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10/25/2011 04:30:46 AM · #1 |
Last night was an absolute nightmare here in Dublin with flooding. A month's worth of rain fell in a few hours, and that's a lot for somewhere as wet as Ireland! Anyway, here are some clips for your amusement.
First, this is Dundrum, one of my local shopping centres.
Here's a local river trying to get in through the doors - //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7r1rrdJ0WI
It does create a pretty waterfall on the stairs outside - //www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU659YPRVs0
The flood gets on a bus - //www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzLwz37nLiQ
Dude, where's my car?
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10/25/2011 04:56:33 AM · #2 |
Heard about it in the news this morning. Sounds pretty terrible alright.
Something similar happened in Cork in 2010. I was without water in my apartment for three weeks, ironically.
John, start getting water bottles and filling up! It took about three days for mine to go.
Here're some highlights:
Too big to show here
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It's like Venice! :-)
My gym's reception:
Actually, the lack of water was both terrible and excellent. There wasn't water to flush, so I had to use my local pub's facilities.
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10/25/2011 05:19:02 AM · #3 |
| My wife's cousin lives there and has an Italian café (well, now a couple of them). I should ask her if all is ok. I always thought Ireland was a rainy country but never thought about floodings. |
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10/25/2011 05:35:08 AM · #4 |
Damn...I can so relate to what you are going through....after being through two floods in the last 3 years we are now getting the warnings that this year we are going to be facing another. Please be careful and take precautions with the water.
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10/25/2011 05:36:04 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by Alexkc:
My wife's cousin lives there and has an Italian café (well, now a couple of them). I should ask her if all is ok. I always thought Ireland was a rainy country but never thought about floodings. |
What a coincidence - I used to live in an apartment right next to that cafe and went there for breakfast a few times.
Unfortunately, it's right next to one of the canals that flooded last night, so you should get in touch with them. |
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10/25/2011 05:38:16 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by Judi:
Damn...I can so relate to what you are going through....after being through two floods in the last 3 years we are now getting the warnings that this year we are going to be facing another. Please be careful and take precautions with the water. |
Thanks Judi - We live on a hill here, so our house is safe. But it's still raining!
Sadly a policeman was swept away by the floodwaters near us last night while trying to direct traffic. |
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10/25/2011 05:38:56 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by NiallOTuama:
There wasn't water to flush, so I had to use my local pub's facilities. |
Can't say fairer than that.. ;-) |
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10/25/2011 06:17:22 AM · #8 |
| Yeah, that's pretty bad, but you should see the state of Thailand at the moment - lots of areas will remain inundated until the end of November. This affects many Japanese companies too, including car manufacturers and hard disk makers. Not only that, firms like Nikon can't make lenses and cameras, so if you were hoping to buy new equipment soon... |
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10/25/2011 06:49:08 AM · #9 |
wow, that's just horrible.
i was in dublin last month for a week and really loved it there. sorry to see what's happening. |
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10/25/2011 06:49:42 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by Cuttooth:
wow, that's just horrible.
i was in dublin last month for a week and really loved it there. sorry to see what's happening. |
Really? Man. I hate Dublin.
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10/25/2011 09:22:11 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by NiallOTuama:
Originally posted by Cuttooth:
wow, that's just horrible.
i was in dublin last month for a week and really loved it there. sorry to see what's happening. |
Really? Man. I hate Dublin. |
hehe, i guess living in ireland gives you a whole different perspective of the place. |
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10/25/2011 09:34:42 AM · #12 |
Kudos the the manufacturer and installer of the glass doors in that first video! They are beasts!
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10/25/2011 09:40:28 AM · #13 |
Also flooding in Thailand.. Stock up on Hard Drives if ya need em.
HDD Shortage |
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10/25/2011 06:55:14 PM · #14 |
Starting to subside...5 months later!!!!
(Where I grew up!) THIS flood could have been prevented!!!!!!
Please be safe if the floods are effecting you. And be smart!
 We used to drive on this to a large parking area at the end. Then walk the rest of the way into the island.
 Now you can only get there by boat!
 You can see where the water made the edges (that are left) smooth!
No need to continue the hijack. Apologies. Much more on this on YouTube and in the news as it's getting heated and ugly! Will put more in my profile if anyone is interested. Homes, business, roads, bridges...forever gone of changed!!! |
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