Storm Lorenzo Chat Thread.

01-10-2019 9:24pm

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

It seems we have clear agreement now on landfall close to Sligo coast. My view on warnings are as follows,
Red for Galway, Mayo,Sligo & Done gal
Orange for counties bordering these four
Yellow for rest of country such as Dublin, Limerick and Cork.
A bit like Ophelia very severe for the red areas as above (though Ophelia was the south) and standard blustery day for yellow warning areas.
Rainfall doesn't look an issue to me at all

*cough*Leitrim*cough*

Dank Janniels · 01-10-2019 9:27pm

Anything of note on the news? Cudnt be arsed sitting thru all the Brexit shoyt!

Paddy223 · 01-10-2019 9:29pm

If it's a red alert in Donegal or Sligo and say a yellow alert in Dublin can you get the train to Sligo or bus to Donegal from Dublin?

crushproof · 01-10-2019 9:29pm

Chance of flying out of Dublin airport on Friday morning....?

antodeco · 01-10-2019 9:30pm

crushproof wrote: »

Chance of flying out of Dublin airport on Friday morning....?

If your kite is big enough and you're below 90KG should be grand

Wait until updates tomorrow and you will know then.

joe40 · 01-10-2019 9:33pm

Junior cert results out Friday after a few weeks delay. Imagine if schools were closed for red warning, country would be full of very impatient 15 year olds.

Paddy223 · 01-10-2019 9:35pm

If it's a red alert in Donegal or Sligo and say a yellow alert in Dublin can you get the train to Sligo or bus to Donegal from Dublin?

Storm 10 · 01-10-2019 9:35pm

Paddy223 wrote: »

If it's a red alert in Donegal or Sligo and say a yellow alert in Dublin can you get the train to Sligo or bus to Donegal from Dublin?

Short answer no

Paddy223 · 01-10-2019 9:36pm

joe40 wrote: »

Junior cert results out Friday after a few weeks delay. Imagine if schools were closed for red warning, country would be full of very impatient 15 year olds.

Release them online

The One Doctor · 01-10-2019 9:36pm

crushproof wrote: »

Chance of flying out of Dublin airport on Friday morning....?

I suspect if you go to Dublin Airport on Friday morning you'll be flying. With or without the plane? That's up to Lorenzo.

uck51js9zml2yt · 01-10-2019 9:40pm

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

I'm color blind, how will I know if I'm in danger?

Just keep reading this thread...when you see the site go down, you'll know the hamsters that keep the site running have run for their lives.

Paddy223 · 01-10-2019 9:40pm

Storm 10 wrote: »

Short answer no

Is this all due Friday morning or more Thursday night?

uck51js9zml2yt · 01-10-2019 9:42pm

antodeco wrote: »

If your kite is big enough and you're below 90KG should be grand

Wait until updates tomorrow and you will know then.

Good call. Saw my kite on the shelf at the weekend. Must get it out.

GoneHome · 01-10-2019 9:42pm

Paddy223 wrote: »

If it's a red alert in Donegal or Sligo and say a yellow alert in Dublin can you get the train to Sligo or bus to Donegal from Dublin?

No of course not

Loughc · 01-10-2019 9:44pm

To Alcohol wrote: »

My neighbour is calling it the "Big Wind" and is heading to the hardware store for boards so he can board up his windows. Suggested I do the same. Is this excessive?

Absolutely excessive. I recommend buying boards and boarding up your neighbours doors from the outside. The world can rebuild without him.

Man Vs ManUre · 01-10-2019 9:47pm

Come on storm Lorenzo please be a good one I want to get thurs or Friday or better even both days off work. But please be gone by Monday because I got to fly out of Dublin on a week holiday.

01-10-2019 9:55pm

Troy Shy Forest wrote: »

Just keep reading this thread...when you see the site go down, you'll know the hamsters that keep the site running have run for their lives.

Doesn't the site go down every day now

M.T. Cranium · 01-10-2019 10:04pm

To Alcohol wrote: »

My neighbour is calling it the "Big Wind" and is heading to the hardware store for boards so he can board up his windows. Suggested I do the same. Is this excessive?

Depends on where you live.

Larbre34 · 01-10-2019 10:08pm

joe40 wrote: »

Junior cert results out Friday after a few weeks delay. Imagine if schools were closed for red warning, country would be full of very impatient 15 year olds.

I'd say they couldn't give a monkeys. Junior Cert is basically pointless.

Larbre34 · 01-10-2019 10:11pm

Widdershins wrote: »

Someone I know has been putting the word out that his friend in shipping coordination has warned of a massive storm to hit the West. I'm just unsure what to think or expect at this point.

Ask the pizza delivery guy and the lady in the post office while you're at it.

Yes, those in the ocean going freight business will rightly be concerned, but please use the weather service for proper advice.

M.T. Cranium · 01-10-2019 10:15pm

Check out this link and adjust the animation to whatever time period you wish, Lorenzo is moving quite fast now and heading right for the western Azores island of Flores. Latest obs from there was 18z, still outside the storm's stronger winds at that time.

https://weather.gc.ca/satellite/satellite_anim_e.html?sat=goes&area=sigwx&type=1070

You can adjust the start time for the animation to get a longer or shorter loop than I have set. (will be editing this once I see what actually posts).

Okay, it doesn't load the animation at all, you have to go into the menu (satellite) and find the North Atlantic image, set the animation yourself.

Widdershins · 01-10-2019 10:29pm

Larbre34 personally I am and have been following met eireann's forecasts. I was just mentioning as a matter of interest this odd and startling report from a shipping professional. It is a chat thread. As I said, I don't know what to think of it and it could be an exageration.

fits · 01-10-2019 10:35pm

The rough seas will be “phenomenal” so maybe that’s what your friend is referring to.

rollerdisco · 01-10-2019 10:38pm

How much extra electricity will it generate? should there be a fall in lecky prices?

Longing · 01-10-2019 10:39pm

Edit: Nearly a 1000 people watching this thread right now. That must be a near record![/QUOTE]

I remember in 2010 it was at 16** watching before weather forum on Boards crashed. It could of been higher during that time.[/QUOTE]

Edit sorry mods move to correct thread.

J6P · 01-10-2019 10:42pm

rollerdisco wrote: »

How much extra electricity will it generate? should there be a fall in lecky prices?

You should see credit in your account for using extra electricity on thursday and friday

rollerdisco · 01-10-2019 10:44pm

I mean for the grid windmills, total bonanza for them.

touts · 01-10-2019 10:46pm

Larbre34 wrote: »

I'd say they couldn't give a monkeys. Junior Cert is basically pointless.

But then they won't get the shift in the Disco

Man Vs ManUre · 01-10-2019 10:54pm

joe40 wrote: »

Junior cert results out Friday after a few weeks delay. Imagine if schools were closed for red warning, country would be full of very impatient 15 year olds.

This is a crisis of epic scale. Imagine some poor young 15 year old innocently ripping open the envelope to see the fruits of his/her years of hard work, for it to be snatched out of their hands by some sudden updraft, never to be seen again, and the poor teenager would never get to find out how they did. At this stage they need to either postpone the results to next week, or find some way to divert this storm over towards Iceland.

uck51js9zml2yt · 01-10-2019 10:59pm

Wonder what it will be like at the beach on Thursday/Friday!

Slea head would be amazing but I'm not sure it's worth the risk.

dsmythy · 01-10-2019 11:01pm

Troy Shy Forest wrote: »

Wonder what it will be like at the beach on Thursday/Friday!

Slea head would be amazing but I'm not sure it's worth the risk.

Please don't.

01-10-2019 11:04pm

touts wrote: »

But then they won't get the shift in the Disco

I didn't get a shift in the disco on leaving cert night. Unfortunately its not guaranteed.

Dank Janniels · 01-10-2019 11:08pm

JC results night was 1 of the few nights in the year you could getaway with underage drinking! "Yea my frend bought me a coke but I didnt realise there was vodka in it til I drank it!!:D

Sorry, off topic!

01-10-2019 11:08pm

Troy Shy Forest wrote: »

Wonder what it will be like at the beach on Thursday/Friday!

Slea head would be amazing but I'm not sure it's worth the risk.

It's not worth the risk. We had wind here a few weeks ago that didn't get a mention on the news but I found walking to my apartment very difficult, and I weigh over 100kg. The beach might look spectacular and I hope one day to have a house on a beach, but dont risk going to the beach in what is still a very unpredictable situation.

Man Vs ManUre · 01-10-2019 11:09pm

Will it be safe to fly in my hot air balloon on Thursday?? It’s a great way to avoid the m50 traffic on route to and from work.

Comhrá · 01-10-2019 11:10pm

Sawduck wrote: »

Have to do a bit of shopping tomorrow and I already know there will be no bread, people love to buy bread during bad weather

Let them eat cake.

Jim Gazebo · 01-10-2019 11:12pm

Knowing Ireland and knowing met eireann, I think a red warning will be issued across South coast, up west coast and a bit of North. They will need to cover asses in case it turns. Prepare for your 4 day week!

Jim Gazebo · 01-10-2019 11:13pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It's not worth the risk. We had wind here a few weeks ago that didn't get a mention on the news but I found walking to my apartment very difficult, and I weigh over 100kg. The beach might look spectacular and I hope one day to have a house on a beach, but dont risk going to the beach in what is still a very unpredictable situation.

"DONT GO TO THE BEACH IN BAD WEATHER" *Builds house ON the beach*

jamesbere · 01-10-2019 11:17pm

Is it time to start boarding the windows with bread yet

Jim Gazebo · 01-10-2019 11:19pm

jamesbere wrote: »

Is it time to start boarding the windows with bread yet

Why have you not done this already? It's too late for that now?

irishgeo · 01-10-2019 11:25pm

rollerdisco wrote: »

I mean for the grid windmills, total bonanza for them.

They usually shut down in very strong winds.

Chicken Run · 01-10-2019 11:38pm

Jim Gazebo wrote: »

Knowing Ireland and knowing met eireann, I think a red warning will be issued across South coast, up west coast and a bit of North. They will need to cover asses in case it turns. Prepare for your 4 day week!

... Unless you work in a pharmacy in which case you're still expected to turn up otherwise some a**hole will file an official complaint to your regulatory body !!!!

02-10-2019 12:03am

Jim Gazebo wrote: »

"DONT GO TO THE BEACH IN BAD WEATHER" *Builds house ON the beach*

There is a difference between leaving the safety of your home to see a sub-tropical storm on the beach, risking fallen trees and fallen ESB lines on the way to the beach etc and observing the storm from inside your strong and secure home on the beach.

redsteveireland · 02-10-2019 12:05am

It's like Christmas Eve, off to bed to see what the morning forecasts will bring.

Little snowy old me · 02-10-2019 12:15am

I had a dream last night about this storm. I saw a serious event. I saw death and destruction. Under estimate this at your peril.

giveitholly · 02-10-2019 12:16am

Little snowy old me wrote: »

I had a dream last night about this storm. I saw a serious event. I saw death and destruction. Under estimate this St your peril.

Give you 12 hours and you will be calling it a non event and lambasting met Éireann for over hyping it.

pauldry · 02-10-2019 12:21am

Can i be the first to say "Is that it?"

mr_edge_to_you · 02-10-2019 12:27am

Things are getting serious. Eoghan Murphy was on the news earlier looking very relaxed but apparently he was seen leaving government buildings a short while ago having thrown off his tie and his shirt sleeves rolled up.

evosteo · 02-10-2019 12:33am

My brother is getting married in trim on Friday afternoon. Looks like it will be a blustery washout

uck51js9zml2yt · 02-10-2019 12:58am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There is a difference between leaving the safety of your home to see a sub-tropical storm on the beach, risking fallen trees and fallen ESB lines on the way to the beach etc and observing the storm from inside your strong and secure home on the beach.

I can see the sea from my house

10km away.

Will be interesting either way but don't worry I'm not that daft as to put myself at risk.
Thanks for the concern though

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