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UCD Floods

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  • 24-10-2011 9:44pm
    #1
    RandolphEsq
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    Serious amount of wet things in the library today. Luckily I had my rain gear on me because I would've been drenched otherwise!


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    Killer Pigeon
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    Apparently this is Dundrum shopping centre tonight:

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150503726203776&set=vb.578453775&type=2&permPage=1

    Does anyone know if this is real? It's not too far from UCD. It's unbelievable. It must be a storm surge of some sort.


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    Conor108
    Registered Users Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Conor108


    Yeah it's real, theres worse quality ones from different angles. I really should finish my lab report but the flood bantz on boards/facebook is almost as good as the snow bantz.


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    Duke Fame
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    Wow thats crazy.

    What happened in the library from water from the Roof down or from the floor up?


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    Digits
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    Anyone see the flooding at the side of Belgove (behind the library)? Theres a merc stuck in the flood atm.


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    RandolphEsq
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    sugarman wrote: »
    Its hardly CGI now, is it?:P

    I definitely saw a Godzilla-type creature peeking in the window


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    Killer Pigeon
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    Anyone in UCD now? What's it like? Can you upload any picts?


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    parker kent
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    RandolphEsq wrote: »
    I definitely saw a Godzilla-type creature peeking in the window

    Bit harsh on the Yummy Drummy Mummies :pac:

    Anybody been around campus this evening? Are the footpaths etc OK? I wonder will it lead to closures like during the snow?


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    Zephyr91
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    "Serious amount of wet things in the library today"


    Sounds durrrrty


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    Killer Pigeon
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    Digits wrote: »
    Anyone see the flooding at the side of Belgove (behind the library)? Theres a merc stuck in the flood atm.

    It's times like these that I'm glad to be a North-sider.


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    Tayto2000
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    Not very surprising - where Dundrum TC is now was always prone to flooding... the Dundrum Bowl that used to be there was done for by repeated floods, insurance stopped paying out after it kept happening. There's a river under the road which is under the bridge now, it must have risen up again depite all the engineering.

    I got out this afternoon before it got really bad, has the library flooded? What's the lake looking like?


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    parker kent
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    Saw this on Facebook:

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=311822475499928&set=a.311822472166595.97283.124964524185725&type=1&theater (It is on the page for the guy who makes announcements before the UCD exams)

    296031_311822475499928_124964524185725_1569088_1936346688_n.jpg

    Edit: Apparently between the library and belgrove. No idea if true, so take with a pinch of salt until confirmed.


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    WolfForager
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    parker kent wrote: »
    Saw this on Facebook:

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=311822475499928&set=a.311822472166595.97283.124964524185725&type=1&theater (It is on the page for the guy who makes announcements before the UCD exams)

    296031_311822475499928_124964524185725_1569088_1936346688_n.jpg

    Where abouts that?


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    Killer Pigeon
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    OK. Is UCD going to be open tomorrow or not? Is the whole place under water? Should I bother coming across town on the bus or should I take my canoe?


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    Duke Fame
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    road behind the library and the chapel. Looking towards
    the quinn School


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    parker kent
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    WolfForager wrote: »
    Where abouts that?

    Supposed to be between the library and Belgrove. Too dark to see really. Wherever it is is pretty bad.


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    EmacB
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    Ha checkout the new UCD pool.

    318574_10150449188689505_752334504_10287423_1855335715_n.jpg


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    Killer Pigeon
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    EmacB wrote: »
    Ha checkout the new UCD pool.

    318574_10150449188689505_752334504_10287423_1855335715_n.jpg

    Finished ahead of schedule I see.


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    Tayto2000
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    I guess Shamrock Rovers were disappointed tonight then...


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    Tayto2000
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    parker kent wrote: »
    Edit: Apparently between the library and belgrove. No idea if true, so take with a pinch of salt until confirmed.

    That is the back of the Library alright, you can see the Belgrove gates and the sign on the right. The grey railing on the right is above the little stream beside Belgrove, it must have burst it's banks.


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    WolfForager
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    Right so, should we expect the usual email from UCD tomorrow at lunch time telling us that further lectures are cancelled?


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    C14N
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    I was looking forward to waterproofing up and cycling in through the rain :( Looks like I'll need to get some SCUBA gear instead.


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    parker kent
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    WolfForager wrote: »
    Right so, should we expect the usual email from UCD tomorrow at lunch time telling us that further lectures are cancelled?

    Might only be floods in a few spots, really depends on what it looks like around 6am tomorrow.


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    crisco10
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    Killer Pigeon wrote: »
    Finished ahead of schedule I see.

    How is it flooded before it got dark?

    Serious rain in UCD?


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    Killer Pigeon
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    RTÉ: http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1024/weather.html
    2140: RTÉ's Fran McNulty says the N11 under the UCD flyover is impassable.

    If the flooding doesn't stop (it will get worse because high-tide hasn't arrived yet), this could potentially effect bus services like the 46A, 145, 39A, 41X, etc.. tomorrow, though let's home that the water recedes by then.

    This is annoying I wanted to get my damn lab finished off.


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    #26
    Killer Pigeon
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    crisco10 wrote: »
    How is it flooded before it got dark?

    Serious rain in UCD?

    Some river or drain burst its banks perhaps.


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    Chet T16
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    Lads, be honest with me. Are we going to make it out alive?


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    SRFCAndyC
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    Tayto2000 wrote: »
    I guess Shamrock Rovers were disappointed tonight then...

    fecking gutted another 24hrs to wait onw to win the league


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    #29
    EmacB
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    My road was flooded but since the rain stopped the floods gone too.


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    #30
    Killer Pigeon
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    Professor, without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?


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    Conor108
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    Killer Pigeon wrote: »
    Professor, without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?

    Hmmm yes I would Kent.



    (This reminds me of the will they-wont they cancel college during the snow last year. I travelled over an hour in only for them to make their minds up and cancel as I arrived :( )


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