Cork Floods

yes i agree. TV3 were on that evening moaning the county manager was not available for comment - perhaps he was flat out trying to contain / sort the crisis instead of chatting to the reporters - the cheek of him.
The people he did interview were not so into the blame game just de'me'ja in my opinion.
 
Good to see that at least SIPTU , Impact and the TEEU have deferred their strike in Galway , Clare and Cork to work on recovery efforts .
 
RMCF said:
As sad as all this is over the last few days, and appreciating that many people have lost a lot in damaged homes/farms etc, I still can't believe the amount of 'blame game' being spouted on TV and radio reports.

We seem to have turned into a nation of moaning gits in recent times. This is 99% a force of nature problem, not the Gov's, yet I hear people complaining that Gov ministers aren't standing knee deep in the water to appreciate it.:rolleyes:
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While the weather is to blame, most of the effects of the weather would not have been so severe, if the spots on the roads that always gather water had been fixed by the various local authorities.
 
But surely the topography of the land/roads hasn't changed in recent decades, and this is 1st time I can remember flooding as severe as this, which for me would simply point to freak weather and not the Gov's fault;)
 
I was listenting to Joe Duffy on the radio on Friday talking to someone who was trapped upstairs in her flat due to flooding in Fermoy. When Joe asked her if the army or Gardai or anyone knew she was there, she goes "I don't think so". He asked her if she had called anyone to let them know and she goes "no". Says a lot about how this country has changed that we'll call a radio station rather then trying to be practical

I do think the County Councils have to take a lot of blame for this, with some ridiculous planning approvals granted for building on flood plains. I'm a Cork exile in Carlow, the wife was telling me that the area where the appartment blocks were built which were shown on the news as flooded, has always flooded, more or less every year, so why on earth was planning permission given to build there?
 
If I was a religious man I’d say that the Cork floods were a punishment from God for the hubris of the locals ;)
Since I’m not I think it’s fair to say that it’s all Fianna Fail’s fault (perhaps with some blame falling on the banks).
We can certainly rule out bad luck since there’s no connection between living beside a river and the likelihood of being flooded.
 
RMCF said:
But surely the topography of the land/roads hasn't changed in recent decades, and this is 1st time I can remember flooding as severe as this, which for me would simply point to freak weather and not the Gov's fault;)
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Actually it is possible to predict these things. Here's an example from NI where they produced a web site which shows historical flooding and uses some predictive analysis to show where future flooding should occur.

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Click button at bottom of page.

If you can predict it you can do something about it's effects.
 
Howitzer said:
Actually it is possible to predict these things. Here's an example from NI where they produced a web site which shows historical flooding and uses some predictive analysis to show where future flooding should occur.

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Click button at bottom of page.

If you can predict it you can do something about it's effects.
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The OPW has one for Ireland:

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Flooding is a land use issue. Chop down the trees, put down non porous concrete, remove the natural flood plains, what do you expect?
 
Corkgal: Flooding is a land use issue. Chop down the trees, put down non porous concrete, remove the natural flood plains, what do you expect?

How does this produce more rain?
 
roker said:
Flooding is a land use issue. Chop down the trees, put down non porous concrete, remove the natural flood plains, what do you expect?

How does this produce more rain?
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People have been building on flood plains for the last 10'000 years. If you build on a flood plain then you will get the odd flood there. It's like building in a desert and complaining about the heat.
 
The new £25m County Library was also flooded.

It was due to open on Friday.
 
ah, will ye leave cork alone. The place is home these days! The price of the pint is better than Dublin, lots more green space, the english market, west cork, sure, what more could ye want... except high ground.
 
Latrade said:
€25m? Sheesh how many copies of Roy Keane's "auto" biography does on town need?
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At least the Dublin libraries weren't affected by the floods. It would be a shame if both books there were damaged as I hear that one of them hasn't even been coloured in yet.
 
It is not a lending library.

It is a reference library.

€25 million of a reference library. Beat that.
 
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