Note: its only in the early stages yet, there are plenty of kinks to iron out yet.
River Alerts is a system that aims to give Irish kayakers a warning about dangers on rivers or anything related (river warnings). River Alerts also uses posts from Irishfreestyle.com (river warnings).
The system aims to accessible from anywhere, via mobile phone internet (alerts.irishwhitewater.com), SMS texts, RSS and internet.
To spread river alerts and to make them even more accessible, river alerts can be embedded on any website, viewed on any phone or available by SMS text (for free).
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Have a read of this to find out how you get the free sms alerts.
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Tree removed from Sluice - 11/05/08 Evening lads and ladies,
Just to let you all know a few of us were up at Sluice today and have removed the tree. The main trunk is still there on river right but I can't see it being a problem. If anybody's bored and wants to give it a go we've cut half way through it about 2/3feet from the very bottom of the trunk.
lifey, Dublin - Sluice by cian - 10/05/2008 there is a tree down bellow the sluice in lucan. it is about 50m or so down. the only way past at the moment is a small channel river left.
Recent spate of break-ins in Sluice carpark - 26/04/08 At least two break-ins have occurred in Sluice car park in broad daylight in as many weeks while paddlers were away from their vehicles paddling at the Sluice. The perpetrators manage to smash the back windows of cars without setting off the cars' alarm by shattering the pane at the base and then gently pushing the shattered glass in and reaching for valuables.
Barbed Wire on Upper Liffey - 16/03/08 There is a shiny new barbed wire fence strung across the bridge at the TAKE OUT!!
Upper Liffey, Dublin - Trees down on Upper Liffey by Benny Cullen - 11/03/2008 Dave Tec has informed me that there is a significant strainer on the Upper Liffey at the moment near the old steel bridge immediately down stream of the put in. This is third party info so don't have alot of details. If anyone else has more details please submit them. Cheers. Stay safe. By the way awesome system lads, great work. Text alerst are the way forward!
Guys,
Trees have fallen in from the river right and river left banks just above the first hole on the run in to Big Eas.
The trees were passable at the level on Sunday eve last (0.5m) but may become more hazardous in higher flows. They also rule out line of sight on this section.
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