Storm Barra - December 7th/8th 2021

hotmail.com · 07-12-2021 11:30pm

Orange weather warnings mean schools have to close. Even when the warning ends before school starts.

deezell · 07-12-2021 11:30pm

On the RTE 9.00 news the giddy reporters were referring to Storm Barra as "She" and "Her", but Storm Barra is a bloke. It was named after a man, who is not, afaik, trans or fluid or whatever the terminology is.

Darc19 · 07-12-2021 11:32pm

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And this time they were extremely accurate. But the naysayers will never admit it.

Thankfully they will have gone back to the anti covid / conspiracy threads by Thursday

Lashes28 · 07-12-2021 11:32pm

Winds starting to pick up in Louth big time. Heavy rain here too.

Dank Janniels · 07-12-2021 11:33pm

Theres photos on twitter of trees fallen on to school yards in Kerry and Limerick. Theres also several reports of trees down near rural schools in other parts of the country. If schools were open we could possible dealing with dead kids tonight. But sure its only abit of wind right??

Mo Ghile Mear · 07-12-2021 11:33pm

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Yea I remember those days too under another identity. And the threads during the big snow. Great fun and camaraderie. And the Aviation thread keeping an eye on planes trying to land during storms and transferring to other airports etc. No point-scoring or moaning or why this and why that. Just an entertaining chat forum between like minded people. It's the same now everywhere you go on social media, people venting and looking for fight.

Darc19 · 07-12-2021 11:36pm

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Funny, it's the same people that would be queuing outside a solicitor's office if something happened to their precious darling in school during a storm.

tom1ie · 07-12-2021 11:38pm

Any chance of a weather update seen as this is a weather thread?

Moany Feckers back to the covid forum with ya!

Storm 10 · 07-12-2021 11:38pm

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He was on the news at 1pm on RTE1 they tried every thing to get him to say it was climate change but he was having none of it and said we get these weather events on a regular basis nothing new , the reporter said that the Green Eamon Ryan said it was climate change and again he said it was not fair play to him.

Lashes28 · 07-12-2021 11:39pm

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This, during Ophelia people got killed with trees falling on cars when they were going home from work,in Lordship where the wind "wasn't that bad". They would be the first ones screaming and bawling that nothing was done if they kept the school's opened and something happened to a child. It's a day or two off school. It's not the end of the world.

JPup · 07-12-2021 11:39pm

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Yeah but in Dublin where I am the wind hasn't really been much to write home about. Not so much as a flower pot overturned in the garden. Wheelie bins still standing. No trees or branches down anywhere near me.

Closing schools for two days is a big deal. It shouldn't be done on a whim. As things stand now, Met Eireann is advising for a yellow weather warning in Dublin for the entire duration of the school day tomorrow. If kids were in danger of dying like you are suggesting, shouldn't that be a red warning?

iamwhoiam · 07-12-2021 11:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118287675#Comment_118287675

No its not . I wont dream of sueing anyone but this is absolutely ridiculous to inform people at 9 pm that schools are closed . People are now scrambling to find childcare , people have to work you know

JeffKenna · 07-12-2021 11:39pm

I'm going to the Covid thread to talk about the weather. See how they like it.

beggars_bush · 07-12-2021 11:40pm

Few tiles came off roof in local school today, and they were open.

So, luckily the children were inside at the time

Lashes28 · 07-12-2021 11:40pm

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Watching the street lights to see if it was sleet or snow. The good auld days 💖

hotmail.com · 07-12-2021 11:43pm

This also confirms how rubbish much of the curriculum is when schools can afford to take so many days off.

antodeco · 07-12-2021 11:43pm

I'd be more concerned that a falling tree would fall in through the open window in the school, after bouncing off the closed windows in the crèche next door.

joe40 · 07-12-2021 11:44pm

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I would love to just talk about the weather but the school situation is infuriating. I live in Donegal, we get windy weather. It is normal this time of year.

Met Eireann are doing a good job of forecasting but once dept of education got involved schools didn't have much choice.

I will drive from Donegal to NI tomorrow to a school. Conditions will no doubt be stormy but nothing I haven't experienced on numerous occasions. That is going by the Met Eireann forecast.

mumo3 · 07-12-2021 11:45pm

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Because schools will then have to go in and make sure there is no damage, and clear any debris that may be in the school grounds. They cant be sure this can be done before 9am or if there's damage they'll then have to close the school anyway.

As a parent id much rather know now, rather then find out after my child has already left for school, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way.

mumo3 · 07-12-2021 11:47pm

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Are you sure there is no damage? Dublin didnt seem that bad, but yet there is falling trees and flying trampolines all over the county!!

kkel · 07-12-2021 11:48pm

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Or graupel 😁

mumo3 · 07-12-2021 11:49pm

I would love if this storm gave us a bit of snow, id love to wake up to lying snow!!!

Bananaleaf · 07-12-2021 11:50pm

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Absolutely. The school year could definitely be condensed down a bit and room made for longer summer holidays

Widdensushi · 07-12-2021 11:50pm

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Some of these lads are moving out, while slowly, might be slower when they get west of the land, they must be expecting the weather ok by morning

endainoz · 07-12-2021 11:50pm

In Clare this storm is bigger than any we've had since Darwin, Ophelia was big but for a while but it passed quickly. The sustained nature of this strong wind here makes it different.

RuuupShligo · 07-12-2021 11:51pm

It's incredibly stormy in sligo tonight. Schools should of course have been closed many trees down and the road was covered in debris at 7.30 pm when I was travelling to work the nightshift. I'll be tired tomorrow and trying g to look after my children but rather that than drive them to school in dangerous conditions. Schools closed mean less people on the roads and less danger.