Hurricane Charley hits Ireland, 1986
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- Hurricane Charley hits Ireland wreaking chaos and destruction.
The storm with high winds and heavy rain was one of the worst in living memory.
By first light this morning the full extent of the damage caused by the tail of Hurricane Charley was quickly becoming apparent. The gale force winds and heavy rain which lashed the east coast caused damage estimated to run possibly into millions of pounds.
The counties of Dublin and Wicklow were badly hit and there was extensive damage to homes and businesses with the River Dargle and the River Dodder both breaking their banks.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 26 August 1986. The reporter is Charlie Bird.
Just wondering what the media today would make of this,
The media would probably be reporting on flooding. What would you think they would be reporting?? Tennis?
@@jimmymcjimmyvich9052you are now knowing as reckthecrack or crackrecker for short
Pretty much what the media made of it back then.
💯👍Can only imagine We have a dose of George Lee.
They’d frame it as Armageddon.
Love the thumbnail of the Land Rover 110. Must be only two years old. They made them from 1984 to 2016.
Timeless look. Looks as good as it is today as it was in 1986
I had been here on holiday in July, epic for the constant rain. I came back in September - just missed Charlie. And I'm still here... all the recent storms notwithstanding.
I remember this well,my brother and his mates were camping beside the Dargle river in Wicklow and got woken up by the noise of the river they had to leave everything and head into the village,I’ll never forget looking out my bedroom window at the lighting and then sleeping in my parents bed
I was 6 months pregnant and we had to stay upstairs downstairs was flooded. But no one was panicking just helping each other out and getting on with it. Sure the water receded fairly nicely we cleaned up and got on with it. Bray flooded many times since out with the sandbags at the doors. Nowadays it's all panic buying and people afraid to move for fear.
Exactly.
The Dodder would not have burst it's banks if Dublin Corporation hadn't panicked and emptied half of Bohernabreena reservoir into it.
@3:43 when did you realise there was something wrong? 😂 when me bed went floating down the street with me in it.
😂😂😂😂😂😅
Ah the good old days
Yeah. Nepotism, corruption, unemployment and repression. What a wonderful time.
The Dodder's after burstin it's bleedin banks
Hurricane Charley hits Ireland, 1986 1843pm 25.1.25 you know it's bad when yer tractor's gone for a burton...
RTE would be doing handstands today
I can remember the afternoon it approached, was standing outside my house in Tallaght with my mates watchingvfork lightning in the distance during the day, forks really stood out. A house in a neighboring estate was struck that night and went up in flames sadly. My mother is convinced our house was struck too that night. All 7 of us were in my parents bed that night we were so terrified 😅
The good old days when we had storms, now we call them climate change!
It's the frequency at which they're happening is what's alarming. Two storms this weekend alone. There's been a storm every month this winter except november, and my guess is we'll have another 2-3 storms before april/may comes around. It's the frequency that's alarming
@@shaneferris1043 Save your breath to cool your porridge Shane. You'll never convince a climate change denier/ holocaust denier/ flat-earther/ UFO fanatic/ moon-landing denier etc etc, that they are wrong or just need to see things differently. Just be happy that 90% of us are capable of critical thinking.
💯👍Yes the good old days
@@shaneferris1043 Weather manipulation.
@@shaneferris1043 The frequency hasn't increased. They just started naming windy days.
Stood beside leaking gas tanks woried they may xplode
lucky you didn't decide to have a smoke to calm your nerves
They could hardly blame Fossil fuels in 1905
My memory of this was that a dam holding in the lake in Djouce Woods collapsed and that created the flood in the Dargle River than then damaged Bray, which is built around the Dargle River. As far as I know, the dam and lake in Djouce Woods are still "gone", presumably because it was deemed safer to be without them. But they were once a tourist attraction or, at least, a popular "Sunday afternoon spot" for young families.
Very interesting piece of history, thank you!
That's right and it took out a number of bridges on the river as the water surged down the valley. Even today you can still see debris high up in the trees along part of the dargle.
I was in the middle of my 4 week Garda motorcycle course in Templemore and were confined to the classroom for the day. The instructor spent most of the day in their staff room so we were left like unsupervised school kids up to all sorts of tomfoolery and mischief. We had some laughs that day and it was a nice break from the gruelling intensity and pressure of that course. I passed it btw.
Good stuff, nice to remember the good old days, thank you for helping our community.
and not a whinging refugee in sight
Vote for trump
Two idiots
Didn't have to scroll down far to see the first racist comment. This channel never disappoints.
@davidkavanagh189 glad to save you the bother
Gas leak rules don't turn on or off anything that could cause a spark,
News crew let's film this with our big damp camera,,,, hisses 2:12
When was the most recent flood der
I went for a walk to my mates house, it was grand.
I went to school with that girl at the end of the report, Marion Fields.
Charlie always whinging.
Have respect for Charlie 🙏 do you remember it like the end of the world frightening
Must have been global boiling, I am sure of it, I have been reeducated 😆
I remember it well I made a raft out of brennans bread loafs and sailed to safety.