Tropical storms are like tropical bugs, they’re bigger,scarier and move faster. A storm rolled in the day before yesterday. The buildup was out of a movie. The deep red orange sunset seeping through an overcast sky left everything covered in a eerily warm colored, yet soft light. The wind picked up. Dogs started barking and freaking out. And all of a sudden it began to pour. It was the strongest rain I’d ever seen, accompanied by thunder and lightining directly overhead. I got caught in a bus stop and couldn’t leave as the 50 foot dash across the street would have left me completely soaked. I met a kind university student. Her friend made a run to a store across the street and bought disposable ponchos for everyone. With means of keeping (my camera) dry, I ventured out into the storm…
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The rain wreaked havoc on the normally hectic moto traffic. I saw several accidents while waiting at the bus stop.
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I turned a corner and saw this. At first it didn’t even dawn on me that is was abnormal. I just assumed if it rains alot, the streets fill with water. I started walking through the New Orleans-type water (smelled like sewage) and soon realized that 2 feet of standing water that had flooded the first floor of every shop was not normal. Apparently, some of the storm drains were clogged with trash (trash is thrown in the gutter for daily pick up). Fortunately nobody has carpet, floors are tile an walls are concrete, so a foot of water in your home is merely a minor inconvenience.
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Just odd. We walked into a “drug store” or “clinic,” I’m not sure what it was. There were 3 girls quietly sitting with their feet up out of the water. They weren’t doing anything, just sitting and waiting. To top things off, the computer was on and working.
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Many people tried to “ford the river” and subsequently “lost their oxen.” Aka the water flooded the mufflers of their scooters and stalled the engine.
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Looks like after the storm, but really from before the storm. A boy leaps over a puddle.
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I love these photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!