Batten down the hatches!

Shryke

It's actually better weather than we've had over the last few days in Galway. It's still wet but we had a few heavy showers lashing down and it's not even drizzling at the mo. It's saying something about the weather we get when I'm disappointed by the veracity of rainfall we should be receiving. There's something cozy about heavy rain. Can't even have that, just typical boring half arsed grey dampness. We live on a miserly little stone. I'm going to start worshiping Thor, God of Thunder.

BRING IT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edBYB1VCV0k

Cassidy28

Where's the storm light breeze at the moment with light to medium drizzle.

Casillas

The sun is trying to break though in Cork city??!

Duggy747

Weatherman: "Some short dry spells of sunshine tomorrow......."

*tomorrow comes*

"Oh look, it's the Four Horsemen........."

Cassidy28

Hopefully we'll see some hurricane force winds later this evening, because what we have got so far is nothing more than a damp squib.

Colmustard

Storm me bollix,

I get the impression met eireann exaggerate so they don't get sued if they didn't give a warning.

kfallon

I just rolled over on me left ball I blame Met Eireann, it's all the scare mongering about this hurricane/storm that made me panic and do it

admiralofthefleet

didnt get much of a 'storm' in arklow. just light breeze and rain.

Richard Hillman

Why do Met Eireann always have to exaggerate the weather? When they are on the ball we never believe them and are under-prepared like the great snow of Winter 10/11 and the great floods of 2011.

ilovesleep

Casillas wrote: »

The sun is trying to break though in Cork city??!

No! I was hoping Cork would get battered.

Gummy Panda

I is disappoint.

where is wind vortex to snatch up OAPs?

recyclebin

Move it along people. Nothing to see here.

omahaid

ilovesleep wrote: »

No! I was hoping Cork would get battered.

It's a bit breezy here in Cork now, few light showers, it's ok like

Tym

I've heard it comes at 6:30:P

Dyr

jesus,we'll be lucky to come out of this with our lives lads

seamus

Yeah, this is a little bit like earlier this year when there was talk of "monster rain" and more 8-foot floods in Dublin. I think I can see some sunshine breaking through in Dublin...

Chuck Stone

Very blustery now in Cork City. Broken branches around. Feels like it's getting worse as regards wind.

Salt001

We are on the north east coast line. Its very blustery and lashing rain so naturally we are packing a picnic and heading to a beach near us to watch the monster waves .

paddyandy

You need to be in an old house to enjoy a good storm...the older the better . At night with the lights off is best with some old soundtrack from a 40s horror movie playing and windows slightly open to hear the ivy tapping,,,weird operatic chant and you are miles out in the countryside .........on your own.

thomasj

Met Eireann wrote:

Meteorologist Vincent O'Shea said that while a storm,not a hurricane, is expected

Irish Media wrote:

Met Éireann has said parts of the country will see conditions similar to those experienced during Hurricane Charlie in August 1986.

Typical storm in a teacup!

thomasj

What happened was the storm headed towards Ireland, saw what was on offer and said fuk this I'm going to a better country

Even the storms don't want to come here. Damn you recession :mad:

Higher

What a **** storm.

I am thoroughly disappointed. This is a complete and utter disgrace. Met Eireann have a lot to answer for, there are a lot of VERY disappointed people out there and I am one of them.

Shryke

I took a picture of the storm that's currently raging outside my door.

ilovesleep

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Very blustery now in Cork City. Broken branches around. Feels like it's getting worse as regards wind.

Some good news at last

some random drunk

Sun has come out now in South Dublin. Looking like a nice day now.

Diapason

BBQ this evening.

Rabidlamb

Shryke wrote: »

I took a picture of the storm that's currently raging outside my door.

Christ, save yourself, there's no time for the young uns

Tim the Enchanter

Christ, Dublin sees no sign of a storm, therefore everywhere must be sunshine and flowers:rolleyes:

http://www.portofwaterford.com/webcam.php

Diapason

Tim the Enchanter wrote: »

Christ, Dublin sees no sign of a storm, therefore everywhere must be sunshine and flowers:rolleyes:

http://www.portofwaterford.com/webcam.php

Ah in fairness, it's not like we think everywhere else is sunshine and flowers. It's just that we absolutely don't care.

Rabidlamb

I heard that Donegal hoteliers are ready to sue Met Eireann over the no show as they'd advertised a storm chasers special that was booked out.

talla10

In the words of Eamon Dunphy- 'No No, Its not a great storm its a good storm. Certainly not a world class storm'

stevedublin

The monsoon is a monlater.

MadameGascar

The storm has passed, you can come out now. Still a blustery evening though. Think yesterday was last day of summer :P

Stinicker

extreme heavy rain here in Kerry all day, lots of flooding.

Kerrydude1981

Stinicker wrote: »

extreme heavy rain here in Kerry all day, lots of flooding.

Where you stuck? South Kerry? We had heavy rain here in Tralee this morning but it cleared up,just a small bit windy that was it so far

Chuck Stone

Not too bad in Cork City now. A bit blustery and showery but still going to football 7.

GLaDOS

It's outright sunny in Dublin right now, though starting to drizzle. Is there supposed to be worse later?

zenno

So according to the herald it was the worst storm in 25 years lol, what are those people on ?. http://www.herald.ie/news/worst-storm-in-25-years-3201142.html

Myrddin

Ah the RTE weather forecast...failing upwards

hoodwinked

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Not too bad in Cork City now. A bit blustery and showery but still going to football 7.

sure its sunny where we are!

zenno

We had two ten minute heavy rainfalls earlier and a brisk wind for an hour in swords and the sun has being out in intervals since. I'd say it was windy down the very south shores but realistically this wasn't a storm, it was a gale.

My ex wife use to let off more wind than i seen today.

Stinicker

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Where you stuck? South Kerry? We had heavy rain here in Tralee this morning but it cleared up,just a small bit windy that was it so far

South East Kerry, bucketing it down for the entire day, it will ease of to drizzle for about 5mins and then resume as a tropical downpour.

Cassidy28

When is the Major Storm coming.

zenno

Cassidy28 wrote: »

When is the Major Storm coming.

What storm ?. It passed ages ago. It's long gone now. You must have blinked when it passed over us.

seven_eleven

Higher wrote: »

What a **** storm.

I am thoroughly disappointed. This is a complete and utter disgrace. Met Eireann have a lot to answer for, there are a lot of VERY disappointed people out there and I am one of them.

Actually they have nothing to answer for, aside from ignorant general public who listen to the media (which isnt met eireann) that took things out of context and dont understand weather. You should have known better anyway. This happens every single year and every single year the same whingers come along saying they were mislead.

There are extreme gusts and rain showers all over the country today, the worst have probably past but its still far worse than what we usually get.

Rivers have burst their banks, road visibility was reduced to near 0 with rain this morning at about 9am, winds are gusting at severe speeds for ships and aircraft, sporting events have been called off.
Storm in Ireland =/= Roofs ripping off houses and hurricanes. You have the media to blame for that one, only wanting to make an extra euro for the fools who will listen to them.

And chances are if you live in Dublin, you havent even seen a quarter of what the storm has done. Along the souther coast is worse.

Cassidy28

zenno wrote: »

What storm ?. It passed ages ago. It's long gone now. You must have blinked when it passed over us.

Well there's always next year.

zenno

Met Eireann can barely predict what the weather will be the following day never mind a gale.

Jogathon

Well I certainly felt and saw the fury of the storm today along the South Coast. I was awake from 4 until about 7ish with wind howling and very heavy rain battering against my bedroom window. There is localised flooding and the amount of bins blown over and large branches strewn on the roads shows that this was a decent storm!

zenno

Jogathon wrote: »

Well I certainly felt and saw the fury of the storm today along the South Coast. I was awake from 4 until about 7ish with wind howling and very heavy rain battering against my bedroom window. There is localised flooding and the amount of bins blown over and large branches strewn on the roads shows that this was a decent storm!

People keep getting mixed up with gale-force winds and a storm, if it was a storm you would not have a roof, never mind wheelie bins, a small gust of wind would blow them over.

blacklilly

Well I'm in Dublin and its getting really windy now, once there's no lightning I'm happy