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Mar 10th 2016, 6:41 am

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Re: The Tempest

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Originally Posted by Irishbeekeeper

This place is SO ill-equipped to handle a bit of water that it's not even funny. I would have thought with the sea right next door, a bit more thinking would have gone into city planning etc but, ah well, yanni everything will be fine inshallah!

It's a bit like moaning about the South of the UK and snow for example though - it's highly irregular, so to spend fortunes in designing and building 'defences' against it is just pointless. A day of chaos every year or two is far easier to deal with.

Mar 10th 2016, 9:34 am

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Originally Posted by Scamp

Exactly mate , never seen or heard as many whinging people over a bit of a downpour .

What happened to the pioneer spirit !

Mar 10th 2016, 9:57 am

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Agreed x a lot!

Factor in the fact that the drainage is actually pretty well designed but very poorly maintained and you're about there! They spend a fortune on detailed drainage designs only to let them fill up with sand. Then it rains and the capacity is significantly reduced.

Mar 10th 2016, 10:24 am

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Re: The Tempest

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Originally Posted by co durham boy

Exactly mate , never seen or heard as many whinging people over a bit of a downpour .

What happened to the pioneer spirit !

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Originally Posted by jam25mack

It's a bit of fun (until people die or get hurt which is tragic) and most people I know got most of the day off 'to get home'. The Mrs has been off today because of it - schools shut......