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Laurie61
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Met office have issued an amber warning for wind -
Between 19:30 Tue 2nd and 04:00 Wed 3rd
Very strong winds in association with Storm Eleanor will affect southern parts of Northern Ireland on Tuesday evening and then northern England as well as southernmost fringes of Scotland overnight, before clearing into the North Sea early on Wednesday. Flying debris could lead to injuries or danger to life whilst some damage to buildings is likely. Some disruption to road, rail and air travel is likely and ferry services may be affected. There is a good chance that power cuts may occur with mobile phone coverage perhaps affected. Along west-facing coasts, injuries and danger to life is likely from large waves and beach material being thrown onto coastal roads, seafronts and properties.
Chief Forecaster's assessment
Storm Eleanor continues to develop and will move eastwards during Tuesday evening and there is now increased confidence of a spell of very strong winds affecting southern counties of Northern Ireland, which will then move eastwards across parts of southern Scotland and northern England overnight before clearing into the North Sea early on Wednesday morning. Gusts of 70 mph are likely quite widely, and 80-90 mph gusts are possible along exposed Irish Sea coasts.
Between 19:30 Tue 2nd and 04:00 Wed 3rd
Very strong winds in association with Storm Eleanor will affect southern parts of Northern Ireland on Tuesday evening and then northern England as well as southernmost fringes of Scotland overnight, before clearing into the North Sea early on Wednesday. Flying debris could lead to injuries or danger to life whilst some damage to buildings is likely. Some disruption to road, rail and air travel is likely and ferry services may be affected. There is a good chance that power cuts may occur with mobile phone coverage perhaps affected. Along west-facing coasts, injuries and danger to life is likely from large waves and beach material being thrown onto coastal roads, seafronts and properties.
Chief Forecaster's assessment
Storm Eleanor continues to develop and will move eastwards during Tuesday evening and there is now increased confidence of a spell of very strong winds affecting southern counties of Northern Ireland, which will then move eastwards across parts of southern Scotland and northern England overnight before clearing into the North Sea early on Wednesday morning. Gusts of 70 mph are likely quite widely, and 80-90 mph gusts are possible along exposed Irish Sea coasts.
Laurie61
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It looks like it caused a fair bit of damage on the way through.
At least 50,000 ESB customers in the west and north west of the country are without power due to Storm Eleanor. The counties worst affected by the power outage are Mayo, Galway and Leitrim. It comes after Met Éireann issued two Status Orange warnings and road users are being urged to travel with care as the storm sweeps across the country bringing gusts of up to 130km/h and flooding in some areas. Connaught Airport has now reported a gust of 97 mph.
AA Roadwatch says motorists should avoid Galway city centre due to serious flooding.
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
Being spread out with a lot of overhead transmission, they're always susceptible to wind damage, but fairly well geared up to put it back in reasonable time - most of the weak links will have been broken in the Big Wind a few weeks ago. Inland, it was just a bit of a windy evening.
Gramaisc
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There's a road closed in Dublin due to suspicions about a crane, but Ophelia will have removed a lot of the loose stuff a few weeks ago. There'll be some debris issues, but not as much as there might have been.
If you are subject to the storm, then be ready for how fast it arrives, although the transit over land will have strung it out a bit, I suppose.
If you are subject to the storm, then be ready for how fast it arrives, although the transit over land will have strung it out a bit, I suppose.
Gramaisc
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Why Galway got flooded - this 'jet' blew straight into the bay as the high tide arrived.
I came back on the ferry to Holyhead today - the sea-state was nothing of any consequence - it was noticeable that that were two general wave-sets in action, a very long-wave swell from the south, the relic of the storm out in the Atlantic, and another set coming south over them at about a quarter of the wave-length. It was choppy, but not enough to stop the fast boat, which I got put on, as it would leave before the 'real' ferry that I was booked on (that was a couple of hours late as it caught up with the disruption of the previous days). This seemed like a good idea at the time and I did get back here two hours earlier than normal, but it did mean that I was deprived of my usual four-hour kip on the boat - so, it's all catching up with me now.
I came back on the ferry to Holyhead today - the sea-state was nothing of any consequence - it was noticeable that that were two general wave-sets in action, a very long-wave swell from the south, the relic of the storm out in the Atlantic, and another set coming south over them at about a quarter of the wave-length. It was choppy, but not enough to stop the fast boat, which I got put on, as it would leave before the 'real' ferry that I was booked on (that was a couple of hours late as it caught up with the disruption of the previous days). This seemed like a good idea at the time and I did get back here two hours earlier than normal, but it did mean that I was deprived of my usual four-hour kip on the boat - so, it's all catching up with me now.
Laurie61
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Why Galway got flooded - this 'jet' blew straight into the bay as the high tide arrived.
It was a similar jet that caused the worst of the damage in the storm of 87.
Gramaisc
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Tumble weed
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Was very windy last night. Haven't seen anything major though. Some garage roofs lost their felt roofs.
And there may be some exposed live cables on the ground near the shell garage, so if your walking a dog or of you have small children, be careful over there.
And there may be some exposed live cables on the ground near the shell garage, so if your walking a dog or of you have small children, be careful over there.
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staffordjas
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I was listening to it all night, first time the airing cupboard door has kept opening 
when it's windy in all the 36 years we've lived here. Apart from my bin blowing over I got away without any damage. It looked like a neighbours car had been hit by a flying object by the photos being taken and clearing up being done this morning.
The thick post on the 'for sale' sign outside my late parents house had snapped completely in half during the night. Luckily the only damage I could see there.
when it's windy in all the 36 years we've lived here. Apart from my bin blowing over I got away without any damage. It looked like a neighbours car had been hit by a flying object by the photos being taken and clearing up being done this morning.The thick post on the 'for sale' sign outside my late parents house had snapped completely in half during the night. Luckily the only damage I could see there.
