INTL 20,000 without power as Storm Ali brings strong winds- Ireland

[Melodi]

We still have power for now but have lost a window pane so far this morning - I'm sending now so this is up there - photos at the link
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0919/994653-storm-ali/

20,000 without power as Storm Ali brings strong winds
Updated / Wednesday, 19 Sep 2018 08:58
A fallen tree partially blocks the way on the Ballyboggan Road in Dublin (Pic: Gardaí)

Strong winds from Storm Ali have left more than 20,000 homes and businesses without power, while dozens of flights have also been cancelled.

A Status Orange wind warning is in effect for more than half the country due to the storm.

ESB has said over 20,000 customers are without power, with the areas worst affected being Tralee, Killarney, Thurles, Galway, Sligo, and Cork.

Other areas affected include Galway and Roscommon.

ESB crews are en route to sites where faults have occurred but will work on repairs when it is safe to do so.

Gardaí and emergency services are trying to access a caravan that was blown off a cliff near Cliffden in Co Galway.

It is understood a 50-year-old woman was in the caravan at the time.

The incident happened at Claddaghduff.

It is understood that the caravan has landed on a stretch of coastline and is not in the water.

Meanwhile, dozens of flights to and from Dublin Airport have been cancelled this morning, most of which are to the UK.

Passengers are advised to check with their airline operator before travelling to the airport.

Irish Ferries have also cancelled a number of sailings to and from Dublin and Holyhead this morning due to adverse weather conditions.

The storm has brought strong winds along Atlantic coastal counties and is forecast to move quickly eastwards.

Gusts of up to 143km/h have hit Mace Head in Galway, while south to southwest winds will increase to speeds of over 80km/h.

 

[Marthanoir]

Caravan 'with woman (50s) inside' blown off cliff in Co Galway

Caravan believed to have a woman in her 50s inside has blown off a cliff in Co Galway

Gardaí and emergency services are at the scene

Forecasters have Status Orange warning in place until 1pm today

Met Éireann advise 'extreme caution' in coastal areas

A caravan believed to have a woman in her 50s inside has blown off a cliff in Co Galway this morning.

Gardai told Independent.ie emergency services are currently at the scene.

The incident happened at Claddaghduff.

Forecasters warned yesterday and earlier this morning that Storm Ali is set to bring "severe and possibly damaging gusts of up to 130km/h" to some areas of the country.

They advised "extreme caution" in the coastal areas of Clare, Connacht and Donegal.

Forecaster Liz Walsh told RTE Radio One's Morning Ireland that forecasters reissued their Status Orange warning this morning, after noting that gusts could reach 130km/h in some parts.

"It's been quite a stormy start to the day so far," Ms Walsh said.

"We issued another warning after a late revision of wind speeds, there could be winds in the coastal district of Dingle right up to Malin Head in excess of 130km/h.

"The winds will be less severe further inland but they should not be underestimated."

Met Éireann issued a forecast statement this morning, writing; "Storm Ali will track close to the west and northwest coast this morning.

"South to southwest winds veering westerly will reach mean speeds between 65 and 80km/h and gusts between 110km/h and 130 km/h for a time.

"Gusts in excess of 130 km/h are possible in coastal regions of the west and northwest. The core of strong winds will be along Atlantic coasts at first, before transferring quickly eastwards during the morning."

The Status Orange warning applies to Connacht, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Dublin, Kildare, Longford, Louth, Offaly, Westmeath, Meath, Clare and Kerry. A Status Yellow warning is in place for every other county.

The warning will be valid from 5am this morning until 1pm lunchtime.

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news...de-blown-off-cliff-in-co-galway-37332432.html

 

[tech020]

Just did an eleven day trip to Ireland in August. They had 90 degree temps in July and now these 70-90 mph winds. Crazy weather coming off the Atlantic, which normally keeps them in moderate conditions. They have palm trees in the southwest coastal areas! Wishing them a quick clean-up and restoration of services.

 

[Dozdoats]

The woman in the camper is now confirmed as a fatality...
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https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-...at-least-1-in-Northern-Ireland/2401537360575/

Sept. 19, 2018 / 9:53 AM
Storm Ali sets wind record, kills at least 1 in Northern Ireland
By
Nicholas Sakelaris

Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Wind gusts as strong as 91 mph lashed Ireland Wednesday morning, knocking out power to thousands and blowing a camper off a cliff, killing the woman inside.
/snip/

 

[Melodi]

No power day two maybe tomorrow maybe the weekend twenty to thirty thousand still without power. New storm tonight we are ok just bored.

 

[Pinecone]

Stay safe, Melodi.

 

[Marthanoir]

No power day two maybe tomorrow maybe the weekend twenty to thirty thousand still without power. New storm tonight we are ok just bored.

Our power has been coming and going all day, according to the weather forecast at lunch time Storm Bronagh will make a skirt around Ireland and hit Wales & England,
Yeah I believe that one

 

[Giblin]

Stay safe.

 

[Marthanoir]

Stay safe.

Theres a reason we build our homes out of 3ft thick stone or mass concrete

 

[Giblin]

My MIL went over to Ireland decades ago, and tracked a few ancestor lands. I wish I had gone. I'm glad Florence went north of us.

 

[Melodi]

Day 4 of no power (Tues -Friday) big freezer still ok fridge food is mostly gone power company phone line still ringing out so reported it to the cop's and the petrol car will tell a repair crew if they see them.

Life in the country hope your power stays on Marth

 

[Marthanoir]

Day 4 of no power (Tues -Friday) big freezer still ok fridge food is mostly gone power company phone line still ringing out so reported it to the cop's and the petrol car will tell a repair crew if they see them.

Life in the country hope your power stays on Marth

Came back this morning, so far so good,
I picked up a stash of those battery operated LED candles last year , they're fantastic, means I can leave them on over night without an issues

 

[Marthanoir]

My MIL went over to Ireland decades ago, and tracked a few ancestor lands. I wish I had gone. I'm glad Florence went north of us.

With the US Dollar doing so well against the Euro we're seeing a lot more US tourists, seeing quite a few Americans buying property here too, we have no restrictions on non-nationals buying property, so you can buy a cottage here for €150k - €170k, property take is only €315 a year, and normal visa rules apply so its something like 3 months a year you can live here ,

 

[Meemur]

I have a friend from Washington State touring Galway right now. Do they have power over there?

 

[Marthanoir]

I have a friend from Washington State touring Galway right now. Do they have power over there?

The only power outage for Galway is in Leenaun near the border with County Mayo on the N59 towards Westport

 

[Melodi]

Power guys here now finally able to get a human at electric company at 7am this morning. Oil lantern in bathtub was our night light.

Power just on now as I am typing!

 

[Luddite]

Power guys here now finally able to get a human at electric company at 7am this morning. Oil lantern in bathtub was our night light.

Power just on now as I am typing!

Great! We usually play "catch up" for a couple of days. Hope you are okay!

 

[Melodi]

We are OK -

Things we learned:
With County Water the good news is we had water - The Bad news is it overpowers the radiators so we can't run the downstairs stove hot enough to cook on.

We need to buy a camping stove or other quick non-electric heater for early morning tea and coffee.

We need to buy more wind up or other types of safe lighting that is brighter and last longer than candles or oil lanterns (at least for short-term emergencies).

We need to put a phone bank charger on the "to get" prepping list; I managed to use the charge in my computer to recharge the phone but it was a near thing - again in a short-term emergency you need the back up of the phone.

Shortwave does not get through 3 foot stone walls very well, need to get some copper wire and rig up something.

We really need to see about a working generator - if not this year then next year.

The freezers held up very well - we lost everything in the fridge but nothing from even the stand-up freezer in the kitchen (I did take out some half-thawed ground meat to make meatballs with).

We need more "grabby food" that people (including me) will actually eat that doesn't need heating or even hot water for a few days diving into the nearly all store-bought cookies, bread, and processed meat diet is OK but not ideal. I had planned on using the solid fuel stove to cook on, which didn't work this time because of the radiator problems - lesson learned - have a backup plan.

I had started dehydrating food but hadn't gotten to the serious meal planning part; as we are still working on this years harvest stuff.

Finally (for now) start canning as soon as we are able to (the kitchen renovations have made that very hard as my stove/Island was condemned and I'm working from temporary burners) because we nearly lost everything in the freezer and opening cans to heat on the stove when it was running would have been much easier.

Changes in food processing in the last few years (adding a mushroom extract to lower salt in nearly everything) means most commercial canned beans etc are out.

That's the feedback, for now, I'm sure I will notice more stuff later and yes we are playing "catch up."

 

[Red Baron]

We are OK -

Things we learned:
With County Water the good news is we had water - The Bad news is it overpowers the radiators so we can't run the downstairs stove hot enough to cook on.

We need to buy a camping stove or other quick non-electric heater for early morning tea and coffee.

We need to buy more wind up or other types of safe lighting that is brighter and last longer than candles or oil lanterns (at least for short-term emergencies).

We need to put a phone bank charger on the "to get" prepping list; I managed to use the charge in my computer to recharge the phone but it was a near thing - again in a short-term emergency you need the back up of the phone.

Shortwave does not get through 3 foot stone walls very well, need to get some copper wire and rig up something.

We really need to see about a working generator - if not this year then next year.

The freezers held up very well - we lost everything in the fridge but nothing from even the stand-up freezer in the kitchen (I did take out some half-thawed ground meat to make meatballs with).

We need more "grabby food" that people (including me) will actually eat that doesn't need heating or even hot water for a few days diving into the nearly all store-bought cookies, bread, and processed meat diet is OK but not ideal. I had planned on using the solid fuel stove to cook on, which didn't work this time because of the radiator problems - lesson learned - have a backup plan.

I had started dehydrating food but hadn't gotten to the serious meal planning part; as we are still working on this years harvest stuff.

Finally (for now) start canning as soon as we are able to (the kitchen renovations have made that very hard as my stove/Island was condemned and I'm working from temporary burners) because we nearly lost everything in the freezer and opening cans to heat on the stove when it was running would have been much easier.

Changes in food processing in the last few years (adding a mushroom extract to lower salt in nearly everything) means most commercial canned beans etc are out.

That's the feedback, for now, I'm sure I will notice more stuff later and yes we are playing "catch up."

Here is a great thread about all kinds of "camping" type stoves.

BOB & hiking stoves and small cooking kits - several items reviewed (Many pictures)

http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...reviewed-(Many-pictures)&highlight=camp+stove

 

[Marthanoir]

We are OK -

Things we learned:
With County Water the good news is we had water - The Bad news is it overpowers the radiators so we can't run the downstairs stove hot enough to cook on.

We need to buy a camping stove or other quick non-electric heater for early morning tea and coffee.

We need to buy more wind up or other types of safe lighting that is brighter and last longer than candles or oil lanterns (at least for short-term emergencies).

We need to put a phone bank charger on the "to get" prepping list; I managed to use the charge in my computer to recharge the phone but it was a near thing - again in a short-term emergency you need the back up of the phone.

Shortwave does not get through 3 foot stone walls very well, need to get some copper wire and rig up something.

We really need to see about a working generator - if not this year then next year.

The freezers held up very well - we lost everything in the fridge but nothing from even the stand-up freezer in the kitchen (I did take out some half-thawed ground meat to make meatballs with).

We need more "grabby food" that people (including me) will actually eat that doesn't need heating or even hot water for a few days diving into the nearly all store-bought cookies, bread, and processed meat diet is OK but not ideal. I had planned on using the solid fuel stove to cook on, which didn't work this time because of the radiator problems - lesson learned - have a backup plan.

I had started dehydrating food but hadn't gotten to the serious meal planning part; as we are still working on this years harvest stuff.

Finally (for now) start canning as soon as we are able to (the kitchen renovations have made that very hard as my stove/Island was condemned and I'm working from temporary burners) because we nearly lost everything in the freezer and opening cans to heat on the stove when it was running would have been much easier.

Changes in food processing in the last few years (adding a mushroom extract to lower salt in nearly everything) means most commercial canned beans etc are out.

That's the feedback, for now, I'm sure I will notice more stuff later and yes we are playing "catch up."

Unless you want the portability of the little camping gas burners in the case then go for a cast iron burner https://shop.calorgas.ie/foker-cast-iron-gas-wok-burner.html
I have a triple burner model with a calor gas bottle

I wouldn't want to bug out on foot with it but toss it in the back of a jeep no probs,

I have hurricane lanterns, but we've switched over to battery powered LED lanterns https://cpcireland.farnell.com/pro-elec/pel00011/30-led-camping-lantern/dp/LP09306?st=Lantern

With the price of rechargeable AA's & AAA's being rockbottom its easy to build up a stash, solar powered battery chargers can be had cheap enough,


The only inconvenience we had was no tv (not really an inconvenience) we had some films from netflix downloaded on the phones & tablets for everybody, have powerbanks, carchargers, inverters and solarpanels for covering all bases,

 

[Dozdoats]

Glad y'all are OK. Storms are a pain …

 

[Melodi]

Thanks, everyone - TV was no issue - I'm the only one that watches it and sometimes I go a month without turning it on (I watch Netflix and History a lot in Winter though).

But lack of internet and low power on the e-book readers was making everyone nuts; I thought hubby would handle it better because he's always been a book person but I'd forgotten what a speed reader he is (War and Peace in three hours anyone?) and that he has read even our hundreds (if not several thousand) books dozens of times.

Me on the other hand, I read fast for most people but nothing compared to him; so I keep a stash of cheap books around to read in such situations the headlamps really make this so much easier than it used to be.

I still bored a lot (local talk radio is really the pits and my shortwave that a friend sent from the US - got here Day Two wasn't picking up anything with the small antenna).

The really big issue was the stove and that could have been dangerous if the weather had been like it was the first time we were out this long (about 17 degrees outside and I mean Freigneight, not Celcius); out lows were only in the low 40's and two quilts (one on top and the other on the bottom thank you Carla Emerys and the Encylopedia of Country Living) was toasty warm.

But 17 degrees and your really need a fire in the kitchen or another room that you can hang out in - so the priority of clearing ou the "Drawing Room" (think Living Room) just went up to number one for this week's tasks, even if it means taking the kitchen stuff and dumping it in outbuilding.

I will also look at solar and battery rechargers for things like Kindles and other sources of books etc - we don't have kids or anyone who plays video games so that isn't an issue but the reading material thing is.

I also want to find something that lets me download a lot of podcasts, I used to do that with IPod's but they are pretty much history now - I don't like using space on my phone (besides the battery is needed in a situation like this) and I tried buying a cheap iPod clone but they said "these are only for children these days" and it didn't work for more than a month.

But I may try again now that I realize how much I missed having something to listen to besides "Teresa Mae said today on Brexit" or worse (for me) "The Irish Bid for the World Cup in 2030..." etc.

Most of all I missed being able to check here a lot, I restrained it to once or twice a day when the phone was working.

 

[summerthyme]

Melodi... glad things went (relatively) well! For battery chargers, I've never found a better or more reliable brand (including the best customer service I've ever seen) thsn these: https://www.walmart.com/ip/RAVPower...2769&wl11=online&wl12=348398200&wl13=&veh=sem

Curiously, they aren't currently available at Amazon, which is where i got mine (I have 5 of them, from a tiny 6,000 mAh to the one i linked to. The one linked will fully charge my tablet at least 4 times, and likely eould keep a phone charged for a coupke of weeks or longer. Plus, they even replaced one i dropped under warranty... i told them it still worked, but one of the connectors had come loose and fallen into the body of the thing. I got a brand new one in 3 days!

Once charged, they seem to hold power indefinitely. I always have one in my purse, and use them constantly chraging my tablets. My oldest one must be 5 years old, has been used and recharged hundreds of times, and is still working perfectly.

Summerthyme