Hi All,
I am posting this from South Africa Johannesburg, I live in an area Known as ekurhuleni (East part of Gauteng, close to Our O.R Thambo international our largest airport) And what occurred last night from Just after 17H00 was a rain down pour which had brought flash floods in many areas of Gauteng, and mostly effected the area I live in and my main Routes home.
over 150 cars where stuck, a truck plowed into 10 cars, multiple cars washed away into rivers, 6 deaths, and countless injuries.
I would like to discuss a topic that maybe over looked, that being vigilance, I am very thankful I am always listening to Talk radio which has constant updates on Breaking news and traffic as well as weather.
I had left work A bit earlier than i usually would and went about my normal Route, which would have gone through the most highly effected areas (see the video) N3 South to galoolies, which I take Linksfield Off ramp to avoid traffic home. ( this is my normal home route) I had heard the news of a truck stuck further down this N3 high way system on a station called 702 talk radio, and the storm had not yet hit but clouds where in the sky, I had then felt something tell me (intuition maybe) that I should go a different route home, took the 1st exist I could, which was the Edenvale Exist and went down Modderfontien, turn into and are called illiondale and then Headed down Barbara road and arrived safely home just as the storm broke.
I know for many none of the roads or areas would make any sense unless you live here, but the point I am making is to always be vigilant, listen to news, know your highway systems and where congestion is, so that you can know safer routes to avoid disasters, prevention is always better than a cure, avoidance of a survival situation would be better than trying to survive always. Stay vigilant. Be alert, and be informed and have your routes, or know when to remain where you are. Here is a video I compiled of some pics and Cellphone footage I collected from Neighborhood watch groups.
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