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

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??

No it isnt safe.

If you do light it and the power goes....close all vents and draughts to it.

DO NOT POUR WATER ON IT

If gets very bad extinguish with a bucket of sand.

from_atozinc

from_atozinc wrote: »

oh ok, thought was due in cork at around 9am or so, but obviously not happened yet so

Just trying to see what we are actually in store for !

so are the times wrong then and things are out by a few hours. i.e wont hit Cork for another hour or so ?

marvin80

kilkenny31 wrote: »

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

This should have been done yesterday to show the seriousness of the situation.

uck51js9zml2yt

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.

He's north Dublin

Coveny on rte

Titzon Toast

Are there any live web cams around the south east of the country please?

_Kaiser_

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

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.

We saw with the Budget how weak and superficial he is.. just as when he was a Minister - all spin and no substance.

Fr_Dougal

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

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.

So you expect Leo to know more about which services should run than the actual organisations themselves? It’s Not North Korea we’re living in.

George Sunsnow

squarecircles wrote: »

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

Not really,Gerry means Derry and donegal as northwest

Nhc saying Galway to Sligo

randylonghorn

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah, I'm not expecting too much here, a few trees and the odd power cut will probably be the worst of it as we're quite well sheltered.

Still a few more hours before it passes to the west.

I was more implying that the PP forgetting to pull up his flies would be considered high drama in Athlone ...

(Seriously lad, hope it passes ye and everyone else by without too much hassle )

George Sunsnow wrote: »

All stand
Taoiseach to address the nation at 1040 am

Leo aiming for a Moses-parting-the-Dead_Sea moment?

fxotoole

Winds really starting to pick up in North Kildare. Very gusty

albert kidd

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??

no.

lazeedaisy

Completely forgot about our garden swing, just decommissioned it,

Jeez, cannot see out the windows with the sand!

Winds building quite bad, the dogs are trying their best to sleep through though,

Titzon Toast

Titzon Toast wrote: »

Are there any live web cams around the south east of the country please?

https://www.hookheritage.ie/live-webcams/

Surreptitious

There's a good few sirens passing me now in the last few hours. The winds are really picking up.

h0neybadger

Titzon Toast wrote: »

Are there any live web cams around the south east of the country please?

https://youtu.be/2tiwU1TaLuA

uck51js9zml2yt

If you want cams for the south west try http://onitsurf.com. He has Kerry and Clare covered

In the interest of openness.. it's a friend's website

Dcully

Titzon Toast wrote: »

Are there any live web cams around the south east of the country please?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfklK-8O_fA

dark crystal

_Dara_ wrote: »

Hubsie is coming home from work shortly. Some hurricane afternoon delight on the cards. :P:pac:;)

Mine was sent home by 9 - morning hurricane delight already had... ;)

Cianos

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Leo to address the nation at 10:40

Better late than never I suppose! :rolleyes:

Early riser

road_high

marvin80 wrote: »

This should have been done yesterday to show the seriousness of the situation.

Why do you think that wasn't satisfactorily addressed by Met Eireann and virtually everyone else?
People nit picking looking for non issues to whine about...

Mickeroo

Titzon Toast wrote: »

Are there any live web cams around the south east of the country please?

http://89.106.143.18:121/cgi-bin/guestimage.html

Straffan1979

total non event on Dingle peninsula......so far

Surreptitious

dark crystal wrote: »

Mine was sent home by 9 - morning hurricane delight already had... ;)

Jealous

Robxxx7

Mid Kerry

Wind gust at 64.4 and pressure dropping down to 980.7 ..rain today at 3.6mm

d'Oracle

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

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

Like, what do people expect him to say?
The last person I need to hear from while preparing for an event like this is the Taoiseach.

And tomorrow, when there is actual damage iin places around the country, who do I want to hear from? Not the Taoiseach.

crashadder

it is quite windy here in Sandyford Dublin already. its raining too.

AndyBoBandy

2 kite surfers missing/in trouble in Dundalk Bay. R116 en route!!

How could you go out in these conditions!

UsBus

crushproof wrote: »

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!

Pathetic, he should have gone on the 9.00 o'clock news last night before people had to travel....
But sure you wouldn't expect anything else from Paddy Ireland......

maddogcollins

Depends where in Cork you are. Baltimore currently 85km/h, city only 40km/h.

pad199207

A few gusts there was whipping the water out of the gutters on the houses