The Great Storm of Wednesday 12/02/2014

hinault

Gusts have eased slightly here and the lull between violent gusts have increased here in Durrow.

DOCARCH

Nothing near as windy as this morning (yet). Getting that sleety rain now.

leahyl

How's Friday looking?

whippet

how far north is this expected. Not looking forward to the rush hour drive from Walkinstown to Termonfeckin !!!

fizzlepurplefuz

Wind and rain is really picking up here now in clondalkin! Getting wild now!

road_high

Weathercheck wrote: »

That's a very high figure for such an inland station.

And traditionally quite sheltered also.

RobertKK

No power. Damage to buildings. Everyone safe.

SpaceTime

Is that it over now for Cork and the southern coastal regions or is a second wave due ?
It seems to have switched to just a little bit blustery now in Cork City. Certainly isn't violently stormy anymore.

Oneiric 3

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

Crazy that tipp only got a yellow status, the place is in bits.

Major fcuk up there!

Beginning to think these colour coded warnings are just getting a bit silly now. Text forecast was for strong winds everywhere, but many people seem to be judging the weather by a colour. As was said yesterday on here, how on earth did we survive without these 3 little colour warnings.

Daz_

token56 wrote: »

Wind really picked up the last hour or so in Portlaoise. Lights flickering and at all.

Can 2nd that ! The wind gusts are stronger than I have ever seen . Definite damage including lots of fencing down

barney 20v

seeing reports of a large tree down blocking the road at Mannions pub on the N25 just outside New Ross Co Wexford

paperclipgrad

How's Limerick looking now?

Frigga_92

It has settled down in Carrick-on-Suir now, still the odd gust of wind but nothing like it was an hour ago.
MT's timeline was very accurate, it really seemed like the worst hit here between 1:30 and 3 and it has moved on now.
I'd still be careful on your travels though, trees down, patio furniture blowing around the place etc.

tiegan

pad199207 wrote: »

Winds really picking up in Naas now. Trees really swaying. That's more like It!

Be careful what you wish for !!!!!:eek:

PauloMN

Just gotten wild now in Trim, had been nothing more than breezy since some strong gusts this morning. Think this is the start of it.

omicron

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Beginning to think these colour coded warnings are just getting a bit silly now. Text forecast was for strong winds everywhere, but many people seem to be judging the weather by a colour. As was said yesterday on here, how on earth did we survive without these 3 little colour warnings.

If they're going to introduce a proper warning system like they have done, then they need to stick to it and be consistent, and warn people in certain areas of 100mph winds.

tiegan

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

Crazy that tipp only got a yellow status, the place is in bits.

Major fcuk up there!

Well ain't that the truth!!

acassells80

Lashing rain in Dublin City Centre but not much wind

dublinman1990

From Met Eireann's website

STATUS ORANGE

Wind Warning for Connacht, Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Wicklow, Offaly, Westmeath and Meath

Stormy weather this afternoon and evening.
Westerly winds 60 to 70 km/h will gust to 130 km/h. High Seas also.
Issued:
Wednesday 12 February 2014 00:30

Valid:
Wednesday 12 February 2014 14:00 to Wednesday 12 February 2014 18:00

Tornando9

Gust to 65kph in Kildare now its really starting to ramp up.

patneve2

ouch, first violent gusts here

Endurance_man

hawkwing wrote: »

Was changed to Red (Munster) at 1400 but a bit too late to be of any use..

WAY to late. What is the point in upgrading during the activity.
This has been a major disaster by Met Eireann. It is beyond disgraceful how they missed the severitiy of the storm in parts.
Putting people's lives at risk.
Absolute shambles.

snowbabe

Rain and windy gusts ramping up in greystones,MT's timeline was spot on as usual

Yawns

Still very strong gusts of wind in Athy. Can't see too far but what I can see is mostly minimal damage if any at all. Slates being whipped off my apartment roof so hopefully noone gets hurt. Car almost got a whack of one in the side windows but feck it, it's only a car. Lots of flickering of lights tho.

demakinz

Decided to have a quick shower just incase the power goes and low and behold just as i stepped in the power went. Its back now though , I'm in Edenderry and we never get any proper wind usually but its starting to pick up now and the garden fence is bowed out so i cant see that lasting much longer. You would swear we were beside the coast with the noise of the wind outside.

Only worry now is the girlfriend has to drive home from Portlaoise at 4 its only 20mile but the roads are cat on a regular day never mind today just rang her 15 min ago and told her to leave now before it gets any worse.

Unbelievable stuff altogether i'v been lurking around this forum since 2008 and never seen the likes of it before - wind wise.

bennyl10

paperclipgrad wrote: »

How's Limerick looking now?

Blustery, but no where near as bad as a while ago. Dying down.slowly

paperclipgrad

MT?

by the curragh

Don't know how the power lines were staying up here. They were dancing and tugging like mad but haven't come down yet. And the road half flooded from the rain. Absolutely mad periods of wind here but worst seemed to have passed in a matter of 5 minutes, no so bad for a while now. In the middle of it all workmen installing water meters (unannounced) ! Hope the lines don't come down on them. Oh they are not happy by the sounds of it !

Actually dying down a good bit now as I type.

Ronan|Raven

sh1twinds beginning to pick up here in Dublin 12...

Mr. Lahey: Do you know what a **** Barometer is, boy?
Bubbles: What?
Mr. Lahey: Measures the **** Pressure in the air. When the Barometer rises, and you'll feel it too, your ears will implode with the **** Pressure. I tried to warm you, Bubs, but you picked the wrong side! Beware, the **** Winds are a-comin'.

Bicycle

Limerick City North side.

Things dying down a bit but still the odd gust. The North Circular Road is pretty badly hit. A couple of very old big trees down near the old Jim's Shop. More down (smaller ones) near Villiers. And beyond. A couple of trees down in Russel Park. Bits and pieces that would normally be considered big debris all over the place.

There's an electricity wire down across the front of the JFK School (NCR side) and apparently part of the roof of gym in Ard Scoil Ris (apparently - 3rd or 4th hand information) has blown off.

There are two huge trees down at the junction of the NCR and Condell Road trafflic lights.

Thank GOD nobody was hurt here or worse.

And just to say at this juncture a HUGE big thanks to MT, Maquiladora and all of the other stalworths here who put in so much work and effort. You provide us with so much information that is accurate and precise. Thank you so much.