Comments | sammywol: Water slide?

sammywol

Water slide?

Nov 20, 2009 20:35

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oh my magista November 20 2009, 21:01:47 UTC

That's exactly the sort of thing that makes me glad to be moving out of the basement. We've been lucky for 17 years, but... Hope your favourite paces end up okay.

Re: oh my sammywol November 21 2009, 09:23:45 UTC

Cannot really get there to check. All we can do is hope! The swimming pool is definitely underwater which, apart from the monumental inconvenience, is slightly funny.

authoressnebula November 20 2009, 21:02:30 UTC

Oh my god. 0_0 I truly sincerely hope it comes down! Wow. How long has it been raining?

Just...wow. Totally sending good thoughts y'all's way.

~Nebula

sammywol November 21 2009, 09:25:20 UTC

We have had record rainfall this month so far and about half of it fell between Wednesday and Thursday night.

marzut November 20 2009, 21:27:03 UTC

I didn't realise how bad it was at home. The city center will be wrecked for months. It's as bad as cockermouth in the UK and they are showing that continuously on Sky news (although Cork did get a tiny mention). I miss not having RTE. Although 2fm didn't say much about it this morning.

irishkate November 20 2009, 21:34:54 UTC

Don't think it is actually as bad as cockermouth - that looks deeper and worse. Though that could just be because of the coverage it is getting.

sammywol November 21 2009, 09:26:04 UTC

Ballinasloe is our Cockermouth but they aren't filming it much because all approach roads are cut.

irishkate November 20 2009, 21:31:13 UTC

I thought the park was freaky - and yes - I wondered about the cafe. There is quite a slope up to their door and the door itself *may* be relatively watertight. But I think they got wet. Maybe not as badly as the coffee shop on the western road before you turn off for the park, but still, I can't imaging them that close to the river and NOT getting wet.

I wonder if the museum was damaged?

sammywol November 21 2009, 09:26:48 UTC

It is going to be devastating! Won't be swimming for a while I imagine and poor BB's 'creche ladies' are going to be out of action for ages!

missmurchison November 21 2009, 00:32:13 UTC

I'm so sorry you're going through this. Flooding is no fun and incredibly destructive. I hope the school is okay.

sammywol November 21 2009, 09:30:19 UTC

My first experience of them really. Cork is very low lying and the city centre floods pretty regularly but inches rather than feet. Because this lot was caused by the dam upriver releasing water though the flooding is oddly backwards with the higher up parts of the river being worst affected and the lowest lying parts being clear. today's rain might fix that last part though.