If you're trying to get in touch with me by email, Signal, etc., please be patient. We've had no power or internet since the storm last week and are getting very mixed information about when it's likely to be restored. I travel to get online most days, but my availability is limited at the moment.
Our electrical power was restored last night, thankfully, so we're creeping back to a semblance of normality. Until the next big storm.
Still tens of thousands without power and water. Ireland's infrastructural deficits and government apathy towards climate breakdown are finally in the spotlight. Would be nice to think it might change a few minds in positions of influence, but experience invites cynicism.
Turned out to be a good time to read this (mostly by the light of my camping lantern):