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IRELAND IS ON red alert, but we Irish like to find the humour in any situation.
While some counties were battening down the hatches, some were taking to Twitter to poke a little fun at Storm Rachel (and Jennifer Aniston).
On the other hand, some were genuinely pretty scared that the world was possibly ending.
Others were wondering what all the fuss is about.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the storm:
Denise O'Donoghue / TwitterWe will rebuild. #StormRachel pic.twitter.com/3FdRQJU3fA
— Denise O'Donoghue (@deniseodonoghue) January 15, 2015
Aisling Hussey / TwitterWe had a #StormRachel casualty in the office. No one moved Dennis from the window! pic.twitter.com/9yQTQ5KEY6
— Aisling Hussey (@AislingHussey) January 15, 2015
niamh kelly / TwitterThat wind is madness. Pretty sure Ireland is halfway to england by now. #StormRachel
— niamh kelly (@niamhmk93) January 15, 2015
Alan Walsh / TwitterGreat drying out😜#StormRachel
— Alan Walsh (@AlanWalalan2) January 15, 2015
We wonder if Jennifer Aniston has picked up an increase in her photo being used online and the fact it is being linked to a storm in Ireland?
Flannerys Limerick / TwitterSoon to be followed by Storm Phoebe and Storm Monica! #stormrachel http://t.co/QLcjRZNcxz
— Flannerys Bar Limerick (@FlannerysBar) January 14, 2015
A few people are wondering where exactly Storm Rachel is?
Marie Walsh / TwitterIs this the calm before the storm? #stormRachel @limerick.ie pic.twitter.com/4DaCHMYsBJ
— Marie Walsh (@1mariewalsh) January 15, 2015
So, what is it where you are? Is the apocalypse outside your door or is it a fine day out? Here’s what to expect in the coming hours…
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Is it just me, or has Met Éireann whipped up a media frenzy about ABSOLUTELY NOTHING today?
Is this a decoy for something? — quick, somebody check what the Government are up to today while our backs are turned..
Its slightly more than absolutely nothing, 17,000 homes without power sounds very much like something to me.
That’s a teeny tiny fraction of the population. They needn’t have dragged the entire nation into the frenzy. S’grand here in Dublin.
Winding_down 17,000 people is hardly insignificant, if it was the same amount of people in Dublin without power social media would be ablaze. There is a sizeable difference in the climate between the West and the East, the West gets a lot more wind and rain and when storms hits the west coast it hits very hard.
@fiachra29: IF the same amount of people in Dublin were without power social media would probably be dead – along with the phone chargers!
I live on the west coast in Kerry and we are getting battered since yesterday evening. Unsafe to be out in it. Don’t worry people in the Capital I’m sure it will have burnt itself out by the time it gets to ye!
Winding_down, the entire nation wasn’t dragged into a frenzy, Met Eireann specified the counties that would be worst effected and they were right. Apologies if yourselves in the capital got a bit nervous about wind on the West coast.
I managed to light my cig no bother. Therefore, my conclusion is that it’s only a light breeze
It depends which part of the country you are in. They got it spot on here in the north west.
Not really pauric, I’m in Sligo and I’ve seen a lot worse, schools closed for no good reason. In my day we’d put stones in our pockets on a windy day! :-)
Maybe you’re in the wrong part of the north west Justin, its pretty crazy in Donegal.
I’m in Letterkenny Justin and it’s still not good to be out driving in.
4 heavy panels of a high garden fence fell down right where the kids would have been heading in the school gates in Sligo, so glad the school was closed.
Code Red Face
Roads blocked and trees down council emergency crews doing a sterling job up here in donegal. Nice to see the rest of the country gets to joke about it.
In all fairness my farts are windier than that storm!
Come on Climate Change, you can do better than that. Noonan et all are probably crying that this storm didn’t flatten the country – they can hardly justify a 5c carbon tax increase now can they? can they?
Dunno Jason, two slates just missed my head walking down Church hill. It not that safe out. I think for once the warnings are justified.
The driving conditions were pretty dangerous last night. It didn’t sound windy, but you’d get random gusts pushing the car to one side, and you still wouldn’t hear any wind. If you’re on a motorway it can be pretty dangerous, so I’m glad I had a bit of warning.
A storm in a teacup!!!! Our weather people will end up like the boy who cried wolf.
People assume that everywhere else in the country is grand just because the eastern counties are not getting hit as hard. Cudnt get my car off the driveway yesterday because of a foot of snow, had to dig for 30mins and saw multiple accidents due to the snow. Had a half hour delay to work because Foyle bridge was closed today. The majority of schools in Donegal are closed today. Met eireann are protecting the interests of the entire country by issuing these warnings.
If the media want news why dont they film the evictions of our so called modern ireland.Oh wait the little storm makes better headlines ffs.Puff of wind
I have to say these weather alerts must be costing business a fortune… And that clown in the AA who thinks he knows it all..
Pretty strong wind and bright sky over Bray
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