The Great Storm of Wednesday 12/02/2014

Rightwing · 12-02-2014 6:28pm

Aimsir wrote: »

Dioes anyone know if storm coming back down south again tonight/evening

No, it's gone from here now. Met Eireann have updated places like Limerick to red alert, (about 6 hours too late).

Spectacular footage here of a roof getting blown off:

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/red-alert-almost-260000-homes-without-electricity-as-storms-batter-country-30000802.html

fred funk }{ · 12-02-2014 6:28pm

miss no stars wrote: »

Sorry to hear that.

Cheers. It's not too bad. I'll patch it up with some plastic from the inside once the winds settle down.

Mince Pie · 12-02-2014 6:29pm

Anyone know what the weather is like tomorrow? Got a flight to catch tomorrow night and worried it might be cancelled.

galwaybabe · 12-02-2014 6:29pm

Does anyone know if it will be calmed down tomorrow? Have to drive from Kinvara to Limerick in the afternoon

DeVore · 12-02-2014 6:30pm

The view from my front room right now...

Larbre34 · 12-02-2014 6:30pm

Mince Pie wrote: »

Anyone know what the weather is like tomorrow? Got a flight to catch tomorrow night and worried it might be cancelled.

Itll be ok tomorrow, what you need to check is if the airport isnt damaged or your aircraft stranded in the wrong location, both may affect your flight.

DOCARCH · 12-02-2014 6:31pm

Larbre34 wrote: »

Trees down in Ballinteer, Rathfarnham etc. Someone near you in getting hit...

Yeah...but...the petrol station is still intact. I was hoping for that to go! :P

xzanti · 12-02-2014 6:31pm

Gone calm now

Or maybe I'm in the eye of it

Mince Pie · 12-02-2014 6:32pm

Larbre34 wrote: »

Itll be ok tomorrow, what you need to check is if the airport isnt damaged or your aircraft stranded in the wrong location, both may affect your flight.

:eek: Dublin airport so hoping it will be ok.

Larbre34 · 12-02-2014 6:32pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

Yeah...but...the petrol station is still intact. I was hoping for that to go! :P

Jaysis, and I thought you were one of the voices of reason around here Doc!

You wouldnt want to waste all those ciggies and p0rn :P

Oneiric 3 · 12-02-2014 6:33pm

galwaybabe wrote: »

Does anyone know if it will be calmed down tomorrow? Have to drive from Kinvara to Limerick in the afternoon

A typically Irish blustery, uncomfortably cold sunshine and showers kind of day. Should be grand.

Star Rise · 12-02-2014 6:33pm

Getting ugly again... Gusts picking up and large cloud bank racing in.

The Pheasant2 · 12-02-2014 6:34pm

jds0ur wrote: »

Unlikely, delayed for sure if not cancelled, whats the flight number?

FR537 - not certain what airport though

haminka · 12-02-2014 6:35pm

Windy in Navan but still relatively OK, no hard objects flying though. Went to fix the wheelie bins and my 42 kg got almost run over by one of them during one of the stronger gusts though. My two cats looked outside and decided to snuggle up beside me on the sofa instead of going out for a walk as they like doing in the afternoon.
We live in a relatively sheltered area so hope it's not going to hit us hard. My thoughts with those who suffered damage.

miss no stars · 12-02-2014 6:35pm

1730 winds:

Cork: Direction 260 wind 27KT Gust 39KT
Shannon: Direction 250 wind 26KT
Baldonnel: Direction 250 wind 45KT Gust 65KT
Dublin: Direction 250 Wind 44KT Gust 65KT
Belfast: Direction 250 wind 16KT

whiteandlight · 12-02-2014 6:35pm

ESB powercheck now working? Map has no faults showing for me which seems a bit wrong....

Jimjay · 12-02-2014 6:35pm

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

FR537 - not certain what airport though

East Midlands Ryanair FR537 12 Feb 19:20 Delayed 20:30

KayPea · 12-02-2014 6:36pm

In south county Wexford and the wind was at shrieking level until about 40 mins ago, it eased down to a howl for a while but it seems to be working back up a bit again now despite the blue in the sky. Sorry no instruments to give a more technical description.

There are at least 5 large trees down this afternoon in my area and there is debris all over the roads. Worst storm of this year for our little spot.

leahyl · 12-02-2014 6:36pm

Traffic very quiet on the way home, it's actually a lovely evening now, blustery and cold but sunny

road_high · 12-02-2014 6:37pm

East side of Kilkenny city totally gridlocked. Tree down on Castlecomer road by the old mart and barracks and is closed off.

munsterlegend · 12-02-2014 6:37pm

Larbre34 wrote: »

Day off tomorrow, next landfall on Friday evening, could be a snowstorm thrown in for good measure as well....

MT believes the worst of this will probably stay to our south unless it tracks further north.have the updated models brought it closer to
us?

miss no stars · 12-02-2014 6:37pm

Howth gone a bit quieter. Roof stopped leaking for now. Trees not swaying so violently...

Sierra Oscar · 12-02-2014 6:37pm

Musicmental85 wrote: »

ESB powercheck now working? Map has no faults showing for me which seems a bit wrong....

Not working for me either, has been out of action for the last hour or so.

RacoonQueen · 12-02-2014 6:37pm

username123 wrote: »

Went out at 3pm to collect something, was a grand day. Home by 3.30pm, and Armageddon kicked in bout a half hour later. Denis flying all over the place now, and winds as strong as I ever remember around here.

Poor Denis is having a rough day.

fred funk }{ wrote: »

Got home to a gaping hole in my roof. I can see straight into the attic because the felt has torn where the tiles were.

There's about a dozen houses like mine in the estate.

Crap. Sorry to hear.

munsterlegend · 12-02-2014 6:38pm

leahyl wrote: »

Traffic very quiet on the way home, it's actually a lovely evening now, blustery and cold but sunny

Traffic around mallow chaotic. Tailbacks 10km each way due to trees down..limerick and cork side.

Larbre34 · 12-02-2014 6:39pm

munsterlegend wrote: »

MT believes the worst of this will probably stay to our south unless it tracks further north.have the updated models brought it closer to
us?

Not that I could testify to, Im only going by Met Eireann references today