Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture

_Puma_

Forecasts are looking particularly bad all weekend. You would have to feel for the organizers. Doesn't look like there is any way this can go ahead as planned.

pure.conya

Greaney wrote: »

Eyre Square's capacity isn't big enough. When 2020 went to do the program launch they were limited in their numbers. I'm trying to remember the exact amount but it was something silly like 5k. Tuam had 2.5 k on Tuesday night so clearly Galway is going to be well over 10 times that. They have capacity in South Park for 50k. Taking into account Public transport needs for the night and the history of events in South Park, I imagine they were left with no other choice. When you organise outdoor events (and I have), you have to plan and pick dates well in advance so it's always a gamble.

It's bad luck if the storm hits on Saturday, because at least three of the six county towns are having exeptionally lovely weather for the opening. I wasn't at Ballinasloe, but Tuam was a dream...

i know all about the capacity and the risks involved when organising outdoors events in Galway City centre, i was replying to your man trying to be funny about the damage to the grass down the swamp as if it compares to when the grass used to be totally ruined in Eyre Sq well into the summer months due to a crap Christmas market

pure.conya

beardybrewer wrote: »

Seriously with the election it was already a shame they didn't move it. Not fair on people outside of Galway who might be travelling Friday and miss their vote.

PMSL

pure.conya

gordongekko wrote: »

Ditto the swamp. Clearly you've never been out there. Loads of people playing in the playground, walking/cycling along the track, matches being played on the pitches or people just relaxing enjoying the view

I'm a galway native, i know all about the swamp and how much its enjoyed by many, but it most definitely is not the centre of the city that is viewed and enjoyed by almost everybody that passes through the city

Doctors room ghost

beardybrewer wrote: »

Seriously with the election it was already a shame they didn't move it. Not fair on people outside of Galway who might be travelling Friday and miss their vote.

Current forecast looks horrendous now with the storm pushing in earlier as usual. i'm showing 22.8mm rain and gusts of 54mph on Sat and 26.6mm / 72mph for Sun.

I hope they push it.

It goes to show just how much of an ignoramus lieo varadgar and his Dublin goons are announcing an election the day the launch for Galway 2020 was on.not a single fcuk given for the paddys in the west as usual.
Easy spot the yes men among the crowds though backing a do nothing lieo.9 years and he hasn’t a tap done.
Galway 2020 is years in the planning. The election is a last minute fcuk up job.
I hope they get the weather for the Galway launch to go ahead and it’s an enjoyable day for all involved.

Discodog

I have sympathy for all the artists, volunteers etc. But I have no sympathy for the organisers.

This was a bad plan. Wrong time, wrong venue & wrong type of performance. If you are planning an event like this in February you have to have a wide contingency plan. They should of had a window of a minimum of five days, ideally seven.

This weather was predicted last weekend. The event could of been moved forward to Thursday with a guarantee of good weather. I just hope that they have good event insurance.

It needs to be cancelled now. Carrying on with the work is just wasting money.

Greaney

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

It goes to show just how much of an ignoramus lieo varadgar and his Dublin goons are announcing an election the day the launch for Galway 2020 was on.not a single fcuk given for the paddys in the west as usual.
Easy spot the yes men among the crowds though backing a do nothing lieo.9 years and he hasn’t a tap done.
Galway 2020 is years in the planning. The election is a last minute fcuk up job.
I hope they get the weather for the Galway launch to go ahead and it’s an enjoyable day for all involved.

Love yer rant:D, Yes, I hope the main storm doesn't hit till a few hours after we've stopped drumming. Truth is we're prepared to drum in the rain, (It'll be raining tonight in Athenry, but we're doing it anyway) we're even prepaired to postpone..... but we've just spotted that the City council are talking about cancelling altogether, and that would be very dissappointing for all of us around the county who volunteered.

We've been having a ball getting to know new friends and the friendly rivalry between towns has been great. Clusters have towns have drummed together (folk from Gort & Clarinbridge with Athenry, Headford & Dunmore with Tuam etc.) it really has been a joyful time with plenty of co-operation & car pooling. There are disabled participants in wheelchairs, adults with intellectual disabilities, folk from direct provission, etc., it's really been a joy and we've so wanted to share it with the city & county. So we'll keep going till we have to stop....

Doctors room ghost

Greaney wrote: »

Love yer rant:D, Yes, I hope the main storm doesn't hit till a few hours after we've stopped drumming. Truth is we're prepared to drum in the rain, (It'll be raining tonight in Athenry, but we're doing it anyway) we're even prepaired to postpone..... but we've just spotted that the City council are talking about cancelling altogether, and that would be very dissappointing for all of us around the county who volunteered.

We've been having a ball getting to know new friends and the friendly rivalry between towns has been great. Clusters have towns have drummed together (folk from Gort & Clarinbridge with Athenry, Headford & Dunmore with Tuam etc.) it really has been a joyful time with plenty of co-operation & car pooling. There are disabled participants in wheelchairs, adults with intellectual disabilities, folk from direct provission, etc., it's really been a joy and we've so wanted to share it with the city & county. So we'll keep going till we have to stop....

Nice one. I wish ye well at it and hopefully it goes good for ye.

Paddy_man

Greaney wrote: »

Love yer rant:D, Yes, I hope the main storm doesn't hit till a few hours after we've stopped drumming. Truth is we're prepared to drum in the rain, (It'll be raining tonight in Athenry, but we're doing it anyway) we're even prepaired to postpone..... but we've just spotted that the City council are talking about cancelling altogether, and that would be very dissappointing for all of us around the county who volunteered.

We've been having a ball getting to know new friends and the friendly rivalry between towns has been great. Clusters have towns have drummed together (folk from Gort & Clarinbridge with Athenry, Headford & Dunmore with Tuam etc.) it really has been a joyful time with plenty of co-operation & car pooling. There are disabled participants in wheelchairs, adults with intellectual disabilities, folk from direct provission, etc., it's really been a joy and we've so wanted to share it with the city & county. So we'll keep going till we have to stop....

Fair play for volunteering and from what ive heard, its been fantastic so far. I got a little preview last night down at the swamp and i really hope the storm stays away long enough for it to go ahead and they dont have to cancel the bird even if it goes ahead, it looked cool!!

Paddy_man

Galway 2020 just replied to a question on Facebook asking it the event is still going ahead:

"Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture Hi, we are aware of the current weather predictions for Saturday and the event is scheduled to go ahead as planned."

zell12

Deluge of rain forecast in Galway Saturday 14:00-21:00
High tide is 5m at 16:41 as well
Met say:
Saturday, 8th Feb: Southerly winds will strengthen during Saturday reaching mean speeds of 50-65km/h with gusts reaching 90-110km/h.
A spell of heavy rain will spread eastwards across the country on Saturday with 20-40mm expected, highest in the west and northwest.
The combination of Spring Tides and high seas as well as stormy conditions will result in an elevated risk of coastal flooding along western coasts

thecretinhop

Paddy_man wrote: »

Galway 2020 just replied to a question on Facebook asking it the event is still going ahead:

"Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture Hi, we are aware of the current weather predictions for Saturday and the event is scheduled to go ahead as planned."

unreal. 22mm rain am 9.9 mm rain pm. gusts of 70 to 100kph, a chance of thunder... fk it what could go wrong..

irish_major

Mental by them to still be going ahead with this

Storm 10

Taking some chance going ahead in the conditions forecast, could be personal injuries claims if anything came loose and hit someone or if someone fell into the Corrib.there are hundreds of barriers up that could blow over.

Utopia Parkway

irish_major wrote: »

Mental by them to still be going ahead with this

They can't even delay it 24 hours as it'll be even worse on Sunday.

Wonder could have they brought it forward 24 hours to Friday evening? It'll probably be OK tonight. Presume not for whatever reason.

Discodog

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

They can't even delay it 24 hours as it'll be even worse on Sunday.

Wonder could have they brought it forward 24 hours to Friday evening? It'll probably be OK tonight. Presume not for whatever reason.

The wind speed is already way too high for fireworks. It's made worse by the wind direction.

You have to designate a fallout zone downwind of the site. A Northerly wind would allow fall out over the sea. This wind direction brings windfalls over population areas.

Those towers must have a wind rating.

Discodog

Storm 10 wrote: »

Taking some chance going ahead in the conditions forecast, could be personal injuries claims if anything came loose and hit someone or if someone fell into the Corrib.there are hundreds of barriers up that could blow over.

Especially during an official ME warning.

pure.conya

Discodog wrote: »

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It needs to be cancelled now. Carrying on with the work is just wasting money.

its grand, not their money

Pretty much.

An apt Dublin phrase they seem to be thinking here:

"Just a bit of fukcin' Luck"

Greaney

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Utopia Parkway wrote: »

They can't even delay it 24 hours as it'll be even worse on Sunday.

Wonder could have they brought it forward 24 hours to Friday evening? It'll probably be OK tonight. Presume not for whatever reason.

The Athenry fire ceremony is tonight, Friday, so they couldn't have. The fire orbs were lit first in each town...

gordongekko

pure.conya wrote: »

i know all about the capacity and the risks involved when organising outdoors events in Galway City centre, i was replying to your man trying to be funny about the damage to the grass down the swamp as if it compares to when the grass used to be totally ruined in Eyre Sq well into the summer months due to a crap Christmas market

You brought Eyre Square into it.

gordongekko

Discodog wrote: »

This weather was predicted last weekend. The event could of been moved forward to Thursday with a guarantee of good weather. I just hope that they have good event insurance.

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Ah now come on its not that easy to organise an event and then expect to advertise the date as "sometime in February" a date had to be put on it and clearly moving that date forward at short notice is a non runner

ChewyLouie

It's gone to an orange weather warning, as expected. They're leaving this very late to cancel...

Utopia Parkway

Discodog wrote: »

The wind speed is already way too high for fireworks. It's made worse by the wind direction.

You have to designate a fallout zone downwind of the site. A Northerly wind would allow fall out over the sea. This wind direction brings windfalls over population areas.

Those towers must have a wind rating.

Yeah wind is already getting up even sooner than expected.

Official orange wind warning now for Donegal, Mayo and Galway.

Wind warning for Galway is for between 1pm to 6pm tomorrow. Seems like it will die down a bit in the evening then before picking up again overnight.

pure.conya

ChewyLouie wrote: »

It's gone to an orange weather warning, as expected. They're leaving this very late to cancel...

no they're not, this is typical of event organisers, remember last years music festival out in Carnmore last year

zell12

No pressure, only tens of millions will be watching
https://twitter.com/Failte_Ireland/status/1225793878827192321?s=20

Storm 10

Letting off fireworks in a gale near a fuel depot is not a good idea

ChewyLouie

pure.conya wrote: »

no they're not, this is typical of event organisers, remember last years music festival out in Carnmore last year

Another example that was even later doesn't make this not late...

Discodog

According to GBFM they are meeting now to decide what to do.

It would be madness on a yellow warning, seriously negligent on an orange.

Discodog

gordongekko wrote: »

Discodog wrote: »

This weather was predicted last weekend. The event could of been moved forward to Thursday with a guarantee of good weather. I just hope that they have good event insurance.

/QUOTE]

Ah now come on its not that easy to organise an event and then expect to advertise the date as "sometime in February" a date had to be put on it and clearly moving that date forward at short notice is a non runner

Better than no event at all.