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Wednesday, June 16, 2010; 6:17 AM
Help! It's a flood.
June 16, Wednesday. The torrential rain started at about 8 o'clock in the morning. Colourful umbrellas could be seen everywhere along the pavement. I was walking to the bus interchange to meet my classmates at school.
The downpour had caused not only our school to flood but also the prime Orchard Road area. Shoppers have to wade to safety through swirling brown water the colour of milk tea. One of the worst-hit places was Liat Towers. I sympathized the Wendy's burger restaurant which had opened just three days before. The restaurant had to close as $500 000 worth of furnishings and equipment was damaged by waist-high flood waters.
It was the worst flooding since 1984. Fortunately, no one was injured. But there were reports of a body floating in the water. Phew! It turned out to be a shop-window dummy.
How can such floods be prevented? I guess the only prevention is 'Do Not Litter'. People, if you are one of those litterbugs, please kick off this habit instantaneously. Imagine you were with a friend from overseas, shopping at Orchard Road that day, how embarrassing to have experienced such a flood in one of our shopping hot spots.
Labels: Straits Times Reflections
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Javier
January 2010