Flood in My New Neighborhood + Little Story You Would Definitely Want to Know.
Good day to all Steeming and I wish you're reading this in good health.
It rained in the early hours of yesterday morning throughout 3am to 8:30am here in Douala, Economic capital of Cameroon. I took it as an advantage to sit back and write up my post of yesterday without anyone disturbing me to maybe do some chores.
Later at about 10am when the rain had stopped, I went out to buy things that we needed for breakfast. On my way, I realized about one-third of my journey will be in water.
Water had flooded and entered all the houses in this area. This is a picture of the main road that I was to take:
The situation is much clearer looking behind me.
I couldn't bare but take a picture which was for the sake of my WhatsApp status but it's not great deal sharing it here!.
PS. check out the logo on my T-shirt. Not Steem but looks Steem! 😃
BTW, I didn't continue my journey and I came back and narrated the story to our neighbours. They all laughed at me and told me I went there very late when the water had lowered. Then they told me a little story about that area:
Little Story
During days of heavy rainfalls in Douala, water that enters these houses goes above their window level and most times it washes away some of the properties of these inhabitants.
Also, Parents buy bags for each their children between the age of 0 to 12 years. When it's rainy and the water levels in their homes start increasing, each child enters his/her and is hung on the wall like a furniture but very close to the roof. The Parents and older children stand on chairs and tables and for houses with ceilings, it's much better as the entire family relocate to the ceiling.
I felt bad knowing this but I felt luck at one point that I wasn't born in this area to experience what these inhabitants are going through because they're humans like me.
I had never seen this before but it's a good experience and one of the many reasons that I like travelling or tourism.
Thank you for your time!
Wish you a great day!
written by @akomoajong with love for Steem.
Thanks to support by @shortcut @bleepcoin @leeuw @jennimorillo
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Douala does have a lot of flood issues. There’s plenty of water aroun the city and I’m not suprised that this happens whe it rains. There’s a need for a proper drainage system in Douala.
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Friend, how are you? In truth it is a sad story that in the rainy season many families are threatened and they may even lose their homes, your shirt looks very good.
Thank you for your support, @leeuw where is it? Hahaha
Thank you too . . .
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Thanks you! 🤗
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