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Di you ever wonder .....

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  • 06-12-2006 7:00pm
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    hobie
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    Did you ever wonder how lucky we are that the Shannon never gets really cold or freezes over ..... :confused:

    otherwise we would get foreign subs creeping up the estuary(under the ice) to have a look around ..... :eek:

    and Polar Bears attacking the guys in the subs .... :p

    47dn1q9.jpg

    ps. did the Shannon ever freeze over I wonder? .... :confused:


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    Poxyshamrock
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    I don't know if the estuary ever froze but the Shannon in Limerick froze. In like 194? the whole of the docks froze over and I've seen pictures of it frozen up by Munchins.


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    1huge1
    Registered Users Posts: 6,173 ✭✭✭1huge1


    ^^ wow it froze almost 1800years ago
    one would wonder how anyone could possibly know that never mind get pictures hehe

    im sure it froze over 10,000years ago during the ice age


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    ninty9er
    Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    he said 194? not 194, I doubt there was a camera around limerick in 194

    EDIT: Anyone got the photo


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    billy the squid
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    1963 during the big freeze, there is a thread in the Weather forum from last year about it.


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    hobie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,338 ✭✭✭hobie


    from a link provided by Billy ....

    bigfreezeinlimerick.jpg


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    Liam Byrne
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    The Estuary and tides add saltwater to the mix; salty water is much, much less likely to freeze, so it'd be a very rare occurrence indeed.


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