Are hosepipe bans to Irish summers what unnecessary journeys are to Irish winters?
Dermot O’Rourke,
Lucan,
Co Dublin.
Droughts and water shortages (The Irish Times letters page)
Previously: Do Make Unnecessary Journeys
Pic: Met Eireann via EUMETSAT
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Is this not part of the ‘Fake Drought’ that everything else is getting tagged under?
#fakedrought
#theraresnoleakingpipes
#morerainwaterthanwecanuse
#havetwobathssureitsgrand
ha! we shall no doubt be hearing of ‘two bath man’ in the meeja a lot more. i believe he is the cousin of ‘two pint man’ that enda spoke of.
It is a drought only due to the leaks
Anyone notice any replacements to the creaking water pipes?
I have not
Seems to me IW is using this to ensure water charges are reintroduced
“Met Éireann has said the country is on the brink of a nationwide drought.
It said that no rainfall has been recorded at 24 of its 25 weather stations for the past 12 days.
Forecasters added that if this situation continues for three more days, the drought will officially be nationwide.”
No, one puts your own life in danger, the other reduces the water supply for everyone else.
putting fishies’ lives in danger
Yes, because hyperbole and hysteria about perfectly normal circumstances are now the order of the day.
“Met Éireann has said the country is on the brink of a nationwide drought.
It said that no rainfall has been recorded at 24 of its 25 weather stations for the past 12 days.
Forecasters added that if this situation continues for three more days, the drought will officially be nationwide.”
Met Eireann, those well known purveyors of hyperbole and hysteria.
Yes because national curfews, bans, emergency announcements and snooper squads makes for good governin’ and covers up any bad governin’.