# There's a hurricane headed for Ireland and Great Britain

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**Created:** [October 16, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hurricane-headed-for-ireland-and-great-britain/799015 "2017-10-16T03:34:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hurricane-headed-for-ireland-and-great-britain/799015/1 "2017-10-16T03:34:55Z")

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Hurricane Ophelia formed in the eastern Atlantic in a spot where there has never been a hurricane before, and she’s heading towards Ireland and the UK. The US National Weather Bureau’s model map shows a straight line at the point where the storm’s path crosses 60 degrees north, their programs apparently couldn’t imagine a hurricane that far north.

[![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMORqDaW4AAGBBV.jpg:large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMORqDaW4AAGBBV.jpg:large)

> **[Hurricane Ophelia heading to Ireland, then Scotland | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/15/europe/hurricane-ophelia/index.html)**
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> Hurricane Ophelia continued moving eastward toward Ireland on Sunday as officials there announced school closings, prepared for flooding and planned for power outages.

Tell me there’s no global warming.

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hurricane-headed-for-ireland-and-great-britain/799015/2 "2017-10-16T12:07:22Z")

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There’s no global warming 😉

Now excuse me while I hunker down to deal with the first hurricane force winds I’ve ever experienced in my 46 yer living in Ireland.

This climate change thing is a bitch.

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hurricane-headed-for-ireland-and-great-britain/799015/3 "2017-10-16T12:21:11Z")

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Ftr, Ophelia is no longer a hurricane

> **[Storm Ophelia: second person killed in Ireland, police confirm - as it happened](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/oct/16/ex-hurricane-ophelia-landfall-tropical-storm-ireland-red-weather-warning-live-updates)**
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> Follow latest updates as Tropical Storm Ophelia batters Ireland, with homes and businesses without power and schools closed

And the first weather event of this sort was recorded in the 19th century…so it may be related to climate change…or not.

> **[You Are Not Hallucinating -- A Hurricane Is Headed To Ireland](https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2017/10/12/you-are-not-hallucinating-a-hurricane-is-headed-to-ireland/)**
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> Hurricane Ophelia is headed to Ireland and the United Kingdom. Is that weird, and how often does that happen?

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hurricane-headed-for-ireland-and-great-britain/799015/4 "2017-10-16T12:23:12Z")

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You’re a bit late.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=838965](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=838965)