# Ophelia Windspeed - Hurricane heading toward Ireland and Scotland **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908 "2017-10-15T10:32:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908/21 "2017-10-16T13:55:32Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I just have to say that ‘Ophelia Windspeed’ woul’d be a great name for a _Discworld_ or _Harry Potter_ character. Steampunk heroine! ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908/22 "2017-10-16T17:09:07Z")
We had the weird yellow sky here in Cornwall as well this morning. Disaster movie lighting, bit unnerving to wake up to. Aside from that, it’s been gusty, but nothing really bad, and it looks like it’s dropping here. Hope those who get the full force of it stay safe! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908/23 "2017-10-16T20:55:43Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > We had the weird yellow sky here in Cornwall as well this morning. We had that here in Hampshire - the sky eventually turned to dark orange-brown and it was so dark that the street lights came on at midday. Hardly any rain, not a lot of wind either - just end-of-the-world skies. It’s now 10PM and it’s blustery out there, but we’ve only been on the fringe of the phenomenon. I feel for people in the direct path - 30 years almost to the day of the ‘great October storm’ - which I do remember well. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908/24 "2017-10-16T21:27:03Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’m wondering about the effects of geography. The eastern coast of Ireland, like the eastern coast of the US, mostly slopes up gradually from the sea, but the western coast of Ireland is mostly high, rocky cliffs plunging down into the sea, with at most a narrow strip of beach at the bottom. . Mud & rockslides in the mountains, from rainfall. ---
**Author:** ![Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delicious)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908/25 "2017-10-17T07:27:35Z")
Had the dusty skies in North England yesterday and a lot of wind in the night, looks like it sucked all the clouds away though because it’s a lovely sunny morning ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908/26 "2017-10-19T22:50:56Z")
So, how did our British dopers fare with Ophelia? I hope the damage isn’t too extensive and that casualties are as low as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908/27 "2017-10-19T23:27:24Z")
Didn’t touch here, but now we’re awaiting Brian. > **[Storm Brian: Strong winds set to hit British Isles](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41684485)** > > The Atlantic storm is due to hit parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland on Saturday morning. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908/28 "2017-10-19T23:34:12Z")
And from that is a [**link**](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41271418) that may vanish with time, showing how the British/French/American expedition to crush the bolsheviks set up a death-camp in Mudyug in 1918, before the bolsheviks had time to set up their own death-camps. Makes you proud to be British. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908/29 "2017-10-20T01:02:52Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Ophelia Windspeed - Hurricane heading toward Ireland and Scotland Frankly, it’s about time y’all got some proper WEATHER. You’ll be ready when the Gulf Stream gives out and you get stuck with weather befitting your latitude. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908/30 "2017-10-20T02:40:21Z")
[Ophelia was a cyclone, tempest A god damned hurricane Your common sense Your best defense Lay wasted and in vain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GryxQEhYRr4) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908/31 "2017-12-03T19:39:54Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Frankly, it’s about time y’all got some proper WEATHER. You’ll be ready when the Gulf Stream gives out and you get stuck with weather befitting your latitude. 😉 I went to London – not to be confused with anywhere else in the british isles which might actually conform to the stereotype! – a couple weeks ago, and they were completely glum about their apparent rain and cold. Now, cold, I can understand, everyone is used to their own coldness, and maybe I, from genetic randomess, can claim to some stoic cold-resistance, even though everyone in London was wearing a fur-lined anorak compared to Floridian me in my long-sleeved shirt. But the fucking rain, man! England is _metaphorically known_ for its rain! But when it even drizzles, everyone looks glum and draws into themselves while walking. They definitely do not show that stiff upper lip. Meanwhile I am walking and, being from Florida, _literally do not even notice_ it is raining. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelia-windspeed-hurricane-heading-toward-ireland-and-scotland/798908.md?page=1)