The Great Storm of Wednesday 12/02/2014

ronanc15

Winds insanely strong in Limerick city. Saw some of the roof of the Maldron Hotel peel off earlier. Also saw a photo on Twitter of debris from an old building having destroyed a '12 BMW in Mallow St.

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Supposed to get the 5.30 train from Heuston to Sallins

Should I go and try get an earlier one do you think ?

Star Rise

Akrasia wrote: »

please Aeolus indeed

Ha-had to google it:) as a shamanic Buddhist, please 'whoever happens to be passing' !

sunbabe08

SicklySweet wrote: »

Garden shed just collapsed in my backyard. It had a good life.

awww. rip old garden shed.

Oneiric 3

Extremenly gusty now, with snow flakes in the rain. This is more like it.

SpaceTime

hawkwing wrote: »

Now taking out Clare,West Tipp, and more Waterford Sites-some serious work for the ESB boys for days --and it keeps spreading :eek:

Quite a few ESB Networks girls these days too btw !

ninebeanrows

That gust at Shannon is huge.

I would now increase my concern for areas further east including Dublin region.

200motels

Extremely windy here, trees down all over the county and a lot have lost power.

bumper234

Plane tipped on it's side Shannon Airport.

Update: Shannon now closed.

Speak Now

Wow a mean of 61 kts at Mace :eek:

ThaitaniumM

86kts gusts at Shannon!! Holy Cow:eek:

SpaceTime

sunbabe08 wrote: »

awww. rip old garden shed.


logic would dictate that I would be safe in a 3 story build on flat land in Cork City. my mum thinks it's safer me being at home on the hills of the northside. :rolleyes:

It's a bit more complex than that. I'm on a hill over by Montenotte at the moment and we're getting relatively little bad impact. It's very windy, but it seems that we're sort of sheltered by being on the face of the hill rather than the top.

Sometimes the wind can blow far more aggressively across flat areas or can be channelled up along river valleys.

downwiththatsor

Worst seems to be over for Kerry.
Valentia station

http://irelandsweather.com/modules/history/met_hist.php?id=25

lovelyhurler

Wow...

Gust of 86 knots reported at Shannon

Bicycle

Shannon Boat Club.

Thrill

Shamrock Lawn, Douglas

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgR3G6WIEAE3Zvm.jpg

Togher

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgR3wJpIEAAIbAx.jpg

Entrance to Monkstown Golf club

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgR2X30IEAAYwon.jpg

South Coast community TV mast just before it fell down in Crosshaven

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgRxhZSIYAAwR4S.jpg

Truck overturned on the M8 near Cashel

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgR3LnFCYAAvLXm.jpg

JONJO THE MISER

On a lighter note just saw the cat nearly getting blown away outside:D

a0ifee

getting very nervous here in north cork..wind doesn't seem to be letting up, powers gone, and a massive thirty year old evergreen in our garden is on it's side. Please tell me that the worst isn't still to come??

wazzoraybelle

Wow what a few hours! 96kt at Kinsale platform, I'm probably the nearest house to the platform and can't recall the last storm like this one, broken windows, plenty slates, galvanised railings bent over to the ground. Really scary!

force eleven

ThaitaniumM wrote: »

86kts gusts at Shannon!! Holy Cow:eek:

Sting Jet surely? No pun intended either!

farmchoice

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Extremenly gusty now, with snow flakes in the rain. This is more like it.

where are you located?

hinault

Travelled the road between Thurles and Portlaoise, via Durrow/Abbeyleix.

Debris all over the place : slates, fallen trees, rubbish bins all over the place.

Very very stormy out there. Lashing rain and wind.

Gallee

Bicycle wrote: »

Shannon Boat Club.

Limerick Boat Club - Shannon is across the road.

force eleven

Insurance companies going to be swamped over the next few days.

HeidiHeidi

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Gust of 57 knots, from a calm 5 mins ago. :eek:

Where?

road_high

M9 Dublin Waterford motorway partially blocked by a tree between exit 8 and 9 around Kilkenny.

Also several trucks overturned on the M8. Met Eireann seriously misjudged this one....

Hoochiemama

Nothing in Dublin!!!

Does anyone know what the story is for here???

Red Nissan

D.Campbell wrote: »

I though it was calming in Cork City then few minutes later it picks up again, just when you think its safe
How long more anybody know

Barometer is skyrocketing so the worst may well be passed. We are still F7 on the wind scale.

ninebeanrows

One of the most severe storms in 20 years or more and Radio one is covering some totally off topic stuff.

This is a serious situation developing.

Bicycle

Location: Limerick City Ennis Road Area.

Just got this text from the daughter in Laurel Hill (Limerick City South):

"Teacher been blown down here. Car moved by wind. Pole gone down on Henry Street. Spar there on lockdown."

Power outage in Corbally - Limerick City East.

Lots of things going bump here.