Flooding tonight 2nd Jan

washman3 · 03-01-2018 10:52pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Ahh, ffs. Hopefully someone who knows her can get to her an explain what she's doing to both her insurance chances and employability. You'd expect someone that age to have more sense by now ...

She needs a proper kick up the arse for that carry-on.
And the clowns diving off the pier during last years storm should've got the same.
Imbeciles... :mad:

beardybrewer · 04-01-2018 12:49am

Arghus · 04-01-2018 4:02am

How can people give that much of a crap about yer one with the mini?

inisboffin · 04-01-2018 4:08am

Arghus wrote: »

How can people give that much of a crap about yer one with the mini?

Because she's stealing the limelight from the true craic merchant/political commentator! No cars or Mannions were harmed in this

Zzippy · 04-01-2018 3:47pm

Arghus wrote: »

How can people give that much of a crap about yer one with the mini?

Exactly. If she wants to wreck her own car off with her...

what_traffic · 04-01-2018 4:28pm

Anybody know when the Canal Lock on the Eglinton Canal (behind the Bierhouse House/Parkavara) is to be re-installed?

jam83 · 05-01-2018 11:23am

Nettle Soup wrote: »

Insurance and Safety me arse. Jaysus you people would have us live in such a boring sterile robotic world! She did it and it was fun to watch.
C'est tout. No regrets!

She might have a few regrets next time a mechanic looks at that car!
I doubt the few quid she got for the newspaper interview will cover the corrosive damage but looking at how fast she drove through the water she obviously thinks God will protect any metal parts in the car too! She's not the sharpest tool in the box....

fergiesfolly · 05-01-2018 6:26pm

"Yesterday was like a walk in the park, fire is much more harmful than water, you just need to respect the water and it will respect you."
Quote from her in the Independent.
As ironic a sentense as has ever been said.
Putting your life and possibly the lives of those who may have to rescue is about as irresponsible as it gets.
She may respect the water( although I fail to see how) but she sure as hell doesn't respect the poor souls she'd be calling to get her out.

I can only hope there's some clause in her insurance that voids it, if you act in a wreckless manner. I'd certainly feel safer with her off the road.

JohnCleary · 06-01-2018 2:17pm

Re. MiniGirl - She'll have some craic when it comes to trying to sell it. Some article (independent.ie?) had a pic of her with the car.... reg in full view!)

Was browsing pics / vids of the flooding, looked terrible. Made me glad I was 8000 mile away on a beach :pac:

-Edit- Here we go - 06D120706 - Maybe don't buy this when it appears on DoneDeal!

biko · 06-01-2018 5:21pm

Yes, I saw the thread you started in Motors, John, also there with the reg number provided so it will show up in google. One-man crusader you are..

JohnCleary · 06-01-2018 5:26pm

biko wrote: »

Yes, I saw the thread you started in Motors, John, also there with the reg number provided so it will show up in google. One-man crusader you are..

Sorry for peeing in your Cornflakes this Morning

JoeA3 · 06-01-2018 5:51pm

JohnCleary wrote: »

Re. MiniGirl - She'll have some craic when it comes to trying to sell it. Some article (independent.ie?) had a pic of her with the car.... reg in full view!)

Was browsing pics / vids of the flooding, looked terrible. Made me glad I was 8000 mile away on a beach :pac:

-Edit- Here we go - 06D120706 - Maybe don't buy this when it appears on DoneDeal!

It’s a 12 year old Mini. It was worth the sum total of F all whether she drove it through a flood or not.

beardybrewer · 06-01-2018 7:38pm

I, too, am jealous that another millennial dumb-ass owns a nicer cars than me.

Andrea B. · 07-01-2018 12:52pm

Yes, I saw the thread you started in Motors, John, also there with the reg number provided so it will show up in google. One-man crusader you are..

Totally agree. Very discomforting reading the amount of negative picky comments about this bit of craic.
We were all young once...

ben.schlomo · 07-01-2018 1:11pm

Andrea B. wrote: »

Totally agree. Very discomforting reading the amount of negative picky comments about this bit of craic.
We were all young once...

You're easily put out.

Discodog · 07-01-2018 1:17pm

She has way more brain power than those controlling the river. It's amazing that, in a City by the sea, the authorities have no understanding of tides.

07-01-2018 1:48pm

Discodog wrote: »

She has way more brain power than those controlling the river. It's amazing that, in a City by the sea, the authorities have no understanding of tides.

Here we go again

Discodog · 07-01-2018 1:53pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Here we go again

Probably yes because the same mistakes will be made over & over again. It wasn't an especially bad storm, we knew it was coming, the weather models were pretty accurate, we knew that the surge would coincide with high tide.

There was plenty of time to open the weir & let as much water down as possible prior to the high tide. As the tide stopped the flow the weir needed to be closed for an hour until the tide started to subside.

decky1 · 07-01-2018 2:01pm

Why is everywhere flooding now?-- Never happened years ago?

Mrs OBumble · 07-01-2018 2:04pm

decky1 wrote: »

Why is everywhere flooding now?-- Never happened years ago?

Can you spell "climate change "?

MadYaker · 07-01-2018 2:07pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Can you spell "climate change "?

The last few pages of this thread and snarky comments like this are the main reason why I and so many others avoid this forum.

Discodog · 07-01-2018 2:09pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Can you spell "climate change "?

Can you post politely ? 3.5 cm per decade since the 1990's isn't the cause of the recent flooding. The prime cause in an usual coincidence of events & the actions of those controlling the river.

We don't let people take responsibility because they aren't very good at it. So we have regulations, controls etc. We have dozens of illuminated speed signs so why not have a sign each end of the prom that can be triggered remotely. Anyone passing the sign gets a fine in the post.

decky1 · 07-01-2018 2:17pm

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Can you spell "climate change "?

bit harsh, bit of a sore head have we, was only enquiring.:rolleyes:

08-01-2018 12:03am

Discodog, may I suggest that you check the earlier posts in the thread. You have a lack of understanding of some of the more important details of this event. I say this purely to inform you

Mrs OBumble · 08-01-2018 12:28am

Discodog wrote: »

The prime cause in an usual coincidence of events & the actions of those controlling the river.

River management caused a king tide combined with high winds from a particular angle.

That's an interesting suggestion. Do you have any links to support it?

Discodog · 08-01-2018 12:48am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Discodog, may I suggest that you check the earlier posts in the thread. You have a lack of understanding of some of the more important details of this event. I say this purely to inform you

I have read the thread. If closing the weir floods the canal then clearly that is a major fault of the system.

Zzippy · 08-01-2018 12:53am

Discodog wrote: »

I have read the thread. If closing the weir floods the canal then clearly that is a major fault of the system.

Closing the weir does not flood the canal. When all the gates are open, the level in the canals is lowered as the level upstream of the weir falls, when gates are closed levels return to normal, within the capacity of the canal. The spring tide and storm surge combined to flood the city, not the operation of the weir.

Discodog · 08-01-2018 12:53am

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

River management caused a king tide combined with high winds from a particular angle.

That's an interesting suggestion. Do you have any links to support it?

As usual your desire to make your post caustic & witty spoils your point.

The tide height was high but the same tides happen during the year.

From what I have been told by people that were there, most of the damage was caused by river water not seawater.

This wasn't like the previous big storm. There wasn't major damage to sea defences. The wave strength wasn't especially high.

Discodog · 08-01-2018 1:29am

Zzippy wrote: »

Closing the weir does not flood the canal. When all the gates are open, the level in the canals is lowered as the level upstream of the weir falls, when gates are closed levels return to normal, within the capacity of the canal. The spring tide and storm surge combined to flood the city, not the operation of the weir.

I live by the sea & the overtopping was nothing compared to previous storms which didn't flood the city. There hasn't been the damage to coastal defences like before.

So why did the city flood so badly when the conditions weren't as bad as previous storms?

Storm 10 · 08-01-2018 10:22am

Discodog wrote: »

I live by the sea & the overtopping was nothing compared to previous storms which didn't flood the city. There hasn't been the damage to coastal defences like before.

So why did the city flood so badly when the conditions weren't as bad as previous storms?

One of the main reasons is because the storm centre passed very close to Galway at the time, low pressure allows the sea to become higher especially with the pull of the full moon that evening. so given all these conditions with the wind, the moon, an extremely high tide and the low pressure system you had the perfect storm.

Flooding tonight 2nd Jan

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