We have the same shops closed due to flooding every year

Bantry Fermoy and Clonmel - nothing being done in the areas to try and prevent it from happening. We have taken internal shop precautions to try and limit the damage but water is a right pain to keep out.
Our bantry unit is currently under 4 feet of water !

 

id say now would be a good time to set up boatdrivers.net

 

anyone have pictures of how bad the flooding is or where i can see pictures!?

 

QUOTE (paudieg60 @ Nov 20 2009, 02:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>anyone have pictures of how bad the flooding is or where i can see pictures!?

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1120/weather.html

 

OMFG is that picture on the RTE link Grand Parade in Cork?

Wont be too hard to get threw the queue in Hillbillies tmro night!! Haa

 

Thanks!!

 

yup Cork is fupped

http://www.ireland.com/home/galleries/gall...on-and-galway/8

 

Cork photos...

 

Is this just freak weather or maybe something bigger? We seem to be getting a lot more rain over the last few years.

 

QUOTE (Declan @ Nov 20 2009, 04:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>yup Cork is fupped

http://www.ireland.com/home/galleries/gall...on-and-galway/8

Ya beat me to it Dec!!

 

Its crazy they dont even bother to do something about it when they know that fecking river in cork is notorious for flooding the streets... UCC students are off til teh 30th cuz of it.... pic my friend sent me below think it was the library?

 

Feck, didn't think it was that bad.

 

Modern flood defences are designed for a 1 in 100 year storm, this is a 1 in 200 year storm, The older flood defences were built in the 18-1900's were for a 1 in 1 or 1 in 10 year storm under the past drainage acts. I worked for the opw eastern region drainage mainteneance devision, its not as simple as just building a larger wall or bigger embankment, even if you do it passes the problem further downstream. You would be surpised to see the amount of land that we have built on that were formerly flood plains that were "reclaimed" under the various Drainage Acts passed in, 1842, 1867, 1925, 1928, 1945 and 1995.

http://www.opw.ie/en/FloodRiskManagement/

 

Fuck me!!

 

Its rough in Cork! we don't know how lucky we are up this end of the country!

Footbridge not far from the western road

 

QUOTE (Shane @ Nov 20 2009, 05:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Its rough in Cork! we don't know how lucky we are up this end of the country!

Do we not, no?

I think I do

 

QUOTE (t.d @ Nov 20 2009, 05:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Do we not, no?

I think I do

i am fully aware of how lucky i am it's just a fooking expression

 

i work in windsor motor world on the carrigrahane road. got a look down in the back of it 20 odd new cars under water but whats worse is the garrage is 2 feet lower then that yard and my new snap on tool box is in there. and all my diag gear is in the bottom drawer.

 

QUOTE (chewypops @ Nov 20 2009, 07:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i work in windsor motor world on the carrigrahane road. got a look down in the back of it 20 odd new cars under water but whats worse is the garrage is 2 feet lower then that yard and my new snap on tool box is in there. and all my diag gear is in the bottom drawer.

Oh balls- will ins cover it all ? (as in the tools ?)

 

Fucking retards opened up the taps of the Inniscarra dam and filtered "Thousands of Gallons" of flood water back into the Lee.

Jesus christ like!

 

QUOTE (vRSNIck @ Nov 20 2009, 07:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Fucking retards opened up the taps of the Inniscarra dam and filtered "Thousands of Gallons" of flood water back into the Lee.

Jesus christ like!

did you not think that without the dam ALL the water behind the dam would have ended up in Cork anyway ? Those "r-----s " as you wish to call them kept 50% less water up there than would have come down and ran the rest off as levels dropped so they can stop more tomorrow . and seing as they are my colleagues , and seeing as I have just got home from 30 straight hours of work ,being soaked to the bone to keep people with power and return power so they can tidy up that you should choose your comments a little more carefully with a little bit more regard for who may be reading your comments !

Jesus Christ like!

 

QUOTE (dementedpaddy @ Nov 20 2009, 08:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>did you not think that without the dam ALL the water behind the dam would have ended up in Cork anyway ? Those "r-----s " as you wish to call them kept 50% less water up there than would have come down and ran the rest off as levels dropped so they can stop more tomorrow . and seing as they are my colleagues , and seeing as I have just got home from 30 straight hours of work ,being soaked to the bone to keep people with power and return power so they can tidy up that you should choose your comments a little more carefully with a little bit more regard for who may be reading your comments !

Jesus Christ like!

well said,and fair play to you.

 

I was in the city early this morning to drop off the car at Blackwater Motor's new service place near Victoria cross, came from Denehey's Cross, saw the signs saying road cloased, went over by UCC and down one of the side roads near Castlewhite student appartments and saw the flooded road, was stunned! The car park in Castlewhite was flooded up to the doors of the buildings too. It's scary stuff to see in person.

 

I dont think Ive ever seen as many stranded motorists or bent conrods in my live! Very bad here...and rising, must take a few snaps tomorrow.

 

QUOTE (dementedpaddy @ Nov 20 2009, 08:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>did you not think that without the dam ALL the water behind the dam would have ended up in Cork anyway ? Those "r-----s " as you wish to call them kept 50% less water up there than would have come down and ran the rest off as levels dropped so they can stop more tomorrow . and seing as they are my colleagues , and seeing as I have just got home from 30 straight hours of work ,being soaked to the bone to keep people with power and return power so they can tidy up that you should choose your comments a little more carefully with a little bit more regard for who may be reading your comments !

Jesus Christ like!

just a question, why wasn't water released gradually over the last few days? why leave it fill to the brim and send huge amounts down at a time the city could probably least afford it?

not sniping or anything, just wondering.