Massive Flood

Around 1-2am

awake to the sound of monstrous lighting strike

which made the sky seem so white

and sound as if world war III happened

right at my backyard

the sound of the wind terrifying

and the heavy pouring of the rain

combined all those element, its like nature own orchestra performing

though it's the disturbing type

but i end up going back to sleep

despite the abnormal phenomena

Morning

Was shaken awake by my mum

apparently our house was flooded she say

i panicked as i left all my notes on the floor the night before

rush out of bed with that out of the world bed look

only to realise that my mum spooked me

the water level almost enter the house

flooding the entire porch of the house

i had the sense of relieve and annoyance

heard from my mum that when my sis waited for the school bus to pick her up

the water was at knee level outside

and my dad car almost KO-ed while fetching my brother to KTM

after the water resided to an acceptable level

followed my parents to their office as their office have a history of being flooded

and they need the extra manpower to become cleaners

saw a lot of car stranded in deeper flood area and their owner screaming at the phone

saw a few shop lot owners unable to go into the shop due to the major flood right in front of their shops

flooding their shop and goods

saw a lot of my neighbour, busying with their brooms and mops and bucket, using skills i never seen before

to clean up the compound of their house

saw massive traffic jam caused by everyone using the not so flooded route to work, 3 lanes become 4 lanes, car squeezing like sardines cans, honking like nobody business

saw school fields and basketball fields becoming on the spot swimming pools, flooding up to the knee level

saw school kids plowing through the water with their bag and books up high, trying to get into dry area while ensuring their bang and books are dry

saw school kids playing in the water as the school was forced to close for the day due to the flood

it took half an hour to get to the office, which is way longer than the usual 5 minutes

in the end there was no flood at the office, which shocked my parents but they are unusually happy

cause nothing was damaged.

scary flood, first time in my life i seen such a flood. ><

it's time for the state government to improve the drainage system here.

and for a bonus, the power generator at my housing area was totally fried by the flood, no electricity until backup power generating trucks were sent. but the power supply was super unstable. sigh.

-Jason-

Me: i see a river in front of our house

Mum: more like a swimming pool

Dad: it's just rain water and drain water.

Me and Mum: speechless.....