Damn nature, you scary!
We had been given plenty of warning, but everyone was still taken a little off guard by the force of Storm Doris, which was has caused power outages, travel chaos and the cancellation of a number of flights between Ireland and the UK on Thursday.
According to Met Éireann, the strong winds will moderate throughout the day on Thursday, with sharp frost and wintry showers set to follow later today in what has been a truly miserable week thus far.
While the storm would have kept many awake in their beds overnight, the first glimpse that Irish people got of Storm Doris was on Thursday morning and naturally, they took to social media to document their emotions.
Some were fearful, others documented the difficulties it posed while getting to work and, of course, others still were just keen to take the piss.
Water vapour satellite picture beautifully showing #StormDoris crossing #Ireland and #uk #ukweather pic.twitter.com/JWpSm1n0Qe
— Weatherweb (@wxweb) February 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/NirinaXX/status/834659999443984384
The wheelie bins of Ireland had some wild party last night. Most of them are asleep in the middle of the road, mouths wide open. #stormdoris
— Dave Moore (@DaveTodayFM) February 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/jessika_1D_/status/834677079333564416
Somewhere in Ireland, someone is taking a picture of a patio chair on the ground.
The "I survived #StormDoris 2017" post will be hilarious 💨— baz brock (@Bazzyb85) February 23, 2017
Almost blew away on the walk to work this morning! #stormdoris #ireland
— Sarah Glascott (@sarah_glascott) February 23, 2017
Made it through Doris to @morningireland to discuss #industrial #relations storms… #tescostrike #buseireann pic.twitter.com/AlftL5BYEJ
— Michael Doherty (@profmdoherty) February 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/RichieMcCormack/status/834663989749620737
#stormdoris #poweroutage in some parts of #Ireland pic.twitter.com/Bna9l9baNU
— mikigtv (@mikigtv) February 23, 2017
Shout out to the coast guard and the electricity supply teams working out in #stormdoris to restore power. @ESB Ireland @RNLI #staysafe
— Marie DCC (@DCCMarie) February 23, 2017
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