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wicklow / miscellaneous Wednesday August 20, 2008 07:59 by Flood Victim
CC Photo: Maj Adev The N3 Under Water
On Saturday 16th August at 3pm the Coolagad river burst its banks in Delgany Co. Wicklow. A culvert under the R761 collapsed and forced a road closure and millions of gallons of water to flow into Killincarrig village. What happened next can only be described as gross negligence by Wicklow County Council and it's Fire Service. Approxamitely 20 residents started to look for assistance from the various state agencies but were ignored. WCC had no emergency numbers in place, had no crews working on the ground, had no sandbags filled and would not allow its Fire Service to be dispatched. The operators of this service informed our residents that they received 250 calls from Wicklow Residents to deal with flooding. They were unable to dispatch any Wicklow based brigades because of restrictions imposed by the Chief Fire Officer of Co. Wicklow. They were also unable to give an emergency number for WCC. Related Links: Climate Change will flood Limerick | Ramor Ryan gatecrashes the ineffectual UN Conference on Climate Change | Daily Video Reports From Camp For Climate Action | Creative Commons Images of Flooding In Ireland
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