October 27, 2004 at 5:59PM Cork city centre is flooded!
Sweet mother!
I had to head off to CIT to pick up some tickets for the graduation ball. When I got back to the offices, things were fine, but Dan’s after looking outside the window, and the city’s completely flooded! It took just 40mins for a one-foot deep river to appear in the street!
Cormac took some photos:
- Right outside, looking at the GPO
- Poor bastards in the Vodafone shop!
- Looking down Pembroke St. towards South Mall
- Island in front of the GPO disappears
Update: It’s 7:15, and Dan, Peter and I tried to wade out to the Web Work House with plastic bags around our legs. Dan got as far as O’Brien’s before it got too deep for him, and he’s not a small bloke! Peter and I got as far as the top of the street before the bags started to leak. Our left legs are sopping wet. I’ve a feeling I’ll be walking into work tomorrow with my slippers on! It’s currently at eighteen inches.
Update (8:00pm): Now there’s people kayaking about the place! No change.
1 On October 27, 2004 at 22:59, Rogi wrote:
Don’t just stand there gawping: swim!![[smile]](/images/smilies/smile.gif)
2 On October 28, 2004 at 11:23, Walter wrote:
A funny flood-related story I just heard from a friend...
http://www.xanadb.com/archive/rants/20041028
3 On November 1, 2004 at 23:33, Keith wrote: