Whats the weather like where you are? I love it when people have nothing else to talk about and they resort to weather chat. I also love it when people consistently refer to weather as 'bad!" Can you detect the sarcasm here? I do not love these 2 examples, i find them mildly amusing. I remember hearing Billy Connolly say once that there was no 'bad weather,' just 'weather,' which i found funny yet true. So how is it for you?http://www.text-link-ads.com/xml_blogger.php?inventory_key=PH203EOCDRY2ZAL1H02V...
You can get a fairly comprehensive view of the Broadway/Westlink flooding from the perspective of the contractor a local road fan Wesley Johnston from their his website.16 August 2008Broadway roundabout is unique among the five underpasses on the Westlink in that two live rivers run beside it - the Clowney Water a few metres to the west, and the Blackstaff adjacent to the east.The problem is that these rivers are underground and therefore have a fixed capacity. Despite the construction of a large overflow chamber under Broadway roundabout, the fact that the design has now failed so disastrously just six weeks after opening suggests fundamental design flaws in terms of its ability to handle this type of heavy and persistent rain, that has become more frequent in recent years.The author of...
The BBC reports on the freak weather here. That was yesterday and this morning it is bright, dry and all in all a lovely sunday morning. Its kind of weird, because part of me wants to believe that it just rained to mess with the biggest outdoor music event that Ballymena has ever seen. Yesterday was not an ordinary day thats for surePicture by Shelley Garrett, from the BBC website. So we will, perhaps, be talking about yesterday for many years to come but so many people faced far worse circumstances than FUEL did. Homes were flooded and people's lives turned upside down. In the end we still had a great day of music and God was glorified by each band that performed. By the way, did i say these guys rocked?http://www.text-link-ads.com/xml_blogger.php?inventory_key=PH203EOCDRY2ZAL1H02V...
(Photo: © chris is' photostream)The Met Office have issued a 'severe weather warning' for N Ireland. BBC News reports minor flooding in Newry and Lurgan (but it's passable with care). Should we be worried after the recent flooding in Dublin, that saw thousands of Armagh GAA fans unable to return home, stranded in hotels across Dublin, and also 10,000 Scouting Ireland members evacuated from Punchestown by the Civil Defence? I don't think we're going to see any scenes from The Day After Tomorrow, but major flooding in Belfast isn't unthinkable. It's happened in previous years along the Ormeau Road and Ravenhill, so get your sand bags...
Victoria Square’s glass pimple is a sun trap. And to cope with the couple of days a year when Belfast is blessed with good weather, the designers did incorporate windows that open when the temperature goes above 19 degrees, and a sun blind (“solar shade”) that moves around the dome, tracking the sun. Hugh Black, Victoria Square’s manager told the BBC:“However, due to the higher than usual temperatures on Saturday, these were not enough to reduce the humidity in this particular area.”The dome was closed to the public as temperatures soared to 30 degrees.As a result, Victoria Square are now seeking other ways to keep the dome and the viewing gallery at more manageable temperatures.Maybe NIE will sort them out with solar panels linked to giant air conditioning...
Looking out the window of Stormont's Long Gallery last Monday night, we could see a colourful arch across the main avenue. But by the time we emerged (after the Barry and Basil show) it had gone.Now it looks like it was in preparation for Sunday's Soapbox racing organised by Red Bull - basically cars powered by gravity that will hurtle down the windy track (with hay bales at each side) until they reach the bottom.About 44 teams have been busy building their light-weight vehicles and will be competing between 1pm and 5pm tomorrow - Sunday 24 May.To help with parking, a Park and Ride scheme will be in operation from Dundonald High School and Holywood Exchange - £5 to park and a free bus up to the Stormont gates at Massey Avenue.Starting at 11am, there will also be a fleet of ten buses...
A blog post, finally! Having just realised that once again Keithblog is still the number one Keithblog on t’internet I’d better do some blogging. It’s that time of year again when Google makes way for the BBC Weather - Coleraine page as my browser homepage. It’s a great way to ensure I never miss a millisecond of good weather. Having said that after the last few days I think that we may have just had our summer.
Anyone out there in Touché Land should checkout bebo.com/homeof2j for all the latest. Before then I have the last few weeks at Slemish College and a Placement Report which is slowly coming together.
Then that’s it, two (more like three) months before final year of Uni starts again at the September. I’ve included a list of popular summer...
We’d a great time back up at Streamvale Open Farm today – with Littl’un enjoying feeding the ducks, walking down by the stream to find the deer, and playing in a pile of sand that’s probably not supposed to be played with by visitors! Oh, and stroking a very cute white rabbit.Blistering hot sunshine. (Glad I wasn't sweating it out on the Belfast Marathon.) Yet the heated chocolate brownie with two scoops of ice cream choice of chocolaty sauce was to die for in the café. And the mezzalunas (“half moon” fold over pizzas) are worthy of a mention (and repeat purchase) too.The end of April was rough for Streamvale, when the E.coli outbreak that’s affected some schools and nurseries in Belfast caused a precautionary closure for testing and cleaning one weekend. With the number of...
Reuters UK news agency carried a story last week about Harland & Wolff diversifying into producing large renewable energy generators. Sticking to their watery roots, they’ve assembled the 1.2 megawatt SeaGen tidal energy converter that will be placed in Strangford Lough later this week to provide power for around 1,000 homes starting this summer.The installation was postponed from last August when the necessary jack-up installation vessel Jumping Jack was held up on another contract.But a mention of the Titanic is never far away when a journalist types the phrase Harland & Wolff. So there are a few of paragraphs reminding readers about the firm’s history and continuing legacy:“Despite becoming a symbol of disaster worldwide, the memory of the ship Titanic is cherished by...
Tomorrow night, St Pauls Cathedral will host a candle-lit vigil, a pedal-powered cinema (world premiering “fun and factual films”) and a welcome address by the Bishop of London who is backing Energy Saving Day (or E-Day, not eDay, for short).Between 6pm on Wednesday 27 through to 6pm on Thursday evening, the organisers are encouraging us to make a conscious effort to save energy in their home, school or workplace and report what they’ve cut down or eliminated on the E-Day website.Staging E-Day over 24 hours will help to minimise the risks associated with large swings in electricity demand, while allowing time for significant energy savings to be achieved. Given the number of non-essential household items that are left on, the widespread uptake of this call to action has the...
It’s really bad when it’s so cold outside that you need to scrape the inside of your windscreen because it has iced up ... hence the white dandruff scattered across the dashboard. A good thick coating ... after five minutes the car’s air blower hadn’t made much of a dent in it. After last week’s fogginess that badly affected flights in and out of Belfast City Airport, I asked the airport if they’d any plans for CAT III instrument landing facilities ... no reply yet.But this morning, the heavy fog over Belfast has once again caused major disruption over at St Georges. The early morning arrival from Heathrow diverted to Belfast International (Aldergrove). Ryanair’s flight from East Midlands diverted to their base in City of Derry ... quite a bus journey if you want to get...
There is indeed frozen Hydrogen oxide falling from the skies above Northern Ireland. The 'light dusting' forecast by the meteorologists has turned into something of a blizzard in these 'ere parts.At the moment the snow is just starting to let off. If my fingers defrost you might get some more snowy photos.Below is some of the pictures from my Picasa Web album....
From PortrushDaytrip to Portrush with David and Jáníne. I should really have been revising, but it was a nice sunny...
From Pictures of HomeI trust everyone had a happy Christmas, you can relax now, it's all...
Compare that with thisFrom Pictures of Home on Google PicasaIt's a bit cold outside and I think the BBC might be a little out when it comes to...