Heavy Rain Causes Havoc to Bus Services
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All round Singapore being overwhelmed by water logs.Originally posted by jetabt767400:If I not wrong, its at Macritchie Reservoir too. The gates in front lead to the floodgate, which is overwhelmed by the water in this pic...
Wonderful water flow, lets use buckets and fill them up... -
News say services at Lornie Road got re-directed, using the Macritchie flyover...hence alot of buses skipped the bus stop at Macritchie
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latest: macritchie there the situation is getting better now.
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u should know our government too well.. do u think they will reduce? dun increase alrd very good liao..Originally posted by my@jas:Dry whether must also reduce water price, should ask ppl drink more water else ppl dehydrated
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Aiya, even better. Take the extra water and sell it to Malaysia or Indonesia lah!Originally posted by my@jas:Reservoir can become full Maybe during rainy season the water bill can get discount, encourage ppl to use more so won't overflow -
Wah lucky SG dont have alot Low floor buses, bu ran u can see water coming in thru the bus doors and engines were more vulnerable to exposure from water and gets stalled!
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i dont think any people will want to go to there at this time. cannot exercise, nothing to see except rain water.Originally posted by Y_Shun:News say services at Lornie Road got re-directed, using the Macritchie flyover...hence alot of buses skipped the bus stop at Macritchie -
I going there see waterfall, want to go with me?Originally posted by huiz:i dont think any people will want to go to there at this time. cannot exercise, nothing to see except rain water.
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saw a few hard-core joggers that afternoonOriginally posted by huiz:i dont think any people will want to go to there at this time. cannot exercise, nothing to see except rain water.
the rain cant bear to see them leave the park, and flood their cars to make them stay longer -
So you're saying they should reduce so that you can use more water than needed?Originally posted by lemon1974:u should know our government too well.. do u think they will reduce? dun increase alrd very good liao..
We're at the mercy of other ppl for water supply... -
Bt Timah near Turf City kena flooded
Twice in 2 mths -
macritchie reservior..Originally posted by ditzy:I wonder where this pic was taken, I wanna go see, I wanna go see. -
no la, alot people always change bus at there one ma....Originally posted by huiz:i dont think any people will want to go to there at this time. cannot exercise, nothing to see except rain water. -
A lot of buses broken down while some caught in jams causing long waiting time for buses yesterday.
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is this strider from BB as a cameo?Originally posted by lemon1974:a lot of buses were stuck in the heavy rain esp SV93/157/165...
one strider on SV 165 even have to be pushed manually through the flood...
refer to the following.
http://multimedia.asia1.com.sg/gallery/20061219_flood_gallery/index.html
(picture copyright of asiaone website - www.asiaone.com). -
There was a massive traffic jam at HoabourFront this morning as there was another case of tree falling off(heard from SBST staff).Services passing through Harbourfront were affected.For Toa Payoh services, sv 143 and 145 werre affected.Dunno about others services.There wasn't any sv145 coming back to Toa Payoh Int for more than 30 minutes.As for sv143, i believe SBS9363U and SBS491S made a different route back to Toa Payoh Int as it arrive much eariler than the other buses like SBS3915S, SBS284Z, SBS308P and SBS9000S, which all arrive together and were very behind schedule.
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93 was also affected last night.. my friend waited for an hour for the bus to arrive.
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is the bus still got passenger or all have to get off?Originally posted by lemon1974:a lot of buses were stuck in the heavy rain esp SV93/157/165...
one strider on SV 165 even have to be pushed manually through the flood...
refer to the following.
http://multimedia.asia1.com.sg/gallery/20061219_flood_gallery/index.html
(picture copyright of asiaone website - www.asiaone.com). -
what a lousy idea.Originally posted by my@jas:Reservoir can become full Maybe during rainy season the water bill can get discount, encourage ppl to use more so won't overflow If everyone uses more water, then the dirty sewage/shlt water increases, then if the sewage system cannot take it, instead of rain water, we get shlt water everywhere... -
Ytd wana go home from school after camp..lucky never take 132
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who got see the ne SMRT Duck Tour?
Image from stomp.com.sg
Re: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/viewPost1017.aspx
got video watch watch the bus become ducktour -
i used to laugh at malaysia for their floods.. now i feel disgraced..
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Who say Singapore don't have natural disaster? Only that it will happen for a long time. Natural disaster will come anytime, I don't think this can be avoided!
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read the post that i have quoted...pls...Originally posted by sbst275:So you're saying they should reduce so that you can use more water than needed?
We're at the mercy of other ppl for water supply...
i am not the one who say this.. -
The above statement is factually incorrect.Originally posted by lemon1974:this happen outside macritchie reservior. there are road works and water were overflowing from the reservior as well. thus causing this flood..
It is correct in saying that there are roadworks on going at the location. It is also correct in saying that water was overflowing from the reservoir.
Let me tell you all what happened:-
During the non-stop rain, water was collected inside MacRitchie Reservoir until the water mark reaches the overflowing point. At the top of the dam, there is nothing to prevent the water from overflowing. Even though PUB had in the past done water flushing by opening the valve gate at the bottom of the Dam, this was much much worse. Water was over flowing at a great flow, until the grass patch that was directly in front of the reservoir, as well as the carpark, got flooded.
The canal from the spillway leads all the way to the junction of Thomson Road and Marymount Road, whereby it follows Thomson Road all the way until Police Academy grounds, after that, I don't know how it runs. How the water runs from the spillway to the junction of Thomson Road and Marymount Road? There is a box culvert under the road at Lornie Road, which became inundated, overflow the side of the box culvert and flooded the whole road. The construction site was unfortunately, right in the middle.
The construction site did not touch any of the existing road side drains or drainage facilities.
Take a look at why the florist at Olive road / Joan Road got flooded. That is because of all the water from the reservoir was flowing to their location, and unfortunately, their area was a low ground, and there was nothing PUB could do to stop the water from overflowing.
What do you term this? Act of God, as nobody can predict how much rain the clouds will pour when it rains.