Storm Callum Chat/Non Technical Discussion (Including Travel)

Macy0161 · 12-10-2018 8:04am

Kilkenny under a yellow warning anyway, I'm not really sure what you were expecting tbh. We get loads of yellow wind warnings per winter.

Rhineshark · 12-10-2018 8:20am

screamer wrote: »

Well that was a non event here in north kilkenny/ south laois. I looked out to see an empty coal bag I'd forgotten to pick up last night in the garden..... This morning it's still there. I understand forecasters for their best and weather is unpredictable at best, and some areas are/ were hit badly, but when there are warnings and nothing much materialises it just undermines the whole warning system.

Well, what's the alternative? As you said it was worse elsewhere and your region had a yellow warning. The people for whom it does merit an orange should get said warning even if S Kilkenny doesn't specifically get badly hit. System worked as intended. You got yellow and nasty but not awful weather. Other regions have trees and power down.

Same goes for Dublin. You'd think from listening to complaints from Dublin that it's just plain insulting that a storm should be warned at all when Dublin isn't going to be the epicentre! Sure who cares about the entire Atlantic seaboard..

Harry Palmr · 12-10-2018 8:50am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I'm not taking this at all seriously, maybe I should but it just feels like it'll be nothing more than a standard issue windy night with rain.

My suspicion proven correct! Total non event in Waterford.

sryanbruen · 12-10-2018 8:55am

uck51js9zml2yt · 12-10-2018 9:00am

Sitting in a car park in Tralee. The lamp post is moving considerably.

Kingswood Rover · 12-10-2018 9:02am

Galilea Dead Translator wrote: »

Sitting in a car park in Tralee. The lamp post is moving considerably.

Thats the gargle

Colonel Claptrap · 12-10-2018 9:03am

Galilea Dead Translator wrote: »

Sitting in a car park in Tralee. The lamp post is moving considerably.

Is your handbrake up?

Roger_007 · 12-10-2018 9:06am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

My suspicion proven correct! Total non event in Waterford.

Non event everywhere, Harry.
Met Eireann knew 24 hrs out that Callum was going to miss us by a good margin, but having issued their Orange warnings they couldn't withdraw them without seeming to be scaremongers.
It was gas listening to the news reports on radio this morning where they trying, unsuccessfully, to pretend that there was a big storm overnight.

YFlyer · 12-10-2018 9:08am

My location in Limerick city got away lightly.

jackrussel · 12-10-2018 9:12am

Roger_007 wrote: »

Non event everywhere, Harry.
Met Eireann knew 24 hrs out that Callum was going to miss us by a good margin, but having issued their Orange warnings they couldn't withdraw them without seeming to be scaremongers.
It was gas listening to the news reports on radio this morning where they trying, unsuccessfully, to pretend that there was a big storm overnight.

Non event because you were asleep & missed it all. If it happened 12 hours earlier/later, you certainly wouldn’t be calling a non event.

Sycamore Tree · 12-10-2018 9:23am

They should have called this one Storm Calm.

Doctor Jimbob · 12-10-2018 9:23am

jackrussel wrote: »

Non event because you were asleep & missed it all. If it happened 12 hours earlier/later, you certainly wouldn’t be calling a non event.

I wouldn't even bother responding at this stage. No matter how severe the weather is you always get a few people coming on here with the "event? what event?" chat.

Idioteque · 12-10-2018 9:28am

Roger_007 wrote: »

Non event everywhere, Harry.
Met Eireann knew 24 hrs out that Callum was going to miss us by a good margin, but having issued their Orange warnings they couldn't withdraw them without seeming to be scaremongers.
It was gas listening to the news reports on radio this morning where they trying, unsuccessfully, to pretend that there was a big storm overnight.

Yes it's all one big conspiracy. Your 'Non event everywhere' resulted in 30,000 homes without power, flights cancelled and rail disrupted. Maybe the people affected by that don't feel the same as you.

Thankfully not as bad as it could have been but better people (particularly in West and South) were prepared than not.

Roger_007 · 12-10-2018 9:32am

jackrussel wrote: »

Non event because you were asleep & missed it all. If it happened 12 hours earlier/later, you certainly wouldn’t be calling a non event.

No, I was not asleep. My work requires me to be on duty during the night. I'm slap bang in the middle of the Orange zone, (east coast, north of Dublin). I can absolutely confirm that it was a moderately breezy night with occasional light rain and very mild. I kept tabs on the ME hourly 'latest weather' reports. It seems that most of the country had similar weather.

Macy0161 · 12-10-2018 9:34am

Idioteque wrote: »

Thankfully not as bad as it could have been but better people (particularly in West and South) were prepared than not.

I really don't get the logic of nothing happened so the warnings were OTT brigade. Do they not consider that the impact isn't as bad because people took precautions based upon the warnings?

Plenty of trees and branches down, and spot flooding, on my route in from North Wicklow to Dublin 4 this morning anyway. Dart closed between Greystones and Bray. The impact on road commuting was somewhat minimised by it being a Friday.

Harry Palmr · 12-10-2018 9:37am

Idioteque wrote: »

Yes it's all one big conspiracy. Your 'Non event everywhere' resulted in 30,000 homes without power, flights cancelled and rail disrupted. Maybe the people affected by that don't feel the same as you.

Thankfully not as bad as it could have been but better people (particularly in West and South) were prepared than not.

Certain locations always get it in the neck - people on the west and north west coastal zones put up with this sort of thing several times every winter and they already know what to do and that the power will quite probably go down.

Flights meh? fog can be as disruptive in January, it happens.

jamesbere · 12-10-2018 9:39am

Roger_007 wrote: »

No, I was not asleep. My work requires me to be on duty during the night. I'm slap bang in the middle of the Orange zone, (east coast, north of Dublin). I can absolutely confirm that it was a moderately breezy night with occasional light rain and very mild. I kept tabs on the ME hourly 'latest weather' reports. It seems that most of the country had similar weather.

Just cos it was alright where you were doesn't mean it wasn't bad anywhere else. The forecast wasn't given for your little section, it was given for the whole country

EmptyTree · 12-10-2018 9:53am

I really don't get this whole thing of people getting it in the neck for saying it was a non event in their area. Their observation that it was a non event for them is just as valid as the person whose car was found upside down a mile down the road and their house was blown inside out.

o1s1n · 12-10-2018 9:57am

EmptyTree wrote: »

I really don't get this whole thing of people getting it in the neck for saying it was a non event in their area. Their observation that it was a non event for them is just as valid as the person whose car was found upside down a mile down the road and their house was blown inside out.

It's the omission of 'in their area' that winds people up the wrong way. If you look back over this thread it's loads of posts of people saying non event in relation to the country, not just their area.

cyclops999 · 12-10-2018 9:58am

Some of Europe bound transatlantic flights touching 1100km/h

Harry Palmr · 12-10-2018 10:14am

The fuel savings!

Tazio · 12-10-2018 10:14am

cyclops999 wrote: »

Some of Europe bound transatlantic flights touching 1100km/h

seen that...

BA242 is now 1129.72 km/h

Macy0161 · 12-10-2018 10:15am

o1s1n wrote: »

It's the omission of 'in their area' that winds people up the wrong way. If you look back over this thread it's loads of posts of people saying non event in relation to the country, not just their area.

And also people saying it was a "non event" when they weren't in the higher/ Orange warning areas anyway!

Doctors room ghost · 12-10-2018 10:16am

Tazio wrote: »

seen that...

BA242 is now 1129.72 km/h

Throw her into neutral and let her coast home.full tank of petrol left for the weekend.

EmptyTree · 12-10-2018 10:18am

o1s1n wrote: »

It's the omission of 'in their area' that winds people up the wrong way. If you look back over this thread it's loads of posts of people saying non event in relation to the country, not just their area.

Fair enough, but there's also a good number clearly talking about their area and they're being taken to task for it.

Anyway, didn't hear a peep myself last night, slept through it all, but that's not an indication of anything! Looking at the news glad I'm not in other areas of the country.

Graces7 · 12-10-2018 10:20am

Macy0161 wrote: »

And also people saying it was a "non event" when they weren't in the higher/ Orange warning areas anyway!

Yes what IS that?

Larbre34 · 12-10-2018 10:23am

Harry Palmr wrote: »

The fuel savings!

Idle the fans and turn the APU on to keep the coffee hot!

goat2 · 12-10-2018 10:25am

It got to full blast at about 12 last night, but not as bad as others in the past couple yrs, I slept through, but I think Galway was going to get the brunt anyway, am delighted this morning, no damage to person, animal or property, delighted to have sailed through, maybe because I live in a very well insulated home could be the reason for a good nights sleep,

o1s1n · 12-10-2018 10:26am

EmptyTree wrote: »

Fair enough, but there's also a good number clearly talking about their area and they're being taken to task for it.

Anyway, didn't hear a peep myself last night, slept through it all, but that's not an indication of anything! Looking at the news glad I'm not in other areas of the country.

Not sure if you saw my earlier post, but at 5am this morning the wind nearly tore one of the windows off my apartment.

Anyone who said it was a 'non event' would want to have seen the head on me as I ran down the stairs with my toolbox

no.8 · 12-10-2018 10:28am

Roger_007 wrote:

Non event everywhere, Harry. Met Eireann knew 24 hrs out that Callum was going to miss us by a good margin, but having issued their Orange warnings they couldn't withdraw them without seeming to be scaremongers. It was gas listening to the news reports on radio this morning where they trying, unsuccessfully, to pretend that there was a big storm overnight.

Wow you're so far off the facts is laughable. The strongest winds are on the north-eastern quadrant of a storm. Take a look at the wind speeds recorded in the NW....

JCX BXC · 12-10-2018 10:29am

You can smell the stupid can't you?

no.8 · 12-10-2018 10:30am

Roger_007 wrote:

No, I was not asleep. My work requires me to be on duty during the night. I'm slap bang in the middle of the Orange zone, (east coast, north of Dublin). I can absolutely confirm that it was a moderately breezy night with occasional light rain and very mild. I kept tabs on the ME hourly 'latest weather' reports. It seems that most of the country had similar weather.

Did you not see that the highest winds wouldn't all take place at the exact same time all over the country, or the severity of them. Winds coming in off the Irish sea would be causing the damage in Dublin , if any

no.8 · 12-10-2018 10:32am

EmptyTree wrote:

I really don't get this whole thing of people getting it in the neck for saying it was a non event in their area. Their observation that it was a non event for them is just as valid as the person whose car was found upside down a mile down the road and their house was blown inside out.

Exactly, could you imagine we were in a tornado Ally of sorts, with that carry on

12-10-2018 10:46am

The key word is WARNINGS.
Nobody can predict exactly how mother nature is going to act.
There was an orange warning in several parts to be prepared. Fair enough if it turns out to be not too bad. At least you were warned and had a chance to prepare.

Cyclists are warned to wear helmets. If you don't and you fall off the bike and get brain damage, well thats your issue.
If you ignore a weather warning and it turns out to be bad, thats your issue also.

Whiplashy · 12-10-2018 11:00am

The “non event” posts are annoying enough, but I’m more annoyed by all the posts on Facebook this morning about not chancing bringing the kids to school. Our area was yellow and it was down to just a breezy morning by 7am. (Definitely warranted yellow over night) The kids will miss school for most of the winter if it wasn’t safe this morning! The cynic in me thinks certain mammys wanted a lie in.

Whispered · 12-10-2018 11:02am

Whiplashy wrote: »

The “non event” posts are annoying enough, but I’m more annoyed by all the posts on Facebook this morning about not chancing bringing the kids to school. Our area was yellow and it was down to just a breezy morning by 7am. (Definitely warranted yellow over night) The kids will miss school for most of the winter if it wasn’t safe this morning! The cynic in me thinks certain mammys wanted a lie in.

I'm in a yellow zone and got a text at 7:30 saying the playschool is closed. Rural school, no power, roads in the area damaged.

Whiplashy · 12-10-2018 11:06am

Whispered wrote: »

I'm in a yellow zone and got a text at 7:30 saying the playschool is closed. Rural school, no power, roads in the area damaged.

Ah that’s different. Obviously there are some schools that had to stay closed. I’m talking about parents in an urban area where the schools were open and perfectly safe to get too. I’m pretty sure a lot of those parents had decided before the storm even hit that it was going to be a day off today.

Rodar08 · 12-10-2018 11:07am

Whiplashy wrote: »

The “non event” posts are annoying enough, but I’m more annoyed by all the posts on Facebook this morning about not chancing bringing the kids to school. Our area was yellow and it was down to just a breezy morning by 7am. (Definitely warranted yellow over night) The kids will miss school for most of the winter if it wasn’t safe this morning! The cynic in me thinks certain mammys wanted a lie in.

The cynic in you would want a word with himself. What an awful thing to say jeez. I went to work but kept my daughter home from school. We haven’t been hit yet but apparently it’s still on it’s way here. I erred on the side of caution. Every other week as he’s on shifts, my husband gets her up ready and takes her to school. Generalising much???

12-10-2018 11:08am

A relatives roof in Achill has been damaged.
They can't get out to fix or assess the damage yet.

It is in an exposed spot facing the sea.

Rhineshark · 12-10-2018 11:45am

EmptyTree wrote: »

I really don't get this whole thing of people getting it in the neck for saying it was a non event in their area. Their observation that it was a non event for them is just as valid as the person whose car was found upside down a mile down the road and their house was blown inside out.

The problem is not so much people saying it was a non-event in their area so much as the people for whom nothing outside their immediate line of sight actually exists saying that because it was a non-event for them, it was a non-event everywhere. Those people are annoying and apparently lack object permanence.

Edit; mind you, I'd certainly be more interested in the post regarding a house being blown inside out than I would be by a breathless post saying nothing's happened!

Whiplashy · 12-10-2018 11:48am

Rodar08 wrote: »

The cynic in you would want a word with himself. What an awful thing to say jeez. I went to work but kept my daughter home from school. We haven’t been hit yet but apparently it’s still on it’s way here. I erred on the side of caution. Every other week as he’s on shifts, my husband gets her up ready and takes her to school. Generalising much???

Over sensitive much???? I referenced my area, and the conditions in my area! I never said it was the same nation wide!

yeahimhere · 12-10-2018 12:09pm

Just picked up in the last 30 mins in Dundalk. Not crazy, but still not looking forward to popping out to get my lunch.

Cantona's Collars · 12-10-2018 12:11pm

Wind almost died down completely here in Wexford,heavy rain for the last hour though.

Amprodude · 12-10-2018 12:11pm

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Bigger winds have passed through the cheeks of my arse!

A1. People get carried away and hype it up to the last.

pad199207 · 12-10-2018 12:12pm

Absolutely pelting down in Wexford the last hour or two. Rain more of an issue here then the wind. Flooding at the driveway gates.

Pintman Paddy Losty · 12-10-2018 12:34pm

The disaster junkies here must be very disappointed with this. A wet and windy day is all it was. People here jizzing themselves and circle jerking about how severe it was going to be.

Amprodude · 12-10-2018 12:41pm

we love hype in Ireland.

no.8 · 12-10-2018 12:45pm

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote:

The disaster junkies here must be very disappointed with this. A wet and windy day is all it was. People here jizzing themselves and circle jerking about how severe it was going to be.

Mod. Can you please remove this pointless comment.

Mooooo · 12-10-2018 12:47pm

Lads giving out about warning, it totally depends on where you are. Last night this morning was nowhere near Ophelia but power and phone lines were down round here along with trees on some roads. A lot of trees are weakened after previous storms and the drought this year so it won't take much to knock em and generally they do a lot of the damage or disruption

no.8 · 12-10-2018 12:50pm

Mod(s). Can you please get the thread back in line with technical weather discussions. There are numerous people posting bravado comments with no real input and who likely live in regions which were not subject to severe weather. Many seem unable to stop themselves from posting rubbish.

Ye it wasn't windy or windy enough for you where you were, so what!!! It's a warning system, not enforced martial law

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