Mumbai Is Sinking
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
On Monday, we went back to our apartment to move our things to Taj Hotel. It turns out the entrance to the apartment was flooded to knee level. Luckily we didn't go back there on Sunday otherwise we might be stuck there the whole week.
Before the rain
After the rain
Since then, we have been leaving the office early the past few days to avoid the traffic jam and flood.
Today, we decided to stay in the hotel since most people involved in the training won't be able to make it to work anyway. Brian booked a conference room for the business centre in the morning. Everyone was frantically trying to connect to the company's network the whole morning, it was we were at war. Things only settled down around lunch time by which time we had to move to another room.
View from the conference room
The battlefield
The other day, Huiqi was looking at the weather forecast on the Intercontinental Hotel website. It said "Tons of rain." If I was in Singapore, I would think that the use of the word was rather casual. But, being here, I really understand what tons of rain really means. The rain is much heavier than that in Singapore and the winds are really strong.
Just an example, the security guard standing at the first floor of the building was wearing a raincoat and he was indoors!
The waves by the beach were so strong that it was reported to have washed a boy away. There were even rumours that a tidal wave would hit Mumbai. Of course that is just a rumour.