Ennis and Clare Flood Pics

xmcp

Some cool ones from the Queens last night, stolen off their facebook page:












Some of my ****ty photos taken around 6 today in Ennis. Sorry about size. Anyone have any more
http://www.georgiecasey.com/floodpics/IMG_6199.jpg
http://www.georgiecasey.com/floodpics/IMG_6202.jpg
http://www.georgiecasey.com/floodpics/IMG_6203.jpg
http://www.georgiecasey.com/floodpics/IMG_6208.jpg
http://www.georgiecasey.com/floodpics/IMG_6209.jpg

ollaetta

Yikes!!! I don't ever remember flooding that bad in the town. Saw the footage on the news of the water spilling over the wall at Flannans. What the hell is going on?

Stuxnet

resize them, or just post links,

saw flannans on news, water was nearly coming over the perimeter wall, madness

Shoes&Frocks

Water was coming over the walls at Flannans. Total madness.

10 years ago the Parnell st side of town, including Mill road, was totally flooded. I remember wading down Parnell st in wellies and then hitching a lift into my flat on Mill road on a rubber dingy.

Since then the council has done upgrading works to the drainage system in town but only to move the problem to the opposite end of town, ie. Abbey St. Its typical of this country. Fix a problem by moving it elsewhere. They can't get anything right...

wolfpawnat

I didnt take many photo's of the flooding in Kilrush, but I was on my way to Tescos yesterday and there is a white house near it that has a small river that flows near it, and the excess rain water caused this to happen!

Mr E

xmcp - some of those images were too big to display here.
I've changed them to regular links.

soccymonster

Shoes&Frocks wrote: »

Water was coming over the walls at Flannans. Total madness.

I think it's great . No school .

Although alot of the roads around my parish are flooded making it very hard to get to my house .

Heard the weather is supposed to be awful again tommorrow.

xmcp

Mr E wrote: »

xmcp - some of those images were too big to display here.
I've changed them to regular links.

Cheers (don't seem to have a high enough postcount to thanks!)

Shoes&Frocks wrote: »

10 years ago the Parnell st side of town, including Mill road, was totally flooded. I remember wading down Parnell st in wellies and then hitching a lift into my flat on Mill road on a rubber dingy.

Since then the council has done upgrading works to the drainage system in town but only to move the problem to the opposite end of town, ie. Abbey St. Its typical of this country. Fix a problem by moving it elsewhere. They can't get anything right...

Thank god they did... I'm sitting in my office just off Parnell street! 10 years ago, I'd definitely be flooded in. I remember that, around Christmas 1998, all of Parnell street was fecked but everyplace else was grand.

Jay P

Haha, I always hated the Queens :P

soccymonster wrote: »

I think it's great . No school .

Although alot of the roads around my parish are flooded making it very hard to get to my house .

Heard the weather is supposed to be awful again tommorrow.

According to the news, so will sunday. And monday. And tuesday. And wednesday.

fatherbuzcagney

its looks more like Venice than Ennis from those photos.

Jay P

fatherbuzcagney wrote: »

its looks more like VEnnis than Ennis from those photos.

FYP

Keano

Whats the current state of Ennis. Was thinking of heading in later?

Stuxnet

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Whats the current state of Ennis. Was thinking of heading in later?

its grand, main streets are open, but one or 2 detours around the place
lots of parking, abbey st and parnell st car parks are empty

Run_to_da_hills

You can only blame the council planning dept for allowing housing estates develop along the flood plains around town, Quinn Road by Johnnos and out the Tulla Rd.

Article in todays Indo.

philstar

Here's some from killaloe, east clare





and ballycurggan park just outside killaloe

celliman

wtf i see my wee boat in that pic.better get over there

Shoes&Frocks

celliman wrote: »

wtf i see my wee boat in that pic.better get over there

Are they not TEMPORARY moorings? should your boat even be there??????

TheSquire

FAO Run_to_da_Hills

When you say blame the planning dept for allowing housing estates to be built on flood plains around the town, can you give me the names of any specific housing estates. I'm doing a short paper on the issue of flooding in Ennis and any help would be greatly appreciated...thanks!!

Clareman

TheSquire wrote: »

FAO Run_to_da_Hills

When you say blame the planning dept for allowing housing estates to be built on flood plains around the town, can you give me the names of any specific housing estates. I'm doing a short paper on the issue of flooding in Ennis and any help would be greatly appreciated...thanks!!

I'd recommend get a copy of the old maps of the area, I think they are over in the library and have a look at flood planes on there and then have a look at the new estates in town

Run_to_da_hills

TheSquire wrote: »

FAO Run_to_da_Hills

When you say blame the planning dept for allowing housing estates to be built on flood plains around the town, can you give me the names of any specific housing estates. I'm doing a short paper on the issue of flooding in Ennis and any help would be greatly appreciated...thanks!!

Two in Particular,

One out by Johnos Bar on the Quinn Road Bruach Na Habhainne and much of the newer part of the Quinn Rd Industrial Estate, This area filled in much of the Fergus flood plain and swamp area. I can remember the truck loads of hard core being delivered at the time to reclaim the land and saying to myself WTF. :eek:

Areas around Fergus view out the Tullo Road on the right were also built on floodplains over the last 10 years. My ex use to work out there and before these estates were built you could see the flooded fields. Scandalous, someone needs taking down for this.


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