Oh No...Flooding...water, water, everywhere...

Friday 7th Sept 2007 was a day to remember!

Firstly it started "pouring" around 4pm. Then the rain fell heavier. Just b4 6pm the 4ft odd deep drain in front of our house overflowed...

And that started us on a trail of worry...cos the water level rose & rose steadily. By abt 6:05pm, the water started entering our porch area. Pl see pic below :
The rain continued without letting up. The water came in further till it reached our main door edge. Then the rain stopped for a short while. The water receded till our main gate. Then the rain came back on. And so did the water level. It rose & rose...came in further and rose up higher. The highest was when it reached the top of the tile skirting at the outer gate...abt 3-4in high! Luckily the rain stopped and the water receded...slowly....

The pics below show different aspects of the flood waters in our porch during that "worrying" period :

Pic (top left) shows a couple of paper boats that me made (to show there was water there - abt an inch there) floating on the water at our main door edge.
Pic above shows my sandal floating away...notice the ripples on the water surface.

And below...a mini tsunami coming in? Yup...a really mini mini wave coming in caused by a passing car! Phew!

Hopefully a piece of good news tho. Late yesterday morning on our way out to the main road, we noticed an excavator and some men laying some big concrete "V"-shaped drain pieces to form a big drain leading out from our area to the monsoon drain along the main road. On returning home later, it was observed that the water in the drain in front of our house is now flowing smoothly & continuously. However, only the next downpour can confirm that...

Am keeping my fingers tightly crossed for a good outcome then.

Btw, my Nesly Power Saver unit has a new home...hehe...

Yup, made a new connection specially for it to fulfill an important guideline, namely device should be plugged into the NEAREST power point to the circuit breaker/main switch.

Finally, me got to watch the 13th F1 GP at Monza, Italy tonight (090907) LIVE !! First time since I removed my subs to the Sports channel in Astro which is our satellite TV provider. I used the TVU Player of TVU Networks and watched it via Star Sports. Another channel...Wheels...also provided Live coverage in TVU.
The transmission was not perfect but clear enough to enjoy a LIVE event! What's more? It's FREE!!

Will be watching the Belgian F1 GP next weekend. Have a good week ahead!