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    #32
    mndgz
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭mndgz


    a123, when was that tractor was passing that craughwell bridge???? today??? i thought the bridge is movin and all cracked, what an eejit!!


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    #33
    [Deleted User]
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    I think we should spare a taught for the locations in England hit just as bad and even worse.......

    Sky News were just reporting on various towns, a little place i've spent many wonderful nights in, Cockermouth has been among the worst hit :D

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockermouth


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    #34
    blindpilot
    Registered Users Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭blindpilot


    Just saw some pictures on Sky there. They seem have it a lot worse. Roads collapsing and all.


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    #35
    a123
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭a123


    mndgz wrote: »
    a123, when was that tractor was passing that craughwell bridge???? today??? i thought the bridge is movin and all cracked, what an eejit!!

    That was yesterday before lunch, and he was called much more than an eejit by everyone there at the time!

    He drove down through it and then turned and drove back for no apparent reason :eek:


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    #36
    Chris_533976
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭Chris_533976


    gilberto_eire wrote: »
    I think we should spare a taught for the locations in England hit just as bad and even worse.......

    Sky News were just reporting on various towns, a little place i've spent many wonderful nights in, Cockermouth has been among the worst hit :D

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockermouth

    Dreadful as it is, its hard to take a disaster in a place with the name of Cockermouth seriously :D

    The thing is, they are having flooded houses and areas which is terrible. We are having flooded houses, areas and main arterial roads. The fact that for a while, you couldnt get from Galway to Tuam, Dublin or Limerick (North, East or South) is ridiculous and shows how little forward planning there has been. This whole affair wouldnt have been anything like as bad for instance if the M6/17/18 had been done years ago.

    Trouble is there is no money at all to build flood defenses.


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    #37
    HappyLady
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭HappyLady


    mndgz wrote: »
    craugwell, n6, dublin rd, this mornin

    Thanks for posting these pictures. Hubby and I drive this road every day...hard to even imagine how bad it is...Pictures are worth 1000 words!!!


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    #38
    greeneyedspirit
    Registered Users Posts: 355 ✭✭greeneyedspirit


    More from Claregalway - this was this morning

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    Frank Fahy was there, too

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    Still, there was people trying to drive through. And they didn't give a **** about the band we put up. :mad:
    7A4114B8366C4628A54570E508BC9AB8-500.jpg


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    #39
    AdamantApproach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭AdamantApproach


    Those Claregalway pics are crackers. Got any more? I'm over in London and it is good to see some familiar sights, even if they are mostly underwater! Thanks

    Edit: Scratch that, just clicked on one and found several more. Cheers.


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    #40
    greeneyedspirit
    Registered Users Posts: 355 ✭✭greeneyedspirit


    AdamantApproach wrote: »
    Those Claregalway pics are crackers. Got any more? I'm over in London and it is good to see some familiar sights, even if they are mostly underwater! Thanks

    yep, look here: http://pix.ie/greeneyedspirit/album/361307/goto/1357135

    It's mental out there. going back out now to help with the sandbags.


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    #41
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users Posts: 3,035 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    Still a bit flooded around athenry


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    #42
    MissThang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭MissThang


    Out my side of the country!

    Corofin.


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    #43
    Hotwheels
    Registered Users Posts: 751 ✭✭✭Hotwheels


    MissThang wrote: »
    Out my side of the country!

    Corofin.

    That's bad...

    96728.jpg

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    #44
    joeKel73
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭joeKel73


    Ouch!!


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    #45
    hacktavist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 517 ✭✭✭hacktavist


    greeneyedspirit wrote: »
    Still, there was people trying to drive through. And they didn't give a **** about the band we put up. :mad:
    7A4114B8366C4628A54570E508BC9AB8-500.jpg

    Looks like he made it through fine, anyway you can hardly expect someone to stop after driving some distance through the water at your "band" did you think he could turn around or reverse?


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    #46
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    hacktavist wrote: »
    Looks like he made it through fine, anyway you can hardly expect someone to stop after driving some distance through the water at your "band" did you think he could turn around or reverse?

    The point is by going through he was sending waves and raising the water levels on people's houses and businesses. Basically he didn't care as long as he got where he was going. If it was his property I wonder how he would have felt if someone did what he did.


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    #47
    hacktavist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 517 ✭✭✭hacktavist


    That's fair enough, but the tape should be at the start of the flood, maybe use traffic cones insead!


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    #48
    Killer_banana
    Registered Users Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭Killer_banana


    Das Kitty wrote: »
    The point is by going through he was sending waves and raising the water levels on people's houses and businesses. Basically he didn't care as long as he got where he was going. If it was his property I wonder how he would have felt if someone did what he did.

    Apparently the manager of the Arches got so sick of this he stood out in the middle of the road stopping trucks!


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    #49
    hacktavist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 517 ✭✭✭hacktavist


    Killer_banana wrote: »
    Apparently the manager of the Arches got so sick of this he stood out in the middle of the road stopping trucks!

    He should have sank a few lumps of wood with nails sticking out of them in there!


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    #50
    kinetic
    Registered Users Posts: 431 ✭✭kinetic


    Das Kitty wrote: »
    The point is by going through he was sending waves and raising the water levels on people's houses and businesses. Basically he didn't care as long as he got where he was going. If it was his property I wonder how he would have felt if someone did what he did.

    You could have asked the guards or fire service to put some cones up or something that looked official.TBh i would have driven through the tape myself.


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    #51
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    kinetic wrote: »
    You could have asked the guards or fire service to put some cones up or something that looked official.TBh i would have driven through the tape myself.

    I could have? Don't see how from Knocknacarra tbh :p

    I'm sure the residents did ask but as you can imagine, emergency services were a bit stretched in the last couple of days.


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    #52
    Killer_banana
    Registered Users Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭Killer_banana


    Flood.jpg

    Oh ****. At first this was just a nuisance. Now I'm seriously worried.


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    #53
    Zzippy
    Registered Users Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    hacktavist wrote: »
    He should have sank a few lumps of wood with nails sticking out of them in there!

    Here's a tip - wood floats! ;)


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    #54
    hacktavist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 517 ✭✭✭hacktavist


    Zzippy wrote: »
    Here's a tip - wood floats! ;)
    Here's a tip For you, read go my post again.


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    #55
    Tech3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭Tech3


    Is Claregalway still unpassable? I took the N61/N62 today instead of the N18/N17


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    #56
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    greeneyedspirit wrote: »


    Still, there was people trying to drive through. And they didn't give a **** about the band we put up. :mad:

    7A4114B8366C4628A54570E508BC9AB8-500.jpg

    Get out your rules of the road book and check up who has the authority to halt a vehicle on a public road.
    I think you'll find it mentions nothing about a thin strip of safety tape.

    Was there anyone there to man the flimsy tape if an ambulance needed to get through?


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    #57
    hacktavist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 517 ✭✭✭hacktavist


    mikom wrote: »
    Get out your rules of the road book and check up who has the authority to halt a vehicle on a public road.
    I think you'll find it mentions nothing about a thin strip of safety tape.

    Was there anyone there to man the flimsy tape if an ambulance needed to get through?

    The best thing about it is how far away it is from the start of the flood, like you could even see it!


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    #58
    Killer_banana
    Registered Users Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭Killer_banana


    Just out there, they're putting up proper barriers now.


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    #59
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users Posts: 3,035 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    I was sure the name of this thread was post flood pictures? All ye seem to be doing is bickering and complaining about the tape. put up some pictures for feck sake.:)


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    #60
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,893 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    MissThang wrote: »
    Out my side of the country!

    Corofin.

    Holy Poop! That's bad! :eek:


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    #61
    cranky bollix
    Registered Users Posts: 583 ✭✭✭cranky bollix


    dilallio wrote: »
    We've all seen the faces of those ravaged by the floods of Sri Lanka and New Orleans.

    This award winning photograph of the recent flood waters rising in Galway captures the horror and suffering of the people.

    Keep these people in your thoughts and prayers......




    flood5.jpg

    :D where is that pic taken.judging by what there drinking , it looks more like somewhere on the continent


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