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by karlsm
Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:45 pm
Forum: Extreme weather
Topic: Hurricane Ophelia 16th October 2017
Replies: 16
Views: 56407

Re: Hurricane Ophelia 16th October 2017

Yes Johnny, it wll also be a long'ish event with strong winds for a 20hr period with again the southwest taking the brunt. 60 to 80mph gusts will bring down trees and some small structures. There are still communities without power since Monday and these are in the affected southwest too.
by karlsm
Wed Oct 18, 2017 9:04 pm
Forum: Extreme weather
Topic: Hurricane Ophelia 16th October 2017
Replies: 16
Views: 56407

Re: Hurricane Ophelia 16th October 2017

Yes Johnny, its the beginning of the storm season now. 4 months to go
by karlsm
Wed Oct 18, 2017 7:35 pm
Forum: Extreme weather
Topic: Hurricane Ophelia 16th October 2017
Replies: 16
Views: 56407

Re: Hurricane Ophelia 16th October 2017

Hi Johnny, kids have gone back to school today but thousands still without power and water mainly in the southwest of the island. Thankfully our friends in the UK and France have helped our networks to get power back to some of the communities affected. Ireland, UK and France have a good agreement i...
by karlsm
Tue Oct 17, 2017 3:49 pm
Forum: Extreme weather
Topic: Hurricane Ophelia 16th October 2017
Replies: 16
Views: 56407

Re: Hurricane Ophelia 16th October 2017

Ophelia was pretty intense here in Ireland yesterday. At one stage over 400,000 people without power and could take up to 7 days to fully restore everyone back on the grid. Unfortuanately 3 deaths occurred :( Ireland not unaccustomed to these powerful systems but this was unique as the strongest hur...
by karlsm
Sun Oct 01, 2017 5:07 pm
Forum: Problems
Topic: Auto-updates
Replies: 158
Views: 256575

Re: Auto-updates

All OK here, works perfectly.