Just four days into the New Year my family and I was greeted by an undesirable incident. An extremely heavy downpour on Tuesday evening saw water in the drains just outside our house rose and inundated the house compound and right into the living area; despite the living area flooring being nine inches higher than the car porch. The flood water also went into one of our cars but thankfully it did not managed to enter its engine.
The housing area we have been staying for almost thirty years is very prone to flash floods as the geographical landscape denoted it to be a low lying area. This reality saw us resigned to the fact we have to put up with flash floods occuring very frequently throughout the year, i.e. at least three times in a year.
The inconvenience and anxiety I felt in facing the latest flash flood proved the relevant parties looking after the cleanliness of our housing area has severely lagged, especially where the common drains and main culverts are concerned. I have not seen anyone from the town council or workers from the cleaning contractor appointed by the town council come regularly to clean up the clogged drains and main culverts for a very long time.
Not really worth the couple of hundred ringgit we have to pay annually for maintenance services of the housing garden to the town council. However, I am thankful there was no major damage inflicted by the flash flood this time around, but we may not be as lucky the next time when another flash flood happens. Thus, I hope the relevant parties involved, in this case the town council and its cleaning contractor are more mindful to ensure the maintenance services of our housing garden are regularly monitored and up to scratch.
Water, water... everywhere!!!
Another half inch rise in flood waters could have entered my car
Flood water began to enter the living area
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