horatiotheturd Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Was only a matter of time. One bloke injured and several vehicles damage driving along the walkway at high tide. Civil.defencw and fire guys did a great job in pretty dangerous conditions (Personally I think anyone driving along there today is nuts, but sure it will be th dois fault) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 2 hours ago, horatiotheturd said: Was only a matter of time. One bloke injured and several vehicles damage driving along the walkway at high tide. Civil.defencw and fire guys did a great job in pretty dangerous conditions (Personally I think anyone driving along there today is nuts, but sure it will be th dois fault) Agree but it should clearly have been closed much earlier . I had to go to Onchan but was no way I would risk the prom but its fair to assume lots rely on authorities to make the judgement . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 23 minutes ago, Numbnuts said: Agree but it should clearly have been closed much earlier . I had to go to Onchan but was no way I would risk the prom but its fair to assume lots rely on authorities to make the judgement . this is the problem when you have a population that requires somebody else to think for them. The planet is feckin doomed 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 It's winter, a full moon, and awful weather forecast, and there are still people parking 5 metres from the sea in areas known to get wet. I have no sympathy whatsoever. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: It's winter, a full moon, and awful weather forecast, and there are still people parking 5 metres from the sea in areas known to get wet. I have no sympathy whatsoever. But thats not what happened . They weren't parking they were travelling along the prom as thats where the roadway is now due to Prom works 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Numbnuts said: But thats not what happened . They weren't parking they were travelling along the prom as thats where the roadway is now due to Prom works Oh that's the road? It's been a while since I've been to Douglas. Still, people need to think a bit harder though don't they? I'm not gonna drive along Gansey at high tide in this weather if I need to go to Port Erin, I'll go the Colby way cos i don't want a stone through my windscreen. People are utterly stupid. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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slinkydevil Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 https://www.facebook.com/digitalmanphotography/photos/pcb.2492285831067912/2492284961067999 BMW driver innit. Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I hear a bus had a good few windows put through by the waves earlier today. Thankfully the bus was empty (although that's always a high chance with Bus Vannin) 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTail Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 2nd hand BMW for sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, NoTail said: 2nd hand BMW for sale? 1 careful lady owner, recently washed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 Video of it here: https://www.facebook.com/Traadaleaur/videos/10160811753409251 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 50 minutes ago, slinkydevil said: Video of it here: https://www.facebook.com/Traadaleaur/videos/10160811753409251 A few arseholes on there and here having a go at the people involved. They don't know the facts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 End of the day the road was open. Possibly a case of driving along there slowly and when you're half way along the Loch Prom walkway it would be a big "oh shit" moment when the waves came crashing down. There's also nowhere you can turn off there at the moment due to the road layout. I can see how someone could easily get into bother there in those circumstances. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I would definitely blame the DoI for not closing the road earlier. I drove along there at high tide a few days before Christmas, when there was not so much wind. Once you get past Broadway, there is nowhere that you can get off the roadway or turn to go back, and it is only when you are half way to the Sea Terminal that you realise that the sea is flooding the road. You have to continue driving through varying depths of salt water, depending on the state of the waves. I learnt from that to avoid high tide, but does everybody have to learn the hard way? Letting people drive along there yesterday in those conditions was at best foolhardy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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