User:Alemas2005/Chat/Logs/18 October 2017

 [09:04]  ... [09:04]  Germany runs 'em as well, yet no-one complains. [09:04]  (derp) [09:05]  Well, apart from the AfD. [09:05]  ...which is kinda ironic. [09:05]  (derp) [09:05]  lol [09:05]  there was a story a few weeks ago about a refugee who committed suicide in one of the camps [09:05]  and the government is charging his family to send his body back to them [09:05]  no [09:05]  shame [09:11]  i just ate a can of raw spam [09:11]  i want to throw up [09:12]  im so sorry [09:12]  i have a meat craving [09:12] <BraveNewRoyalty> and all we had [09:12] <BraveNewRoyalty> was spam [09:12] <EveryOpenEye> you couldve eaten part of ur own body [09:14] <BraveNewRoyalty> no [09:15] <BraveNewRoyalty> the calories id burn enduring the trauma of eating a part of myself would exceed the calories gained by eating myself [09:16] <EveryOpenEye> see its healthy [09:16] <BraveNewRoyalty> ironically would be losing weight in two ways [09:17] <EveryOpenEye> its genius [09:18] <BraveNewRoyalty> now my room smells like highly salted teriyaki ham [09:23] <EveryOpenEye> https://i.redd.it/4ofli5fylhsz.png [09:25] <Alemas2005> OPENEYE. [09:26] <EveryOpenEye> yes [09:26] <Alemas2005> https://i.redditmedia.com/Ixw688EYhyIr0oBEZGZ61L6h2el9cS6VqtjpHj_5fp8.jpg?w=480&amp;s=a771566c0ebeb6b991589ac47b18ef14 [09:28] <EveryOpenEye> yes [09:30] <EveryOpenEye> o/ [09:30] <Roddy15> \o [09:31] <EveryOpenEye> you survived [09:31] <Alemas2005> Ah, Roddy. :P [09:31] <Alemas2005> What's the damage? :P [09:33] <Roddy15> everything is for the most part back to the normal around us [09:33] <Alemas2005> Oh nice. :P [09:33] <Roddy15> lots of trees just sort of pulled off the road and left to the side [09:33] <Alemas2005> So no damage to your home? :P [09:33] <Roddy15> there is still a tree on our road that has a split down along a massive branch that hasn't fallen off yet [09:34] <Roddy15> but nobody from the council seems interested in making sure that's safe.... [09:34] <EveryOpenEye> naturally [09:34] <Roddy15> if it fell though and a car was driving along the road... [09:34] <Roddy15> the tree is right on a corner most people don't seem to slow down for [09:35] <Alemas2005> https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aVMVV5P_700b.jpg [09:35] <Alemas2005> Relatable? :P [09:35] <Roddy15> ESB stayed until about 10:30pm last night trying to get our power up [09:36] <Roddy15> they stuck it out for most of yesterday trying to fix the damage done to the lines [09:36] <Roddy15> in cities that is what people were doing ale [09:36] <Roddy15> anyone rural was packing stuff down, getting their emergency water supplies into the house etc. [09:37] <Roddy15> there were a lot of people in cork city who actually put their bins out the night before thinking they would be collected [09:38] <Roddy15> at the end of the storm something like 20% of households in Ireland had lost power [09:38] <Roddy15> by the end of yesterday though they had over 55% of those households back [09:39] <Roddy15> which is a huge difference compared to when storm darwin hit in 2014 [09:39] <Roddy15> took them ages to get going then [09:40] <Roddy15> we lost water purely because the plants started to lose backup power yesterday morning [09:40] <Roddy15> but most people have water back now [09:41] <Roddy15> they opened uni yesterday but i couldn't get in due to the blocked road but they claimed people like me wouldn't be "put at a disadvantage" [09:41] <Roddy15> the act of opening though did that... [09:42] <EveryOpenEye> rip [09:43] <Roddy15> i think there is another bad weather system coming at the end of the week too, not a hurricane but could knock a few trees that have been weakened if it brings even a few gales [09:45] <Roddy15> storm brian :P [09:46] <EveryOpenEye> thats the most boring storm name possible [09:47] <Roddy15> looks like gale force winds for the entire weekend [09:48] <Roddy15> not nearly as bad as Ophelia but gale force winds have done damage in the past and the grid here isn't exactly world class :P [09:48] <EveryOpenEye> rip [09:49] <Roddy15> i have a long weekend thanks to uni open days (well there are lectures but they are on at times that i won't be able to get in for thanks to school pickups) so i'd like to have power :P [09:49] <EveryOpenEye> that is true [09:50] <Roddy15> the winds from Ophelia were crazy though so honestly some gales should be nothing :P [09:51] <Roddy15> one of the weather stations in cork recorded 191km/h winds [09:51] <EveryOpenEye> damn [09:51] <Roddy15> then some were recording about 130-140km/h and then lost all power :P [09:52] <EveryOpenEye> lol [09:52] <Roddy15> the inland station they have had about 130km/h which was what we had i'd say since we weren't too far from it relatively speaking [09:53] <Roddy15> some idiots stayed on the coasts as well [09:53] <Roddy15> two people actually went out to kite surf [09:53] <Roddy15> and a helicopter and lifeboat were deployed just to fetch them... [09:54] <EveryOpenEye> wow [09:54] <EveryOpenEye> genius [09:54] <Roddy15> there was a yacht out at rosslare then as well which is basically the main south port [09:54] <Roddy15> in wexford [09:54] <Roddy15> a lifeboat had to go and tug it back in apparently [09:54] <Roddy15> 3 people total died [09:55] <Roddy15> not in the yacht but across the country [09:55] <EveryOpenEye> hm [09:55] <Roddy15> the thing is after reading about some of the deaths all of them could have been avoided had they heeded warnings to stay inside no matter what [09:56] <Roddy15> one died in an accident while he was trying to clear a road during the storm [09:56] <EveryOpenEye> yeaaah [09:57] <EveryOpenEye> i guess that reflects well on the preparations, just not on the way people acted [09:57] <Roddy15> another died when his car was struck by a tree returning from work [09:57] <Roddy15> the other death was in a similar situation then too [09:58] <Roddy15> and i'm thinking just stay at work [09:58] <Roddy15> my mum was on night shift as well and the storm arrived a bit earlier than expected [09:59] <Roddy15> we are a bit further north than the south coast though so we had about 3 hours before the worst came [09:59] <Roddy15> her workplace got day staff in early though to let night shift workers get home before it hit [10:00] <Roddy15> she works in healthcare so they were expected to for the most part go to work that night and that day [10:00] <Roddy15> unless of course it would endanger your life to commute in [10:01] <Roddy15> the surprising bit though was the amount of employers demanding people turn up [10:01] <Roddy15> in the private sector [10:01] <Alemas2005> CAPITALISM. [10:02] <Roddy15> even the government were like "no it's majeure leave" [10:02] <EveryOpenEye> f r e e m a r k e t [10:02] <Roddy15> Dunnes Stores which is basically the biggest franchise supermarket (like Tesco just only for Ireland) announced Sunday nobody was to arrive for work [10:03] <Roddy15> Tescos though told people to go to work as normal [10:03] <Roddy15> then halfway through the storm were like "nah, shut them all down" :P [10:04] <Roddy15> a lot of small businesses were apparently trying to shame employees into coming then as well [10:04] <Roddy15> loyalty to the business and all that :P [10:05] <Roddy15> oh cool we have a national yellow for rain now, lots of rain :P [10:05] <EveryOpenEye> totes surprising [10:05] <EveryOpenEye> woo rain [10:06] <Roddy15> well at least i'm not in the city tomorrow [10:06] <Roddy15> our university sits on a river (a few do) :P [10:08] <Roddy15> wow ESB got power back to 255,000 people over 36 hours [10:09] <EveryOpenEye> gg [10:09] <Roddy15> 130,000 still to go though and apparently those people will be delayed in order to get all water plants running [10:10] <Roddy15> they are actually improving their map too, adding an estimated restoration time [10:10] <Roddy15> their map isn't the best honestly, pretty awkward on mobile and not overly descriptive besides showing "yes a thousand of you have no power" [10:11] <Roddy15> the 130,000 left are apparently in the awkward areas [10:11] <EveryOpenEye> lol