Flood at MacRitchie

forcefilm · 19th December 2006

Thought I'd share some images I took while wading throgh the floodwaters to get to the bus-stop. Pictures taken on the move using F11 and umbrella (foldable).

Do the arrows point to sunken treasure?

Spot the Water Taxi and the Fat Man

iso100 · 19th December 2006

So serious!
Non-stop raining...

airforce1 · 20th December 2006

It all over the TV news. More flooding coming due to high tides factor.

itoshii · 20th December 2006

Something wrong with SG much vaunted flood control?
Car drivers should avoid these areas! Last time I hero and water got into my gearbox. Gears cannot engage.

AReality · 20th December 2006

Too much water in Macritchie reservoir already.
They opened the floodgates, that's why tt area quite bad.

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itoshii · 20th December 2006

mind boggling... control flood by opening the floodgates?? And now we hv more water, can we ask the govt for a cheaper water rate? supply & demand... economics 101... hahaha..

AReality · 20th December 2006

Originally Posted by itoshii

mind boggling... control flood by opening the floodgates?? And now we hv more water, can we ask the govt for a cheaper water rate? supply & demand... economics 101... hahaha..

It never works when someone has monopoly..

Look on the bright side, less water tt's manufactured from our sh!t..

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sehsuan · 20th December 2006

The water taxi part was quite humorous... though the company would be cursing at the claims...

Prismatic · 20th December 2006

Originally Posted by itoshii

mind boggling... control flood by opening the floodgates?? And now we hv more water, can we ask the govt for a cheaper water rate? supply & demand... economics 101... hahaha..

Eh... isn't that's how floodgates are supposed to work? You open floodgates so that water won't flood a certain place.

holeinone · 20th December 2006

They didnt open the floodgates, cos that will cause even worse flooding. Basically, there is so much water in the reservoir that it cant be contained and it simply overflowed.

The system simply isnt designed to handle so much water... if you read the papers, you are talking about a whole month of rainfall coming down in a single day. And thankfully we dont get this too often.

19th December 2006	#1
forcefilm New Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 37	Flood at MacRitchie Thought I'd share some images I took while wading throgh the floodwaters to get to the bus-stop. Pictures taken on the move using F11 and umbrella (foldable). Do the arrows point to sunken treasure? Spot the Water Taxi and the Fat Man

19th December 2006	#2
iso100 Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 795	Re: Flood at MacRitchie So serious! Non-stop raining...

20th December 2006	#3
airforce1 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,143	Re: Flood at MacRitchie It all over the TV news. More flooding coming due to high tides factor. __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/airforce1 Think of concepts and work towards it.

20th December 2006	#4
itoshii Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 57	Re: Flood at MacRitchie Something wrong with SG much vaunted flood control? Car drivers should avoid these areas! Last time I hero and water got into my gearbox. Gears cannot engage. __________________ Take a shot, freeze the moment.

20th December 2006	#5
AReality Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4,396	Re: Flood at MacRitchie Too much water in Macritchie reservoir already. They opened the floodgates, that's why tt area quite bad. . __________________ . The Visual Journalist

20th December 2006	#6
itoshii Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 57	Re: Flood at MacRitchie mind boggling... control flood by opening the floodgates?? And now we hv more water, can we ask the govt for a cheaper water rate? supply & demand... economics 101... hahaha.. __________________ Take a shot, freeze the moment.

20th December 2006	#8
sehsuan Deregistered Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,674	Re: Flood at MacRitchie The water taxi part was quite humorous... though the company would be cursing at the claims...

20th December 2006	#10
holeinone Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tampines Posts: 1,316	Re: Flood at MacRitchie They didnt open the floodgates, cos that will cause even worse flooding. Basically, there is so much water in the reservoir that it cant be contained and it simply overflowed. The system simply isnt designed to handle so much water... if you read the papers, you are talking about a whole month of rainfall coming down in a single day. And thankfully we dont get this too often. __________________ There is no life without fast cars....