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

Copper_pipe

CIT in Cork closed tomorrow

Pangea

squarecircles wrote: »

Outstanding forecast by Joanna!

One for the archive!

Cloudio9

babybuilder wrote: »

Any non-essential employee been asked to travel to work in a status red area should consider seeking legal advice.

On a Sunday evening ?

crushproof

Flicking through the telly - CNN, Sky News, France24, RT all leading with major stories about the hurricane. I cannot comprehend the lax attitude on Irish media. Listening to RTE 1 for the past two hours and there has been nothing mentioned, apart from a chuckle about "the thunderstorm" approaching that has made people cancel their tickets for some sports discussion tomorrow night. Christ.

GarIT

Some_Person wrote: »

Is this going to be worse than Darwin in Feb 2014 (for Waterford)?

Looks like a yes but that can change.

goat2

Have just come in from battening down the hatches, and hoping God takes care of us, we are at the mercy of this, and expecting damage this time, though not from trees, as I have kept these down since a few yrs ago when they got uprooted in last bad one, along with losing half the roof,
and am on the coast

Lucreto

Tomorrow will be fun getting to work and getting home from work.

I work in Ballsbridge and commute from Naas by train. From what I have seen so far Dublin will be okay and since my boss doesn't seem to pay attention to the weather I doubt I will get an advisory on what to do.

babybuilder

Cloudio9 wrote: »

On a Sunday evening ?

Off course 😒

Kh1993

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Will the Dublin train commuter services be affected tomorrow evening? Will be getting the train to work in the morning but wondering if they will be cancelled in the evening if there is debris on the tracks.

No one can say for sure, but given high winds have caused disruption before with falling branches and level crossings malfunctioning, you should probably expect disruption At some point.

goat2

on south west coast, I hve an important question, what direction will the wind hit from into me

GarIT

sjb25 wrote: »

Looking at Facebook 90% local schools to me (co Wexford) have closed tomorrow

Wish I didn't have to go to work

You don’t have to. Tell them to **** off it’s not worth the risk

My name is URL

crushproof wrote: »

Flicking through the telly - CNN, Sky News, France24, RT all leading with major stories about the hurricane. I cannot comprehend the lax attitude on Irish media. Listening to RTE 1 for the past two hours and there has been nothing mentioned, apart from a chuckle about "the thunderstorm" approaching that has made people cancel their tickets for some sports discussion tomorrow night. Christ.

There's balance to be had though. CNN and Sky and all those 24 hr news channels love to big things up beyond what is reasonable.

Not saying that RTE shouldn't be giving it more attention but it's wrong to compare its coverage to the likes of Sky News

crossmolinalad

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

High sided vehicle would be the likes of lorries and buses. Might even apply to big vans.

trailers and caravans

homolumo

Schools in Waterford closing; no sign of WIT🙄

sjb25

GarIT wrote: »

You don’t have to. Tell them to **** off it’s not worth the risk

I do have to
my job is an essential service

I' work in the emergency services so il be out driving around in it most likely

Reggie.

New Home wrote: »

Is it just me, or does it look like a yo-yo with the string drawing it back up right through Ireland?

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-1.78,49.26,1500

What is that string of calm wind?

GarIT

sjb25 wrote: »

I do have to
my job is an essential service

I' work in the emergency services so il be out driving around in it most likely

That’s very different, I guess thanks and good luck is all I can say.

titan18

My name is URL wrote: »

There's balance to be had though. CNN and Sky and all those 24 hr news channels love to big things up beyond what is reasonable.

Not saying that RTE shouldn't be giving it more attention but it's wrong to compare its coverage to the likes of Sky News

RTE really aren't giving it proper treatment though. It's pretty lacklustre by them, people should be scared for tomorrow, not thinking that it'll be grand as usual

dropzone

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/919564403611226112

Schools to close in red warning areas according to the Department of Education

sjb25

GarIT wrote: »

That’s very different, I guess thanks and good luck is all I can say.

Thanks hopefully no one will need us and if they do we will get out as safe as possible and sort them out as safe as possible

08.00-20.00 tomorrow and same on Tuesday for me

My other half and young lad will be home tomorrow
so have the garden cleared extra water in extra fire wood and gas and battery's etc so I no they will be grand when I'm gone looks like a big enough one that's on the way

Sierra Oscar

Lucreto wrote: »

Tomorrow will be fun getting to work and getting home from work.

I work in Ballsbridge and commute from Naas by train. From what I have seen so far Dublin will be okay and since my boss doesn't seem to pay attention to the weather I doubt I will get an advisory on what to do.

Don’t be surprised if Irish Rail services in the Greater Dublin Area are affected tomorrow afternoon.

You might be grand commuting to work, but keep in mind you’ve to get home too. In situations such as this it’s really down to you to determine if you can safely travel to and from work.

Brian2011

The burning question on my mind is will it even be safe to travel to work tomorrow or travel anywhere for that matter if you live in the worst affected counties?

My name is URL

On the RTE website, when you go to watch the latest forecast; you're made to watch 2 minutes worth of ads first which is pretty bad imo given the seriousness of what's going on!

danoriordan1402

looks like lunchtime for me in Cork, battening down that hatches now - nice visual site here https://www.ventusky.com/?p=52.95;-8.05;6&l=wind&t=20171016/13

GarIT

Brian2011 wrote: »

The burning question on my mind is will it even be safe to travel to work tomorrow or travel anywhere for that matter if you live in the worst affected counties?

Already been answer 20 times. Definitely not safe to travel to work in red warning areas.

babybuilder

My name is URL wrote: »

On the RTE website, when you go to watch the latest forecast; you're made to watch 2 minutes worth of ads first which is pretty bad imo given the seriousness of what's going on!

Don't underestimate their ineptitude and uselessness.

flaneur

They need urgent clarity on :

1. Schools
2. Work arrangements tomorrow - should we aim to work remotely?
3. Bin collections. There are stories of automated texts going out about bin collections as normal in red alert areas. That’s going to at best create one hell of a mess.
4. Issues like non essential hospital appointments. I know of one person who is determined to go to CUH tomorrow with a small kid because they’ve been waiting all year for an appointment and think that if they don’t show it will be another year.
5. Public transport etc etc

I’m just hearing “red alert” and no further information.

Cork City Council was sending mixed orange (national) and red (south coast) alerts because they’re just parroting all press release from Met Éireann and not just the ones appropriate to Cork.

km79

Sensible decision by Richard Bruton

H3llR4iser

Mr.S wrote: »

Use common sense, if the forecasts are still bad for the afternoon when you wake up in the morning / trains are already delayed, work from home (if you can) or call in saying you can't make it because of the weather. No need to wait for your boss to tell you what to do.

That is THE big issue - looking at it, the most likely scenario is that it's going to be OK-ish in the morning, but the sh1t will hit the proverbial fan in the evening around Dublin. People can't see beyond their own nose - they won't consider this, in the morning it'll be "ah sure, I can go!".

I fully expect IE to come grinding to a halt in the afternoon - I mean, they can't keep any resemblance of a timetable on a sunny day with +15c :D:D

I fully expect to see plenty of people cycling to work on Monday as well, it will be "fun" in the evening.

crustybla

Just got text there to say my kids' school closed tomorrow. I wasn't sending them anyway. We've bunged everything movable into the shed so feel fairly organised. I'm sick to my stomach at the thoughts of this. I'm watching it like a hawk, it's so interesting and amazing but it's terrifying.