IT IS 12 AM. I AM SITTING IN OFFICE, ITS RAINING , SMALL DROPLETS AT A TIME. NOTHING TO SERIOUS . TIME GOES BY. RAIN GETS HEAVIER. I HAVE SENT MY CAR OUT FOR SOME WORK. IT WAS EXPECTED BY 12.30 , STILL NOT HERE.. I AM DEVELOPING DOUBTS ABOUT THE WEATHER, BUT NOTHING SERIOUS, ITS NOT SOME MAJOR ISSUE. MAY BE SOME SMALL TRAFFIC HELD THE CAR UP.
HALF HOUR LATER, MY WIFE CALLS TELLS ME THE RAIN IS PICKING UP IN THE AREA SHE WORKS. I SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS. I AM THE BOSS OF A COMPANY THAT HAS 300 EMPLYEES, SOME LIVE VERY FAR AWAYMAY BE 2 HOURS OF TRAVEL.
MY CAR FINALLY ARRIVES AT 3 PM. REPORTS ARE NOT GOOD , WATER HAS STARTED TO CLOGG THE ROADS, TRAFFIC IS INCREASING AND CONDITIONS DONT SEEM VERY GOOD. MY FIRST CONCERN MY WORKERS. THERE WE GET REPORTS OF LOCAL TRANSPORT BEING SLOW.
WE DECIDE TO CLOSE THE OFFICE AND LEAVE. MY DRIVER ADVICES ME THAT WE SHOULD WAIT IN THE OFFICE TILL ALL THE DANGERS ARE CLEAR. I DONT TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY , I FEEL , AT THE MOST I WILL BE AN HOUR LATE. I LIVE ABOUT 1 HOUR FROM THE WORK PLACE. WE LEAVE INSPITE HIS REAPETED WARNINGS. IN A FEW MINUTES WE SEE THAT THE ROADS ARE BLOCKED. MOVEMENT IS SLOW. WE CAN SAY WE COULD TAKE NAPS BETWEEN MOVEMENTS. OUR CAR IS NOW 2 HOURS INTO ITS JOURNEY IT IS 6 PM AND WE ARE ONLY HALF WAY TO OUR TARGET.
THE ROAD IS FILLED WITH VEHICLES ON ONE SIDE AND WATER ON THE OTHER. THERE IS NO WAY TO GO , NO MOVEMENT IS POSSIBLE, THE ROADS ARE JAMMED. WATER SEEMS TO BE FLOWING IN RIVERS. RAIN KEEPS ON FALLING. FEW PEOPLE STAND HOLING HAND€ROSS THE ROAD TO SAY ANY PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO BE PULLED INTO THE WATER. SLOWLY THE LIGHT DIMS AS EVENING APPROACHES. RAIN DOES NOT SLOW DOWN STILL.
THE MOBILE COMPANIES STOP GIVING SIGNALS, ALL THE PHONES ARE DEAD.. YOU MIGHT GET THROUGH A CALL SAY IF YOU WERE TRYING FOR HOURS. THE STREET LIGHTS DONT COME ON. POWER HAS BEEN KILLED AS THERE MAY BE CHANCES OF SHORTCIRCUIT IN THIS RAINS. STILL RAIN KEEPS ON COMING.
NOW WE PARK THE CAR IN ONE CORNER AND WAIT . THE WATER LEVEL STARTS TO RISE . WE AHVE WATER COMING IN THE CAR . THE LEVEL REACHES OUT SEATS, THIS IS DANGER. WE ARE STUCK. WE SOME HOW START THE CAR AND PUSH IT UP TO THE SAFE AREA, THE HIGH POINT ON THE ROAD.
AT ABOUT 10 PM THE RAIN SLOWS . WE TAKE A SIGH OF RELIEF. FEW PASSER BYES WHO HAVE DECIDED TO WALK HOME TELL US THAT THERE IS CHEST HIGH WATER CLOGGED AT NEXT BRIDGEAND THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF MOVEMENT. WE DECIDE TO RELAX . AS THE RAIN SLOWS THE WATER LEVEL DROPS. MY DRIVER ADVISES TO RMOVE THE WATER CLOGGED IN SIDE THE CAR. WITH THE HELP OF A FEW GLASSES WE EMPTY ALL THE WATER FROM INSIDE THE CAR . IT TAKES US ONE HOUR. WE THEN DECIDE TO TAKE A NAP.
AT 1 AM FAINT LIGHT HITS THE CAR. WE SEE CARS MOVING AHEAD. WE THINK MAY BE NOW WE WILL GET HOME. BUT ONLY FEW MOMENTS OF PLEASURE AND WE ARE BACK TO HALT. I AM FRUSTRATED IRRITATED AND HORRIFIED. PEOPLE ARE WALKING HOURS TO GET HOME. WE AGAIN TAKE IT EASY.
AT 5 IN THE MORNING I TELL THE DRIVER THAT I AM GOING TO WALK BACK TO OFFICE A COOL 15 KM AWAY AND THAT I WILL SEND HIM SOME FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS. HE MUST KEEP MOVING AND NOT WAIT FOR ME. I REACH MY OFFICE AFTER ONE HOUR, WALKING THROUGH WATER, OVER STONES, TIRED AND SLLEPY. WHEN I REACH OFFICE I WEAR MY POENS CLOTHES MAKE A CUP OF COFFEE FEW BISCUITS AND GO TO SLEEP.
I WAKE UP IN TWO TO THREE HOURS SAY ABOUT 10 AM. I REQUEST MY POEN TO TAKE FOOD FOR THE DRIVER ON CYCLE HE GOES.I LEAVE WITH HIM TO ANAYLSE THE SITUATION. THE SITUATION IS BAD TRAFFIC IS HALTED AND ALL IS AT STAND STILL.
I WALK TO THE NEAREST STATION FEW KM AWAY SEEING IF THERE ARE TRAINS, BUT ONLY TO FIND PEOPLE WAITNG. I FEEL THIS IS ALL RUBBISH AND A BIG WAIST OF TIME. I COME BACK TO OFFICE ONLY TO GET REPORTS THAT THE CAR HAS MOVED UP A FEW KM FROM LAST TIME AND THAT HE IS OK. I COOK SOME SANDWICHES FOR LUNCH AND RELAX.
AT 4 PM I DECIDE TO TAKE A STROLL AGAIN TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. STILL NO SIGN OF TRAFFIC CLEARING. ALL OF A SUDDEN I FEEL AS IF THE DEVIL IS IN ME I HAVE NO MORE PATIENCE LEFT. I SEE A MANWHO IS ASKING A CAB MAN IF HE WILL GIVE HIM A LIFT TO THE NEAREST SPOT. I ASK HIM IF HE WILL WALK WITH ME .HE AGREES.
IT TOOK ME 2 HOURS TO WALK HOME, I SAW MY DRIVER ON THE WAY. I REACHED HOME AT 8PM MY DRIVER CAME HOME AT 12 PM. I HAVENT EVER HAD SUCH AN EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE. IF YOUR DRIVER OR FRIENDS TELLS YOU EVER THAT DONT DO SOMETHING PLEASE THINK BEFORE YOU DO IT .......
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