Storm Barra
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Thanks for the PSA
How bad do these storms typically get?
SIIIUUUU
I am living at the seaside in Cork, say a prayer. I was thinking of heading to Garrettstown beach for a surf tomorrow. 26ft waves apparently, be great craic.
Not bad in Florida terms. Few houses destroyed, occasionally a few people die but rarely (3 in Storm Ophelia, 2017). Electricity/water goes for tens of thousands and is quickly (usually) restored. That kind of thing.
Not very.
It’s weird actually. This is about the second or third time we’ve had schools closed due to severe storms over the last few years. I never once remember missing school because of a storm when I was a kid.
Almost as though the climate is… changing?
So like a strong tropical storm. Got it. Hope it is lighter than anticipated.
26ft waves would be like the Irish Mavericks, I would imagine.
It's in the mid 70s today on the coast of Georgia, quite warm for this time of year. It is almost as if climate is changing a tad.
Hope all goes as well as possible for you through the storm.
Covid has made me enjoy storms far less than I used to now that I’m already working from home.
The wind and rain batin' off the window tomorrow morning...
Theres a guy who presents the weather ironically in NI called Barra.... Barra Best
Yup I’m going to have me a good old lie in tomorrow before storm kids hit
Just found out my old man is absolutely determined to drive from Dublin to West Cork tomorrow morning, to check on his fecking bee hive. Will not listen to reason. Stubborn old cnut. I didn’t lick it off the stones, did I?
I’d say you’d need to get him one of those amphibious duck things to drive
Mullaghmore in Sligo and Doolin in Clare are the big wave spots in Ireland. Both off shore breaks too.
I’m sure the Irish people will agree with me that the weather has definitely changed around here. It used to be frosty and freezing in the mornings from Oct to March. It’s been fairly mild up until recently. Hasn’t really gone below 0 for longer than a few hours at a time.
Thank you Ireland for protecting me on the Welsh West coast from the worst of it. Your sacrifice will not be in vain.
Yep, really cold weather doesn’t seem to come until mid to late January these days
The not-remotely-concealed glee with which the minder from my daughter's room in creche told her they'd be closed tomorrow did nothing for my mood, to be honest. That after my son had to come home sick from creche before 11.
I dunno, I guess my view on storms and climate change is absolutely don't have kids.
I dunno, I guess my view on storms and climate change is absolutely don't have kids.
Impressive.
No work tomorrow, as long as a fecking tree doesn't fall on electricity cables again all will be good
Can't have a storm without her
That is the kind of old man I hope to become
Not much drama in Dublin. It’s a bit windy. A bit rainy. What’s the craic in the South West?
Seems like a fairly windy day in Dublin but not too bad. Working from home today. I was out earlier this morning just making sure things were more secure out the back but might not have needed to. Better safe than sorry I suppose.
Bit of a damp squid so far
What do we do about this?
I’ve just been sweeping them up
bet it rains fecking fresh prawns over in Castleknock
I wouldn't know, I've been camping out in my marble bath tub. Pedro has just been off getting me a latte, poor fecker got soaked.
We get big ones on the West Coast. The biggest Wave surfed at Mullaghmore in Sligo was a 60fter a couple of years ago.
The video is better
It seems to be calming down in Dublin. The furniture on my decking has stopped moving around.
You’re lucky, I had to run down the river to have my monthly bath