Here Comes the Rain (Again)

Well, after a week of weather that was almost too good to be true, Ireland seemed to remember that it has a maritime climate, and to make up for all the sun, has been dealing out torrential rain with gale force winds for the past few days. For the first 24 hours, the local Dubliners didn't even seem to notice the rain, accustomed as they are to sporadic monsoons, but after 36 hours, the only people still trekking through the rivers- I mean, streets, were the people up from the country, who are used to more regular monsoons. Still, as they say, the show must go on, and my flatmates and I still needed to venture out of the house for important items and rations such as Chinese food, hangers, and Guinness. Apparently, the Chinese takeaway near our house is totally flood proof, and the Guinness is to keep us warm if the waters should douse the fire in the living room. The hangers were just for my closet.

A few flatmates still had to go to work in the midst of this flooding, but luckily the Dublin taxi service is ready to continue working even in the middle of the lake that is my neighborhood. Here you can see a cabbie rowing a woman to work:


At least this morning it stopped raining, and people are resuming their normal daily activities. Taxis with wheels are sloshing through the puddles, and drenched pets are swimming back towards their homes. The chipper, more sucesptible to flooding than the Chinese takeaway, has reopened, but the local pub is still full of water. However, this has not discouraged a few intrepid neighbors from trying to visit anyway:

Keep those spirits up, boys...