L’Irlanda “fortunata” a sfuggire alle inondazioni devastanti durante Éowyn
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0422/1508837-storm-eowyn-study/
di Dazzling_Lobster3656
L’Irlanda “fortunata” a sfuggire alle inondazioni devastanti durante Éowyn
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0422/1508837-storm-eowyn-study/
di Dazzling_Lobster3656
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It was pretty brutal to be fair at the height of things (4-8am) in the west.
Structures damaged, towns with days/weeks of electricity and pole-lines down all over fields that I still see haven’t been fixed.
Sure could have been worse, but it was still exceptionally bad.
It’s mad to think how bad it could have been.
Notable that this was carried out by NUIG seeing as Galway would probably be the worst place hit.
We need to start pumping money into schemes to deal with the consequences of climate change rather than trying to stop it. With Trump promoting “drill baby drill” policies it looks like the worst impacts of Climate change are now locked in certainties no matter what we do here in Ireland.
The plans to mitigate against future incidents like this [were published a few weeks back](https://esbnetworksprdsastd01.blob.core.windows.net/media/docs/default-source/publications/esb-networks-winter-2025-grid-resilience-plan-march-26th-2025.pdf?sfvrsn=2a7dec15_7).
These include :
1. Overhauling all existing power poles and replacing where necessary
2. Getting in substantial new stocks of poles and other equipment, doubling reserves. Note that all repair work after Eowyn was carried out using existing stocks, so doubling them should provide ample reserves.
3. Carrying out a survey of 23,000km of pole lines and refurbishing/clearing hedgerows as needed
4. Carrying out a survey of 710km of problematic primary lines and clear-cutting timber on either side
These are all planned for completion by October 2025.
There are also procedural projects, such as proposing legislative updates to support mandatory cleared forestry lanes and signing MoUs with other European countries for faster and simpler mutual assistance.
Nearly a million without power and running water, electrical grid is still shakey af
Imagine if something *actually* bad happened
Over 5 meters of a storm surge. It’s only a matter of time before this happens again. Costal cities need to prepare