The flooding thread. Read post 1.

Paddy Samurai

Unusual I know:rolleyes:

Its lashing outside and I love it. I fcuking love the rain. I love been out in the rain, no not singing…walking. A lot of people I know won’t budge outside if its raining.Am I the only one likes walking in the rain?.
The only thing that pisses me off is the flooding. Don’t they clean the drains in this country. The poor sod down the road from me ,got flooded out last year ,his house was destroyed. At the moment he has a small lake around his house ,hope he’s not hit again. Although lots of drivers seem to see the floods as an opportunity to give pedestrians a good soaking.


Also it cleans the streets of filth;)

People are ringing the Defence Forces looking for assistance, but until we're requested by the civil authorities (councils etc) or civil powers (Garda) we can not assist with sand bags etc.

At present we've troops out searching for a member of the public swept into the Liffey.

Simply put, people in distress must for ring their local council - if they require a rescue they must ring 112 (999) because we're powerless until the civil authorities (or powers) request it.

Random

rain is grand (im used to living in ireland) but when it gets to the point where theres dangerously big puddles (bordering on flooding in places) on the road which will cause car crashes then i start to dislike it.

i also saw some poor bastard earlier get absolutely soaked by a passing bin lorry. this was like a wave at the sea side. i must admit it was funny though ..

Eathrin

Beats wind I suppose.

Cill Dara Abu

Don't mind the rain unless it gets so bad that car start aqua plaining dangerously.

As long as the snow stays away this winter I don't care.

G_R

I do love soaking pedestrians...

kfallon

Love playing football in the rain so looking forward to the game later on

Other than that I fooking hate the stuff :mad:

Chuck Stone

Anything but that mild mushroom soup type weather.

ejmaztec

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Unusual I know:rolleyes:

Its lashing outside and I love it. I fcuking love the rain. I love been out in the rain, no not singing…walking. A lot of people I know won’t budge outside if its raining.Am I the only one likes walking in the rain?.
The only thing that pisses me off is the flooding. Don’t they clean the drains in this country. The poor sod down the road from me ,got flooded out last year ,his house was destroyed. At the moment he has a small lake around his house ,hope he’s not hit again. Although lots of drivers seem to see the floods as an opportunity to give pedestrians a good soaking.


Also it cleans the streets of filth

Unfortunately, many of them know how to swim.:(

Eve_Dublin

Rain...it's The Bees.

It's raining for the first time in maybe 4 or 5 months here in Madrid today and people are overjoyed. Madrid suffers from a massive pollution problem and when you fly out of the airport, you see a thick layer of it covering the city. We needed this rain badly to wash that ****e away...but the rain tasted and smelled disgusting because of it and I came home with a smokers cough from inhaling it. Rain keeps Dublin's skies clean and it adds a bit of variation to the weather. Clear blue skies every-bleedin'-day gets on your tits after a while (I know, I know....gawd love me...)

And no weather small talk in Spain, which is a pain in the arse, frankly. "Very hot today, isn't it?"..."Eh of course it feckin' is you fool!".

Chris P. Bacon

There is nothing better than sitting in a pub with a real fire blazing,and looking out at the rain.

the groutch

just a warm-up for the snow

jester77

Can't say I miss the Irish rain, was home recently and it did nothing but rain. Couldn't even go out for a walk

whubee

FREE CAR WASHHHHH!!!!
woohoo - laziness prevails.

Wattle

I don't mind walking in light rain but I don't like getting soaked through.

Canard

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

Rain...it's The Bees.
Rain keeps Dublin's skies clean and it adds a bit of variation to the weather. Clear blue skies every-bleedin'-day gets on your tits after a while (I know, I know....gawd love me...)

But it never does anything but rain, hardly variation :P Gets more on my tits than the sun ever could

EggsAckley

Sure its a grand soft day

foxyboxer

I'm going to get soaked later.

Glenster

I got sunburned today in sunny Jordan.

Take that wet plebs!

UglyBolloxFace

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Unusual I know:rolleyes:

Its lashing outside and I love it. I fcuking love the rain. I love been out in the rain, no not singing…walking. A lot of people I know won’t budge outside if its raining.Am I the only one likes walking in the rain?.
The only thing that pisses me off is the flooding. Don’t they clean the drains in this country. The poor sod down the road from me ,got flooded out last year ,his house was destroyed. At the moment he has a small lake around his house ,hope he’s not hit again. Although lots of drivers seem to see the floods as an opportunity to give pedestrians a good soaking.


Also it cleans the streets of filth;)

At the moment I'm trying to get into shape and get fit. I love running and I love the rain. The one thing I want to do is go running in the rain. I'm thinking about doing it later.

Cameron Poe

Glenster wrote: »

I got sunburned today in sunny Jordan.

Take that wet plebs!

Jordan has nothing but ruins and olives. I'll take my chances here.

Chuck Stone

Glenster wrote: »

I got sunburned today in sunny Jordan.

Give me Ireland any day over a land-locked desert.

fran oconnor

The weather is unreal, you should see the traffic on the tallaght bypass, its mental..

Muckie

Tis nice, keeps the weiner kids in doors :pac:

Cianos

The moans and groans are saturating Facebook now.

alwaysadub

I don't mind rain, but i hate floods. Car is bad enough as it is without having to drive through floods. In saying that, i've been sick and haven't been outside the door since Wednesday so this bout of flooding doesn't bother me. Unless it's still like this tomorrow..

thebaz

i hate rain - days like today and yesteday actually make me depressed - i don't mind cold, i like the seasons - but 2 days of grey skies and torrential makes me very bleak

snubbleste

The grass is sooooo green

whubee

water charges. why.

Wibbs

Feck this. I'm going to the zoo with a big truck and then building a boat. God told me it's not gonna get better...

FatherLen

there seems to be a large river like body of water forming outside my house?

flash1080

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

Rain...it's The Bees.

It's raining for the first time in maybe 4 or 5 months here in Madrid today and people are overjoyed. Madrid suffers from a massive pollution problem and when you fly out of the airport, you see a thick layer of it covering the city. We needed this rain badly to wash that ****e away...but the rain tasted and smelled disgusting because of it and I came home with a smokers cough from inhaling it. Rain keeps Dublin's skies clean and it adds a bit of variation to the weather. Clear blue skies every-bleedin'-day gets on your tits after a while (I know, I know....gawd love me...)

And no weather small talk in Spain, which is a pain in the arse, frankly. "Very hot today, isn't it?"..."Eh of course it feckin' is you fool!".

The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.

tallus

There's a torrent of water flowing down the street right outside my house. I hope to sweet jesus that it stops soon because I sure as fcuk cannot afford to have repairs done if the house gets flooded.
Scary times I have to add.

ronano

just wish it would stop for 30mins so i can go get some takeaway without being soaked, i can't get it delivered

kfallon

My football has been cancelled!

Fook you rain, fook you! :mad:

MC Nice Andrew

Man, I'd hate to be a public transport loser in this weather!

flash1080

MC Nice Andrew wrote: »

Man, I'd hate to be a public transport loser in this weather!

Bus ****.

SteelyDanJalapeno

gonna head and try soak a few pedestrians in a bit,

Lone Stone

i dont think i ever so much water running down my road the entire time ive lived here :eek:

Caoimhín

Wattle wrote: »

I don't mind walking in light rain but I don't like getting soaked through.

No such thing as bad weather, just wrong clothing.

The Scientician

Right I'm off for a walk in the rain. If I don't come back say I died wet.

TheZohanS

I passed two accidents on the N7 this afternoon, both had ambulances attending. I hope nobody was injured.

A Guinness truck in front of me nearly lost control too, if you don't have to drive in this weather, don't. And if you drive for a living and don't feel comfortable driving in this weather tell your boss to go **** themselves 'til it eases off.

Kiith

I cycled home in shorts and a tshirt today. Was funny for about 20 minutes, than i got angry. My own fault i know, but bloody hell. Hadn't expected anything like this. Massive amounts of flooding in some places, with my feet nearly in the water when on the pedals.

Crazy i tells ya!

4leto

Lone Stone wrote: »

i dont think i ever so much water running down my road the entire time ive lived here :eek:

Never seen anything like it either, if I threw a fish hook on the road I would catch cod.

Someone somewhere in Dub are getting flooded:(

Wibbs

FatherLen wrote: »

there seems to be a large river like body of water forming outside my house?

That would be a river Len. I can see some bad cases of localised flooding coming from this. Hopefully not. I've seen the bloody awful damage and misery that can cause.

LighterGuy

So how bad is it in your area?

I was walking by the tesco express in mulhuddart, D15 about an hour ago. And its closed off due to flooding. Its only a new-ish shop. They clearly werent thinking about flooding when they moved in :pac: there are shores in the car park but are blocked up and need to be rodded.

I took a picture of it. I've attached it with this post (its a small picture, but still)
Also, local politician Paul Donnelly has his office flooded, about 2-3 foot deep too :pac:

IcedOut

You have floods haha, no floods in North tipp

arybvtcw0eolkf

Its taken me three hours to drive from The Curragh to Dublin, and now we're on standby for flood relief :mad:

I should probably add, if your leaving Dublin there's a tail back from the Kill junction on the N7 to Bluebell.

The stretch of road between the Castlewarden & Kill junction's are almost impassable both directions.

4leto

Alright I have a real crisis, I think the rain has somehow knocked of the Sky tele, I am ringing the fire-brigade.

stupidusername

Engage with your PENIS ON. sorry, that's just looking right at me.

i hope my area is flooded tomorrow so i don't have to work. walking uphill this evening towards the bus stop, there was a newly formed river making its way down. That was Deansgrange btw.

Nodin

LighterGuy wrote: »

So how bad is it in your area?

I was walking by the tesco express in mulhuddart, D15 about an hour ago. And its closed off due to flooding. Its only a new-ish shop. They clearly werent thinking about flooding when they moved in :pac: there are shores in the car park but are blocked up and need to be rodded.

I took a picture of it. I've attached it with this post (its a small picture, but still)
Also, local politician Paul Donnelly has his office flooded, about 2-3 foot deep too :pac:

That could just be the wrath of God on Mulhuddart, let's face it.

impr0v

I came through the centre of Rathmines on a bus about 20 minutes ago and there were people desperately trying to keep water out of their shops.