[ Sambil Flooding Tragedy ]
It was monday night and I was tired, but decided to go to the movies to something other than home-work-home. We watched Tropic Thunder and it was a good laugh but thats beside the point. As we tried to exit Sambil Mall where the movie theater is at, there was a huge storm and we started walking around. It was almost 10pm and suddenly I stared seeing water come into the mall, now we were in the first level and there is one more before the roof but it was still dripping a lot of water. Not wanting to wait until it stopped rainning, we decided to just walk in the rain to the parking lot, take our car and leave.We left the mall only to find the very street that goes in behind of it a small river flowing with brown water. We continued on travelling south towards Via Venetto a trendy mall thinking it was impossible that such a street would be flooded but the water level just kept on rising. There were overflowing streets and non-existing sidewalks. The mini drove on and I was afraid it would just get water in the distributor, stall and die. My husband was afraid water would come in through the muffler, and well stop our small adventure. We navigated through and it was probably the first time I see small and large cars alike driving with caution. Besides the water coming into the cars, there was another concern; potholes on the streets, and obviously you cannot spot them when they are covered with water and do some serious damage to the car´s structure.
And so my husband, the mini and I navigated until we found another major street, but since it was on an incline the water was not accumulating so much. By going through side streets, we managed to make it home, wet but in one piece.
By tuesday morning I was relieved that we left early and missed the real flood. It was a disaster, the mall is closed down and there were approximately 160 cars that are total loses due to water damage. The movie goers in the late show were interrupted and asked to get their cars out of the parking lot.
This is what the parking lot looked like in the morning:
It was a tragedy, but one that could have been prevented. The rain affected around 4,800 people in Carabobo. Many people think the problems are caused by improper sewage systems in the many new neighbourhoods being built. There is also lack of respect for nature and the new buildings have taken up a lot of the mountain areas which are not apt for construction.
Let´s hope either insurance or the Sambil management take charge and replace all the damaged vehicles and although there were casualties in other parts of the state at least there was none hurt at the Sambil flooding.
Labels: sambil flooding, sambil inundacion, venezuelan society
posted by {imaginativa} @ 9:19 AM
1 Comments:
What an experience!!! glad to know you were safe!
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