I got caught at Greenstone, hitting a brick or rock which had rolled into the road and burst my right front tyre. I drove home with a flat at 5kph in the torrential downpour. 40 minutes to make 3,5km to get from Greenstone to Linbro Park. Easily the most harrowing drive of my life.
Update: Linbro Park took 55mm of rain yesterday. This brings the total this week alone to 140mm, and the seasonal total to 919mm, as I measure it here. Last year we took 1 050mm, so given the vast amount of moisture pouring in from Botswana, we are on track to exceed that.
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Heavy rains cause havoc in Jo'burg
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Mar 21 2011 07:15
Heavy rains caused havoc in Johannesburg on Sunday night with paramedics and police rescuing trapped motorists and evacuating shack dwellers from flooded informal settlements.
Johannesburg Emergency Services spokesperson Nana Radebe said paramedics rescued three people trapped in a bakkie and minibus taxi at the New Canada bridge at 5pm.
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