Rain and storm for Cpt

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The_Ogre said:
You think I'm joking and WAslayer and Mowgsir are poking fun at me for shirts and giggles?

Look at my post of this morning where I posted the pic of the vista when I awoke.

Call it an experiment in probability theory, self-inflicted.

The place is in shambles. A dog was electrocuted by the stolen electricity. A tree fell on the overhead cables, leaving it dangling and touching water.

Here's another pic of the now dried entrance

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What happened to your flat near your house
 
The_Ogre said:
My shack's power is finally back on.

Socialism sucks. Don't even get me started on that facade that's Marxism. I had to wait from 02:00 for COCT to get their asses into gear.

It's immensely frustrating because the counselor promised us food parcels and our phones were off. No way to charge.

I'll send a Pic once he eventually pitches..

These people!!!
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Still waiting for our power to be restored. If you look at downdetector, you'll see this incredibly massive spike in outage reports starting at around 8am when everyone started waking up to no lights.


Also the reason why Eskom gave us a load shedding reprieve, technicians can't fix the outage during load shedding.
 
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Gordon_R said:
The normally wet suburbs of Cape Town (edit: Newlands and Claremont) escaped the worst of the storm, and are no more affected than a normal cold-front (although wind directions were reversed from NW to SE). We had about 55m in our gauge in Kenilworth, which is not exceptional. I managed to walk the dog in Rondebosch between 10 and 11am.
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A lot less than 55m here next to Cavendish Square. Nothing to write home about at all.
 
seen some videos of the Cape Flats, with many houses under the water
 
Gordon_R said:
I think we can safely say that was not caused by wind! More likely human factors, and probably not directly related to the weather. Perhaps the bus aquaplaned in a flooded section of road. P.S. Amazing video footage, if it weren't a tragedy.
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Could it have been aliens?
 
In a statement on Monday afternoon, Western Cape Mobility MEC Ricardo Mackenzie said the severe rainfall and flooding has caused significant disruptions to the roads across the Western Cape.

Mackenzie said there have been closures on all major roadways, including the N1, N2, R60 and R62.

"Traffic is moving very slowly on heavily congested routes near Worcester, as all traffic from the N2 has been diverted to the N1," Mackenzie said.

Meanwhile, no safe alternative route has been identified for the traffic delay on the R60 between Robertson and Worcester, which has also been closed.



Only way from N1 Touwsrivier to Cape Town is via ceres/tulbach.
Not clear if from N2 one can divert via Montagu Koo pass up to Touwsrivier and around

More flooding predicted downstream of all major dams, as sluice gates are opened on the berg river, and riversondend river floods
 
sooo ... heading to Hermanus tomorrow ... anyone know why Sir Lowry's was closed and if it's likely to still be closed a day later? :X3:
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
sooo ... heading to Hermanus tomorrow ... anyone know why Sir Lowry's was closed and if it's likely to still be closed a day later? :X3:
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Cancel your trip. Not clear if there will be a safe way to get there, unless they clear the mudslides off R44 and other roads all closed.
they also have no power and going to have no water soon as the major dam pipe broke.
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
sooo ... heading to Hermanus tomorrow ... anyone know why Sir Lowry's was closed and if it's likely to still be closed a day later? :X3:
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Latest update from the municipality was a couple of hours ago so not sure what’s changed.

25 September 2023: FLOODING STATUS UPDATE @ 18:30

It can be confirmed that the electricity has been restored to Fisherhaven, Hawston and Vermont as well as to the Hermanus and Gansbaai areas.

Residents are reminded to please use water sparingly as the De Bos dam pipeline has washed away.

The wet terrain makes it impossible to determine exactly where the break is and our teams are working to get generators to the Hermanus wellfields. This will assist in augmenting the water availability. However they will only be able to supply 20% of the need so residents in the greater Hermanus are urged to reduce their use dramatically. At this time there is only suffient water available for one day should the water use remain the same.

Road status:
The N2 at Sir Lowry’s pass has been closed again. The N2 traffic number to call is 021 946 1646.
The R43 Gansbaai/ Stanford closed and people cannot get in or out of Gansbaai.
The bridge at Stanford is still closed.
The R320 Hemel-en- Aarde road remains closed.
R321 Karwyderskraal closed.
R43 between Stanford and Hermanus also closed.
R44 Clarence drive closed for traffic.
The Palmiet bridge on the R44 remains closed.

The 24/7 emergency contact numbers are:

028 312 2400 in case of a Fire or Flood
028 313 8111 for municipal services emergencies relating to storm water issues

Issued by:
Overstrand Municipal Manager, Dean O’Neill
 
Rocco1 said:
Cancel your trip. Not clear if there will be a safe way to get there, unless they clear the mudslides off R44 and other roads all closed.
they also have no power and going to have no water soon as the major dam pipe broke.
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Power was mostly restored a couple of hours ago except in what seems like random pockets dotted about CBD and Westcliff.
 
Rocco1 said:
Cancel your trip. Not clear if there will be a safe way to get there, unless they clear the mudslides off R44 and other roads all closed.
they also have no power and going to have no water soon as the major dam pipe broke.
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wouldn't be taking the R44

fastest route is N2 over Sir Lowry's and exiting on the R43

so the closed R44 is not a problem
closed Hemel-en-Aarde is not a problem
R43 closed on the other side of Hermanus not a problem
Botriver bridge being gone is not a problem

although yes, not looking great, if Sir Lowry's is/remains closed there is no viable route
 
So many people went away this weekend and are now stuck... not easy to get accomodation in these small towns either.

Not regretting staying at home.
 
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