The flood discussion thread

Heisenberg.

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dlofnep

Yeah it's really bad there at the moment. Does anyone deny climate change after stuff like this?

omahaid

I'm in Ennis, its not too bad, I'm drinking beer instead, decent substitute.

Biggins

Some pretty bad pictures there. Crikey.
Those that are more knowledgeable in the car area, etc, what's the story with the water being to high and the effect on them?
At what point does the car become non-repairable or not worth the effort from water damage?

ronnie3585

Caitriona.

starbelgrade

Around 1,800 people died as a result of Katrina & 4 years later, thousands were still displaced. In real terms, the floodings here are really just a bit of nuisance water.

Senna

1800 people died in Hurricane Katrina.
18000 people with no water here.
Hardly worth compairing.

dr.bollocko

Sher tis only a few puddles. We'll be right as rain in a few days. In other better news half of Ireland had an excuse to be late / not show up to work at all today.

starbelgrade

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Sher tis only a few puddles. We'll be right as rain in a few days. In other better news half of Ireland had an excuse to be late / not show up to work at all today.

And UCC is closed all next week.. not that half the students will even notice.

Biggins

starbelgrade wrote: »

And UCC is closed all next week.. not that half the students will even notice.

:pac: hee hee

Rented Mule

I've seen Katrina's damage up close.

As bad as this seems, it's someone leaving the tap on in comparison.

dr.bollocko

starbelgrade wrote: »

And UCC is closed all next week.. not that half the students will even notice.

I bet you there won't be a shop in cork still carrying flip flops, lilos and Dutch Gold by the end of the weekend.

Dudess

Some students whose accommodation was destroyed got to sleep in lecture halls for the night - lucky bastards, not having to drag themselves out of bed for class. :mad:

starbelgrade

Dudess wrote: »

Some students whose accommodation was destroyed got to sleep in lecture halls for the night - lucky bastards, not having to drag themselves out of bed for class. :mad:

Jeez - they're probably in shellshock after spending so long in the college in one sitting. Poor things.

Heisenberg.

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TheZohanS

IB "ima gonna let you..."

Sheeps

This is not the type of picture we saw from the results of Katrina.

Mr. Presentable

Scien wrote: »

. I doubt you'd you'd be as nonchalant if your 87yr old Grandmother had to be airlifted from a Roof in Gort at 2am.

Certainly not - she died in 1982 :eek:

starbelgrade

Scien wrote: »

Fair enough. Katrina is a bit over the top, but these are still the worst floods in living Memory. I doubt you'd you'd be as nonchalant if your 87yr old Grandmother had to be airlifted from a Roof in Gort at 2am.

I'd be thinking, "Jeepers, they really didn't bury the ould dear deep enough".

Sheeps

Or maybe it was and the Americans don't know how to appreciate a good natural disaster like the Irish.

starbelgrade

Sheeps wrote: »

Or maybe it was and the Americans don't know how to appreciate a good natural disaster like the Irish.

We didn't appreciate the Famine all that much.

The_Minister

dlofnep wrote: »

Yeah it's really bad there at the moment. Does anyone deny climate change after stuff like this?

Not a climate change denier, but AFAIK the level of rainfall isn't actually unprecedented - we've just been building in stupid places.

The_Minister

nipplenuts wrote: »

Certainly not - she died in 1982 :eek:

Well normally they'd have to soak her for a few hours first, but in this case...

Biggins

LOL Yis crack me up! :pac: :pac: :pac:

dr.bollocko

Biggins wrote: »

LOL Yis crack me up! :pac: :pac: :pac:

No that'd be dry rot. We're getting ould.

starbelgrade

The_Minister wrote: »

Not a climate change denier, but AFAIK the level of rainfall isn't actually unprecedented - we've just been building in stupid places.

I live on the side of a mountain & am looking forward to major climate change, when I can sit in my banana plantation & look down at half the country submerging in water & say, "I told ye so, ye just wouldn't listen".

TheInquisitor

dlofnep wrote: »

Yeah it's really bad there at the moment. Does anyone deny climate change after stuff like this?

Get off the internet quick before the electricty your using from non renewable fuels destroys the planet!!. (Mainly get off because your comment is ridiculous). I'm not giving climate any change no matter how poor he is!

Diageio_Man

that was only the start of the rain tommorow and sunday theres gona be more torrential downpour's adding to an already serious situation. it's only going to get worse im afraid, there's some great advice over on the weather forum http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=374 .

Hope the damage is limited and my heart goes out to everyone who has had the home's damaged. but this rain event was known nearly a week and a half ago and there was'nt adequate warning put out so people could protect there property.

starbelgrade

Diageio_Man wrote: »

this rain event was known nearly a week and a half ago and there was'nt adequate warning put out so people could protect there property.

They're selling giant, oversized umbrellas on Ebay.. one size fits most houses.

starbelgrade

TheInquisitor wrote: »

Get off the internet quick before the electricty your using from non renewable fuels destroys the planet!!.

True. The internet is powered by coal.

The_Minister

The_Minister wrote: »

Not a climate change denier, but AFAIK the level of rainfall isn't actually unprecedented - we've just been building in stupid places.

Most certainly one of the main reasons for the damage..
Building on flood plains is so stupid!
And building flood defences will only protect so much, the water has to go somewhere!
So it gets funnelled into some of the old towns that would normally not get flooded as the normal "relief valves" have been built on.

Diageio_Man

Diageio_Man wrote: »

but this rain event was known nearly a week and a half ago and there was'nt adequate warning put out so people could protect there property.

What do you expect!!! Hydraulic jacks for all housholders at risk to raise the houses up!

Diageio_Man

Deleted User wrote: »

What do you expect!!! Hydraulic jacks for all housholders at risk to raise the houses up!

Tisk Tisk.No sand bags and any thing of value could be moved to higher ground and people in an area with high chance of flooding could have been moved out. at least to give them a fighting chance.

Mrmoe

I hope so, can't wait for the huddled masses in Pairc Ui Chaoimh

Mossy Monk

Has the flooding in Ireland really been compared to what happened in New Orleans? Get some perspective OP.

jumpguy

Well, I'd disagree. It doesn't compare to Katrina at all.

Some pretty unbelievable images from Cork! We're getting some floods around here too, more forecast for the weekend. This is gonna be seriously bad.

Diageio_Man

Diageio_Man wrote: »

Tisk Tisk.No sand bags and any thing of value could be moved to higher ground and people in an area with high chance of flooding could have been moved out. at least to give them a fighting chance.

Flood warnings were issued, repeated on the weather forcast several times in the week.

Just impossible to predict exactly where the floods were going to happen, people in flood prone areas were most likely to be already doing things to prepare for the flood.

Heisenberg.

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Tipsy Mac

dlofnep wrote: »

Yeah it's really bad there at the moment. Does anyone deny climate change after stuff like this?

Climate change, whatever happened to global warming, is it the fact that the earth is cooling that is causing the word "change" to come into it, the whole idea that man can impact the weather is insane. There was similar amounts of rain fell within the last 20 years, however the process of building on flood plains is a more recent affair and caused these "mysterious" once in a lifetime floods.

espinolman

dlofnep wrote: »

Yeah it's really bad there at the moment. Does anyone deny climate change after stuff like this?

Its not 'climate change' , it is this .

They control the weather .

Dartz

Thought better of it....

Duiske

jumpguy wrote: »

Some pretty unbelievable images from Cork! We're getting some floods around here too, more forecast for the weekend. This is gonna be seriously bad.

Its not looking good for Cork and others place near the coast. After more heavy rain in the morning, theres a pretty serious storm crossing Ireland late Saturday night and most of Sunday. With a storm surge pushing in, and already swollen rivers going out, its not gonna be a nice situation. Add in storm force winds, falling trees and possible power cuts. Not nice at all.

Mossy Monk

Scien wrote: »

If you bothered reading the thread you'll see that i did. :rolleyes:

If you had any common sense you would see that I was questioning the ridiculousness of your claim. Here have a :rolleyes: on me.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

It's times like these that I love living in Dublin

jumpguy

Duiske wrote: »

Its not looking good for Cork and others place near the coast. After more heavy rain in the morning, theres a pretty serious storm crossing Ireland late Saturday night and most of Sunday. With a storm surge pushing in, and already swollen rivers going out, its not gonna be a nice situation. Add in storm force winds, falling trees and possible power cuts. Not nice at all.

Ah well atleast we have our health.*

*Unless someone drowns.

Mr Benevolent

Hang on, this is the Dublin forum. Is Dublin being flooded?

Mars Bar

Scien wrote: »

Fair enough. Katrina is a bit over the top, but these are still the worst floods in living Memory. I doubt you'd you'd be as nonchalant if your 87yr old Grandmother had to be airlifted from a Roof in Gort at 2am.

I really feel for those people. I used to live near there and did baby infants in Kilbeacanty National School. It is a very secluded area and I couldn't imagine anything scarier than being stranded in the back arse of nowhere! (I hated that place!)

Over ten years ago (14 years ago after a bit of research!), my granny and grandad had to be airlifted from their house on the other side of Gort. It was kinda cool for us young grandchildren saying that our granny and grandad were on tv for being in a helicopter!
Now that I'm all growed up, I understand how stressful the whole thing was for them.

pablomakaveli

Apparently they had to release a load of water from the ESB dams upriver last night which is probably why the flooding is so bad in Cork City today.

Mars Bar

Would have been worse if they left the Dam to burst though, controlled flooding in a sense.

jumpguy

mars bar wrote: »

Would have been worse if they left the Dam to burst though, controlled flooding in a sense.

Would've been a bloody catastrophe if they left it burst! Heard people criticising it - for God's sake what were they mean to do?

mars bar

mars bar wrote: »

Would have been worse if they left the Dam to burst though, controlled flooding in a sense.

Had the dam burst - then the katrina reference may have been relevant!