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Galway RNLI rescue swimmer

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    buzz11
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    Well done to the pedestrian who's spotted the swimmer in trouble !


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    thecretinhop
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    what sort of clown goes swimming yesterday ffs.


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    [Deleted User]
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    No problem with confident swimmers getting in yesterday but this is bad form;

    "Some swimmers remained in the water as Rescue 115 continued its search along the shoreline in Salthill."


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    Odyssey 2005
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    No problem with confident swimmers getting in yesterday but this is bad form;

    "Some swimmers remained in the water as Rescue 115 continued its search along the shoreline in Salthill."

    That's a special kind of fukin stupid.


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    whisky_galore
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »

    "Some swimmers remained in the water as Rescue 115 continued its search along the shoreline in Salthill."

    This deserves a Gervais "ooh you're hard" meme.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Well done RNLI, coastguard and other services - coordinated responses for water incidents in Galway is really impressive.


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    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    Ah lads ffs, can you not focus on the positives of the story without being so judgemental!?
    Is this the new Covid Irish way?

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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    Laviski
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    Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »
    Ah lads ffs, can you not focus on the positives of the story without being so judgemental!?
    Is this the new Covid Irish way?

    needless situation.... i beleive that is the angle here. Given the weather, the person was missing their two cents that day.


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    Mrs OBumble
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    Laviski wrote: »
    needless situation.... i beleive that is the angle here. Given the weather, the person was missing their two cents that day.

    What weather? There was yellow warning and a bit of breeze. Nothing extreme.


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    Storm 10
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    What weather? There was yellow warning and a bit of breeze. Nothing extreme.

    Were you in Salthill when it happened I was, there were very large waves lashing rain and it was a gale blowing certainly not as you put it a breeze . The conditions were not a day for a swim .


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    Psychlops
    Registered Users Posts: 1,105 ✭✭✭Psychlops


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    What weather? There was yellow warning and a bit of breeze. Nothing extreme.


    Yeah it was just fine..


    https://afloat.ie/safety/lifeboats/item/49414-sea-swimmer-rescued-by-galway-rnli-in-southerly-gale-off-salthill



    Met Éireann's sea area forecast from 12 noon today had warned of gale-force eight to nine southerly winds for all coastal waters, including the Irish Sea.


    RNLI Galway's deputy launch authority Shane Folan noted that there were "very challenging weather conditions, with high winds and breaking surf".


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    happyoutscan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,958 ✭✭✭happyoutscan


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    What weather? There was yellow warning and a bit of breeze. Nothing extreme.

    This is such a ridiculous post.


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    Mrs OBumble
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    Obviously there was some amazing microclimate going on in Salthill on Saturday, which caused the weather to be so much worse than it was in town.

    My bad.


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    Storm 10
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Obviously there was some amazing microclimate going on in Salthill on Saturday, which caused the weather to be so much worse than it was in town.

    My bad.

    Funny enough I was in the City before heading to Salthill and it was wet and windy, it was very windy in Salthill with driving rain when the Lifeboat and Helicopter arrived at Salthill.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Obviously there was some amazing microclimate going on in Salthill on Saturday, which caused the weather to be so much worse than it was in town.

    My bad.

    I think it's in town you'll find the calm microclimate, being surrounded by tall buildings.


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    irish_major
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    I actually went for a swim at about 10 am Saturday morning and it was very calm! I could not believe how wild it was 2 hours later, glad all ended well here.


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    timmyntc
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I think it's in town you'll find the calm microclimate, being surrounded by tall buildings.

    Tall buildings act like wind tunnels and can make weather seem worse


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    [Deleted User]
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    timmyntc wrote: »
    Tall buildings act like wind tunnels and can make weather seem worse

    Depends entirely on the direction of the wind and the street - they can also (and are more likely to) do the opposite.


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    [Deleted User]
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    timmyntc wrote: »
    Tall buildings act like wind tunnels and can make weather seem worse
    Tall buildings with straight, open streets.

    Galway's narrow, not straight or closed off at either end streets break the wind.

    It's almost as if the Normans planned it that way.


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