Hurricane Ophelia - Ireland

[ChickenGrass]

Yes wind is very strong here now too,
I'm looking at massive old trees out my window,
I hope they don't fall down.

All chickens here are still ok,
And I still have power (thankfully)

Stay safe!

 

[sumi]

We still have power here too, thank goodness. I got my laptop and phone charged up just in case any way. There are no trees that can fall and cause trouble around my house or nearby. I'm so glad for that today!

 

[ChickenGrass]

My phone is charging,
So is the landline.
No trees can damage my house if they fall but they could fall on the chicken runs :/
Some of them are hundreds of years old.

I think I heard somewhere the highest gust so far received today was 156 km/h (96 mp/h)

They are saying there is still worse to come and high chances of a 'sting jet'
With winds of around 100 km/h.
'A significant risk to life': Storm Ophelia could have a 'sting jet' with winds of 100km/h
http://jrnl.ie/3648918

 

[rjohns39]

Stay safe folks, we're here with you.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Just be sure that you don't have your fowl penned up in a location that will flood.

 

[ChickenGrass]

@chickengeorgeto
Thankfully my area isn't in a flooding area,
As we are up on a height.

So far 150000 homes have no power.
They are saying some people will have to wait for up to 10 days for power to be fixed.
I'm guessing this number will rise.

 

[sumi]

Thankfully the village I'm in is on an elevated, hilly area, so there is not much risk of flooding, but this wind is scary. I've secured everything outside as best I could. The hens are in the shed, which is a proper brick and concrete building (safe and secure). All we can do now is wait it out.

@ChickenGrass I read some updates now re the power outages. Some parts have been restored in Cork city, they are working on others. Hoping ours will stay on

 

[BantyChooks]

Oh my, sounds quite scary.

 

[sumi]

It's an uncomfortable feeling, sitting here listening to the wind and reading the warnings online and waiting and worrying. Not really knowing what's going to happen in the next few hours… Not really knowing what to do either, but wait. It feels a bit surreal!

 

[ChickenGrass]

It's getting really windy here,
Also there's some rain falling.
All we can do is sit and hope that everything is alright.