Windy

whisky_galore

kneemos wrote: »

Hundreds of schools are closed apparently.
Used to be what we called a stormy day and everyone ignored it,now its code red apocalyptic end of the world melodrama.

We just were told to be careful going to the outside jacks in case we got our heads opened with slates coming off the roof. :eek:

By international standards, all we have here is a stiff breeze.

Tearin It Up

Tearin It Up wrote: »

Extreme weather my arse.

How come we don't get a nice, hot extreme summer.

Because we complain that it's too hot when it's only 19 degrees.

It's all our fault.

fryup

e-mobile bb gone really slow in mid west.. storm??

Karl Stein

whisky_galore wrote: »

We just were told to be careful going to the outside jacks in case we got our heads opened with slates coming off the roof. :eek:

I remember, as a small child, walking home from school in stormy weather looking at slates half buried in grass that had been flung off the local church roof.

It's health and safety gone mad these days the way they make kids sit inside the car and all that type of thing.

mickdw

I think we get it pretty extreme here.
I remember a couple of years back hurricane sandy caused death and destruction all along its bath.The highest recorded wind speed there was 115 mph. We have been known to get very close to that. They lost houses, infrastructure etc. We would simply call it a windy day.

The Backwards Man

There is a serious lesson to be learned here too. Now that the Met have their fancy new system and all the news sites are only too desperate to fill bandwidth, being too trigger happy with their warnings will do more harm than good, ie nobody will listen to them

whisky_galore

The Backwards Man wrote: »

There is a serious lesson to be learned here too. Not that the Met have their fancy new system and all the need sites are only to desperate to fill bandwidth, being too trigger happy with their warnings will do more harm than good, ie nobody will listen to them

To be fair, a wind that might floor you in one part of the country may only knock over a plastic garden chair somewhere else. They're only covering themselves.

Riskymove

The Backwards Man wrote: »

There is a serious lesson to be learned here too. Now that the Met have their fancy new system and all the news sites are only too desperate to fill bandwidth, being too trigger happy with their warnings will do more harm than good, ie nobody will listen to them

this will eventually be the typical Irish experience

the current approach is based on the public uproar and media driven acceptance based on silly positions

"ME never told me it was foggy" "AA roadwatch never told me to put on my lights" etc etc

Now to be followed by "ah sure they are always warning us about something" so I just went out and ignored the info.


It amazes me how people seem to have completely lost the ability to research the weather and take appropriate action. People out in lashing rain with an inappropriate coat, no umbrella or hat etc


it was cold yesterday so I'll wrap up today regardless of it being much milder and vice versa.

There are plenty of apps etc so I really don't get it

Tearin It Up

Why do they all have names. Its Storm Rachel now. Last year it was Storm Darwin.

Let's hope they never call it Storm Garth. We're in for it then.

Aglomerado

Tearin It Up wrote: »

Why do they all have names. Its Storm Rachel now. Last year it was Storm Darwin.

Let's hope they never call it Storm Garth. We're in for it then.

I'd say we'll be all right. Garth won't come until he gets to blow for five consecutive nights.

whisky_galore

Tearin It Up wrote: »

Why do they all have names. Its Storm Rachel now. Last year it was Storm Darwin.

Let's hope they never call it Storm Garth. We're in for it then.

They could call them Storm a, b, c, but they'd run out letters or Storm 1, 2, 3.. etc but it would get very boring.

Kiwi in IE

I would like listening to the wind..........if the ESB had the ability to maintain service when it blows. After nearly 24 hours without electricity I am pretty much over the ESB and the wind.

@rse

Red alert me @rse.

Deenie123

mickdw wrote: »

I think we get it pretty extreme here.
I remember a couple of years back hurricane sandy caused death and destruction all along its bath.The highest recorded wind speed there was 115 mph. We have been known to get very close to that. They lost houses, infrastructure etc. We would simply call it a windy day.

Sustained or gust?