Thanks Tiggerlion. All schools and lots of other businesses are telling their staff and pupils to stay home tomorrow. I’m waiting to hear whether my 24/7/365 workplace will regard me as essential personnel. It’s 33 miles each way… Anyway here’s a little tune to blast in the car if I do have to trek in.
Made it safely into work and back. Much less traffic than usual. I got the nod to head for home around 11.30. Glad to be non-essential. It seems to be picking up here in Kildare. Hope the power holds up. The next town is already cut off electricity wise.
very good, Blue. Bruce Cockburn probably has some good advice about Tuesday but no one can quite get past his lyrical impressionism to figure what it is. Sounds great, though.
On Monday, I shall be inside working on a nice proofreading commission.
Does Locust – a lady for whom surviving howling winds, existential threats, storms and marauding large European and mythological wildlife is a commonplace occurrence – have any advice for those of us about to face Ophelia?
Of course!
1: Strap on your viking helmets, lads – in case something falls down on your heads.
2: Use your viking shields to huddle behind when debris comes flying at you.
3: Sacrifice a live sheep to Njord to calm the wind.
Excellent and practical advice, Loki. Many thanks! Let’s hope we all have time here to get to our local branches of Viking Supplies Stores before the storm arrives.
Thanks Tigger
The kids are home and I’m supposed to be working from home, but here I am on the AF. Here in Co. Clare it’s not quite as bad as we feared, but glad I’m not driving in it all the same…The eponymous dog is outside as usual but looking a little worried.
He’s OK – It’s just a regular October day now – a bit showery. The wind has died down. He doesn’t come inside unless there’s thunder or fireworks (halloween and the occasional match victory by the local hurling team) – apart from that he’s happy enough to patrol outside and he has his kennel when it rains.
Eerie side effects here in the South East. I drew the curtains back from an afternoon rest and was totally spooked to see dark grey yellow-tinged sky. From indoors it looked like night time at 3pm. I briefly thought of the Apocalypse as a friend had told me the earth was due to end yesterday and wondered if it was a day late, so googled “dark sky” as soon as I could. Was relieved to see it was sand blown in by Ophelia from Sahara/Portugal. Still very eerie though.
Easy to be glib over here on the sunny side, but – apart from those unfortunates who had trees fall on them – the biggest problem, thus far, seems to be extensive power cuts which won’t be sorted for some time.
In contrast, a lot of people already dead in Spanish wildfires – good wishes to AWers in Spain and Portugal..
I guess that’s the one good thing about living in this godawful country – that was the worst storm we’ve had in fifty years. Ireland as a whole underwent less damage yesterday than bricameron’s head. Those in other parts of the world who are regularly battered must be quite envious.
Beautiful sunshine and clean air in Dublin today.
bigstevie says
The Band – Ophelia
https://youtu.be/4RjqcTsxx-8
Bamber says
Thanks Tiggerlion. All schools and lots of other businesses are telling their staff and pupils to stay home tomorrow. I’m waiting to hear whether my 24/7/365 workplace will regard me as essential personnel. It’s 33 miles each way… Anyway here’s a little tune to blast in the car if I do have to trek in.
Tiggerlion says
Gosh, I wouldn’t fancy a 66 mile trip in gusts of that speed. Here’s hoping you can just stay home with the windows nailed down.
Bamber says
Made it safely into work and back. Much less traffic than usual. I got the nod to head for home around 11.30. Glad to be non-essential. It seems to be picking up here in Kildare. Hope the power holds up. The next town is already cut off electricity wise.
bungliemutt says
Blue Boy says
This a lovely song with absolutely no lyrical relevance to hurricanes whatsoever. But it does feature Ophelia in the title….
Blue Boy says
But Van knows what’s coming
Colin H says
very good, Blue. Bruce Cockburn probably has some good advice about Tuesday but no one can quite get past his lyrical impressionism to figure what it is. Sounds great, though.
On Monday, I shall be inside working on a nice proofreading commission.
Does Locust – a lady for whom surviving howling winds, existential threats, storms and marauding large European and mythological wildlife is a commonplace occurrence – have any advice for those of us about to face Ophelia?
Locust says
Of course!
1: Strap on your viking helmets, lads – in case something falls down on your heads.
2: Use your viking shields to huddle behind when debris comes flying at you.
3: Sacrifice a live sheep to Njord to calm the wind.
Colin H says
Excellent and practical advice, Loki. Many thanks! Let’s hope we all have time here to get to our local branches of Viking Supplies Stores before the storm arrives.
Sewer Robot says
Let’s hope there’s no repeat of this
retropath2 says
For a moment I thought this was another of Tiggers I can review more than Bargeys reviews. Possibly for Mark Erelli’s kickstarter project:
NigelT says
Brewing up nicely down here in the West Country – the light is extraordinarily yellow this morning, most peculiar.
Lemonhope says
seekenee says
thanks, Tiggs,
the kids are off school and I’m in work
i’ll be blown home by the looks of it
Tiggerlion says
Good luck, seekenee. I bet the kids are loving it.
Max the Dog says
Thanks Tigger
The kids are home and I’m supposed to be working from home, but here I am on the AF. Here in Co. Clare it’s not quite as bad as we feared, but glad I’m not driving in it all the same…The eponymous dog is outside as usual but looking a little worried.
Tiggerlion says
Open the door! Let him in!
Max the Dog says
He’s OK – It’s just a regular October day now – a bit showery. The wind has died down. He doesn’t come inside unless there’s thunder or fireworks (halloween and the occasional match victory by the local hurling team) – apart from that he’s happy enough to patrol outside and he has his kennel when it rains.
Tiggerlion says
That’s a relief. I presume the kennel is bolted to the floor.
Colin H says
Getting mildly blustery in Belfast but, really, nothing that unusual (so far).
Tiggerlion says
Pretty blustery here halfway between Manchester and Liverpool.
Lemonhope says
Hey – I’m halfway between Liverpool and Manchester – it’s quite blustery here too!
Tiggerlion says
Ahbut. Halfway between Liverpool and Manchester and halfway between Manchester and Liverpool are two entirely different worlds.
Moose the Mooche says
Liverpool is basically Ireland anyway. It’s completely appropriate that they should have the same weather.
Colin H says
Carolina says
Eerie side effects here in the South East. I drew the curtains back from an afternoon rest and was totally spooked to see dark grey yellow-tinged sky. From indoors it looked like night time at 3pm. I briefly thought of the Apocalypse as a friend had told me the earth was due to end yesterday and wondered if it was a day late, so googled “dark sky” as soon as I could. Was relieved to see it was sand blown in by Ophelia from Sahara/Portugal. Still very eerie though.
Colin H says
Apocalypse, you say?
Carolina says
That sounds very apocalyptic to me! (But anything by the Mahavishnu probably would).
pawsforthought says
The red sun around half past three was pretty spooky too.
Sewer Robot says
Easy to be glib over here on the sunny side, but – apart from those unfortunates who had trees fall on them – the biggest problem, thus far, seems to be extensive power cuts which won’t be sorted for some time.
In contrast, a lot of people already dead in Spanish wildfires – good wishes to AWers in Spain and Portugal..
Tiggerlion says
Scotland’s next. Should be wearing out a bit by now.
bricameron says
Oh no. Weather. In October.
Sewer Robot says
I guess that’s the one good thing about living in this godawful country – that was the worst storm we’ve had in fifty years. Ireland as a whole underwent less damage yesterday than bricameron’s head. Those in other parts of the world who are regularly battered must be quite envious.
Beautiful sunshine and clean air in Dublin today.
Colin H says
A huge non event in my area. And yet all schools in NI were closed yesterday AND today. Pathetic.
Rigid Digit says
Ophelia last week.
Brian today
(Scary sounding name for a storm)