Storm Ophelia had everyone running around like headless chickens, buying inordinate amounts of food, trying to nail down anything that didn't move and saying decades of the rosary on repeat.
The most curious reactions however, were from Irish mammies who dealt with ex-Hurricane in their own inimitable way:
When my dear mother Evelyn tries to cope with the electricity cut #OpheliaStorm#Opheliapic.twitter.com/lohHzPetTN
— Kate M (@Kate_Moriarty_) October 16, 2017
At least there'll be tea. #IrishMammy #Ophelia pic.twitter.com/HxWE4UGXrP
— Helen Cousins (@Kilmorecottage) October 16, 2017
My mother has put on another pot of spuds ‘just in case’ #opheliahurricane #ophelia #irishmammy
— Sinéad Griffin (@sineatrix) October 16, 2017
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Thee ultimate #IrishMammy reapose to #ophelia... better get in the shower god knows when we will have water again? #TheFearIsOnHer #PANIC ?
— Rachael Murtagh (@RachaelMurtagh1) October 16, 2017
Can't beat the resourcefulness of your #IrishMammy #Opheila #ophelia #Ophilia #opheliaIreland #greatdrying pic.twitter.com/MOj4X0aKTM
— Dave Guilfoyle (@Guilley1985) October 16, 2017
My mam's power is gone & she messaged me to tell me she's currently listening to U2 on a battery radio & it's a 'load of shite'? #Ophelia
— Aine Mc Manus (@ainemm91) October 16, 2017
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Just off the phone to mam and she's having a meltdown ??? "we have no electric and your dads van keeps lifting off the ground" #ophelia
— Carley (@carleyfitz_) October 16, 2017
Lastly, you want to turn the sound on in this one to fully enjoy it.
