<![CDATA[Anybody's kids studying here? ~ 5/9 Flood]]>

Nebbermind:
limlim:

[quote=\"MMM\"]

Can anyone advise what is the best thing to do if caught in situations like that?

An australian consultant once told us that it's better not to open the door even if you trap in the car in high tide. The moment you do it, all the water will flow in and it is terrible for the car.

wind down the window and climb out to safety.

Do not open the door.

I'm pretty sure it'll be safer inside unless the car is gonna float away. Just wait for the water to subside.
I know of someone whose kid was trying to get home and unfortunately stepped into a drain and also drowned...so staying inside the car is better than stepping into thee unknown.[/quote]Yes, this happened a few times in the past...
I was warned by my mother to be very careful about this when I was young...

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limlim:
MMM:

[quote=\"pirate\"]The question is why would somebody open the car door?


Can anyone advise what is the best thing to do if caught in situations like that?

An australian consultant once told us that it's better not to open the door even if you trap in the car in high tide. The moment you do it, all the water will flow in and it is terrible for the car.

wind down the window and climb out to safety.

Do not open the door.[/quote]Yes, this is a better idea, but hor... nowadays you'll not likely find windows that can be manually wound down, since most are electronically controlled. So the next question is whether the engine will stall if water reach a level where it becomes necessary to try to get out of the car. If engine 死火 already, and water is covering the engine, then will need to see whether battery still works, and whether windows can be wound down. If all cannot, then choices are:
1) open door
2) break window
3) stay in car

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limlim:
MMM:

[quote=\"pirate\"]The question is why would somebody open the car door?


Can anyone advise what is the best thing to do if caught in situations like that?

An australian consultant once told us that it's better not to open the door even if you trap in the car in high tide. The moment you do it, all the water will flow in and it is terrible for the car.

wind down the window and climb out to safety.

Do not open the door.[/quote]I'm pretty sure it'll be safer inside unless the car is gonna float away. Just wait for the water to subside.
I know of someone whose kid was trying to get home and unfortunately stepped into a drain and also drowned...so staying inside the car is better than stepping into thee unknown.

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MMM:
pirate:

The question is why would somebody open the car door?


Can anyone advise what is the best thing to do if caught in situations like that?

An australian consultant once told us that it's better not to open the door even if you trap in the car in high tide. The moment you do it, all the water will flow in and it is terrible for the car.

wind down the window and climb out to safety.

Do not open the door.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1093513https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1093513Wed, 11 Sep 2013 00:28:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anybody's kids studying here? ~ 5/9 Flood on Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:41:19 GMT]]>which schools are prone to flood based on past 10 years then?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1093466https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1093466Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:41:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anybody's kids studying here? ~ 5/9 Flood on Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:01:31 GMT]]>I think the title of the thread should be renamed to "Anybody’s kids swimming here?"

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kevkevkaf:
isn't it then supposed to help with floods and not cause it to worsen? 😞

This is the irony. Is the Marina Barrage considered a failure if it is unable to control flood?

\"During heavy rain, the series of nine crest gates at the dam will be activated to release excess storm water into the sea when the tide is low. \"

Does this mean that when there is heavy rain and there is high tide, the gates at the dam will not be activated?

\"In the case of high tide, giant pumps which are capable of pumping an Olympics-size swimming pool per minute will drain excess storm water into the sea.\"

Does it mean that if the rain is falling more than \"an Olympic-size swimming pool per minute\" across Singapore, our island will essentially be flooding?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1093137https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1093137Tue, 10 Sep 2013 09:48:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anybody's kids studying here? ~ 5/9 Flood on Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:31:25 GMT]]>isn't it then supposed to help with floods and not cause it to worsen? 😞

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1092554https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1092554Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:31:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anybody's kids studying here? ~ 5/9 Flood on Mon, 09 Sep 2013 03:50:23 GMT]]>There is a saying that the Marina Barrage is the cause of the recent floods.


Below is extracted from pub website:

Flood Control

The Marina Barrage is part of a comprehensive flood control scheme to alleviate flooding in the low-lying areas in the city such as Chinatown, Boat Quay, Jalan Besar and Geylang.

During heavy rain, the series of nine crest gates at the dam will be activated to release excess storm water into the sea when the tide is low.

In the case of high tide, giant pumps which are capable of pumping an Olympics-size swimming pool per minute will drain excess storm water into the sea.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1092326https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1092326Mon, 09 Sep 2013 03:50:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anybody's kids studying here? ~ 5/9 Flood on Mon, 09 Sep 2013 03:12:19 GMT]]>we should keep a log of all these low lying areas and submit it to PUB for further action.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1092310https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1092310Mon, 09 Sep 2013 03:12:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anybody's kids studying here? ~ 5/9 Flood on Mon, 09 Sep 2013 01:54:20 GMT]]>This is Scary-Cannot Believe this is happening in Singapore :yikes:


Published on Sep 4, 2013

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHS9CY94Bh0][/youtube]


Reader Jennifer Lee sent in this video of the fence at the MOE Heritage Centre located at Commonwealth having collapsed due to the heavy rains. Heavy rain triggered flash floods in many areas in the west this morning (Sept 5), closing a section of the Ayer Rajah Expressway.

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atrecord:
MMM:

[quote=\"pirate\"]The question is why would somebody open the car door?


Can anyone advise what is the best thing to do if caught in situations like that?

An australian consultant once told us that it's better not to open the door even if you trap in the car in high tide. The moment you do it, all the water will flow in and it is terrible for the car.

This one I am afraid that I do not completely agree.

Imagine:

car kanna stuck in jam, water level rising:
- first, after 5 min, just tyre rubber part submerged, rim still ok. stayed put in car, hope front will move and you can move too.
- after 10 min, water level rose till floor of car, from outside. Still stayed put, still holding out for hope.
- after 15 min, water reach mid of door/car already. And still rain as heavy as just now...
- if still do not escape, continue to stay inside car, after 30 min might become submarine... no need come out anymore...

Would you rather lose your car, or lose your life?[/quote]Not forgetting the car will float away, opening car doors when water level rise up to half height of the car is 没有辦法中的辦法 😓 at least for the time being the water weight inside the car help to pin the car on the ground.

In the Orchard Rd flood case, a few cars parked in Basement 3 of Delfi Orchard \"float\" to the ceiling.

BTW, the issue of \"what to do when car submerge in the water\" was aired in Myth Busters sometime back... quite interesting.

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pirate:
MMM:

It's :yikes: to imagine our car is trapped in the water. A colleague who stayed in Bukit Timah flood prone underground carpark had to pay the insurance co. $8K + to fix the problem.


My solution is to not live in Bukit Timah or other low-lying flood prone areas. 😉


some smart alec recently talked about underground city
:nailbite:

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concern2:
Nebbermind:

’三个儿子‘ ？


😆 He's been quiet these days.

Oh.. You mean, he was always caught in floods ? :scratchhead:

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MMM:
pirate:

The question is why would somebody open the car door?


Can anyone advise what is the best thing to do if caught in situations like that?

An australian consultant once told us that it's better not to open the door even if you trap in the car in high tide. The moment you do it, all the water will flow in and it is terrible for the car.

This one I am afraid that I do not completely agree.

Imagine:

car kanna stuck in jam, water level rising:
- first, after 5 min, just tyre rubber part submerged, rim still ok. stayed put in car, hope front will move and you can move too.
- after 10 min, water level rose till floor of car, from outside. Still stayed put, still holding out for hope.
- after 15 min, water reach mid of door/car already. And still rain as heavy as just now...
- if still do not escape, continue to stay inside car, after 30 min might become submarine... no need come out anymore...

Would you rather lose your car, or lose your life?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1091744https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1091744Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:54:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anybody's kids studying here? ~ 5/9 Flood on Fri, 06 Sep 2013 06:25:04 GMT]]>Flood may be an act of God. But driving into a flooded road is a misjudgement of the driver…can classify as an accident?

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pirate:
MMM:

It's :yikes: to imagine our car is trapped in the water. A colleague who stayed in Bukit Timah flood prone underground carpark had to pay the insurance co. $8K + to fix the problem.


My solution is to not live in Bukit Timah or other low-lying flood prone areas. 😉

bt timah used to be hit by flooding in 70s & 80s. It used to be a quiet n peaceful place to stay.

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concern2:
MMM:

[quote=\"sleepy\"] Freak me out, it was a scary experience to see the water gushing from my left and stuck in traffic with no other escape route!


A car with sunroof would be good in moments like this :idea: Provided the driver is not too fat to squeeze out of it. 😆

:yikes: What if it is still pouring while you are getting out of the car? And have remote to close back the sunroof after you get out of the car? :scratchhead:[/quote]i know the better made cars will have remote to close the sunroof. no worries there. 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1091100https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1091100Fri, 06 Sep 2013 05:35:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anybody's kids studying here? ~ 5/9 Flood on Fri, 06 Sep 2013 05:00:35 GMT]]>Narrowly missed the flood yesterday. Was already in office by the time it started to rain. Commonwealth, NUS and AYE totally closed to traffic.... so many people was extremely late and totally wet by the time they got into office yesterday.


The sky is now super duper dark at Buona vista now..... looks like it's going to rain very very heavily again..... hopefully don't have another flood in this area again!! :nailbite:

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MMM:

It's :yikes: to imagine our car is trapped in the water. A colleague who stayed in Bukit Timah flood prone underground carpark had to pay the insurance co. $8K + to fix the problem.
Just curious why need to pay $8k+ to the insurance company to fix the problem? Is the payment to the workshop because the insurance company refuse to pay because it is an act of God? Or did the $8k really go to the insurance company because it was an excess the driver had to pay for this situation or was it because the insurance company put the blame on the driver for parking in the wrong place so fine the driver $8k? :scratchhead:

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MMM:
concern2:

:yikes: What if it is still pouring while you are getting out of the car? And have remote to close back the sunroof after you get out of the car? :scratchhead:


Maybe standing on top of the car feels better than to be trapped inside :? Maybe we need to equip ourselves with rubber blow up yellow float with a paddle too so that we can row, row, row the boat :evil:

Ya, life is more important. Can standby and put \"shower cap\" over the car (if any) to prevent rain from going into car from the roof.
MMM:
It's :yikes: to imagine our car is trapped in the water. A colleague who stayed in Bukit Timah flood prone underground carpark had to pay the insurance co. $8K + to fix the problem.
:yikes: Once in 50 years leh, why need to pay so much?! :evil:

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MMM:
It's :yikes: to imagine our car is trapped in the water. A colleague who stayed in Bukit Timah flood prone underground carpark had to pay the insurance co. $8K + to fix the problem.

My solution is to not live in Bukit Timah or other low-lying flood prone areas. 😉

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concern2:
:yikes: What if it is still pouring while you are getting out of the car? And have remote to close back the sunroof after you get out of the car? :scratchhead:

Maybe standing on top of the car feels better than to be trapped inside :? Maybe we need to equip ourselves with rubber blow up yellow float with a paddle too so that we can row, row, row the boat :evil:

Unsure if the remote control can close sunroof or not though. Maybe car manufacturers need to invent new products to counter such weather. Or... we all have to switch to Jeep cars to counter the rough weather :?

It's :yikes: to imagine our car is trapped in the water. A colleague who stayed in Bukit Timah flood prone underground carpark had to pay the insurance co. $8K + to fix the problem.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1091004https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1091004Fri, 06 Sep 2013 03:52:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anybody's kids studying here? ~ 5/9 Flood on Fri, 06 Sep 2013 03:33:01 GMT]]>wa so scary! lucky my meeting to the clementi area was cancelled.

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