Lots Of People Are Saying The Same Thing About Storm Eleanor

Storm Eleanor may have been at its worst last night, but we’re not out of the woods yet. 

Met Eireann has extended its status orange wind warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick until 2pm today. 

With fallen trees blocking paths, major flooding and coastal damage, lots of people on social media are comparing the storm to ex-Hurricane Ophelia. 

Many commenters in Dublin and in the west actually think Eleanor is worse than Ophelia, and are complaining about the disparity in awareness raised before each one.

This #Eleanor chick seems to me to be waaaaay more blustery and threatening than #Ophelia and there hasn’t been a fraction of the social media furore

— Aisling Keenan (@aislingmkeenan) January 2, 2018

They shut down the country for Ophelia, Dylan came and went but from where I’m sitting Eleanor seems allot more pissed off! #StormEleanor #StormOphelia #StormDylan

— Niall O’Loughlin (@nialloloughlin) January 2, 2018

Surely Storm Eleanor is worse then Storm Ophelia… Sounds that way anyway… ????

— Eimear Keenan (@eimeark10) January 2, 2018