Storm Barra - December 7th/8th 2021

Danzy · 07-12-2021 8:44am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118282049#Comment_118282049

As far as I am aware it is Tuesday late afternoon in Cork.

07-12-2021 8:45am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118282068#Comment_118282068

I’ll leave the app running and see what it tracks - interesting. The iPhone sensor seems pretty sensitive.

fits · 07-12-2021 8:46am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118282074#Comment_118282074

Where do you see the pressure readings? Do you need an app?

aisling86 · 07-12-2021 8:48am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118282077#Comment_118282077

Was just about to ask the same

07-12-2021 8:48am

Yeah you need an app to access the sensor. I’m using “Barometer and Altimeter Pro”

CJhaughey · 07-12-2021 8:48am

I have one called physics suite for the iPhone which is excellent

StevenToast · 07-12-2021 8:49am

Potted plant blew over, i dont think i bought enough brennans bread and milk to get me through this.....

CJhaughey · 07-12-2021 8:50am

Edit physics toolbox sensor suite. The iPhone has an excellent barometer.

fits · 07-12-2021 8:50am

App giving me 972 mb here. 67 m asl.

PukkaPad · 07-12-2021 8:50am

Just started gusting quite strongly here in D24 in the last couple of mins right on schedule for the orange warning kicking in.

listermint · 07-12-2021 8:52am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118282061#Comment_118282061

Not sure it needs a sticky just needs people to understand the world doesn't revolve around their own front door step.

appledrop · 07-12-2021 8:52am

Good morning, wilder than I expected here in North County Dublin so far.

Rain bouncing off the windows and strong gusts at time.

No one here will be leaving house today!

CJhaughey · 07-12-2021 8:52am

970.5 24m asl

adocholiday · 07-12-2021 8:53am

Seems an awful lot worse here in south Wicklow than was forecast so far. The sustained winds are relentless. Usually you see a let up between the gusts but it is non stop out here

Vaccinated30 · 07-12-2021 8:53am

Im in north Dub and very very windy and wet. I wouldnt have sent the kids to school if it was open

spookwoman · 07-12-2021 8:55am

Squall just hit now in Waterford City.

Dempo1 · 07-12-2021 8:55am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118282085#Comment_118282085

Surprised you'd not checked this Bread advisory 😁 full disclosure, from another thread and poster

Darc19 · 07-12-2021 8:56am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118282052#Comment_118282052

Do people like you ever think of reading full details of things before making stupid comments?

The amber areas "may be upgraded to red status" was in ME's report.

Now, do some eejits think that kids should be brought to school in the current conditions when there is potential for an upgrade to red alert and then is that red alert is issued, call all the parents and tell them to collect the kids immediately?

Weather forecasting is NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE. Never has, never will be. With an extremely fast moving system anything can set it slightly off course especially when it hits landfall.

Ophelia was a very damaging storm. The fact that it did not cause more injury and death was due to the precautions taken. But people like you concentrated on the reports of areas where there was not as much damage and totally and utterly ignored the areas where there was extensive damage because it just did not suit your narrative

HBC08 · 07-12-2021 8:57am

I'm currently in Heathrow hoping my flight takes off in an hour and hoping even more so it lands about an hour later!

Renting a car and driving across the country to the West then,a bit worried but sure we'll plough on.

leahyl · 07-12-2021 8:59am

Lol nice little nod to Teresa Mannion by Joanna Donnelly just now on Radio 1

Kiith · 07-12-2021 9:00am

In Waterville, Kerry and the wind has been crazy for a few hours. It not raining at the moment, but there have been some crazy heavy downpours at times. Mad sounding at times.

Gonna go see what it's like at the beach now (from the car).

enricoh · 07-12-2021 9:00am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118282102#Comment_118282102

Any pilots will earn their crust today. I'm 20 minutes from the airport in East Meath n this is the real deal

07-12-2021 9:02am

Ophelia was very full on in Cork. Roofs of school gyms went flying through the suburbs, my windows were literally jumping in their mounts during the worst of it. We had large items of debris actually hitting the windows. Normally in an Irish storm I wouldn’t be suggesting that everyone move away from the windows. I was that day.

Ophelia was pretty nasty.

07-12-2021 9:02am

Current rain rate 25.6mm/hr in Arklow

Wind gusting 80kmh SE

is_that_so · 07-12-2021 9:02am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118282101#Comment_118282101

You really need to have more coffee and learn what the word civil means before you jump up and down on your keyboard. I've engaged with other posters civilly on this and my question has been answered civilly. You'd know that too if you'd bothered to read beyond a single post but carry on swinging that club of yours and stay safe.