Storm Ophelia - General Discussion/Local reports - See MOD NOTE Post #1

_Kaiser_

Leo to address the nation at 10:40

Better late than never I suppose! :rolleyes:

George Sunsnow

All stand
Taoiseach to address the nation at 1040 am

Sephiroth_dude

Its a day for the high stool.

JaMarcusHustle

Leo waiting until 10.40am this morning to address the nation.

titan18

floorpie wrote: »

This sounds like negligent behavior on their part, both last night and today.

Yup, I've disliked the place for a while, but really showed how they care for their staff with this. There are people travelling an hour to get home after coming in

Ger Roe

Winds now picking up in Newtownmountkennedy, Wicklow. Atmospheric pressure at 994 hPa.

stevenup7002

JCX BXC wrote: »

Picking up here in West Clare, no damage currently, although can hear distant house alarms. Some weird sunshine shining on the Shannon.

Noticed that too in Clonmel. It's really odd to see the sun splitting the stones while trees are nearly blowing over.

d.pop

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL WINTER STORM

Why are people still trying to convince themselves this won't be too bad?

Not trying to convince anybody of anything, i closed up today and sent everybody home based on the reports/forecast on the news.
Simply saying that as of now 10:23am it is not that bad where I am.

Atlantic Dawn

Leo addressing the country at 10.40 according to SOR.

kilkenny31

Rte just announced that the taoiseach will address the country at 10.40.

uck51js9zml2yt

scarepanda wrote: »

I thought the post service was suspended today? Our poor postman is out and about, in an understandable rush.

In south Roscommon, getting gusty now, and no rain.

Nothing can stop the post!

squarecircles

Could somebody clarify this,Gerry Murphy is contradicting the national hurricane centre,

_Kaiser_

Lots of IE services outside Dublin shutting down in the next hour or too

DOCARCH

squarecircles wrote: »

Could somebody clarify this,Gerry Murphy is contradicting the national hurricane centre,

In what way?

Jaycornyn

Is it safe to have a fire lit with a back boiler if the power goes out. Water boiling and no pump to circulate it??

squarecircles

National hurricane centre and Gerry Murphy at odds about the winds in the west

Lumen

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Leo addressing the country at 10.40 according to SOR.

How does that work these days? Is he going on Netflix or Amazon Prime?

uck51js9zml2yt

Heuston station is closed.
Trains on the the way up will be allowed arrive

crushproof

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Leo addressing the country at 10.40 according to SOR.

Bit late no? Poor performance, should have made an announcement yesterday. The storm will have hit the south by the time he comes on. Ridiculous situation!

Jaycornyn

Jaycornyn wrote: »

Is it safe to have a fire lit with a back boiler if the power goes out. Water boiling and no pump to circulate it??

My dad had one and always said it was a no-no.

EPAndlee

There is farmers drawing silage near me

TheChosenOne_

Very strong gusts in North Kildare at the moment. Getting fairly nervous now...

_Kaiser_

Leandro Scruffy Misogynist wrote: »

Heuston station is closed.

Any en-route services will be allowed arrive though.

snowstorm445

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

Leo going to address the country. Bit late.

What are you talking about, it hasn’t even hit South Dublin yet! :P

Getting quite gusty here in Ringsend, clouds really racing along.

Outkast_IRE

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

Leo going to address the country. Bit late.

Leo missed his shot. Its times like this when a difficult decision needs to be made that you need somebody strong who is willing to make a call and stick with the decision. Leo is afraid to stick his neck out thats obvious now.

He should of ordered all non essential services and private businesses to stay closed and he should of done it yesterday evening. Apple in Cork last night sent a mass text not to come in. Thats about 3500 - 4000 people on one site - that supports Apples global operations and they had the foresight to make the call.

I thought Enda was gutless, but this was pathetic. (BTW i am a Fine Gael supporter )

patneve2

Incredibly mild here considering the wind is blowing from the sea - 18 deg at Dun Laoghaire harbour. Wind should stay SSE in this part of the country for another few hours before veering almost due south.

carltonleon

Getting breezier now in North County Dublin

GhostyMcGhost

snowstorm445 wrote: »

What are you talking about, it hasn’t even hit South Dublin yet! :P

Getting quite gusty here in Ringsend, clouds really racing along.

Indirectly it has... All luas cancelled from midday!

safe travels home for those that had to leave this morning

force eleven

kilkenny31 wrote: »

Rte just announced that the taoiseach will address the country at 10.40.

Resigning?

km79

Waiting till half of Munster is without power before going on TV????? Clown