Dear Mr Noah, It’s probably time we talked. Next month will make it a year since the rain began and there are now fears our misty isle may suffer a fate similar to Atlantis, believed to have disappeared into the ocean to our west. To lose one island may be regarded as a misfortune but to lose two.
.? Carelessness, certainly. Okay, the rain may not have been continuous but when it happens it is relentless and disproportionate.
For instance, July of last year was the wettest on record, with 215 per cent of the expected rainfall. That was just July. Since then we have become very familiar with “wettest on record”.
Last February was also the wettest on record with average rainfall in Tipperary, for instance, 332 per cent above average. February this year, you will note, had 29 days. In Donegal, Sligo, Mayo and Galway 26 of those were wet.
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