Flooding in Orchard Road
Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 1:38 pm
Some really cool pictures. Were you caught in it?
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Flooding in Orchard Road
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Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 1:53 pm
Wow... when was this?
Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 2:18 pm
This morning (wed)
Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 2:21 pm
This morning.
here's another
here's another
Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 2:36 pm
just saw an item on this on the locals's complaint site. saw a pic of a guy making the most out of the situation (wink-wink, nudge-nudge).
Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 2:57 pm
Holy sh*t.
Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 3:38 pm
I haven't seen flooding here that bad since around 1984! Used to be a lot of that before they started widening the canals. About the last place that it happens regularly is in Chinatown.
Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 4:08 pm
Yeah, the traffic jam afterwards was incredible 
Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 4:26 pm
Not sure the umbrella helped much....
Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 4:46 pm
You should see our carpark!! B3 under 3 feet of water all those low slung super car owners will be reading the small print on the insurance policy! Just been downstairs and saw a Ferrari and maser being pulled out of the water. Lucky for us we could not come home because of the grid lock.
Call me old fashion, but if you stick a huge dam in an estuary (ie marina barrage) then would not the end result be the slowing down of the water feeding that basin? Mess with nature and she bites back...
Call me old fashion, but if you stick a huge dam in an estuary (ie marina barrage) then would not the end result be the slowing down of the water feeding that basin? Mess with nature and she bites back...
Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 4:52 pm
wow... water world in orchard road!
Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 5:13 pm
Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 5:25 pm
Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 5:36 pm
What was the cause I wonder? The rain in Sengkang this morning was heavy and consistent. Perhaps the rate of rainfall at Orchid this morning was outside the statistical expectations set by the civil engineers that designed the drainage.
Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 5:41 pm
The cloud cover at 9 a.m. in the Jurong East/Bukit Bakot/Clementi "Bermuda Triangle" was so low and black it looked like it did at 9 p.m. last night! And when the bottom broke it was a deluge. I understand that the morning "shower" dumped 60% of the average June rainfall in an hour or so. 