Holy sh*t, a hurricane set to hit Ireland and UK, the weather has gone insane

[KelleyKramer]

Somehow I missed this.

This is just crazy, and in the US the EPA is busy canceling all coal burning restrictions


Ophelia, strongest eastern Atlantic hurricane on record, roars toward Ireland

https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1484


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/10/15/ophelia-strongest-eastern-atlantic-hurricane-on-record-roars-toward-ireland/?utm_term=.a9640cfc61eb


On Saturday, Hurricane Ophelia accomplished the unthinkable, attaining Category 3 strength farther east than any storm in recorded history. Racing north into colder waters, the storm has since weakened to Category 1, but it is set to hammer Ireland and the northern United Kingdom with damaging winds and torrential rain on Monday as a former hurricane.

The Irish Times reported that the storm could be the strongest to hit Ireland in 50 years. The Daily Mail reported that the UK Met Office had compared the storm to Hurricane Katia, the tail end of which struck the region in 2011.


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[JennyMominFL]

1. Im there!

So I'm from Orlando and just went through Irma. Now I'm in the UK and heading for Ireland next week. Of course a hurricane is coming. I think they follow me.

[KelleyKramer]

2. I have just one question. ...

Where are you going next?

But seriously, stay safe!

[JennyMominFL]

3. Northeast

Flying in to Providence Nov 1st and then going down to Long Island... So look out northeast. Put up your storm shutters

[SoCalNative]

5. It's scheduled to bring high winds

and storms today and tomorrow. You'll be fine.

[DFW]

4. We sometimes get winds like that here in the Rheinland

A couple of years ago, we lost half the trees in the neighborhood to a wind storm. People killed by trees falling on their cars, loosened metal signs from shops zipping through the air like flying guillotines. We haven't been excluded from extreme weather here in Europe, it just doesn't make headlines in North America.

[SoCalNative]

6. Not the first time

they have had a hurricane or hurricane-like weather there.

The very end of Katia hit the region in 2011, and the UK had a huge storm hit in 1987

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-41366241

[clutterbox1830]

7. Also Typhoon Khanun killed 72 in Vietnam via flooding this weekend and is headed for south China.

Another huge typhoon is expected to form and projected to hit Japan next week. The size of this storm projections looks to be very big.

[n2doc]

8. image

[KelleyKramer]

12. Wow, Ireland got hit on the right side of the storm, a lot of rain

Good thing it slowed down before hitting

Still amazing to see a tropical size storm hit Ireland and the UK

[Granny M]

9. I'm in Sligo, in the Northwest of Ireland.

We are getting ready for a hit later today. My kids and grandkids are down in Cork and Kerry, and they're getting it first. All ok so far. We most likely will lose power and internet later. As much as I love rural life, being on a well with an electric pump is no fun. Bathtub is being filled so we'll have water to flush toilets. Getting my caffeine buzz on, because there will be no coffee when the power goes

[malaise]

10. I suggest you order a coffee pot that can plug into

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the lighter port in your car. There must always be hot coffee

[Granny M]

11. I'll do that.

Too late for this storm, but this certainly won't be the last. Thanks for the suggestion.

[malaise]

14. I'll give up most things

but not my morning cup(s) of blue mountain coffee. Better I be gone with the wind

[Lochloosa]

16. It's always the little things in a storm you miss the most.

My portable coffee maker uses propane. It's always packed.

[mitch96]

19. I have not heard from my friend near Sligo

She is in Dromore West. Resourceful girl and i'm still a bit worried...
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[Granny M]

22. I'm 5 minutes from Dromore West.

The worst of it has past. We still have power, and there are no electrical faults listed on the map in Dromore West. Hopefully your friend is fine.

[mitch96]

24. Thanks for the update

I really appreciate it... Live with out power stinks.. I'll be in Ireland next (2018) September. Galway, Westport and Sligo.. I'm up for a little crac when in town!!
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[Granny M]

25. Cool.

Maybe a pint at the Beach Bar?

[mitch96]

35. Sure, do they serve geezers??

Who ride motorcycles???
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[Granny M]

37. We have never been refused,

and we're grandparents. So you should be grand, unless you drive the bike into the bar or something....

[mitch96]

38. Sounds good...

[Granny M]

41. Send a private message when you're coming over.

Would be fun to meet another DU'er.

[smirkymonkey]

20. Thanks for the report.

Hope you and your family stay safe!

[malaise]

13. Tropical Storm now - live blogging at the Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/oct/16/ex-hurricane-ophelia-landfall-tropical-storm-ireland-red-weather-warning-live-updates

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. Death toll in Portugal wildfires soars to 27

"We can confirm the deaths of 27 people in the districts of Coimbra, Castelo Branco, Viseu and Guarda," AFP quoted Patricia Gaspar as saying.

Thousands of firefighters are battling the flames, which erupted across north-eastern Portugal and parts of Spain over the weekend after a hot dry summer.

In Spain, at least three people have died.

Conditions were worsened by Hurricane Ophelia, which is approaching Europe's western coast, bringing strong winds to fan and spread the flames.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41634125

[malaise]

17. Have you seen the disaster in Vietnam following the

typhoon. Mud slides, floods, bridges down - over 70 dead so far - and they expect another hit tomorrow. Remember now - there is no climate change.

[Ghost Dog]

32. Fires deliberately set in ancient natural forests,

so that later the criminal property developers and their politician cronies can establish planning permission to build... Piles of concrete shit (& thanks to neolib capitalist accounting systems that discount "externalities" PROFIT!)

[obamanut2012]

18. It's unusual, but it has happened before

ie 'canes hitting Ireland and the UK.

It has been downgraded to a storm now.

[bikebloke]

21. Hurricanes sometimes cross the Atlantic.

Back in the late 70's, I was living in Norway when the remnants of a hurricane hit. Big rain and wind. Knocked the power out. In the 80's, I sat out one on this side of the Atlantic. A week later, I was in Holland, weathering the same storm in a tent.

[trueblue2007]

23. how horrible

[Laffy Kat]

26. Amazing. I naturally assumed the water was too cold.

Guess I assumed wrong.

[OnDoutside]

27. We have the Gulfstream hitting us on the South and Western

side of Ireland, which makes it a good bit less cold..still cold though !!! Kids nowadays have a huge advantage to my own youth, in having access to cheap but effective wet suits.

[OnDoutside]

28. There might be another storm hitting Ireland by the weekend.

[OnDoutside]

29. Anyone missing a trampoline ?

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=539714173032224&id=100009809384408

https://www.facebook.com/LGCSV/

[KelleyKramer]

30. A lot of crazy things can happen in a storm

A friend of mines parents had a beach condo about 20 years ago that was hit by a hurricane and we went down there a few days after the storm to see if there was anything to save

On the bottom floor of the building all the condos were pretty much stripped out and bare. But one of them had a shelving unit sitting in the middle of the floor. It had about 5 glass shelves and not only was the glass still there but there were still more than a few knick knacks and picture frames sitting on the shelves.
But the really amazing part... the guy who owned the place said there was also carpet underneath it, but the carpet was all gone and the shelf was just sitting there almost untouched

Another place there was a beach house that was completely washed away, nothing left but a concrete foundation. But in front of the newly empty lot was a mailbox. Just a regular metal mailbox on a wooden post that looked completely untouched. There was even mail in it that wasn't even wet

[OnDoutside]

31. Interesting story, thanks.

[Ghost Dog]

34. The power of Nature. Thanks

for reporting your observations here, Kelly Kramer...

[HipChick]

33. 3 dead from storm...

in the UK, had high winds...and this weird Red Sun thing. I had to google the news to see if Moron-In-Chief had let off any nuclear bombs anywhere....but it was the dust and debris in the atmosphere.It started getting dark in the middle of the day here..

[OnDoutside]

36. Just landed in Cork !!! Boy, am I happy to be home !

[Granny M]

39. Welcome home.

Hope you have power & water. Cork was badly hit.

[OnDoutside]

40. Thanks, yes thankfully we have power and water, even

Street lights along our group of houses when all the other street lights in our estate are out.