What a spectacular sight

muffler

I was going to post these in the photo game thread but .17hmr beat me to it

Then I thought Id post them in the weather thread but it wouldn't really do them justice so here they are in a thread of their own.

Senna

Now thats a sight you would be telling your grandchildren about.
When were they taken, would have loved to have seen it for myself.

muffler

Taken today I believe. Im only a couple of hundred metres from there and knew nothing about it myself. I would loved to have seen that in person.

Thanks to "someone" on facebook who forwarded them to me

EAFC_rdfl

where is it? I can place it at all!:o

muffler

EAFC_rdfl wrote: »

where is it? I can place it at all!:o

0.17hmr will kill me but this pic will tell you









Pity they weren't there today to get thrown into it

rushnaldo

Is it a river or a lake? Looks amazing alright

muffler

rushnaldo wrote: »

Is it a river or a lake? Looks amazing alright

A river but with the thaw there was a bit of flooding

.17hmr

Pity they weren't there today to get thrown into it
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now now told you before that sh1t* floats:D

muffler

.17hmr wrote: »

now now told you before that sh1t* floats:D

Mighty

previous user

muffler wrote: »

I was going to post these in the photo game thread but .17hmr beat me to it

Then I thought Id post them in the weather thread but it wouldn't really do them justice so here they are in a thread of their own.

God damnnnnnnn! :pac:

A Dub in Glasgo

**** me, that is some sight :eek:

MagicMarker

Jaysis! You could almost walk across it.

Cul a cnoic

Fantastic post there Muffler, would love to have seen it

sollar

Any video links to it yet. I see a guy in the picture with a video camera.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Is that flowing or is it frozen like that? I can't figure it out

homer simpson

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Is that flowing or is it frozen like that? I can't figure it out

Its chunks of broken ice going "downstream", seen something similar in derry today, but nowhere near on the scale that the above pics show! Would love to have seen that

M three

Is this ice thats moving downstream from a lake that was frozen? If so, how far away was the lake?

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

M three wrote: »

Is this ice thats moving downstream from a lake that was frozen? If so, how far away was the lake?

There's no lake on the Finn around there, I'm sure. It must just be the river was frozen itself.

Senna

M three wrote: »

Is this ice thats moving downstream from a lake that was frozen? If so, how far away was the lake?

Lough Finn is about 15 miles or so. Think there's a smaller lake at Cloghan, it might have frozen solid.

muffler

The river Finn was basically frozen for the last week and when the thaw started the ice pack broke into smaller pieces (and not so small) and the river swelled with the flow of melted ice from fields and drains and the whole shebang just moved downstream.

Go with the flow as they say

Senna

Was searching for some video footage of it but couldn't find any, but did find this:

Ice damage to bridge feared

By Cronan Scanlon

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

DONEGAL County Council engineers were last night keeping a round the clock watch on a bridge over concerns that it could be damaged by a large ice flow.

Since the thaw began on St Stephen’s night, large chunks of broken ice and debris have been building up at Dreenan Bridge which crosses the River Finn outside the towns of Ballybofey and Stranorlar.

Hundreds of curious passers-by stopped at the bridge yesterday to video and take photos of the glacier-like ice flow under the multi-million euro bridge which was opened four years ago.

Senior council engineer, Vincent Lynn, said he was concerned rising water levels could cause the ice to build up against the deck of the bridge, resulting in structural damage.

"This is another very interesting phenomenon resulting from a rapid thaw... I don’t see any immediate problems as a result of the ice flow, but that could change very quickly, so we have one of our local engineers monitoring the situation."

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/ice-damage-to-bridge-feared-140508.html#ixzz19N2IIjxV

sligopark

Nice pics Muffler

tunnelvision

creaghadoos

thats one hell of a slush puppy

tunnelvision

Some pictures from further down the river

A Dub in Glasgo

WTF? Is he wearing UGG boots?

Fantastic picture though

creaghadoos

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

WTF? Is he wearing UGG boots?

Fantastic picture though

looks like it

name and shame that man


maybe they are male ugg boots

MUGG BOOTS

donegalgirl28

I know this thread is about the river thing... but thought I'd add my pics on my bus journey up to Donegal before Christmas Day...

irlpic

Some beautiful photos there Donegalgirl28.

Here is a video of that ice under Dreenan Bridge. It was taken on a mobile phone but still gives you a fair idea of the scale of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIZfhjRxcRE

Btw... I took those photos that were posted at the start of this thread. Glad youse liked them! It was nice to witness a rarity like this.

.17hmr

irlpic wrote: »

Some beautiful photos there Donegalgirl28.

Here is a video of that ice under Dreenan Bridge. It was taken on a mobile phone but still gives you a fair idea of the scale of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIZfhjRxcRE

Btw... I took those photos that were posted at the start of this thread. Glad youse liked them! It was nice to witness a rarity like this.

stuning (irlpic) hope your not to mad at me posting your photos on you make it up to ya at the next beers night

irlpic

.17hmr wrote: »

stuning (irlpic) hope your not to mad at me posting your photos on you make it up to ya at the next beers night

:D
Sounds good to me