Dublin floods

[Meath]

Just back from a commute through dublin and had to drive through some floods and it got me wondering. What's the deepest water you can drive a 1200GSA through?

 

[B4ndit]

Has the 1200 got the same air inlet as the 1150? I have always wondered about the seign of the air inlet and water ingress.

Usually you can go a little deeper than the air inlet as long as you keep moving and create a little bow wave. Stop and your snookered though.

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

There is a river flowing down avondale lawn at pres. We had a guy in the house whose car floated off and he had to get out the car window....

 

[Meath]

Good thread on Boards about it. Here's dundrum town centre:

Here's the poddle river:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5-VMCGPCWY&feature=player_embedded

Would be worried if i lived opposite that!

 

[essjay]

A river flowing down Crumlin Road around 6pm. Parts were up to the cylinder heads on the GS

 

[Ogmios]

The Poddle river.....

that vid is taken just down the road from me!

 

[Meath]

Dundrum town centre is in trouble

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150503726203776

Was up to the fog lights in places for me!

 

[Ravenbyrne]

just got bleeped to say I'm on stand-by

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

Civ def rescuing a woman using a boat round the corner...

 

[Spear Ruler]

just got bleeped to say I'm on stand-by

He's no longer on standby he was called in about half an hour ago. No idea what he will be doing.

 

[SHORTLEGS]

Reported on 11pm news that an off-duty garda was washed away by a swollen river while trying to stop traffic somewhere near Blessington.

Tragic

 

[Meath]

Reported on 11pm news that an off-duty garda was washed away by a swollen river while trying to stop traffic somewhere near Blessington.

Tragic

Heard that one. Very sad.

Wonder if bikeworld will have a flood damage sale? There were bad floods around that area on the long mile road. I was heading towards the Naas road and turned back, looked too deep. A few cars were stuck in the middle of it, cars at the front weren't chancing it but couldn't do a uturn because of the island down the middle of the road!
Every road around there was a disaster, almost every road into where I live (parkwest) was flooded!

 

[john_aero]

flood water gone down lot today,

few deaths sadly, we had clall out for an old woman who sadly passed away after falling into river.

laois is ok today, M7 and N7 are clear. i believe they were not clear yesterday after 4 pm.

Didnt realise dundrum got hit so bad

 

[essjay]

They found the Garda's body. Only a kid - 25. RIP

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

Sad loss of a young guy.

We just arrived in Galway, no issues.

 

[Aidan1150]

They found the Garda's body. Only a kid - 25. RIP

Very sad indeed. RIP Garda Ciaran Jones.

 

[GerryC]

They found the Garda's body. Only a kid - 25. RIP

Tragic outcome for anyone - there are no real degrees of tragedy but to see a "good Samaritan" loose his life adds poignancy - RIP & may his family find some degree of comfort.

 

[GerryC]

Civ def rescuing a woman using a boat round the corner...

Never saw a boat used that way - could they not row it around the corner to her?

 

[Damien]

 

[Mide]

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