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

BorneTobyWilde

Will be awful to see so many ruins flattened, if this thing is as big as expected they will be.

Goose81

flaneur wrote: »

Because if you instruct someone to come to work, despite a national advisory of extremely dangerous conditions, legally : on your head be it!

They would not have made that decision if you were not compelling them to and Ireland is HIGHLY litigious...

All I’m saying is you’d be a brave business owner to take that kind of legal risk for the sake of what’s likely to be a very unproductive day anyway...

No it's not legally on their heads, stop talking nonsense. Its an act of God, no employer would ever be held responsible for the death of an employee traveling to work.

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Villain

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Storm in tea cup for me.

Not a breath of wind atm, I think media are over hyping this as usual.

It won't arrive until 6am, why is it so hard for people to follow the weather warnings from Met Eireann??

wexandproud

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Drive?

Unless the wind will be strong enough to blow cars off the road which is unlikely. People in the east don't have any excuses tomorrow.

cars being blown off the road isn't the problem , although high sided lorries would be at risk . Falling trees , signs etc and flying debris is the problem

polydactyl

I have to go to work as I work in a hospital as does OH in Dublin. I am guessing we will be getting an email from Creche any min to say they are closed. Disaster!

The Moldy Gowl

Any word from dublin bus. Are they running tomorrow?

Bonzo Delaney

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Storm in tea cup for me.

Not a breath of wind atm, I think media are over hyping this as usual.

Your just looking to rise someone ya messer ya

_Kaiser_

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Storm in tea cup for me.

Not a breath of wind atm, I think media are over hyping this as usual.

I don't get this attitude at all..

There's multiple sources all reporting the same thing, the language being used (potential risk to lives) isn't used lightly.. yet it's over-hyped??

Santy2015

Burts Bee wrote: »

Fog has appeared here in north cork. Is this a phenomenon before a storm?

Foggy here in kanturk co cork

taylor3

Bricking it now I am. I'm in Roscommon. Dead still out, light misty rain. I reckon there won't be a wink o'sleep to be had tonight in anticipation of the hammering we are going to get in the morning. Holy ****. Have 2 flasks ready to be filled with boiling water in the morning for when the power goes. Batteries in the torches and radio. Good luck folks.

Coax

RevBlueJeans wrote: »

rain has started in Tralee.

Misting here in West Limerick.
Calm conditions

Virtanen

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Storm in tea cup for me.

Not a breath of wind atm, I think media are over hyping this as usual.

The problem is that, in this case, the teacup is Ireland

mothel

Well I've cleared my garden and garden furniture anyway, not taking any chances here in Sth Dublin. AND PLEASE KEEP YOUR PETS INSIDE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW!! What will happen to the poor sheep on the mountains?

WhiteMemento9

Goose81 wrote: »

No it's not legally on their heads, stop talking nonsense. Its an act of God, no employer would ever be held responsible for the death of an employee traveling to work.

Act of god that is already being predicted and they are ignoring it.

If a red warning is in operation in an area in which an employer has advised staff that they still need to travel to then I think a good case could be made in court against them if something happened to the employee as a result. I don't see it as any different to endangering the lives of your employees in other ways.

blanch152

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

You must have missed situations in other countries where events like this are treated like national emergencies and appropriate advice is issued at local, state or national level to citizens on how best to look after themselves.

Is that a "nanny state" in such a scenario, or a Government looking after it's citizens?

You're just being contrary for the sake of it IMO so I won't be responding to you further.

Appropriate advice is being issued!!!!!

You have been told umpteen times to avoid non-essential travel during red alert warnings. Nothing could be clearer than that!!!

The problem is people wanting to be spoon-fed for every particular situation.

If you wake up in the morning and the weatherman (extremely unlikely) says the storm has taken a westerly turn and will only affect the west coast and downgrades all the red alerts, then you know that you should go to work. If, as is more likely the red alert is confirmed, then you also know what to do (unless you are responsible for the health and safety of others).

At the end of the day, this is a simple issue for most - do the sensible thing, and don't rely on anyone else to tell you.

keane2097

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Storm in tea cup for me.

Not a breath of wind atm, I think media are over hyping this as usual.

It's as if the storm was currently passing west of France rather than outside your bedroom window.

Oops!

When an unknown event like this happens that most of us have never experienced before it's pure madness the way some people have not as much as cleaned up the yard never mind talking about travelling to work.... I for one will be putting on the fire early for the day and sitting back to see how it all passes off with interest... There's a large wind farm that can be seen from the rear of the house here, 30+of them will be interesting to see how they handle them if the worst of it passes my way.....

keith_sixteen

yoganmahew wrote: »

Add to that, we haven't had anything like this is modern times... who knows what bits of the Celtic Tiger will fall to pieces with sustained gusts...

There will be bits of decking flying all over the place.

Jim Bob Scratcher

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Storm in tea cup for me.

Not a breath of wind atm, I think media are over hyping this as usual.

Won't be till around 6.00 am

Dotsie~tmp

Haven't used this in a while.

monster1

mothel wrote: »

Well I've cleared my garden and garden furniture anyway, not taking any chances here in Sth Dublin. AND PLEASE KEEP YOUR PETS INSIDE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW!! What will happen to the poor sheep on the mountains?

They'll have a nice perm by Tuesday

Bigbagofcans

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Storm in tea cup for me.

Not a breath of wind atm, I think media are over hyping this as usual.

As the saying goes, 'the calm before the storm'.

Kagawa

Anyone have any practical advice on preparing, anyone from the states on here used to Hurricanes?

Irish Steve

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Drive?

Unless the wind will be strong enough to blow cars off the road which is unlikely. People in the east don't have any excuses tomorrow.

Really? I must have been reading a different set of forecasts to you. Driving on roads that may not have street lights, traffic lights out, and possibly trees down across them is safe?

And yes, gusts of 150 Kts will be enough to blow cars off the road in some situations, even more so if we get the sort of rain that now seems possible.

The latest update from ME that put the rest of the country on Red alert says it all

Violent and destructive gusts are forecast with all areas at risk ..........eastern counties in the afternoon. Also heavy rain and storm surges along some coasts will result in flooding.

There is potential risk to lives.

That is about as blunt and specific as you can get. It is very much not the normal language used by ME when posting alert messages, they are clearly very concerned about this event.

Autochange

What if you only live a 10 minute drive from work?

Pelvis

I keep hearing "Red Warning". What actual wind speeds are we talking about in Dublin?

Hunter456

Kagawa wrote: »

Living in Cork, 50km comute to work, won't be going in, my work won't replace my car if its totalled trying to get in or home and can't replace me in the worst case scenario!

i wouldn't give a **** what boss said what, there is no way i'd travel in that your life is more important than a job.

Kagawa

Autochange wrote: »

What if you only live a 10 minute drive from work?

Depends if you are in a south, western county, then I would say probably better stay home,

Oops!

Irish Steve wrote: »

Really? I must have been reading a different set of forecasts to you. Driving on roads that may not have street lights, traffic lights out, and possibly trees down across them is safe?

And yes, gusts of 150 Kts will be enough to blow cars off the road in some situations, even more so if we get the sort of rain that now seems possible.

The latest update from ME that put the rest of the country on Red alert says it all



That is about as blunt and specific as you can get. It is very much not the normal language used by ME when posting alert messages, they are clearly very concerned about this event.

Would'nt like to be heading up the Curragh on the M7 in the middle of it tomorrow....

Spanish Eyes

Sorry I cannot help laughing that a Wind Farm cannot cope with high winds!

(I do realise there are limits but honestly).