.

    I thought Ireland only gets flash lightening? I thought America gets the fork lightening.


  • #16
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    Scioch wrote: »
    Heat is overrated, all you really need is a warm/dry day with a blue sky.

    No I like being hot thanks :p


  • #17
    Cú Giobach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭Cú Giobach


    For the first time ever I voted atari jaguar in a poll, because....
    Heatwave........Fecks me up.
    Flooding............Fecks up your house.
    Thunder storms....Fecks up my water pump with power cuts
    Snow..........Fecks up food deliveries to the local shop and getting to nearest big town for same.
    Hurricanes.......Fecks everything up
    Something else.....Fecks something else up.
    Atari jaguar....Just plain fecked up, not a problem.


  • #18
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Briing back the deadly summer supercell storms of '85/'86. :D


  • #19
    mauzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭mauzo


    I fooking love snow.....


  • #20
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Hal1


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    I thought Ireland only gets flash lightening? I thought America gets the fork lightening.

    It's rare enough to get a decent storm but we do on occassion.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGqvdl5ImZc


  • #21
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    syndeyfife wrote: »
    I fooking love snow.....

    Its not all that great,especially when you are running low on supplies.:(


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  • #22
    Herb Powell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Herb Powell


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    I thought Ireland only gets flash lightening? I thought America gets the fork lightening.

    :confused:?????????????????????????????

    There's no difference in the lightning, only that some occurs within clouds, and some jumps clearly to the ground


  • #23
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    we get fork lightening regulary.

    This out accross Dublin Bay last year


  • #24
    nbar12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭nbar12


    girl in the striped socks wrote: »
    I would prefer if the temperature was 5-6 degrees everyday, with no rain.
    I like cold weather.

    I don't like you


  • #25
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    I'm a thunder and lightening man myself.

    Nothing like lying in bed on a dark night, watching the room illuminate to the lightening flashes, with the growl of thunder in the distance.

    I'd choose to watch that over a movie any time.


  • #26
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭eth0


    paddy147 wrote: »
    Its not all that great,especially when you are running low on supplies.:(

    No supplies is your own fault. If you can expect a good dose of snow every year people will have supplies


  • #27
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    eth0 wrote: »
    No supplies is your own fault. If you can expect a good dose of snow every year people will have supplies


    Can you even read a persons post before you comment???:rolleyes:

    I never said no supplies.

    I posted and said..... "running low on supplies"......as in about a months worth of supplies that were allmost gone,as we had planned for the snowfall that was forecast by Met Eireann.

    The last time (prior to 2 and 3 winters ago) we got a heavy prolonged snow was 1981.


  • #28
    Mr. Manager
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,139 ✭✭✭✭Mr. Manager


    Living in Malta it's been about 35° - 38° everyday for the past 3 months so a bit of snow would be cool I guess.


  • #29
    nbar12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭nbar12


    Cereal Rapist wrote: »
    Living in Malta it's been about 35° - 38° everyday for the past 3 months so a bit of snow would be cool I guess.

    serious? I want to go to Malta so bad, is it dirt cheap over there?


  • #30
    Mr. Manager
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,139 ✭✭✭✭Mr. Manager


    nbar12 wrote: »
    serious? I want to go to Malta so bad, is it dirt cheap over there?

    Yea, it's been pretty good. I forgot what rain looks like. Haven't seen any since about March/April.

    Had a heatwave about 2 weeks ago. Heat index of 51°!!

    Apart from cars, it's pretty dirt cheap! Living in a palace for €420 a month including bills. If I can root out pics I posted before in a different thread I'll post em here.


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  • #31
    Mr. Manager
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,139 ✭✭✭✭Mr. Manager


    Cereal Rapist wrote: »
    Yea, it's been pretty good. I forgot what rain looks like. Haven't seen any since about March/April.

    Had a heatwave about 2 weeks ago. Heat index of 51°!!

    Apart from cars, it's pretty dirt cheap! Living in a palace for €420 a month including bills. If I can root out pics I posted before in a different thread I'll post em here.

    Found the pics.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=78106943&postcount=1102

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=78106951&postcount=1103

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=78106958&postcount=1104

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=78106964&postcount=1105

    The garage now has some weights, a punchbag and a table tennis table :)


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