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

Red Corvette

Gonna make a cup of tea. Could be my last one. That is my last one for today.

jamesbere

Something went bang outside our place, don't know what it was but don't want to go outside to check

Sparks43

Cianos wrote: »

Anyone else have an odd craving for a few bottles of beer today for all of this :pac:

Stocked up this morning

Breaking news: Unconfirmed reports of Tesco Tallaght running out of Dutch Gold and Goodfellas pizzas.

cnocbui

cnocbui wrote: »

Woke up this morning and thought that perhaps I needn't have bothered taking the 80cm satellite dish down yesterday. Very glad I did now. Tip Clare border.

I have lost a couple ridge tiles now. N. Tipp.

Pinch Flat

lawred2 wrote: »

it's still very benign in Dublin

Getting rougher in dublin 15 stronger gusts sky had darkened from north. I think it’s the start of it.

Cushtie

Straffan1979 wrote: »

nothing major on Dingle peninsula tbh- is this over hyped

I hope so...have mobile home down there and fearing the worst. Still a bit to go I think.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Red Corvette wrote: »

Gonna make a cup of tea. Could be my last one. That is my last one for today.

We've got a couple of big Thermos flasks filled just in case.

Dial Hard

Cianos wrote:

Anyone else have an odd craving for a few bottles of beer today for all of this

I went to Lidl earlier and it was like Holy Thursday and Christmas Eve rolled into one, then magnified by about 100%.

Donal55

Paully D wrote: »

Are the people who claimed all was fine when it was relatively calm this morning starting to grasp the reality of the situation facing us now?

Squeaky bum time here near Tuam.





And thats just the weather.

Colibri

Greenhills Court, Douglas - cars are blocked off now (that's the entrance)!

iamwhoiam

LastLagoon wrote: »

There was people posting yesterday saying their dogs wouldn’t go out.full of it

Stay safe ..RTE just said the north hasnt even experienced anything yet

sunbabe08

something went bang outside the house. i'm honestly afraid to look right now

kippy

lawred2 wrote: »

it's still very benign in Dublin

Because it hasn't come near Dublin yet........

I dunno why people find it so difficult to grasp the timelines and variables involved here with all the official information and notifications available.

Sometimes, there's no helping people.

Captain Snow

ellieh1 wrote: »

ESB Powercheck website seems down...is it the same for anyone else??

Faults moving north as the storm moves north.

Goat the dote

Electricity gone in north kilkenny. Heavy winds for the last hour

La.de.da

F**kin hell. South tipp getting a battering here.

Electric gone.

Gusts absolutely terrifying.

Red Corvette

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

We've got a couple of big Thermos flasks filled just in case.

I didn't think about flasks.

castletownman

The two people that got into difficulty wind-surfing up in the north, and the people spotted swimming in Galway deserve Darwin Awards.

Potentially putting the lives of emergency services at risk for nonsense.

Some people.....

tellmeabit

any Kerry web cam links?

Birdnuts

Getting rough now in North Kildare!!

Clonmel1000

Very very gusty here. Id put it a lot worse than our normal winter storm wind wise but not as bad as Feb 2014. Power is on and is find occasional showers but just to repeat very very windy and gusty.

Copper_pipe

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Tree down near me. Dromcollogher Co.Limerick

Power gone now

md323

Getting bad in east Limerick now, strong gusts, still have power so far

Louche Lad

ellieh1 wrote: »

ESB Powercheck website seems down...is it the same for anyone else??

I can't get it either.

Cianos

Cianos wrote: »

Anyone else have an odd craving for a few bottles of beer today for all of this :pac:

Did you not do your hurricane prep? Ive candles, a new torch, the bath is full of water, 2 thermos flasks with boiling water, enough Koka noodles to sink a ship, a fridge full of beer and a bottle of Jemmie.

lawred2

kippy wrote: »

Because it hasn't come near Dublin yet........

I dunno why people find it so difficult to grasp the timelines and variables involved here with all the official information and notifications available.

Sometimes, there's no helping people.

I am well aware of the timelines you boor...

I'm not a storm denier if that's what you were thinking.

Agreed however, there's certainly no helping people's manners.

haminka

iamwhoiam wrote: »

He should have made it last night and advised corporate companies to tell staff to stay at home . I know two banks that brought staff in at 8 am and sent them home at 10 am .

Government can't advise/order private businesses what to do. Most of decent businesses are closed now and advised people to work from home if possible. Our whole campus is closed off and people were notified Sunday evening.
There were warnings, there was lots of preparation, not sure what the Government should have done more. Move the island somewhere else to wait the hurricane out? They closed the schools and cancelled all unnecessary services. If some employers decided to keep the people in because they wanted to, the employees need to think about how much their employers appreciate their lives and safety, not look at the Government.
I found the way we were informed sufficient.

Ferm001

mdwexford wrote: »

Any of these idiots surfing or swimming or whatever should do it off their own backs and if they get into trouble away with them.

Rescue people shouldn't have to risk their lives for idiots who brought it on themselves.

Sadly won't be the last idiots, just wait for the youtube videos from the "sure we're great craic" brigade.

MD1990

I'm in Laois.

Not bad at all for now. But seen post about it being bad in Kilkenny & Carlow.

I'm hoping I can escape it or maybe it will start here soon?

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There have been 3 rnli callouts this morning!