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October 30, 2005

My Meeting With "Hurricane No-Name" !

Hurricane 'No Name'. Or is it Cyclone 'No Name'?

It came out of nowhere - with seemingly little warning - and wreaked havoc. 42 centimeters of rain in just 40 hours!

I was one of the hundreds of people like this young man below, wading through waist-deep water, hoping I didn't drop into an open manhole or encounter a snake.

On my way back from 24-hour call, my car engine died when it encountered waters too deep for even it's sturdy heart - and I had to abandon it a kilometer and a half from home. An easy 12 minute stroll became an hour and half struggle against a slow, yet powerful current, in a stream that turned roads into rivers.

After reading so much in the news about Hurricane Katrina, or Ivan, or Wilma, or Rita, it was an unpleasant surprise to meet "Hurricane No Name" literally in our backyard - with no hint or warning of it's approach even a day earlier!

So much for the Met department's technology. To give them credit, however, they did report that it was raining heavily... just a few hours into the deluge!

Posted by blogger at October 30, 2005 10:18 AM | TrackBack
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