They battened down the hatches But the hatches wouldn't hold

it's not half as bad as they are making it out to be. It's terrible scaremongering especially when they have lowered the standards for these colour coded warnings.

Agree newapproach. They are are trying to make out that end of the world is nigh when there is just a bit of a strong breeze.

no picture for this thread gobshee  disappointing

Exactly. It's probably very bad in Donegal but it's always wild up there. The accumulation of the rain in a couple of days will obviously have an awful effect but it's not that bad at any one time. People are battening down the hatches and planning to staying doors for the whole weekend based on their warnings and so far, they are completely unnecessary.

If the weatherman is right Sunday is the only good day for the next 4 or 5 days, but hope your right N.A.

They drowned upon the staircase of brass and polished gold.

They battened down the hatches
But the hatches wouldn't hold
They drowned upon the staircase
Of brass and polished gold             I see your a Dylan fan Johnn good on ya

Seen him 44 times live, frank....I'm hard to put off

A TRUE FAN.

Looks like A Hard Rains A-Gonna fall...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0YKJvLoWZ0

http://www.dublinforum.net/forum/archive/index.php/t-16524.html

Great thread lads, as storms batter the country but sure it's only a bit of rain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hard_Rain%27s_a-Gonna_Fall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lLMansJbFY

Looking at the damage caused by the weekend storm on the news tonight I think I'd prefer to pay heed to the weather forecasters than their amateur counterparts on this thread.

True that tolmi

There's doubt there was a terrible aftermath on the saturday. I just thought it was pre-mature to have all the the stay indoor bulletins on the friday when it wasn't that bad at that stage. It was the massive accumulation of the non-stop rain which caused all the damage which seemed unforseeable on Friday night.

Its not over yet  lads,plenty of rain to come, i never had my home flooded but looking at the news here and across the water there were plenty of tears to be seen/

Its not over yet  lads,plenty of rain to come, i never had my home flooded but looking at the news here and across the water there were plenty of tears to be seen/

Just had the builders in Frank , roof is now back to its best,so let it rain all it bloody well likes .

W/R I see authorities may face an increase in legal actions from people whose property suffers flood damage due to the decline in availability of insurance cover, legal experts have said.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/05/bob-dylan-provide-speech-nobel-prize-literature-ceremony-reader

In October, the Swedish Academy announced that Bob Dylan had won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Instead, Dylan will accept the award "in absentia," meaning he will indeed receive the award despite his inability to attend the December 10 ceremony.

Ernest Hemingway and Theodore Roosevelt also accepted the award in absentia.
http://europe.newsweek.com/bob-dylan-nobel-prize-abstentia-528897?rm=eu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCvqA-gd5aY

There are no racecourses in Donegal so there's nothing to worry about

T w o t, obviously didn't read the fcukin thread