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Storm Callum Chat/Non Technical Discussion (Including Travel)

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    #242
    Whiplashy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,097 ✭✭✭Whiplashy


    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!


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    #243
    yeahimhere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭yeahimhere


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


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    #244
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


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


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    #245
    Amprodude
    Registered Users Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Amprodude


    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.


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    #246
    pad199207
    Registered Users Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭pad199207


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


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    #247
    Pintman Paddy Losty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭Pintman Paddy Losty


    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.


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    #248
    Amprodude
    Registered Users Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Amprodude


    we love hype in Ireland.


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    #249
    no.8
    Registered Users Posts: 778 ✭✭✭no.8


    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.


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    #250
    Mooooo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    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


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    #251
    no.8
    Registered Users Posts: 778 ✭✭✭no.8


    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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    #252
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    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.
    Personally, I'm pleased I took precautions with bins, kennels etc in garden and secured them in the shed . I also told my Dad's home help to not come in to us at 8 am this morning. She lives coastally and would have to leave her house at 7 am, when it was still quite wild.

    It may be a wet and windy day now. But it was pretty wild overnight. I'd rather have the best information I can get and decide for myself what if any precautions to take. I'm relieved, not disappointed.


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    #253
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    no.8 wrote: »
    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

    er this is the Non Technical Discussion thread

    just saying like


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    #254
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    it turned out to be a Damp Squid were I am situated - the warnings given out were very Fishy :D


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    #255
    Doctor Jimbob
    Registered Users Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Doctor Jimbob


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    er this is the Non Technical Discussion thread

    just saying like

    In fairness I think that post got moved here along with a few others.


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    #256
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    In fairness I think that post got moved here along with a few others.

    oh - didnt realise that - where was it moved from , the technical thread was it?


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    #257
    Doctor Jimbob
    Registered Users Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Doctor Jimbob


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    oh - didnt realise that - where was it moved from , the technical thread was it?

    Yeah, I'm sure I remember reading it in there earlier


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    #258
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    Yeah, I'm sure I remember reading it in there earlier

    oh right thanks


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    #259
    recyclebin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,501 ✭✭✭recyclebin


    Weather Summary for Ballinrobe, South Co Mayo:
    Storm Opehelia - No damage. Did not reach Ballinrobe at all
    Beast From the East - Did not come to Ballinrobe at all
    Storm Ali - Lots of trees down and power cuts.
    Storm Callum - Windy bit nothing out of the ordinary


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    #260
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,867 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    I have never seen anyone using those fekkin trampolines ever.

    Jorry Odams has been known to use one naked, but you probably wouldn't want to see that.
    sjb25 wrote: »
    How bout a darker shade of orange almost like red ;)

    "The national weather warning has been upgraded from Saffron to Salmon"

    Life ain't always empty.



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    #261
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,132 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Probably localized flooding in the SE over the next 24hrs. About 30mm expected, and perhaps about 20mm south and east coasts.


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    #262
    Doctors room ghost
    Registered Users Posts: 4,799 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    It’s been fun over here in the “idiot section for people not allowed on the real weather forum myself included” but all good things must come to an end.good times.catch ye all on the next idiot section for the next “storm” so probably couple of days.ha.
    Over and out good buddies


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    #263
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    sjb25 wrote: »
    How bout a darker shade of orange almost like red ;)

    just wondering how do a dark green weather warning be like? - I think it would look good on a map


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    #264
    Rhineshark
    Registered Users Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Rhineshark


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Jorry Odams has been known to use one naked, but you probably wouldn't want to see that.



    "The national weather warning has been upgraded from Saffron to Salmon"

    "Rains of fish expected."


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    #265
    circadian
    Registered Users Posts: 6,898 ✭✭✭circadian


    Flights to Dublin still cancelled. Would this be a capacity issue since it's pretty calm here now.


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    #266
    Rodar08
    Registered Users Posts: 280 ✭✭Rodar08


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


    I was actually referring to your remark about certain mammys wanting a lay in.


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    #267
    TheRiverman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,052 ✭✭✭TheRiverman


    Amprodude wrote: »
    we love hype in Ireland.

    I think the hype has become worse since Met Eireann started giving those colour coded warnings.
    Joanna Donnelly is the Queen of those,she almost appears orgasmic when issuing them.


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    #268
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,700 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    TheRiverman wrote: »
    Joanna Donnelly is the Queen of those,she almost appears orgasmic when issuing them.

    :p

    Did not seem to have all these issues pre-JD!


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    #269
    TCM
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭TCM


    GGTrek wrote:
    They are probably cash in hand/holding deposit scammers. Quite a few advertising on daft. These are police matters.

    TheRiverman wrote:
    I think the hype has become worse since Met Eireann started giving those colour coded warnings. Joanna Donnelly is the Queen of those,she almost appears orgasmic when issuing them.

    Storm Callum was a non event in North Dublin. Met Eireann forecasters have become celebrities for simply reading a weather forecast. It seems to me that it's all about them & not the actual weather.


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    #270
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    TCM wrote: »
    Storm Callum was a non event in North Dublin. Met Eireann forecasters have become celebrities for simply reading a weather forecast. It seems to me that it's all about them & not the actual weather.

    They're damned if the do or don't!
    Its not an exact science. They don't control the movement of the weather patterns.


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    #271
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,793 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    TCM wrote: »
    Storm Callum was a non event in North Dublin. Met Eireann forecasters have become celebrities for simply reading a weather forecast. It seems to me that it's all about them & not the actual weather.
    And what about the rest of the population who aren't in North Dublin?

    and while I'm at it, you do realise that most of the forecasters don't just read the forecast, they write it as well?


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