The flooding thread. Read post 1.

JustAThought · 24-10-2011 11:57PM

psycho-hope wrote: »

anyone know what the m50 form the airport to wicklow is like?

Almost 4 hour trip from red cow northbound to Malahide exit; from 530pm til after 9. Over two hours of this was the 5 minute drive from Woodies near red cow to slip onto top of M50. Clare Hall at least four if water, Malahide road up past Charlie Haugheys place savage flooding up to 9pm; a river running through it. Cars racing on one side only to try & get through; some getting stuck in the floods and others having to get out & help the wirh a push x 2 cars in front of me. Kettles lane Kinsealy impassable. Campions pub right turn at tbe field sjunction to Belmayne totally flooded and impassible to jeeps; up last the bonnet ( top of). M50 from red cow to Malahide; whole chunks of the ("slow!") lane totally impassible and seriously dangerous; wash onto other lanes over the roofs of cars; that was 9 ish. The rain has stopped but seriously would t do it.
( normally not cautious!)

billymitchell · 24-10-2011 11:57PM

TheZohan wrote: »

It's like a big road, all tarmacked and big blue signs. Can't miss it.

are you here all week?

thehamo · 24-10-2011 11:58PM

Anyone know anything of the tolka? I know it was very high earlier today but not sure if it breached its banks

Calibos · 24-10-2011 11:59PM

ShagNastii wrote: »

The missus is a doc in the mater. She's on in the morning. Does anyone know if it should be plain sailing re:passable roads from the griffth college area?

Never....ever....put a colon before a p. It makes a joke of your post.

Local-womanizer · 24-10-2011 11:59PM

Flooding in Donegal too:

http://video.ak.fbcdn.net/cfs-ak-snc4/343336/944/2546345456623_40631.mp4?oh=6e0619641b7ff812450de070614c46f8&oe=4EA88200&__gda__=1319666176_d4e49522c955d6279f48101ea7b10de6

Cantona's Collars · 25-10-2011 12:00AM

nibtrix wrote: »

Just lost power in the sweepstakes. A neighbour came out to ask if we knew why the power was out. When we explained she said "what floods?"....

Hope everyone's ok out there tonight.

She was too wrapped up in the soaps all evening-if it wasn't flooded in Coronation Street it didn't happen.:D

TheZohanS · 25-10-2011 12:00AM

billymitchell wrote: »

are you here all week?

Probably...FML...

ff9999 · 25-10-2011 12:00AM

It's wet outside.

JustAThought · 25-10-2011 12:01AM

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Little Miss Lady wrote: »

Swords

The feltrim/kinsealy entrance is grand but it's near impassable down by the forest road and I'd imagine the road up to Swords Manor is pretty bad too.
The water was nearly over the bonnet of my car two hours ago..

Rivervalley would be bad too. The Kinsealy/Feltrim entrance is on higher ground so it'd be saved from a lot of the flooding.

Road past Charlie Haugheys virtually impassible despite the hill. Cones at St doulaghs ; have to swap to the other side of the road which was pretty bad. Feltrim road bad and kettles lane Kinsealy impassible. Two hours ago.

25-10-2011 12:02AM

BOHSBOHS wrote: »

every bitta land we have is covered! we havent a ditch to walk on , all the cattle had to taken off

You're about two days early, I'm expecting Clonoon to be flooded by the end of the week as the water that fell in the midlands makes its way into the Shannon.

phasers · 25-10-2011 12:02AM

God I just remembered, there's a Britney Spears concert tonight at the Point. hate to be trying to get home tonight!

Killer Pigeon · 25-10-2011 12:04AM

JustAThought wrote: »

Road past Charlie Haugheys virtually impassible despite the hill. Cones at St doulaghs ; have to swap to the other side of the road which was pretty bad. Feltrim road bad and kettles lane Kinsealy impassible. Two hours ago.

Looks like I'm trapped

What part of the Feltrim road? Beside Kettles Lane?

argosy2006 · 25-10-2011 12:04AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81uPv8b_UBo

All that water, and all that electricity , awesome!
Leave it on,,,ha

LH Pathe · 25-10-2011 12:05AM

Fùcking car I was travelling earlier floated for a brief moment. bunting road

PseudoFamous · 25-10-2011 12:05AM

inb4 ironic water shortages

El Guapo! · 25-10-2011 12:05AM

phasers wrote: »

God I just remembered, there's a Britney Spears concert tonight at the Point. hate to be trying to get home tonight!

There's a joke in there somewhere...

fullstop · 25-10-2011 12:07AM

Just back from the dropping well in Milltown, was crazy there around high tide. The water was waist high in the road for about a 80 yard stretch with some jeeps getting through. A fee cars got through but one got stuck, an 11 reg Skoda with Ruairi Quinn in the passenger seat and a highly (un)skilled (Garda presumably?) driver at the wheel.
There was a car washed into the river from the dropping well car park and it's now about 500 yards down the river.

DazMarz · 25-10-2011 12:07AM

Anyone heard anything more on the young off-duty Garda who was swept away by the floodwaters near Blessington earlier? He was trying to help people and got caught in a surge of water... Hopefully he'll be ok.

Killer Pigeon · 25-10-2011 12:08AM

argosy2006 wrote: »

All that water, and all that electricity , awesome!
Leave it on,,,ha

Now, that's one thing I don't understand. Why the hell did they endanger people's lives by leaving the electricity on.

"Ah, sure they'll be grand"

fran oconnor · 25-10-2011 12:08AM

Anymore news on the Guard??, i hope the poor fella is ok.

Local-womanizer · 25-10-2011 12:08AM

DazMarz wrote: »

Anyone heard anything more on the young off-duty Garda who was swept away by the floodwaters near Blessington earlier? He was trying to help people and got caught in a surge of water... Hopefully he'll be ok.

There are some reports his body was found, nothing confirmed yet so please god he is ok.

psycho-hope · 25-10-2011 12:08AM

TheZohan wrote: »

It's like a big road, all tarmacked and big blue signs. Can't miss it.

smart arse:p

ladycam · 25-10-2011 12:09AM

Vincent Brown has just read aloud papers and said that the Garda was killed.
RIP, thoughts with his family:(

LH Pathe · 25-10-2011 12:09AM

I think that was the price of some unseasonal mildness. southerly. changed back to northerly now far as I can tell; it's cold. and hey ho the fûckn skies are completely clear

billymitchell · 25-10-2011 12:10AM

I see the star is going with the story the garda is dead.
I'm very uneasy about that, especially since there is no confirmation

sdanseo · 25-10-2011 12:11AM

Port Tunnel was NOT flooded about half an hour before it stopped raining.

However, there is a major flood just north of the Whitehall portals, meaning traffic into and out of the tunnel is restricted, moreso Northbound as traffic cannot be allowed to back up into the bore (fumes).

ladycam · 25-10-2011 12:12AM

Gave his name as well, surely all his family wouldn't even know yet.
Very sad

Witcher · 25-10-2011 12:12AM

Rte's Fran McNulty on Twitter 15 mins ago:

Search and Rescue of River Liffey in Wicklow to continue through the night

Link

gavmcg92 · 25-10-2011 12:12AM

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Edit: Unlike the Star I am going to wait for conformation before I comment.

homer simpson · 25-10-2011 12:13AM

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Flooding in Donegal too:

http://video.ak.fbcdn.net/cfs-ak-snc4/343336/944/2546345456623_40631.mp4?oh=6e0619641b7ff812450de070614c46f8&oe=4EA88200&__gda__=1319666176_d4e49522c955d6279f48101ea7b10de6

wheres that taken?

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