Flooding

angelfire9

So.. The fergus is very high but Ennis hasn't flooded yet... What do we reckon will the work carried out by Wills Bros save us?

Mr. G

Not yet but there is a flooding warning fir Clare. River Fergus is very high at the minute. I think the flooding walls sjou

This may be of use

http://flooding.ie

angelfire9

I know I saw 😄 just wondering how much faith people have in our brand new flood defences 😀

Mr. G

I think if there is a lot of rain tonight there is no doubt of some flooding in lower lying areas.

Here are two pictures I took around 1pm today. From the below (Pic 1) it looks quite high. I can't see it going over, time will tell.

Clareman

I think I saw Mr. G up town today

Mr. G

I think I saw Clareman too

Clareman

We should have hugged or something

Mr. G

Lahinch has borne the brunt of the latest storm to hit Clare's coast, leading to the most significant flooding event in the county in over four years.

Major damage has been caused to businesses and homes, some of which were evacuated this morning. Clare County Council also says that the Promenade walkways and seawall were 'seriously compromised.' Locals say the damage in Lahinch is the most extensive in memory.

Houses in parts of Quilty have also been damaged, while along Clare's coastline roads and property were damaged by debris washed in from the sea, including in Doonbeg, Doolin, Quilty, Cappa and Carrigaholt. Carrigaholt Post Office was closed for a time earlier today, but has since re-opened.

The Lahinch to Liscannor road is still blocked to traffic, while some bus services in North Clare have been disrupted.

Clare County Council says there is major disruption to water supplies in the Finnevarra, New Quay and Clahane, Liscannor areas of North Clare as a result of storm damage in the area.

The Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre remains closed today due to high winds, and homeowners in coastal areas are being warned that high spring tides will continue over the coming days.

http://clare.fm/news/extensive-damage-follows-overnight-storm

A lot of damage in Lahinch. Just heard it on RTÉ Radio 1, damage will cost millions to repair apparently.

Balagan

Mr. G wrote: »

http://clare.fm/news/extensive-damage-follows-overnight-storm

A lot of damage in Lahinch. Just heard it on RTÉ Radio 1, damage will cost millions to repair apparently.

Quite a mess. http://www.clarechampion.ie/storm-damage-in-pictures-lahinch/

dee_mc

Lahinch SeaWorld closed til further notice; the building itself and the surrounding area have been severely damaged, and high tide expected again tonight. Doolin Pier badly hit too.
Lahinch: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.640080559386489.1073741828.107478482646702&type=1
Doolin: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.725096767503118.1073741840.207417015937765&type=1

growler

Amazing to see the damage done to the prom in Lahinch, not seen anything like that in 30+ years of going there. Was talking to my dad on the phone, he was just coming out of the off licence at the top of the street and got soaked by a wave ! wasn't too happy.

All the rocks protecting the seafront will probably be scattered about or buried now, replacing all that will cost a lot.

Just saw the story about the rescue of a surfer, can't believe people are so bloody stupid that they allow others to risk their lives.

Aineoil

growler wrote: »

Amazing to see the damage done to the prom in Lahinch, not seen anything like that in 30+ years of going there. Was talking to my dad on the phone, he was just coming out of the off licence at the top of the street and got soaked by a wave ! wasn't too happy.

All the rocks protecting the seafront will probably be scattered about or buried now, replacing all that will cost a lot.

The off licence up near the church?

Wow! That's a long way to get soaked by a wave. Things must have been savage there last night.

It's going to cost a small fortune to rectify things, I was up there today and the whole of the prom was cordoned off - plastic tape was from O Looneys across to the Spinnaker. Nobody was allowed down. I saw that one of the pay machines for parking was damaged quite badly.

seachto7

O Looneys surely took a battering? Is it still standing!?

colm_mcm

seachto7 wrote: »

O Looneys surely took a battering? Is it still standing!?

Yep



photo: John Kelly, Clare Champion

http://www.clarechampion.ie/waves-and-weather-wreak-havoc-along-coast/storm-damage-at-lahinch-24/

seachto7

Looks like O Looneys got off lightly with just the windows driven in!

dmc17

It ain't over yet

dmc17

Great photo of Lahinch last night

Brennans Row

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]All the fish in seaworld were probably rueing their lost opportunity of a great escape. [/FONT]

windy shepard henderson

Mr. G wrote: »

I think if there is a lot of rain tonight there is no doubt of some flooding in lower lying areas.

Here are two pictures I took around 1pm today. From the below (Pic 1) it looks quite high. I can't see it going over, time will tell.

between half 7 and half 9 will tell alot for ennis , half seven is the next high tide, i doubt looking at them photos that it will be as bad as it was in the past

colm_mcm

windy shepard henderson

dmc17 wrote: »

It ain't over yet

i seen that report over the internet and as far as i am aware that is off the mark
it is very unlikely we will get a red warning given the last storm was only orange which was predicted nearly a week in advance, besides who in there right mind uses the term "blowing a hoollie" other then some american trying to impress us with his irishness!!!!

dmc17

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

i seen that report over the internet and as far as i am aware that is off the mark
it is very unlikely we will get a red warning given the last storm was only orange which was predicted nearly a week in advance, besides who in there right mind uses the term "blowing a hoollie" other then some american trying to impress us with his irishness!!!!

It's not so much the storm but the size and time of the swell. Met Eireann are also talking about severe winds tomorrow night again into Monday. Tides are still fairly high too. Might be nothing but who knows

Aineoil

My New Years resolution was to walk the prom to O' Brien's bridge and back every day. That won't be on the cards for a while, I guess.

In fairness there were loads of workers up there today cleaning up.

dmc17

Aineoil wrote: »

My New Years resolution was to walk the prom to O' Brien's bridge and back every day. That won't be on the cards for a while, I guess.

How convenient There's another O' Briensbridge in Clare. Just walk from the prom to there every day

Aineoil

dmc17 wrote: »

How convenient There's another O' Briensbridge in Clare. Just walk from the prom to there every day

Where is the other O'Brien's Bridge? I'm just a blow in.:D

periodictable

growler wrote: »

Amazing to see the damage done to the prom in Lahinch, not seen anything like that in 30+ years of going there. Was talking to my dad on the phone, he was just coming out of the off licence at the top of the street and got soaked by a wave ! wasn't too happy.

All the rocks protecting the seafront will probably be scattered about or buried now, replacing all that will cost a lot.

Just saw the story about the rescue of a surfer, can't believe people are so bloody stupid that they allow others to risk their lives.

Bad as it was, I can remember a good 40 years back when Mc Donalds carnival was swept out to sea, the building that houses Seaworld was flooded and the whole prom was upended-it looked like a bomb site. After that they put those boulder defenses in.

dmc17

Aineoil wrote: »

Where is the other O'Brien's Bridge? I'm just a blow in.:D

Just on the border with Limerick

Aineoil

periodictable wrote: »

Bad as it was, I can remember a good 40 years back when Mc Donalds carnival was swept out to sea, the building that houses Seaworld was flooded and the whole prom was upended-it looked like a bomb site. After that they put those boulder defenses in.

I wondered about when those boulders were put in. Thanks for that information.

Was Seaworld a cinema then?

Aineoil

dmc17 wrote: »

Just on the border with Limerick

Mother of the Holy Divine, if I walked that far every day I'd disappear. :P

Jhcx

You know i'd say if this was amurica they'd be calling this a hurricane. yet all we call it is strong winds.
I'd say the caravan parks werent left intact after that.

Aineoil

I'm Irish and I thought a hoollie was a big party - not that I would use the word myself to describe a big party.

"Blowing a hoollie" ........begorah are ye sure to be sure.

I didn't drive past the caravan parks today, but up by the Centra that's also an off licence (up by the church) there was a big clump of seaweed on the road.

dmc17

Nice out there this morning

RoisinD

Great interview on John Cooke, Clare FM this morning with Kit Lysaght from Liscannor. She really told it how it is. The whole of the coast has been badly affected by the sea not just Lahinch. Her description of sitting in her house on Liscannor pier not knowing what the sea was going to do next was frightening. Her castigation of local politicians and Clare county council was great to listen to as none of them had bothered to make contact with her or her brother next door to ensure they were ok. Made a change from an interview I heard with Michael Vaughan a hotelier in Lahinch who was on with Mary Wilson on RTE radio yesterday. His only concern was that the prom in Lahinch be restored as quickly as possible. No thoughts for anyone else least of all his neighbours in Liscannor and Clahane. In fact he had to be prompted by Mary Wilson re the road closure to Liscannor.

Kit also had words for those who come 'sightseeing' with no thought for their own safety or indeed for the emergency services who may have to take action in the event of something going wrong. Indeed the bottom video above illustrates the risks people take with no thought for their own safety or indeed the safety of others.

Some of those other areas that have been affected incude Carrigaholt, Kilbaha, Doonbeg, Quilty, White Strand, Liscannor, Clahane, Doolin, Fanore and Ballyvaughan. Indeed the whole west coast of our county. To listen to most of the media it seems that Lahinch is about the only place in Clare affected. To be fair to ClareFM they did try to redress the balance today.

Good luck also to Doolin Coast Guard whose lack of facilities has been well documented in the past and whose new station is currently being built at last. However their premises were badly damaged the other night too.

Palmach

RoisinD wrote: »

Her castigation of local politicians and Clare county council was great to listen to as none of them had bothered to make contact with her or her brother next door to ensure they were ok.

It is not a politicians job to be going around phoning people to see if they are ok. I know she has had a hard time but it is not the fault of the politicians.

haybob

RoisinD wrote: »

Great interview on John Cooke, Clare FM this morning with Kit Lysaght from Liscannor. She really told it how it is. The whole of the coast has been badly affected by the sea not just Lahinch. Her description of sitting in her house on Liscannor pier not knowing what the sea was going to do next was frightening. Her castigation of local politicians and Clare county council was great to listen to as none of them had bothered to make contact with her or her brother next door to ensure they were ok. Made a change from an interview I heard with Michael Vaughan a hotelier in Lahinch who was on with Mary Wilson on RTE radio yesterday. His only concern was that the prom in Lahinch be restored as quickly as possible. No thoughts for anyone else least of all his neighbours in Liscannor and Clahane. In fact he had to be prompted by Mary Wilson re the road closure to Liscannor.

Kit also had words for those who come 'sightseeing' with no thought for their own safety or indeed for the emergency services who may have to take action in the event of something going wrong. Indeed the bottom video above illustrates the risks people take with no thought for their own safety or indeed the safety of others.

Some of those other areas that have been affected incude Carrigaholt, Kilbaha, Doonbeg, Quilty, White Strand, Liscannor, Clahane, Doolin, Fanore and Ballyvaughan. Indeed the whole west coast of our county. To listen to most of the media it seems that Lahinch is about the only place in Clare affected. To be fair to ClareFM they did try to redress the balance today.

Good luck also to Doolin Coast Guard whose lack of facilities has been well documented in the past and whose new station is currently being built at last. However their premises were badly damaged the other night too.

Anytime I have heard Michael Vaughan in various media he is moaning about something, not wanting to pay the minimum wage, poor season for tourism, working too many hours the man badly needs a PR company

RoisinD

Palmach wrote: »

It is not a politicians job to be going around phoning people to see if they are ok. I know she has had a hard time but it is not the fault of the politicians.

I could have phrased that better. Kit represented the feeling of many in the different areas that politicians from almost every party have been crawling all over Lahinch for the past few days with their soundbytes.They are the ones who have been contacted in the past by people in Liscannor and other areas about the lack of proper sea defences, something which they have chosen to ignore. If they are not responsible for allocating funding and meeting the needs of their constituents then who is?
We have seen that some people in Clare are cut off, some on the point of losing their homes and the focus for some seems to be elsewhere.

RoisinD

haybob wrote: »

Anytime I have heard Michael Vaughan in various media he is moaning about something, not wanting to pay the minimum wage, poor season for tourism, working too many hours the man badly needs a PR company

Normally I ignore most of what he says but yesterday it was what he didn't say that was interesting. Rather embarrassing that Mary Wilson had to point the local road closure. Indeed there were many road closures in the area with anyone traveling from Liscannor having to detour via Kilshanny.

Palmach

RoisinD wrote: »

I could have phrased that better. Kit represented the feeling of many in the different areas that politicians from almost every party have been crawling all over Lahinch for the past few days with their soundbytes.They are the ones who have been contacted in the past by people in Liscannor and other areas about the lack of proper sea defences, something which they have chosen to ignore. If they are not responsible for allocating funding and meeting the needs of their constituents then who is?
We have seen that some people in Clare are cut off, some on the point of losing their homes and the focus for some seems to be elsewhere.

Don't worry the locals are coming up. I expect Tom Coughlan to get it hot and heavy for the enxt 5 months.

poppyvally

was there on Sunday.& got soaked. there were more people there than I ever saw at any seaside resort in the middle of summer!

growler

RoisinD wrote: »

Some of those other areas that have been affected incude Carrigaholt, Kilbaha, Doonbeg, Quilty, White Strand, Liscannor, Clahane, Doolin, Fanore and Ballyvaughan. Indeed the whole west coast of our county. To listen to most of the media it seems that Lahinch is about the only place in Clare affected. To be fair to ClareFM they did try to redress the balance today.

.

Clahane must have taken a real battering, that road has been trying hard to collapse into the sea for many years, wouldn't be at all surprised if it made it this time. Anyone been up there?

dmc17

growler wrote: »

Clahane must have taken a real battering, that road has been trying hard to collapse into the sea for many years, wouldn't be at all surprised if it made it this time. Anyone been up there?

Yeah, the road was barely walkable. The houses took a battering too

angelfire9

Nice stones!
Awful destruction

windy shepard henderson

it seems to be a familiar scene up and down the coast , everywhere destroyed i heard somewhere that the government had 45 million set aside for the nationwide damage, i doubt that would cover a fraction of the clare coast line , emergency funding is needed immediately , the tourism trade kicks into gear in around 4 months time the last thing you'd want to do is turn the coast line into a building site

Jim Martin

windy shepard henderson wrote: »

it seems to be a familiar scene up and down the coast , everywhere destroyed i heard somewhere that the government had 45 million set aside for the nationwide damage, i doubt that would cover a fraction of the clare coast line , emergency funding is needed immediately , the tourism trade kicks into gear in around 4 months time the last thing you'd want to do is turn the coast line into a building site

Just discussing problem on ClareFM - estimated Carrigaholt alone will need €5 million!

dpofloinn

An estimated minimum of E23.5 to repair the damage donr to infrastructure in Clare alone http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/storms-cost-clare-and-kerry-councils-46-million-254951.html. I wonder how much of that will be pissed away on consulatants reports and reports about the consultants reports, but more importantly how much is it going to cost to replace all the dog poo that used to line the paths around lahinch?

Jim Martin

dpofloinn wrote: »

An estimated minimum of E23.5 to repair the damage donr to infrastructure in Clare alone http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/storms-cost-clare-and-kerry-councils-46-million-254951.html. I wonder how much of that will be pissed away on consulatants reports and reports about the consultants reports, but more importantly how much is it going to cost to replace all the dog poo that used to line the paths around lahinch?

There was plenty of it there when I walked along Wednesday, mostly trodden on!

growler

Didn't they manage to spend around €400K building that lifeguard hut in Lahinch? God knows how much they'll estimate / actually spend, and it would be a miracle if they get it done by "summer".

It would be a great opportunity to make some serious improvements to the prom, better facilities for surfers, some sheltered seating, bins, platforms for fishing etc. won't hold my breath.

dr.fuzzenstein

Well, I always thought that the promenade in Lahinch was a bit of an ugly concrete monstrosity.
At least not they have a chance of building it up again, bigger and better and most certainly more stylish.
I'm not expecting Cote D'Azur here, but whatever comes after, can only be an improvement.

growler

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I'm not expecting Cote D'Azur here, but whatever comes after, can only be an improvement.

perhaps a fact finding mission by the good councilors to cote d'azur and maybe hawaii would be in order, particularly at this time of year.....

dr.fuzzenstein

growler wrote: »

perhaps a fact finding mission by the good councilors to cote d'azur and maybe hawaii would be in order, particularly at this time of year.....

And then build another concrete monstrosity...

swoofer

and dont forget the consultants, nobody seems to be questioning why the place fell apart under strong winds and tides.