Galway to be inundated

luckat · 10-06-2008 6:00pm #1

Apparently a radio programme this morning described how Galway was going to be inundated with endless rain as a result of climate change, while the east of the country would be dry and hot, and need water from the west...

July · 10-06-2008 6:05pm

Not much different there so, it always seems to rain more in Galway!

What was the radio station and who was saying it?

Can the Lisbon Treaty fix it?

mikemac · 10-06-2008 6:09pm

I read somewhere they are going to build a pipeline costing €600 million from the Shannon to Dublin.
Dublin is short of water and it’s cheaper then building de-salination plants.

Sherifu · 10-06-2008 6:17pm

Charge them well for it.

JIZZLORD · 10-06-2008 7:10pm

i thought this was going to be about how the city is going to fill up with spaniards for the summer

Krieg · 10-06-2008 7:37pm

JIZZLORD wrote: »

i thought this was going to be about how the city is going to fill up with spaniards for the summer

Ditto

kmart6 · 10-06-2008 7:46pm

luckat wrote: »

Apparently a radio programme this morning described how Galway was going to be inundated with endless rain as a result of climate change, while the east of the country would be dry and hot, and need water from the west...

Would they really want water?!

toiletduck · 10-06-2008 7:46pm

JIZZLORD wrote: »

i thought this was going to be about how the city is going to fill up with spaniards for the summer

Hookers and Race Week were the first in my mind. As always.

luckat · 10-06-2008 10:28pm

Not sure. The person who told me said it was either Tubridy of Morning Ireland this (Tuesday June 10) morning. Apparently some climate change guru was on ollagoning.

ScumLord · 11-06-2008 12:20am

Why? It's not like Dublin is soaked in shine shine 90% of the time, it rains maybe 20% less over there. If it doesn't come out of a tap pipe they won't drink it?

quietobserver · 11-06-2008 12:42am

July wrote: »

Not much different there so, it always seems to rain more in Galway!

What was the radio station and who was saying it?

Can the Lisbon Treaty fix it?

might depend what radio station your listening to as to where the treaty can fix it.

would they trust the galway water in dublin after all the recent probs, heres a remind case its forgotten.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Xp9C41wlA

axiom32 · 11-06-2008 10:27am

JIZZLORD wrote: »

i thought this was going to be about how the city is going to fill up with spaniards for the summer

think we have reached or quota on this as due to the over crowding in the spainish embassy on dominic st the poor souls have taken refuge in the roisin

anybody got any good pigeon spainsh???

dafunk · 11-06-2008 10:36am

ScumLord wrote: »

Why? It's not like Dublin is soaked in shine shine 90% of the time, it rains maybe 20% less over there. If it doesn't come out of a tap pipe they won't drink it?

I don't agree. I think Dublin gets about 20% of the rainfall that Galway does, not 20% less!!!

kevmy · 11-06-2008 10:42am

Again with the overstating of climate change issues. It really annoys me.

Basically if things continue the way they are for 50 years or so then this might happen. What happens is the media go to some meeting/ press conference, pick the worst case scenario and then make out that that's exactly what's going to happen. No mention at all that it is a worst case scenario or that if action is taken now we might prevent it.

What is probable is we will get slightly wetter milder winters and warmer, drier summers. This is effect the whole country but since the south east already get less rain in the winter and sunnier times in summer they could, possibly, maybe end up with drought-like situations for a period in the autumn in about 50-100 years time. As I said it's an outside possibility, just as the fact that the climate won't change at all being an outside possibility.

All of these predictions would change if some way serious action is taken on climate change - and if the price of oil keeps going up then action will be taken

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 11-06-2008 10:44am

Why don't we just pick a city, build a giant wall around it and turn it into a reservoir? worked for the Chinese...

axiom32 · 11-06-2008 12:41pm

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Why don't we just pick a city, build a giant wall around it and turn it into a reservoir? worked for the Chinese...

which brings us back to the another old question where are galways resevoirs (and not water treatment plants)

and sure if its this warm rain we keep getting and has little or no wind behind it i personnally enjoy it great for going out running in it

luckat · 11-06-2008 5:20pm

Oddly, I can't find the actual programme. My source thought it was either Tubridy or Morning Ireland on Tuesday, but I've tried Monday and Tuesday for both without finding it.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 11-06-2008 5:26pm

kevmy wrote: »

Again with the overstating of climate change issues. It really annoys me.

Basically if things continue the way they are for 50 years or so then this might happen. What happens is the media go to some meeting/ press conference, pick the worst case scenario and then make out that that's exactly what's going to happen. No mention at all that it is a worst case scenario or that if action is taken now we might prevent it.

What is probable is we will get slightly wetter milder winters and warmer, drier summers. This is effect the whole country but since the south east already get less rain in the winter and sunnier times in summer they could, possibly, maybe end up with drought-like situations for a period in the autumn in about 50-100 years time. As I said it's an outside possibility, just as the fact that the climate won't change at all being an outside possibility.

All of these predictions would change if some way serious action is taken on climate change - and if the price of oil keeps going up then action will be taken

Oooh! A Conservative! Relax, your house prices will proabbly fall anyway.

Sea Devils · 11-06-2008 8:21pm

It was raining here heavily today does that mean it's started already;)

Saruman · 11-06-2008 8:25pm

I was in Galway today.. it started pissing about Lunchtime and as i drove home it got less and less till it stopped when i got home to Westmeath...

Seems to have followed me though

brianthebard · 11-06-2008 8:27pm

ff would lead you to believe the treaty will fix everything that they never could!Sounds like more eco propaganda,every week there's a new doomsday prediction.

July wrote: »

Not much different there so, it always seems to rain more in Galway!

What was the radio station and who was saying it?

Can the Lisbon Treaty fix it?

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JIZZLORD · 11-06-2008 9:12pm

axiom32 wrote: »

think we have reached or quota on this as due to the over crowding in the spainish embassy on dominic st the poor souls have taken refuge in the roisin

anybody got any good pigeon spainsh???

if roisins isnt the spanish embassy, what is?

July · 12-06-2008 1:10am

Sea Devils wrote: »

It was raining here heavily today does that mean it's started already;)

The same thought crossed my mind!

axiom32 · 12-06-2008 11:20am

JIZZLORD wrote: »

if roisins isnt the spanish embassy, what is?

the embassy is located between building formerly known as stranos and the pink thatched cottage opposite the beirhaus

it also doubles as an artist/performers/musicians drop out center

Interceptor · 12-06-2008 11:34am

axiom32 wrote: »

where are galways resevoirs

Belclare - outside Tuam is where the new one was built two years ago. I let my dogs swim in it at the weekend when no-one is around...

'cptr

JohnCleary · 12-06-2008 11:55am

Interceptor wrote: »

Belclare - outside Tuam is where the new one was built two years ago. I let my dogs swim in it at the weekend when no-one is around...

'cptr

And as I said previously, I regularly pee beside the Terryland water intake :pac:

Galway to be inundated

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