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Storm Ali : Weds 19 Sept 2018

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    #752
    _Puma_
    Registered Users Posts: 976 ✭✭✭_Puma_


    johnmcdnl wrote: »
    This is categorically incorrect. I have a screenshot from yesterday afternoon timestamped 14.45 showing an orange warning for the entire western coast, border counties, Dublin, Meath, and Kildare. Perhaps the current conditions warrant red, but don't claim that the orange warning was only issued this morning as the storm hit.

    Apologies you are right. The orange was issued yesterday. There was no word on local reports on the update until this morning when the storm was hitting so the problem is more with how these alerts are getting reported.

    President from NUIG was just on the local radio saying they decided to stay open yesterday evening because it was only orange but that it was far worse than they anticipated with a lot of trees down on campus that have stood for a long time.

    Record gusts were recorded in Galway bay golf club this morning.


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    #753
    Laurali
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭Laurali


    Tombo2001 wrote: »
    Sycamore Tree wrote: »
    There were strong elements of tongue-in-cheek in that post. :p

    Sincere apologies.

    Storm has me on edge!
    why, sure there's nothing happening at all in Dublin, compared the the West?


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    #754
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,982 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Gusting 59kts in DunLaoghaire now.


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    #755
    bnt
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    Looking at FlightRadar24, Dublin Airport is a mess. There are two racetrack stacks over the Irish Sea, some are approaching but few are landing. A plane from Boston has gone around twice and looks like it's heading for the UK now.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #756
    Standard Toaster
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    Dub ATC just said they've only had one successful landing in the past 20mins


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    #757
    HighLine
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    bnt wrote: »
    Looking at FlightRadar24, Dublin Airport is a mess. There are two racetrack stacks over the Irish Sea, some are approaching but few are landing. A plane from Boston has gone around twice and looks like it's heading for the UK now.

    Apparently 1 successful landing in the last 20 minutes, all other attempts are go-arounds.


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    #758
    joeysoap
    Registered Users Posts: 6,245 ✭✭✭joeysoap


    Really rough here in Dundalk.i have a fairly big barbecue tucked in an alcove when not in use. Blew it out, blew the cover off (two ropes) and deposited it sideways onto back patio. Much stronger than Ophelia around here.


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    #759
    FutureGuy
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    That flight seems to be diverted to the UK now.


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    #760
    bnt
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    This is one Ryanair flight from Stansted: got stacked to the NE of Dublin, tried to land twice, went around twice, and is now starting a racetrack off Wicklow.

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    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #761
    Oneiric 3
    Registered Users Posts: 6,235 ✭✭✭Oneiric 3


    To be honest, I think they should scrap the colour coded thing. Has done nothing but create confusion since its inception. It was a bad idea from the start and seems to have been based on the assumption that people are childlike and simple, in that they understand colours more than actual potential wind speeds when given numerically.

    New Moon



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    #762
    Standard Toaster
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    Manchester can't take anymore aircraft via ATC


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    #763
    _Brian
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    We’re at 280m and exposed.
    Taking a serious beating now.

    Makes Ophelia look like a fresh morning breeze.


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    #764
    stevenup7002
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    Was 2-3 hours of strong gusts here in Clonmel, but it's almost completely calm now. Nothing too remarkable here.


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    #765
    John.Icy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,015 ✭✭✭John.Icy


    Deedsie wrote: »
    To who?

    Pretty much everywhere? Mostly when it comes to snow/heat to be fair. Yes we're not equipped etc. but that doesn't mean it's not laughed at when we have weather warnings for tenperatures of -5 degrees.

    Italian work colleagues think we're crazy over the weather.


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    #766
    P_1
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    Annoyed I didnt take the bike to work today, that tailwind looks glorious


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    #767
    antodeco
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    In Dublin 18 and the building is taking a beating. Whole place is vibrating. Very strong. When is the peak wind to pass Dublin?


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    #768
    highdef
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    _Brian wrote: »
    We’re at 280m and exposed.
    Taking a serious beating now.

    Makes Ophelia look like a fresh morning breeze.

    You say you're down a long dark lane away from ye all but where is that lane?


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    #769
    mojesius
    Registered Users Posts: 4,344 ✭✭✭mojesius


    Big tree just down in our back garden. SE Meath :(


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    #770
    GBX
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    Whats the options then? Liverpool/London/Birmingham airports?


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    #771
    TheRiverman
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    Just read that a man has been injured when a tree fell on his car as he was driving on the Athlone to Ballymahon road.Will the rest of the trees on that road or any other road be cut down? No is horrible answer and as I posted earlier that makes me angry.


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    #772
    Paully D
    Registered Users Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    A little windy but relatively calm here in the south-east.

    Considering how hard we were hit by Ophelia compared to other parts of the country it’s a welcome development.

    Stay safe all!


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    #773
    wexie
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    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    It was a bad idea from the start and seems to have been based on the assumption that people are childlike and simple, in that they understand colours more than actual potential wind speeds when given numerically.

    Which is more likely than not a spot on assessment for many people


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    #774
    YFlyer
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    FutureGuy wrote: »
    Breezy in Limerick, nothing more than that.

    Limerick is the finest. grand around the campus in UL.


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    #775
    P_1
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    GBX wrote: »
    Whats the options then? Liverpool/London/Birmingham airports?

    Leeds/Bradford or Sheffield would be my guess


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    #776
    q85dw7osi4lebg
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    Tree blocking road between Stamullen & Bellewstown Co Meath


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    #777
    Xenji
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    Still getting gusts of up to 120 km/hr in Castlebar and 2000 homes without power, the Mall in town is a sea of large broken branches and twigs.


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    #778
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Had died down a lot in the last half hour but then whoosh, there was a gust that I thought was going to blow the windows in. Getting very strong again


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    #779
    _Brian
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    highdef wrote: »
    You say you're down a long dark lane away from ye all but where is that lane?

    Cavan


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    #780
    MeTheMan
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    TheRiverman wrote: »
    Just read that a man has been injured when a tree fell on his car as he was driving on the Athlone to Ballymahon road.Will the rest of the trees on that road or any other road be cut down? No is horrible answer and as I posted earlier that makes me angry.

    Ya can't just clear fell hedges along all the roads in the country because it gets really windy a handful of times a year.


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    #781
    Standard Toaster
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    P_1 wrote: »
    Annoyed I didnt take the bike to work today, that tailwind looks glorious


    https://tenor.com/wu88.gif


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