Storm Lorenzo Chat Thread.

squarecircles · 02-10-2019 9:16pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

George Lee has completely lost the Plot. Not on. Ppl look for impartial advice not his Hollywood disaster movie bluster.

i think hes looking for his Tereasa Mannion/Joanna Donnelly moment of fame.

NIMAN · 02-10-2019 9:16pm

Thought that piece Rte did was terrible.

It was daily mail stuff, hyped up to the max.

No mention at all that it's going to weaken a lot from what hit the Azores. That wouldn't be news, would it?

And Sharon was really emphasising the word yellow when she mentioned warnings. We have had dozens of yellow warnings before. Yellow isn't bad. But if you need it to sound bad, they can make it sound bad.

I am thinking this is going to be a case of people complaining against about over exaggeration.

I'd say Evelyn Cusack would be annoyed with that 'news' article.

Grandeeod · 02-10-2019 9:17pm

George Lee, up for an Oscar for best dramatic bull**** award. Yes it will be stormy and yes there's potential for some damage, but this lad is off the Beaufort Scale.:rolleyes:

Roycropper63 · 02-10-2019 9:20pm

Slightly off topic but Graces7 be safe!!

02-10-2019 9:23pm

So i work in Galway city, shift 3pm-12am. My plan is to get to the start of the shift, work until 6, then check conditions. If they look about to worsen, call it quits & head home. Work’s not happy, but I wasn’t asking them, I was telling them I’m doing that.

Sound reasonable? Or should i call the whole day off?

And what windspeeds should I expect debris on the roads for? What do you weather experts think my go/no-go conditions should be? I’m in a light car, and my drive home is to ballinasloe. Motorway for a lot of the way, but I’d prefer to do it in daylight than at 12.30 at night if I’m driving the storm.

RobbingBandit · 02-10-2019 9:26pm

What the hell am I supposed to do with 10,000 Brennan's batch loaves

Loughc · 02-10-2019 9:29pm

RobbingBandit wrote: »

What the hell am I supposed to do with 10,000 Brennan's batch loaves

Feed the rats.

Grandeeod · 02-10-2019 9:29pm

RobbingBandit wrote: »

What the hell am I supposed to do with 10,000 Brennan's batch loaves

A big fook off Lorenzo bread and butter pudding!

phormium · 02-10-2019 9:35pm

Well whatever about frightening elderly people the ones in my area will have no 'home help' tomorrow afternoon as they have been told to go home early! So tough luck if you're elderly and were relying on one.

Brussels Sprout · 02-10-2019 9:38pm

piplip87 wrote: »

Blame George Lee, Dublin live and the Liberal. They hype everything up for views and then will be the first ones to blame Met Eireann when it doesn't go well.

The liberal used the words yellow warning and Ireland could be obliterated in the same article earlier today.....Although they will likely blame foreigners or Abortion if it doesn't come off

I for one am shocked that a website which has been sued in the past for stealing other people's work and running fake competitions would mislead people for the sake of clicks.

VeVeX · 02-10-2019 9:39pm

Grandeeod wrote: »

George Lee, up for an Oscar for best dramatic bull**** award. Yes it will be stormy and yes there's potential for some damage, but this lad is off the Beaufort Scale.:rolleyes:

It appears they've been told to turn the armageddon knob to 11 to further propagate and push the man made climate change agenda/theory.

Dank Janniels · 02-10-2019 9:40pm

I for one am shocked that a website which has been sued in the past for stealing other people's work and running fake competitions would mislead people for the sake of clicks.[/QUOTE]

Liked +shared!

MidMan25 · 02-10-2019 9:40pm

Deleted User wrote: »

So i work in Galway city, shift 3pm-12am. My plan is to get to the start of the shift, work until 6, then check conditions. If they look about to worsen, call it quits & head home. Work’s not happy, but I wasn’t asking them, I was telling them I’m doing that.

Sound reasonable? Or should i call the whole day off?

And what windspeeds should I expect debris on the roads for? What do you weather experts think my go/no-go conditions should be? I’m in a light car, and my drive home is to ballinasloe. Motorway for a lot of the way, but I’d prefer to do it in daylight than at 12.30 at night if I’m driving the storm.

Any excuse to do no work

lleti · 02-10-2019 9:44pm

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Quite extraordinary by Rte and George Lee. We haven't seen this type of tabloid spoof from them before. I mean we get a yellow warning almost every week on Winter. Perhaps it's just an ignorance and lack of weather knowledge.
Worth noting we are weather fanatics, and understand the complexities of jet stream, climate change more than most of society . We can see the media spin as not being accurate

The ***** have gone full clickbait in the past year. RTE.ie still harping on about Greg O'Shea :rolleyes:

screamer · 02-10-2019 9:44pm

We all live in a yellow submarine..... yellow warnings everywhere and we’ll be taking on water.

Pox off Lorenzo, right now our little country and our economy don’t need your ****e, we have enough bluster from Borris, we don’t need this too

odyssey06 · 02-10-2019 9:44pm

I am worried as I dont have any battens to hatch.

RobbingBandit · 02-10-2019 9:46pm

Hoist up the them there britches lest the ex hurricane gets ya

RobbingBandit · 02-10-2019 9:49pm

I'm up the top of an exposed area in Finglas the last two years storms have rattled the roof of my building like a pan handling crazy person I'm not looking forward to the noise level tomorrow stay safe everyone.

lleti · 02-10-2019 9:50pm

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

I for one am shocked that a website which has been sued in the past for stealing other people's work and running fake competitions would mislead people for the sake of clicks.

Damn all people read the liberal. The likes of the independent are just as bad if not worse.

Loughc · 02-10-2019 9:54pm

RobbingBandit wrote: »

I'm up the top of an exposed area in Finglas the last two years storms have rattled the roof of my building like a pan handling crazy person I'm not looking forward to the noise level tomorrow stay safe everyone.

You’ll be grand

M.T. Cranium · 02-10-2019 9:57pm

Probably the thing most worth emphasizing with Lorenzo is that the usual uncertainty with any weather system is skewed to the low side in this case, in other words, the chances of it underperforming spread over a larger range than overperforming current forecasts. This is not meant to say ignore any warnings or let one's guard down, but just as a purely statistical proposition, the chances of peak wind gusts probably look like this:

25% chance under 90 km/hr

25% chance 90-110 km/hr

25% chance 110-120 km/hr

25% chance 120 km/hr +

and then that would only apply to one or two locations (Mace Head most likely), so at various other locations the spread would be similar for lower ranges of outcomes.

I continue to think that the sea state will be the biggest story with Lorenzo. That part is already determined by and large by the history of the storm, and the large swells will arrive before the strongest winds, so for some with coastal "smarts" this storm may surprise a little by peaking in terms of elevated sea states before peak winds set in.

Having said that, you have to warn the public based on a reasonable estimate of higher end of a probability range, and this is always the language people perhaps don't read in forecasts, that such and such is expected to happen somewhere in a warned area (not everywhere in a warned area).

corsav6 · 02-10-2019 10:00pm

lleti wrote: »

Damn all people read the liberal. The likes of the independent are just as bad if not worse.

100km and hurricane don't belong in the same sentence, pure clickbait rubbish.

We're fairly exposed on the west coast so fairly uses to the winds. Worst experience was about 5 years ago where there were 150km gusts. Watching the back door bending in was not a pleasant experience.

kingshankly · 02-10-2019 10:03pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

I am worried as I dont have any battens to hatch.

Would it not be hatches to batten down??

easypazz · 02-10-2019 10:09pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

I am worried as I dont have any battens to hatch.

Could be worse. I have no bird to ride out the storm with.

odyssey06 · 02-10-2019 10:17pm

kingshankly wrote: »

Would it not be hatches to batten down??

No I think you have to hatch the batten and then eat it if food supplies run out?

I think you batten down the hatches on a sailing boat but alas I dont have any if them either.

sjb25 · 02-10-2019 10:19pm

easypazz wrote: »

Could be worse. I have no bird to ride out the storm with.

https://youtu.be/y0N8sGGYGE8

Thargor · 02-10-2019 10:23pm

I have an appointment in Dun Laoighre in the morning, is it going to be bad or just wet and windy or will it be calm until lunch in peoples opinions?

un5byh7sqpd2x0 · 02-10-2019 10:28pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So i work in Galway city, shift 3pm-12am. My plan is to get to the start of the shift, work until 6, then check conditions. If they look about to worsen, call it quits & head home. Work’s not happy, but I wasn’t asking them, I was telling them I’m doing that.

Sound reasonable? Or should i call the whole day off?

You'll be fine.

NIMAN · 02-10-2019 10:28pm

Thargor wrote: »

I have an appointment in Dun Laoighre in the morning, is it going to be bad or just wet and windy or will it be calm until lunch in peoples opinions?

Don't think it's hitting in the morning.

Did I not hear 6pm mentioned for its arrival?

snowgal · 02-10-2019 10:29pm

Thargor wrote: »

I have an appointment in Dun Laoighre in the morning, is it going to be bad or just wet and windy or will it be calm until lunch in peoples opinions?

It’ll be very normal. And nothing going on at all around lunchtime there at all

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