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Wednesday, December 30, 2015
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Monday, December 14, 2015
The Beetle at Pratapgad Fort!
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Try to watch the video in full screen. You can see the Fort also in the background.
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| An insect is sitting on my son's thumb! It sat for a long time and looked comfortable! It was cleaning itself...its back, front ....Interesting to watch! |
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| Profile picture of the insect! |
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
The Rain Started With Us Drenching/Giggling And Then....
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It
was 'walking in the rain' for us today morning! Mild drizzle was there
when we started. After half an hour, it was quite heavy with a strong
wind. Our umbrella pushed us to running mode! Some youngsters were
'jogging in the rain'...It was fun. Came back half drenched!
This was my status in Face book on 1st Dec. '15 morning. My friend's comment and my comment:
Zephyr Nag Did you sing a rain song, or not? How about this one? Lovely Waheeda and dashing Dev Anand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_w-tQuYrWY
Sandhya Kumar Love this song, Zephyr Nag but we were giggling all the way, even my rigid husband enjoyed and SAID SO too!
And then how the days turned out to be later!!! We had the heaviest rainfall of the century. Our Chennai had this much rain in 1901, I read. Never imagined Chennai facing this type of rain...ours had always been famous for heat and sweat. People were scared of the heat here, esp. my friends and relatives from Bengaluru always said so!
As Zephyr said in her mail, 'It is the middle class in inundated places that are suffering as relief efforts are concentrated more on slum and lower income clusters. The affluent are able to find other homes to shift to and use their resources to get their houses back in order.' people from middle and upper middle class will take longer time to recover. They have been living a secured, comfortable life. Disciplined, systematic life. This type of calamity is not easy to face, for them...they are not comfortable for taking 'help' from others.
One of my relative, a very old couple, had to go by boat from Velachery to Royapettah (to her relative's place) by army boat. They have come to spend their retired life here after living in the US for more than 40 years. Daughter is in the US. They live alone and their siblings are scattered in Chennai. She has got arthritis and her husband also has got many health issues. It was not easy for them to climb the boat. Their whole complex was inundated by flood water, cars were drowned completely, no power, no phone, no drinking water... Flood water is not just rain water, it is mixed with drainage water. It is not easy to make up our mind to wade through ditch water.
Another relative in West Mamblam has to spend a hefty sum to repair her car...they are retired people. A teacher in MCN nagar (outskirts) is living in the I floor now, since her ground floor rooms are flooded, even now. She has got a 95 year old mother. Had to carry her upstairs. No young member is there in their house.
Another relative is the owner of a hotel, has got a house in ECR in a good locality. Most of the houses in their locality are flooded. They have left to his brother's place which is also surrounded by flood water. They have arranged to send lot of food to stranded people in Semmanjeri area, which is in a very bad shape.
Our own flat has got 4 floors and the lifts are not working even now. Water is oozing/seeping and stays in the ground in the lifts' well. It will not dry for many days. The ground is full of water already. We pumped it out and it gets filled up again and again. It is not easy for many people to climb up 3/4 floors. Our complex has got many retired people like us.
Rain has started again after a 2 days' break. Hopefully, the rumour about more heavy rains stays as rumours.
Many more stories are there...
We thought it was a happy day and occasion for us Chennaiites to drench in rain and enjoy and how it turned out to be.
P.S.: Many areas are still flooded and people are still trying to clean their houses and start living from scratch...this post is just to show that no one is above nature's fury.
This was my status in Face book on 1st Dec. '15 morning. My friend's comment and my comment:
Zephyr Nag Did you sing a rain song, or not? How about this one? Lovely Waheeda and dashing Dev Anand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_w-tQuYrWY
Sandhya Kumar Love this song, Zephyr Nag but we were giggling all the way, even my rigid husband enjoyed and SAID SO too!
And then how the days turned out to be later!!! We had the heaviest rainfall of the century. Our Chennai had this much rain in 1901, I read. Never imagined Chennai facing this type of rain...ours had always been famous for heat and sweat. People were scared of the heat here, esp. my friends and relatives from Bengaluru always said so!
As Zephyr said in her mail, 'It is the middle class in inundated places that are suffering as relief efforts are concentrated more on slum and lower income clusters. The affluent are able to find other homes to shift to and use their resources to get their houses back in order.' people from middle and upper middle class will take longer time to recover. They have been living a secured, comfortable life. Disciplined, systematic life. This type of calamity is not easy to face, for them...they are not comfortable for taking 'help' from others.
One of my relative, a very old couple, had to go by boat from Velachery to Royapettah (to her relative's place) by army boat. They have come to spend their retired life here after living in the US for more than 40 years. Daughter is in the US. They live alone and their siblings are scattered in Chennai. She has got arthritis and her husband also has got many health issues. It was not easy for them to climb the boat. Their whole complex was inundated by flood water, cars were drowned completely, no power, no phone, no drinking water... Flood water is not just rain water, it is mixed with drainage water. It is not easy to make up our mind to wade through ditch water.
Another relative in West Mamblam has to spend a hefty sum to repair her car...they are retired people. A teacher in MCN nagar (outskirts) is living in the I floor now, since her ground floor rooms are flooded, even now. She has got a 95 year old mother. Had to carry her upstairs. No young member is there in their house.
Another relative is the owner of a hotel, has got a house in ECR in a good locality. Most of the houses in their locality are flooded. They have left to his brother's place which is also surrounded by flood water. They have arranged to send lot of food to stranded people in Semmanjeri area, which is in a very bad shape.
Our own flat has got 4 floors and the lifts are not working even now. Water is oozing/seeping and stays in the ground in the lifts' well. It will not dry for many days. The ground is full of water already. We pumped it out and it gets filled up again and again. It is not easy for many people to climb up 3/4 floors. Our complex has got many retired people like us.
Rain has started again after a 2 days' break. Hopefully, the rumour about more heavy rains stays as rumours.
Many more stories are there...
We thought it was a happy day and occasion for us Chennaiites to drench in rain and enjoy and how it turned out to be.
P.S.: Many areas are still flooded and people are still trying to clean their houses and start living from scratch...this post is just to show that no one is above nature's fury.
