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Citrick Average Member
Ireland
234 posts Joined: Jan, 2009
Posted - 2009/11/23 : 17:50:13
Floods.
I've gotten away pretty lucky though, with my house practically being on a mountain and all but this video doesn't show half the devastation it caused. I've never seen anything like it.
No school til they can turn back on the water though so how bad
Triquatra Moderator
United Kingdom
12,638 posts Joined: Nov, 2003
Posted - 2009/11/23 : 18:09:06
im in the lake district - nuff said
this one i found was taken near to where i work (if flikr let you hotlink!)
im have photos myself, and a video, but im waiting till the waters go away so i can post it as a comparision!!! :D
its been quite a week - luckily we live on a hill (im not fool enough to get a house near water haha)
i got a lift home with a friend - we hit a 2 ft wall of water....and of course..the engine conked out haha
Citrick Average Member
Ireland
234 posts Joined: Jan, 2009
Posted - 2009/11/23 : 18:42:03
Dear God
I never realised how devastating flooding could be like its incredible! I'm on a hill as well so all I have to put up with is no water but the river Lee goes straight through Cork City center so it caused major chaos like. And an underground car park of a hotel got completely submerged.
tru bass Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,996 posts Joined: Jul, 2006
Posted - 2009/11/23 : 18:49:30
bloody hell.. that looks so bad, im glad i live on a hill now! the owrst flooding we've evr had near us was not even a scratch on that..
citrick, have you by any chance ever heard of a village called castletown roch?
Triquatra Moderator
United Kingdom
12,638 posts Joined: Nov, 2003
Posted - 2009/11/23 : 19:06:45
yeah they were taken on thursday (19th)
ill put my pics up for comparison as soon as the water has completely gone back to normal
was pretty funny, it started getting high toward the begining of last week and i was genuinely shocked because the river had traveled all the way up and was covering halfway up the handrails
then on thursday i got into work...and you couldnt even see the handrailings! haha (like i said, pics will follow)
tru bass Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,996 posts Joined: Jul, 2006
Posted - 2009/11/23 : 19:23:20
quote:Originally posted by Citrick:
I sure have. You know it?
There's and "E" at the end by the way
my whole family basically used to live there, and still does a little bit! o'niell is the family name if you've heard of that :P
my grandma would not stop talking for weeks if she knew i was talking to someone who knew castetown-roch(e)*, i dont know what she'd do if you knew the family as well.. but i think it would involve some sort of bleeding from the ears or things of that sort..
Citrick Average Member
Ireland
234 posts Joined: Jan, 2009
Posted - 2009/11/24 : 14:06:30
quote:Originally posted by tru bass:
my whole family basically used to live there, and still does a little bit! o'niell is the family name if you've heard of that :P
my grandma would not stop talking for weeks if she knew i was talking to someone who knew castetown-roch(e)*, i dont know what she'd do if you knew the family as well.. but i think it would involve some sort of bleeding from the ears or things of that sort..
Well lucky for your grandmothers ears I dont think I know the family It is worth noting that of all the popular family names in Ireland, O' Neill would be a pretty popular one
I wouldn't know many up there like. I have been there before though. Have you ever been there?
Citrick Average Member
Ireland
234 posts Joined: Jan, 2009
Posted - 2009/11/24 : 14:09:23
Oh and defo post those pics aswel. Sure I was heading into school the morning of the floods and they kept saying on the radio "Town is flooded, dont bother trying to get through it" and my dad was just like pfft how bad could it be. Turns out, very bad
Audio Warfare Advanced Member
United Kingdom
3,047 posts Joined: Mar, 2009
Posted - 2009/11/24 : 14:39:25
Looks savage. The worst we ever get round here is a blocked road or two thankfully!
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kathryn Advanced Member
United Kingdom
6,520 posts Joined: Apr, 2005
Posted - 2009/11/25 : 19:46:50
quote:Originally posted by DjTriquatra:
im in the lake district - nuff said
this one i found was taken near to where i work (if flikr let you hotlink!)
im have photos myself, and a video, but im waiting till the waters go away so i can post it as a comparision!!! :D
its been quite a week - luckily we live on a hill (im not fool enough to get a house near water haha)
i got a lift home with a friend - we hit a 2 ft wall of water....and of course..the engine conked out haha
My thoughts to Mr Triq although am surprised i havent heard about the events in Cork on the news.
TheOneNOnly Advanced Member
United States
1,937 posts Joined: Oct, 2008
Posted - 2009/11/25 : 19:54:18
quote:Originally posted by Audio Warfare:
Looks savage. The worst we ever get round here is a blocked road or two thankfully!
Agreed!
I live on a main road, and there's literally three street drains within walking distance to keep water away, and my back yard is a hill slightly, and my drive way is on an angle. So water usually just runs away from my house.
NekoShuffle Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1,480 posts Joined: Nov, 2009
Posted - 2009/11/26 : 00:19:00
Savage guys that looks terrible. We hardly get any here at all, never seen a flood in my life. Take care of yourselves out there!
atomsk Advanced Member
United States
1,660 posts Joined: Jan, 2009
Posted - 2009/11/26 : 00:27:48
quote:Originally posted by DjTriquatra:
that is sooo shooped, theres not water in the yard xD
im only kidding, that looks like what happend when i lived in florida with the hurricanes, hope you guys are safe
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