Red warning for Galway Monday 16 October

buzz11 · 16-10-2017 3:09pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Forth Fisher on route to Galway, hopefully they take shelter before the main storm hits.

She appears to have made it around Black Head and is sheltering from the southerlies...hope they can hold fast for the day

fergiesfolly · 16-10-2017 3:11pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Regardless of what you or I think, during the storms at Christmas 2010, it was clarified that employers aren't required to pay people if they cannot get there due to weather conditions, or if the workplace is closed due to weather conditions. Some will allow annual leave to be used to cover the day, some won't.

I wish you'd stayed at home.

Arghus · 16-10-2017 3:12pm

Nettle Soup wrote: »

I don't recall any storms in Xmas 2010. I do recall a serious cold spell.

Any excuse -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT9z87GNL_g

kabakuyu · 16-10-2017 3:46pm

Flooding in Salthill, sea has reached back of seapoint and Toft park.

kabakuyu · 16-10-2017 3:49pm

DP.

cL0h · 16-10-2017 3:56pm

Danish Dude wrote: »

There is a website called Ventusky . it has live feed of the storm. currently it is down at the Kerry Coast

This is not a live feed. It is model based on data gathered from various weather instrumentation.

https://www.windy.com/
https://www.ventusky.com/
https://earth.nullschool.net/

All show the storm in different places.

retro:electro · 16-10-2017 3:59pm

Brightening up now in the north west.
We didn't get anything bad.

cL0h · 16-10-2017 4:01pm

biko wrote: »

Most garages closed but if you must get that pint of milk then Topaz next to Supermacs on Tuam road is open, or was 30 mins ago.

Every news outlet is advising people not to go outside unless it is an absolute emergency. Not sure that milk or fags or whatever constitutes an emergency.

Discodog · 16-10-2017 4:05pm

It's well clear of Galway. There will still be gusts

kippy · 16-10-2017 4:25pm

Discodog wrote: »

It's well clear of Galway. There will still be gusts

The "eye" is clear of Galway - still plenty gusts/wind to the south of the eye.

Arghus · 16-10-2017 4:39pm

cL0h wrote: »

Every news outlet is advising people not to go outside unless it is an absolute emergency. Not sure that milk or fags or whatever constitutes an emergency.

But, the milk...for the tea...

ThebitterLemon · 16-10-2017 4:49pm

In Carraroe and it's died down to a strong breeze.

Not sure what all the fuss was about as it didn't seem that severe at all

TbL

charlie14 · 16-10-2017 5:04pm

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

In Carraroe and it's died down to a strong breeze.

Not sure what all the fuss was about as it didn't seem that severe at all

TbL

What was all the fuss about red alerts for Galway ?
They either got the track completely wrong, or they over-hyped it with all that talk of Debbie in 1961.
I remember Debbie, and that was no comparison.
In fact in recent years (2014 alone) we have had much worse that this in the west.

ThebitterLemon · 16-10-2017 5:07pm

charlie14 wrote: »

What was all the fuss about red alerts for Galway ?
They either got the track completely wrong, or they over-hyped it with all that talk of Debbie in 1961.
I remember Debbie, and that was no comparison.
In fact in recent years (2014 alone) we have had much worse that this in the west.

Completely agree.

We were just saying that we've definitely had stronger winds a couple of times over the last few years.

No much flooding either.

TbL

flazio · 16-10-2017 5:13pm

The fuss was that a major storm was coming into Ireland, it's impossible to predict its exact strength or path. It has claimed 3 lives so far. Around the county there are trees down and blocking roads. Power is out in various parts of the county so it's right to err on the side of caution.

retro:electro · 16-10-2017 5:14pm

Yea I'd agree we have definitely had worse average days than that, and they go largely unreported and unrecognised.

ThebitterLemon · 16-10-2017 5:29pm

flazio wrote: »

The fuss was that a major storm was coming into Ireland, it's impossible to predict its exact strength or path. It has claimed 3 lives so far. Around the county there are trees down and blocking roads. Power is out in various parts of the county so it's right to err on the side of caution.

Maybe, but the problem might be the next time there is a red warning people may not pay it sufficient heed.

If that was a hurricane, we have hurricanes in Connemara every year.

Apparently all schools shut again tomorrow, seems excessively cautious to me.

TbL

Discodog · 16-10-2017 5:42pm

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Maybe, but the problem might be the next time there is a red warning people may not pay it sufficient heed.

If that was a hurricane, we have hurricanes in Connemara every year.

Apparently all schools shut again tomorrow, seems excessively cautious to me.

TbL

I have lived here for 16 years & we have never had a hurricane. There is a lot of damage & three people dead. This may be a Galway thread but the government sensibly thought about the country.

This is a historic event. It has never happened before & it had to be treated with caution. What if some scaffolding fell in Galway & killed people ? You would be saying that they should of issied a red warning.

I work outdoors & I am often critical of ME but this time they got it absolutely right

ThebitterLemon · 16-10-2017 5:47pm

Discodog wrote: »

I have lived here for 16 years & we have never had a hurricane. There is a lot of damage & three people dead. This may be a Galway thread but the government sensibly thought about the country

Yes you're right we've never had a hurricane

TbL

marklazarcovic · 16-10-2017 6:00pm

big big tree down in garden,car damaged by flying debris,fence gate blown over and warped,lots of garden stuff damaged, not in the city, kilkerrin, some got no wind,others like myself got battered and had worst winds they can recall,power gone nearly everywhere out here too.

its a major event for me for sure

Discodog · 16-10-2017 6:01pm

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Yes you're right we've never had a hurricane

TbL

There has never been a proper hurricane this far west or north. It's why it made headline news in the USA & why they did much of the tracking.

Take a look in the weather forum here

charlie14 · 16-10-2017 6:01pm

Discodog wrote: »

I have lived here for 16 years & we have never had a hurricane. There is a lot of damage & three people dead. This may be a Galway thread but the government sensibly thought about the country.

This is a historic event. It has never happened before & it had to be treated with caution. What if some scaffolding fell in Galway & killed people ? You would be saying that they should of issied a red warning.

I work outdoors & I am often critical of ME but this time they got it absolutely right

Erring on the side of caution is all very well and good, but like the little boy that cried wolf it can have the consequence of being ignored when there is a real problem.

Discodog · 16-10-2017 6:03pm

charlie14 wrote: »

Erring on the side of caution is all very well and good, but like the little boy that cried wolf it can have the consequence of being ignored when there is a real problem.

How many more dead & wrecked trees, buildings etc do you want before it's a real problem ?

Galway got off lightly because of the unusual SE wind direction.

Arghus · 16-10-2017 6:04pm

Arah here, they didn't know how strong or weak it could be. There was no chances to be taken. We got off lightly here, but lots of other parts of the country weren't so lucky. Using the analogy of the little boy who cried wolf is clutching at straws, badly looking for something to whine about.

charlie14 · 16-10-2017 6:04pm

Discodog wrote: »

There has never been a proper hurricane this far west or north. It's why it made headline news in the USA & why they did much of the tracking.

Take a look in the weather forum here

There still hasn`t been, and as for the tracking Met Eireann would have been better off following Magicseaweed.
They got it spot on with both wind and sea swell.

Discodog · 16-10-2017 6:10pm

charlie14 wrote: »

There still hasn`t been, and as for the tracking Met Eireann would have been better off following Magicseaweed.
They got it spot on with both wind and sea swell.

ME got it perfectly right & had constant accurate updates. Yes the hurricane reverted as they all do. But 24 hours ago we had a genuine Cat 3 heading towards us. They would of been mad not to issue a countrywide red.

flazio · 16-10-2017 6:11pm

TbL you seem to expect forecasters to have some method of predicting exactly where the storm is going, how strong it's going to be and how long it will last.
Forecasting isn't that accurate. Even in places where these happen all the time it's not an exact science. Irma was supposed to track up the west coast of Florida and it ended up going the east coast. Places up that West coast of Florida don't think the warnings were a waste of time.

dastardly00 · 16-10-2017 6:14pm

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Apparently all schools shut again tomorrow, seems excessively cautious to me.

TbL

3 people died today ffs

Discodog · 16-10-2017 6:14pm

charlie14 wrote: »

There still hasn`t been, and as for the tracking Met Eireann would have been better off following Magicseaweed.
They got it spot on with both wind and sea swell.

I just checked & they got it wrong. They even use ME data.

charlie14 · 16-10-2017 6:15pm

Discodog wrote: »

How many more dead & wrecked trees, buildings etc do you want before it's a real problem ?

So you reckon the government should close down the entire country for every storm that may fell some trees ?
Had that been the practice 2014 based on Weat of Ireland weather the country would have been shut down for a month.
I don`t know where they were getting their advice from, but as I`ve said earlier an surfers website has (not for the first time either) got it spot on.

Red warning for Galway Monday 16 October

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