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anyone get hurricaned?
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it all seems much ado about nothing so far?
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-- tricky
15/08/12 at 15:45
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 From :
tornaxx
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Posted : 15/08/12 at 16:58 |
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| It was grand here this morning as I cycled to work, except a bit windy. After pouring rain for most of the day, the roads were actually dry on my journey home, probably because of the wind and temperature.
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From :
number10
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Posted : 15/08/12 at 17:29 |
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An umbrella turned inside out was the worst of it! I think they feel that if they don't issue dire warnings then there mightbe criticism after the fact if the rain is very bad.
Still a strong wind around, so it might blow up again...
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From :
tornaxx
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Posted : 15/08/12 at 17:53 |
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| It's fairly windy out there at the moment, brewin' up a storm.
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From :
tricky
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Posted : 15/08/12 at 18:47 |
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| there's a decent wind all right, but jesus the way they were talking you'd swear it was the second coming of the Armageddon.
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From :
number10
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Posted : 16/08/12 at 00:19 |
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| The second coming has to do with Jesus H.Christ, not Armageddon! But they did overstate it a bit alright!
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From :
tricky
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Posted : 20/08/12 at 15:46 |
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I was looking up about this (I'm a bit of a weather nerd) and seemingly what happened was,
In the UK media they said "some places might get up to a month and half's rain"
Now, that was actually based on a forecast of up to 45mm rain, which someone translated into the above. Some months could only have 30mm of rain, but most average between 55-70 in dublin airport (nearly twice that in the west)
Anyway, someone in RTE then got all in a tizzy about it, there was a WEATHER WARNING issued by the Met Office, but it was a YELLOW warning (they issue Yellow - which is cautionary but no special perperation needed, Amber - which is cautionary and potentially damage causing and Red - which is "Will cause damage to properties/trees so batten down the hatches and don't travel unless essential") meaning that nobody needed to anything about it, but someone read it as a confirmation that there was some impending event.
Anway, by all accounts the met office have never experienced such abuse for getting it right!
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