Strong Winds/Severe Gusts January 14/15th 2015

km79

redsteveireland wrote: »

We got a late message to our kids school is closed tomorrow.I'm fairly close to you, I think.

schools in athenry open I think anyway
you are craughwell?

goat2

should have kept my mouth shut,
it is starting up here now, some heavy rain and wind hitting window right now

rilz

BBC NI weather predicting 70 -90mph gusts on North and east coast tomorrow morning. NIE engineers on standby as expecting powerloss

ThaitaniumM

hollster2 wrote: »

Had to post this It made me giggle!

Too soon :P

jimbis

Hitchhiker's Guide to... wrote: »

Ah so my wife's chance of her flight departing from there at 12:45pm on time are slim enough? Its not the flight itself, more that she only has an hour or so to transfer to another one when the flight arrives in Frankfurt.

Flight departures shouldn't really be affected by winds. Its the incoming flight on which you wife will be taking back out of dublin that could effect times. If that's delayed coming in then turn around time is pushed back so keep you eyes on that.

rebs23

Brilliant wind radar here: http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-11.84,57.43,1817

redsteveireland

km79 wrote: »

schools in athenry open I think anyway
you are craughwell?

No, some are closed in Athenry.

syngindub

rebs23 wrote: »

Brilliant wind radar here: http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-11.84,57.43,1817

this one rocks

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/overlay=total_cloud_water/atlantis

Bicycle

redsteveireland wrote: »

We got a late message to say our kids school is closed tomorrow.I'm fairly close to you, I think.

We're in Limerick City and we got a text a short while ago to say that our local school is closed tomorrow on Health and Safety grounds.

At the moment, its not too bad here at all.

We were up in Meath last Thursday and Friday night, and the weather was much much worse.

daelight

It amazes me that there is anything left to damage any more O_O

km79

redsteveireland wrote: »

No, some are closed in Athenry.

oh! thanks

aroch10

I am currently doing a dissertation on Dry Flood Proofing / Flood Resistance to residential properties. If anyone knows of any areas badly effected by flooding, more information would be greatly appreciated.

Oscar Bravo

2300 reports, Belmullet 65 knots and steadying out at 961hpa. Kinsale 62knots.

Mech1

I read somewhere today that if a school is in a Red Warning area then school is obliged to close.

Dont know how true that is.

lumos

I know that some people think that closing schools is an overreaction, and it might be. But it's worth considering how many kids and parents were put in danger in the 12th Feb storm last year due to severe under reaction. It's better to be safe than sorry, I think they made the right call.

weisses

Mech1 wrote: »

I read somewhere today that if a school is in a Red Warning area then schools are obliged to close.

Dont know how true that is.

Should apply for businesses as well

Shows why ME are not throwing around red warnings like candy ...

hollster2

lumos wrote: »

I know that some people think that closing schools is an overreaction, and it might be. But it's worth considering how many kids and parents were put in danger in the 12th Feb storm last year due to severe under reaction. It's better to be safe than sorry, I think they made the right call.

I agree I dont drive and theres loads of oak tress around where I am I wouldnt like to put my kids in danger walking to school, Im glad some are closed!

lumos

Mech1 wrote: »

I read somewhere today that if a school is in a Red Warning area then school is obliged to close.

Dont know how true that is.

They aren't obliged, it's up to individual principals to make the call. The vast majority are closing though with others playing it by ear.

PLL

"Waves "topping" along Seapoint Promenade in Salthill 45 mins before high tide. Getting decidedly wild here now."

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pushkii

absolutely better safe than sorry, but I wouldn't be sending a child of mine outside the door . don't mess with mother nature.

Itsdacraic

Bicycle wrote: »

We're in Limerick City and we got a text a short while ago to say that our local school is closed tomorrow on Health and Safety grounds.

At the moment, its not too bad here at all.

We were up in Meath last Thursday and Friday night, and the weather was much much worse.

Met Eireann say Limerick will see the worst of it early tomorrow morning between 7-9

cdsb46

lumos wrote: »

I know that some people think that closing schools is an overreaction, and it might be. But it's worth considering how many kids and parents were put in danger in the 12th Feb storm last year due to severe under reaction. It's better to be safe than sorry, I think they made the right call.

Wasn't a roof blown off a school building last year approaching the time of end school, if a red alert is issued that states people should should take action than the DoE is right in closing schools

RED L4 0TH

18Z EURO4. Extent of 100 kmh wind field off the NW coast appears to be at its largest around 3am.

Oscar Bravo

over 2000 without power at this early stage

AndonHandon

Dublin never gets to have any of the fun

SpaceTime

The biggest issue is that schools and other buildings need to be checked over before bringing people back in. There's a fair possibility of loose roofing materials and other items and you don't really want that tumbling down on kids.

TheMilkyPirate

lumos wrote: »

I know that some people think that closing schools is an overreaction, and it might be. But it's worth considering how many kids and parents were put in danger in the 12th Feb storm last year due to severe under reaction. It's better to be safe than sorry, I think they made the right call.

Of course they made the right call and anybody who questions that is an idiot.

Would it be an over-reaction if a freak gust knocked down a tree tomorrow and killed 3 people when it hits there car.

irishgeo

Glad I sleep at the bank of the house in Castlebar. Although i grew grownbeside the Atlantic I have slept through worse and now I can sleep through almost anything.
If it wakes me its real bad.

Rock Lesnar

Bicycle wrote: »

We were up in Meath last Thursday and Friday night, and the weather was much much worse.

Really, we didnt notice, then again we are a hardy lot us Meath folk.

downonthefarm

We still have to go to work in the morning though?
Will any boss buy that excuse