The Great Storm of Wednesday 12/02/2014

Popoutman · 12-02-2014 5:54pm

(Castletroy)
I picked a bad day to start moving house..

About a third of the trees above my old estate are blown down, they went in one go. There are at least two and possibly three chimneys down in the estate I'm moving to, lots of debris (Denis?

) all over.
The Circus that's setting up shop in Castletroy has to drop the Big Top to the ground lest it get blown away.
The yew tree in the centre of UL is mostly down.
The roof of the Foundation Building in UL was moving with the wind.
There are glass panes blown out in UL on the 3rd floor just at the top of C-block by the ski-slope.
ULSU building closed for the remainder of the day.
A few tiles down all over..

Sierra Oscar · 12-02-2014 5:54pm

Wind is really starting to pick up in Dublin 4 area now. Heard from relatives in Limerick that they had a very nasty day!

jd007 · 12-02-2014 5:54pm

aboyro wrote: »

still blowing hard here after about an hours respite. its been a long day!!!!!!

hehe

northgirl · 12-02-2014 5:54pm

could've sworn I just heard thunder...

road_high · 12-02-2014 5:54pm

That van was demolised. Was this in a car park?

woody1 · 12-02-2014 5:55pm

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

STATUS RED

Wind Warning for Munster, Connacht and Leinster
Update
Very stormy with violent winds for a time this evening. Westerly winds of mean speeds of 80 to 100km/h with very severe squalls of 130 to 170km/h.

Issued:Wednesday 12 February 2014 15:00
Valid:Wednesday 12 February 2014 15:00 to Wednesday 12 February 2014 19:00

So connacht suddenly upgraded to red.
It's windy in Galway but not as 2pm-3:30pm.

yeah i was wondering if there was a another bit on its way, or maybe the timescale is to cover leinster more than connacht and the worst is passed for us ?

Thrill · 12-02-2014 5:55pm

Wow. Shannon river level. High tide in one hour apparently .

irishmotorist · 12-02-2014 5:55pm

Lights flickering in Lucan!

jo06555 · 12-02-2014 5:56pm

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

STATUS RED

Wind Warning for Munster, Connacht and Leinster
Update
Very stormy with violent winds for a time this evening. Westerly winds of mean speeds of 80 to 100km/h with very severe squalls of 130 to 170km/h.

Issued:Wednesday 12 February 2014 15:00
Valid:Wednesday 12 February 2014 15:00 to Wednesday 12 February 2014 19:00

So connacht suddenly upgraded to red.
It's windy in Galway but not as 2pm-3:30pm.

So the south is not finished with it yet then? ?

YFlyer · 12-02-2014 5:57pm

Popoutman wrote: »

(Castletroy)
I picked a bad day to start moving house..

About a third of the trees above my old estate are blown down, they went in one go. There are at least two and possibly three chimneys down in the estate I'm moving to, lots of debris (Denis? ) all over.
The Circus that's setting up shop in Castletroy has to drop the Big Top to the ground lest it get blown away.
The yew tree in the centre of UL is mostly down.
The roof of the Foundation Building in UL was moving with the wind.
There are glass panes blown out in UL on the 3rd floor just at the top of C-block by the ski-slope.
ULSU building closed for the remainder of the day.
A few tiles down all over..

Most of the yew tree down now? Was in canteen at lunch time to see part of it blown away.

paperclipgrad · 12-02-2014 5:58pm

Seems calm enough here in Limerick, sun shining through broken clouds.

Sideshow Mark · 12-02-2014 5:58pm

The pictures of general destruction are great, but they would be much more useful if there was an exact location and time taken in the post too.

Poochie05 · 12-02-2014 5:59pm

Thrill wrote: »

Wow. Shannon river level. High tide in one hour apparently .

And is that a shark I spot making it's way up

Zoney · 12-02-2014 5:59pm

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

Wind is really starting to pick up in Dublin 4 area now. Heard from relatives in Limerick that they had a very nasty day!

About 2 hrs, 1pm to 3pm approx where the wind was constant, stronger than I've seen (incl 1997 in Limk), knocking chunks off everything including roofs, brick facades and old brick buidlings. Huge amount of very big trees down.

oak5548 · 12-02-2014 5:59pm

Jesus that van. Really hope nobody was in it.

Iancar29 · 12-02-2014 5:59pm

Gusting 61knots at Dublin Airport... serious sounds coming down the chimney now! Glad its not in the middle of the night!

xzanti · 12-02-2014 5:59pm

I'm genuinely scared.

House is rumbling here!!

Please go away storm!

PauloMN · 12-02-2014 6:00pm

Ok the house is creaking now.... worst wind I've experienced here for sure.

cj maxx · 12-02-2014 6:00pm

Any forecast for monaghan/louth area please

Wine Goddess · 12-02-2014 6:00pm

Howling winds in Firhouse/Tallaght ATM

Debris (and Denis!) flying all over the place.

Had a really bad gust a few minutes ago and over went the bins.

Really worried about the greenhouse (glass) not in case it breaks but that it might fly off and hurt someone.........:(

Me (empty!) wine bottles are dancing in the side passage as we speak.....:eek:

Stay safe all - please God no-one will get hurt.

Chris The Hacker · 12-02-2014 6:00pm

cjmc wrote: »

Any forecast for monaghan/louth area please

Wind.

MiNdGaM3 · 12-02-2014 6:00pm

oak5548 wrote: »

Jesus that van. Really hope nobody was in it.

No injuries according to RTE.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0212/503773-weather/

It's the 2nd pic.

zetalambda · 12-02-2014 6:01pm

Cork South Link Road:

Storm damage around Cork:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIP-h_LWTIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg5JpAbGt7k

psycho-hope · 12-02-2014 6:01pm

very windy here (north wicklow) rain has died down a bit, just had to go and bring the cats box( smalll dog kennel) around the back of the house winding moved it from in front of the car to half way down the road:mad: