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There's a storm a' comin'

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Batten down the hatches. According to those in the know tomorrow evening and tomorrow night should be very stormy in Galway. Might be a good idea not to cycle to work and to secure any outdoor decorations if you fancy them still being there on Thursday.

http://www.met.ie/nationalwarnings/default.asp
Also see boards.ie weather forum.

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Iwannahurl

fishy fishy wrote: »

i just heard there is another 'red alert' for tomorrow - is this a rumor or true does anyone know. If so I think they should block the entrance to this carpark just in case there are still people that do not know that it floods at the mere thought of a heavy rain.

You have a point there. Not only was the car park flooded, but the sea swept away cars on the Prom and damaged others around the Aquarium. As I drove there yesterday evening I heard the road had been closed between Seapoint and Grattan Road, but maybe the whole area should have been closed off much earlier? I don't know -- hindsight is 20/20 vision etc. A number of the car owners were foreign nationals and relatively recent 'blow-ins', so they may not have realised what was in store. I heard one person quote a Garda as saying that a storm so severe hadn't been seen in 25 years. The car park has been flooded previously, but afaicr vehicles have not been washed away like that before.

More pics below. Several vehicles had windows broken by the force of the water. All of them were flooded though. The water drained out of the car-park on its own. There was no pumping afaik, though the Council did a fine job of cleaning up the debris. My impression is that the footpath along the Prom has been damaged; I saw large cracks opposite the Aquarium that I thought were new.

syklops

Malcolm. wrote: »

Thanks mystic meg. Alternatively one of posters into the weatherforecasting forum, who were also posting here, might be able to enlighten us with a more scientific forecasting model. They sucessfully forecast last nights storm 10 days ago. Very handy it was.

They said there was going to be a code red storm 10 days ago? News to me.

Mrs OBumble

fishy fishy wrote: »

i just heard there is another 'red alert' for tomorrow - is this a rumor or true does anyone know. If so I think they should block the entrance to this carpark just in case there are still people that do not know that it floods at the mere thought of a heavy rain.

Nah, leave it.

It's called natural selection: anyone who parked there given the weather warnings in place is best off not behind the wheel.

Malcolm.

syklops wrote: »

Let me consult my crystal ball...

Thanks mystic meg. Alternatively one of posters into the weatherforecasting forum, who were also posting here, might be able to enlighten us with a more scientific forecasting model. They sucessfully forecast last nights storm 10 days ago. Very handy it was.

LadyMayBelle

Flying home Saturday.. hope it will have settled.

Much snow in Galway today?

antoobrien

fishy fishy wrote: »

i just heard there is another 'red alert' for tomorrow - is this a rumor or true does anyone know.

There is a Orange alert in effect for from 9am to 11.59 PM tomorrow.

syklops

Malcolm. wrote: »

Very stormy in Salthill last night, I hear there is another bad storm coming on St. Stephens day ? any truth to this ?

Let me consult my crystal ball...

Malcolm.

Very stormy in Salthill last night, I hear there is another bad storm coming on St. Stephens day ? any truth to this ?

Mars Bar

This better have calmed down by Monday. My sister is flying in to Knock!

biko

Keep an eye on the Weather forum and Met

fishy fishy

i just heard there is another 'red alert' for tomorrow - is this a rumor or true does anyone know. If so I think they should block the entrance to this carpark just in case there are still people that do not know that it floods at the mere thought of a heavy rain.

Iwannahurl

I was down that way this morning. Two friends' cars may be write-offs due to storm damage. There wasn't a lot we could do.

I was in the vicinity yesterday evening for social reasons and when I realised the severity of the storm I ran inside the Aquarium and Arabica to warn people who might have their cars parked in or near Toft Park that there was an immediate danger of flooding.

When I first arrived I saw waves dashing over the Prom and flooding was beginning to occur, but a very short time later I realised that there was a huge swell coming over, perhaps a metre or more higher than the rocks. It was obvious then that the whole area was going to be flooded in a matter of minutes. People whose cars were parked outside didn't seem to realise what they were facing.

The vehicles below were washed up onto the footpath. You can see the way they have been lined up by the force of the waves. Their front ends are heavier and their back ends more buoyant, which is why they've been thrown together side-by-side. The same thing happened to the van in the background. I reckon at least twenty vehicles were flood-damaged, and are probably write offs. The photos posted earlier show more vehicles parked behind the Aquarium. I didn't think to look there, so the total number of damaged vehicles may be much higher.

jkforde

buzz11 wrote: »

Passed through salthill an hour ago, sea weed everywhere but being cleaned up by council.
No sign of flooding anywhere but cars being towed away from car-park.
Otherwise it looks like nothing happened..

the council were on site at 7pm last night cleaning up so full credit for the impression that "it looks like nothing happened" goes to the hard work of those lads

buzz11

Passed through salthill an hour ago, sea weed everywhere but being cleaned up by council.

No sign of flooding anywhere but cars being towed away from car-park.

Otherwise it looks like nothing happened..

fishy fishy

blue skies now with white puffy clouds. LOL

antoobrien

fishy fishy wrote: »

and now hailstones to cover the snow -

The hail woke me up at about 3.30 this morning.

fishy fishy

and now hailstones to cover the snow -

fishy fishy

nice snowy blanket covering galway city this morning...and more to come by the looks of the sky

loveBBhate

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

Careful with letting the dogs out to go the toilet. My dog is terrified and ran off to hide. Had to carry a 25kg dog home because she wouldn't walk herself.

Do you even lift?

fergiesfolly

biko wrote: »

Stolen from facebook - Salthill
Cred to Cathal Collins posted on https://www.facebook.com/GalwayAdvertiser

That picture was used by Sky News this morning for their coverage of the storm.
Fair play to him for getting it.

thesandeman

Not sure if pic taken with phone will work, but the lad at the front of the cabin stayed there during the whole thing in case it got worse.
A captain never leaves his ship.

thesandeman

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Leave it there: Leisureland is making a loss, it can be a free public swimming pool instead.

It would have been ironic (if that's the correct word) if last night happened next Sunday when THE WATERBOYS are playing Leisureland.

2Mad2BeMad

ben.schlomo wrote: »

My dealings with the general public have led me to believe that most lack substantial brain matter.

the general public don't get a boner reading weather charts would be my guess:pac:

Mrs OBumble

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

That is scary.

How would they clear that lake from salthill?

Leave it there: Leisureland is making a loss, it can be a free public swimming pool instead.

(The drains that were overwhelmed will start to kick in once the tide goes down again. And they might have to pump a bit out if some outlets have become blocked. I suspect this is something the council workers have expereince with!)

Mrs Garth Brooks

That is scary.

How would they clear that lake from salthill?

hairyfairy00

A little video that my friend took earlier in Salthill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OESRt80iIA

ben.schlomo

jamesdiver wrote: »

Gotta wonder why people park there. This storm front was forecaste a few days ago and everyone knows the tides. Car park should have been closed off yesterday altogether.

My dealings with the general public have led me to believe that most lack substantial brain matter.

jamesdiver

Gotta wonder why people park there. This storm front was forecaste a few days ago and everyone knows the tides. Car park should have been closed off yesterday altogether.

jkforde

just been for a lovely prom walk but I'd say it was fairly hairy at high tide, there're rocks of approx. a foot length lying on the Prom and on the road opposite Salthill Hotel and the cobble beach there has totally changed shape... both Rockbarton roads are flooded and a few cars up to their axles in the carpark opposite the Burren Mount... next high tide at 6am...

syklops

biko wrote: »

Seems there was a bit of hail there?
Happy to be indoors.

All hail the doors!