This morning.
Storm Elsa-sodden cars dry out in Salthill, Galway.
Meanwhile, last night…
Stay safe everyone… #galway #salthill #StormElsa pic.twitter.com/WDRzbekOSw
— Sophia’s Library (@soelvyra) December 18, 2019
#Galway #salthill it’s getting serious pic.twitter.com/LawGF673tS
— Sophia’s Library (@soelvyra) December 18, 2019
J*sus, it got even worse after that (after the last video I posted). Poor people coming out of the cinema to discover their cars in flooded car park. #StormElsa #Salthill #Galway @endacunningham @declanvarley @deric_tv @villagesalthill pic.twitter.com/EOMyQUljBe
— PictureDiaryGalway (@PicDiaryGalway) December 18, 2019
STORM ELSA – GALWAY
Serious flooding in Salthill Galway in the last hour which happened within a half hour.
Emergency rescue services are checking cars that nobody are inside.
Thanks to Brenda Sheridan for sending the video @MetEireann @JoannaDonnellyL @ThisisiRadio pic.twitter.com/q0Otre1Z6u
— Donegal Weather Channel (@DonegalWeatherC) December 18, 2019
Salthill is under water ! Taking an absolute pounding ! #StormElsa pic.twitter.com/JQqUU6ox8m
— Hector (@hectorirl) December 18, 2019
Motorists rescued from cars in Galway as Storm Elsa batters the west coast (Breakingnews)
Christ that’s awful – very very dangerous. And just a yellow weather warning issued yesterday – which doesn’t indicate any serious threats to life and property. Granted it was escalated to orange immediately before the flooding but surely the meteorologists had eyes on that ocean swell and increased wind strengths more than an hour before it hit the west coast?
Blaming the Weatherman for the weather?
A novel twist…
No – I am questioning the timing of the warnings. The authorities could have closed off this sea-side parking area in time, had the swell and storm been observed as having destructive potential a little more than one hour before the waves hit.
Weather forecasting is not an exact science but it will be interesting to hear what change in circumstances led to the late change in waning from yellow to orange
Sometimes science is more art than science, Morty. Lot of people don’t get that.
Wubba lubba dub dub
Because it was not Dublin that was affected. Counties outside The Pale, especially on the west coast are not important and do not merit advance warnings. Met Eireann had specifically mentioned Dublin in their rain and wind warnings yesterday but just referred to provinces in the rest of the warnings.
I see from the comments the cinema paused the movies and made an announcement to get your car out of the carpark… too late for some at that point, but fair dues.
+1
No sign of that twit driving the Mini up and down through the floodwater this time.
Was it a Mini Blubman?
The effects of the Yellow warning we got yesterday were much worse than the Orange warning we got a few weeks ago. I was afraid for my roof tiles & my windows, it felt like the whole place would come crashing down around me between 10:00 and 1:00 last night.