Storm Barra - December 7th/8th 2021

There's a fair few around here alright that should take the day off.... Would only be a good thing if their power went

I think it's later for there. Clare is around 2pm

Beginning to get gusty again in Dublin18. Was quite calm from about 9.00am until 11.30am. Sky darkening and rain failing again.

I think it's a total misunderstanding to be honest. People don't have a clue how storms are forecast. People have no idea that they can't be accurately predicted and pinpointed to certain areas. People have no clue that it could have been potentially worse than this - we just had to wait and see.

But we see it everywhere now that even the most uninformed and unintelligent think their voice should be heard loud and clear. There's no embarrassment or awareness.

We have roads flooded, 59k affected by power outages, trees on cars, ambulances and fire brigades out all over the country, slates off etc etc.. But Derek from down the road ignores all that, look up from his cornflakes and all looks fine out so he'll happily go on a national forum and have his little outrage. Convinced his voice should be heard.

I think there is a major conspiracy between the mainstream media, met eireann, brennans bread and the dairy industry to keep people penned up indoors...

Throw in primary school teachers there aswell actually......and i nearly forgot NPHET...theyre behind all this fake weather....

Not so bad in Cork City now....quite sunny!

Wind is picking up and the sky has gotten very dark in Dublin 20

because its not an "extreme over reaction"

it was a forecast to a storm that has hit nationwide, and as per the warnings(and times given) has been as bad as forecast, particularly in regards to wind speeds, with plenty more to come over then next 24 hours

To play it down as "well in my backyard blah blah blah" is either trolling or being purposely obtuse,

I was one of those mothers in 2014. I had to drive through an area where there were lots of old big trees, some of which had fallen. I had to make a detour because a very large tree had fallen on the road. My daughter was stuck on the other side of Limerick and I couldn't get across Limerick to collect her. My husband was locked in at work - until bits of the building started to blow off at which time they were told to evacuate. He eventually managed to collect our daughter and had to take a circuitous route home.

No, still in progress. It ll be sustained winds for the afternoon evening

Does anyone want to get together after this and share our ignore lists... just in case one or two of the f*ckwits have slipped through?

Any way, back to the weather, I'm currently recording 957.0hPa here and I think that's the lowest this station has ever recorded. I would guess that Barra is currently sat on our rooftop. Flat calm, no gusts and the rain has stopped. The cloud is even clearing enough to see the snow on the mountains.

A strange atmosphere... like the storm is taking a deep breath before cutting wild.

North County Galway

Based on your posts on this thread, I concur with the adjective used