The rain over the last 24 hours in Dublin came close to breaking the record for a single 24-hour period in August.
Dublin Airport got 56 mms of rain in 24 hours. The record is held by August 1986, when there was 60mm, caused by Hurricane Charlie
Seemingly this record has since been beaten.The places that I saw flooded today have not seen any significant local (re)development over about 40+ years. I suspect that it's simply a case of this being a large contributory factor to today's problems in parts of Dublin.
The rain over the last 24 hours in Dublin came close to breaking the record for a single 24-hour period in August.
Dublin Airport got 56 mms of rain in 24 hours. The record is held by August 1986, when there was 60mm, caused by Hurricane Charlie
Er - I never said that I didn't. My point was that the record breaking torrential rain yesterday in the Dublin area was likely to be a very significant, if not the main, factor in a lot of flooding in the past 24 hours or so.One final point, Clubman: if you don't believe development can cause flooding, why are some areas flooding consistently now, when they weren't 22 years ago when there was an even greater downpoar in a short period?
Er - I never said that I didn't.
I did - and I never said what you implied or claimed that I said:Maybe you should read your 1st post on this, again?
Sorry to hear about your experience but I don't really understand your point. Are you suggesting that the flooding may have been due in part (or full?) to overdevelopment or something? And that this may land liability at somebody else's door? The rain today was pretty mad and I saw places flooded that I never saw flooded before or only after several days worth of rain. I'd be angry too if my house was flooded. But I wouldn't necessarily be looking to blame it on anybody else.
One final point, Clubman: if you don't believe development can cause flooding, why are some areas flooding consistently now, when they weren't 22 years ago when there was an even greater downpoar in a short period?
Er - I never said that I didn't.
I'm not in Ireland at the moment and can't get anyone to check my house - is there a list anywhere online of the worst affected areas?
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Over- or just plain-bad development, call it what you will, it's certainly a factor, which is the point the OP was making.
My parents house has now had sewage backing up through a manhole in their garden twice in the last six months. There has been huge amounts of development (most of it contrary to the council's own development plan) in the area over the last 10 years. And then some people are surprised at the extent of the flooding.
Clearly, the fact it rained so hard in such a short period of time is the primary cause, but bad planning has a lot to answer for.
Might be easier if you just say where your house is and others might able to give you an update?
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