whats the weather like in your area?

pedigree 6

With the rain this evening and torrential rain forecast for the south and midlands this weekend, it looks like this flooding will be worse or already is worse than 2009. I heard Mairead Lavery on newstalk today telling any farmers if they were going into the floods what with limited daylight to wear hi vis clothing and to carry their phones and tell people where they were going.
It looks like its getting beyond serious now.

sandydan

cold here all day, starting to rain heavily now, cold and miserable


for the life of me i cannot understand why ,River Shannon and other dams could not have been lowered by ESB and other authorities, even one week in lead up to Storm Desmond or as soon as forecast, one official said on News some dam on Shannon was 10cm below some level that they regarded as safe or manageable , that's 1/3 of a foot 4". now they release it when its danger time.

selectamatic

the lads that were on the news a fortnight ago complaining about plans for water to be pumped from the shannon to the east of the country will have a job get anyone on their side after this past week.

barnaman

number one thing I would do is demolish Ardnacrusha dam. It raised the water level of the Shannon considerably. Also alot of OPW drainage work is couterproductive, seen them do it on relatives farm and all seem to do is destroy river, make it deeper and faster and instead of letting water flood a little over alot of farmland it all is getting dumped in huge volumes further down stream but hey keeps the lads working for the council doing the work for the OPW busy.

pedigree 6

selectamatic wrote: »

the lads that were on the news a fortnight ago complaining about plans for water to be pumped from the shannon to the east of the country will have a job get anyone on their side after this past week.

Ah that was just stupid. It was the fishery crowd and the hotels that they were staying in were objecting to this. You'd think listening to them that they were going to drain the Shannon. These are the same crowds that object to dredging and cleaning out drains.

On a good note I see that flood protection barriers worked on estates in Ballinasloe that were flooded in 09.

Capercaillie

barnaman wrote: »

number one thing I would do is demolish Ardnacrusha dam. It raised the water level of the Shannon considerably. Also alot of OPW drainage work is couterproductive, seen them do it on relatives farm and all seem to do is destroy river, make it deeper and faster and instead of letting water flood a little over alot of farmland it all is getting dumped in huge volumes further down stream but hey keeps the lads working for the council doing the work for the OPW busy.

Lad from OPW today on radio said dredging Shannon is basically pointlesss. The catchment area of the Shannon is huge and volumes of water equally massive.

pedigree 6

Capercaillie wrote: »

Lad from OPW today on radio said dredging Shannon is basically pointlesss. The catchment area of the Shannon is huge and volumes of water equally massive.

Call in the Chinese.:D
Better still the Dutch are not too far away.

I think barnaman hit the nail on the head. If you drain land you start at the lowest point first and work up from that. Start at the sea first and work back.

sandydan

think most ordinary folk backed by a survey group who specialize in that sort of work regard the meeting point of the Shannon and Mulclair river as a congested area needing cleaning, mostly the Shannon part.
some heavy downpours here today and bitterly cold,

Reggie.

Rain falling here again

Muckit

it's when it starts rising you need to watch out!

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

it's when it starts rising you need to watch out!

Trust me when I say if we start to flood your all in bother

ganmo

for those ppl that were giving out about the red weather warning last weekend, do they still think it wasn't justified

have2flushtwice

grand and sunny here.... hope it last till dusk, I never mind rain in the dark for some reason, but it ruins the day because you can see it more!

whelan2

ganmo wrote: »

for those ppl that were giving out about the red weather warning last weekend, do they still think it wasn't justified

Isnt there another warning in place for this weekend? Lovely day here today, was cold this morning

pedigree 6

ganmo wrote: »

for those ppl that were giving out about the red weather warning last weekend, do they still think it wasn't justified

Better be prepared for the worst and the worst doesn't happen than the worst does happen and not be prepared for it.

Reggie.

Grand and sunny here so far. Great chance to catch up on some work

ganmo

whelan2 wrote: »

Isnt there another warning in place for this weekend? Lovely day here today, was cold this morning

yellow for most of the country with orange in cork kerry and clare

naughto

Heavy snow fell last night the place is pure white. Back to bed for me

Mehaffey1

Driving rain accompanied by a steady 50kmh wind. Staggering to look at after a couple of weeks of non stop sun, gusting winds and tiny showers.

kay 9

Plenty of the white stuff around West Galway too. I better go feedin'

_Brian

About two inches snow all overt here. No traffic on road so I'm thinking it's impassible for next few hours.

Kids will be happy.

Miname

_Brian wrote: »

About two inches snow all overt here. No traffic on road so I'm thinking it's impassible for next few hours.

Kids will be happy.

Roads aren't bad Brian. But then again it could be snowing around you in June.

Farrell

_Brian wrote: »

About two inches snow all overt here. No traffic on road so I'm thinking it's impassible for next few hours.

Kids will be happy.

Same as that here & was supposed to be doing allot of traveling today

Deepsouthwest

We've just had a solid 12 hrs rain in west cork, and it looks like there's another few hrs in it according to the forecast.
In a way I like to get all this bad weather in december, it's seasonal and we'll get a certain amount of it every year, so the ideal time to get it is now, not nxt march when we're trying to get cattle back out again.

Bullocks

kay 9 wrote: »

Plenty of the white stuff around West Galway too. I better go feedin'

We must be in different parts of west Galway Kay , its lashing here and the flood water is coming up as high as it was last Saturday

Happyman42

Completely white here in Monaghan. Good fall overnight. Is this to last, wasn't really watching the weather so it's a big suprise in this house.

Reggie.

Lots of rain but no snow

CloughCasey1

Bullocks wrote: »

We must be in different parts of west Galway Kay , its lashing here and the flood water is coming up as high as it was last Saturday

No snow in north Galway either boss.

_Brian

Back to rain now here in Cavan.

Timmaay

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

We've just had a solid 12 hrs rain in west cork, and it looks like there's another few hrs in it according to the forecast.
In a way I like to get all this bad weather in december, it's seasonal and we'll get a certain amount of it every year, so the ideal time to get it is now, not nxt march when we're trying to get cattle back out again.

Agreed fully, the one thing that seems to steady even with this climate change is the overall yearly average rain fall, we had a ridiculously mild autumn, so we have been well due this heavy rainfall now.

Main thing is once I can get slurry out come the 15th of Jan haha!

patsy_mccabe

I've an old relative in her 80's, that lives on her own. Her house is low and when it rains, the water fills up the septic tank which is very low in higher ground behind her. The water level is now 1" from the top of the toilet bowl and the bath is full up 3/4 with dirty water. I keep telling her she is ok as the manhole cover outside is overflowing and so the level can't go any higher.

kay 9

Bullocks wrote: »

We must be in different parts of west Galway Kay , its lashing here and the flood water is coming up as high as it was last Saturday

I'm between the Corrib and the mask.

selectamatic

Good dash of snow round here too (Roscommon mayo boarder) I wasn't paying much attention to the weather yesterday but I certainly didn't think this much snow was promised they were talking more about a big of sleet and just more rain.

blue5000

There's a big lake behind the house here this morning where there never was a lake before. I hope the feckin swans don't spot it or the bstards will be here for the winter. Had to buy new wellies yesterday, think I should have bought waders as well.

Dickie10

never seen the land as wet here in south-west Meath, was fairly ok yesterday no pools of water on drier fields but tiday there is a film of water across the whole field never seen it as wet maybe after heavy snow in 2010. rarely get snow here so not surprised at that were very low altitiude around here the highest point for 4 mile radius is about 160 meters. although if we get 2-3 dry days with a wind the land dries out quickly

Bullocks

kay 9 wrote: »

I'm between the Corrib and the mask.

My geography wouldn't be great but would that be cong area ?

blue5000

http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/what-are-you-allowed-to-do-if-youre-slurry-tank-is-flooded/

Bit of relief if you have a dry field.

kay 9

Bullocks wrote: »

My geography wouldn't be great but would that be cong area ?

Your geography ain't bad. Clonbur, 3 miles from Cong. On the border sort of.

WheatenBriar

Very wet here in Wicklow since 7am this morning
Quite a flood and still lashing down
Light in yard with night sensoe has stayed on its that dark

whelan2

Land is very wet now. Must have been serious rain over the weekend

Base price

A lake near our place in Longford is very high. I remember as a child it flooded the road but it's not far off doing it now considering the level of the road has probably risen over the years due to resurfacing.
My heart goes out to those in the West that have their homes and farms under water yet again.
The last time (2009) those areas were flooded the IFA organised fodder collections points from counties that were not affected. We gave 10 round bales of hay and barley straw at that time. Does anyone know if they are doing the same now.

CloughCasey1

kay 9 wrote: »

Your geography ain't bad. Clonbur, 3 miles from Cong. On the border sort of.

I'd call clonbur north Galway!

Dawggone

18* today. Exceptionally mild for the time of year.

Reggie.

Good drop of rain hee today. Getting rough. No sign of it to stop either

WheatenBriar

Very wet earlier
Wet again now with some heavy showers
Teaming down at the minute

sandydan

pouring here now, and windy,
lot of surface water on roads at minute, saw big pothole yesterday morning and about six cars with damaged wheels along road , reported it to local Garda station , council had it sorted in an hour

WheatenBriar

Good lord
Still lashing and windy now too

The drone pictures of the shannon river farm flooding on prime time are awful

whelan2

13 degrees at 9pm on 16th december :eek:

Milked out

whelan2 wrote: »

13 degrees at 9pm on 16th december :eek:

And flies knocking around all the time, can't remember a frost in the last 2 months either down here.

Reggie.

Milked out wrote: »

And flies knocking around all the time, can't remember a frost in the last 2 months either down here.

Yeah it's very warm here in dublin tonight