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Poll: Do you pay attention to weather warnings?

Southern counties were hit by intense flooding last night.

SOUTHERN COUNTIES WERE hit by intense flooding last night that left several roads impassable and hundreds without power into this morning.

The event has prompted some discussion about Met Éireann’s system for making decisions about weather warnings.

Met Éireann describes Yellow warnings as “not unusual weather, localised danger”; Orange as “infrequent, dangerous/disruptive” and Red as “rare, extremely dangerous/destructive”.

So today, we’re asking you: Do you pay attention to weather warnings?


Poll Results:

Yes, to all of them - Status Yellow, Orange and Red warnings (3333)
Yes, but only to Status Orange and Status Red  (2499)
No, I usually know if one is issued but I don't pay them much thought (1711)
Yes, but only to Status Red (1202)
No, I don't tend to know when one is issued (286)

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    Mute Limerick Soviet
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 8:48 PM

    He should be done for wasting police time, in fact, the orange order should be done for wasting police time.

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    Mute Kyle O Rourke
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 9:55 PM

    Sure isn’t that all they do

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    Mute pat James buchannan
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    Feb 4th 2014, 12:08 AM

    Awaah ….. Lots of police reports lying around that says “loyalist attacks person by accident “

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    Mute Bazalini
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 8:48 PM

    What an idiot.

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    Mute Limerick Soviet
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 8:57 PM

    you’d know if you hit somebody accidentally in a game of hurling or soccer or even putting your coat on, so he knew that he hit his wife accidentally.

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    Mute Dermot O Dwyer
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 9:00 PM

    “Ulster says No” to this kinda stupidity…………..

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    Mute Ollie Owens
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 9:00 PM

    That is the best laugh I have had all day. What a clown

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    Mute Nicole McCormack
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 8:49 PM

    Self inflicted eh

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    Mute Fergal McDonagh
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 8:58 PM

    Knobend

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    Mute Stephen McMahon
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 9:03 PM

    “Accidentally” hit the wife. Right

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    Mute Charles J. Ahern
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 9:17 PM

    Its all fun and games until Nigel Dodds gets a brick to the head

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    Mute Cillian_Durkin
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 9:45 PM
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    Mute Galwaybay
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 10:08 PM

    Following the line of Glasgow Rangers players Gazza and Duncan Ferguson in beating up their wives. Must be a loyalist thing

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    Mute JB
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    Feb 4th 2014, 2:44 AM

    Shut up you idiot

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    Mute Roland 303
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    Feb 4th 2014, 1:52 PM

    Have ye seen the heads on some of those loyalist women fleg protestors? A sniper wouldn’t take them out!! Oops, my bad :)

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    Mute Shawn Rahoon
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 10:16 PM

    Never believe an Ulster unionist.

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    Mute Marc
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 9:11 PM

    Face like a slapped ass

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    Mute Paddy McGarr
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 9:46 PM

    He’s never going to live down the question which is inevitable. “So, when did you stop beating your wife?”

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    Mute Michael Coughlan
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 10:38 PM

    Have any of ye seen the George Chittick interview, Google it, bloody hilarious!!!!

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    Mute Caolán McKenna
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 10:50 PM

    Unfortunately the type of comments made by Chittick is something that we in the North have to contend with on a daily basis. Anywhere else on this island or indeed over in Britain such displays of hatred by the Orange Order and their hate-filled, bigoted brain dead supporters would be condemned.

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    Mute Cillian_Durkin
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 11:36 PM

    It is hilarious but also instructive.

    The Orange Order ran the North via its control of the Unionist parties up to the mid 90′s.

    It explains a lot of what happened up there.

    They are still very dangerous and hateful people even if they do not have the same control as 2 years ago.

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    Mute Roland 303
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    Feb 4th 2014, 12:19 PM

    That the orange order lad saying tiocfaidh ar la? Hilarious!!!

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    Mute Gerard
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 11:43 PM

    How the blighty has has fallen :)

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    Mute Ger Delee
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    Feb 3rd 2014, 11:35 PM

    He looks a bit like Davy Fitz

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    Mute Karl Joseph
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    Feb 4th 2014, 6:54 AM

    Biggest threat to the NI people is Michael Copeland’s elbow.

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    Mute molly coddled
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    Feb 4th 2014, 12:36 AM

    Only one spelling mistake.

    Otherwise, a very good article Paul.

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    Mute Roland 303
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    Feb 4th 2014, 12:21 PM

    What’s JB’s comment on this? He missing strangely enough. Must be because this article has no way of bashing Sinn Fein!!!

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