Monday, August 11, 2008
Stick a pin in a compassThere were some interesting quotes in today's Irish Times piece about the flooding seen this weekend in Dublin and Kildare.
For example, Dublin City Council's spokesman got a bit mixed up when describing the extent of the flooding:
"You could nearly get a compass and stick it on the map of the city and you would find a localised flood there," he said.Meanwhile, Inspector Gerry Wall of the Garda Regional Traffic Division at Dublin Castle thought we were lucky the rain didn't come on a week day.
"It is fortunate that it happened on a Saturday when many people are still on holiday and not on a week day when there are schools open," he added.He forgot that the schools aren't back until September.
Categories: Dublin, Floods
posted by Dick O'Brien at 10:54 AM | link |
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