Yesterday, Twitter was booming with warnings of an ominous storm that was set to break over Cape Town. Some people didn’t take the storm warnings seriously enough, and it didn’t take long for Twitpics of flooded streets to roll in. Check out the full gallery, below.
Here’s a selection of tweets, for your meteorological analysis.
Looks like well take the speed boat tonight out for dinner… #CapeTown #Floods twitter.com/BruceCarlstein…
— Bruce Carlstein (@BruceCarlstein) April 17, 2013
@capetown flooding outside UCT. Cray cray! #floodedCT twitter.com/laylaaa17/stat…
— Layla (@laylaaa17) April 17, 2013
The subway at Claremont train station in #capetown is completely flooded. twitter.com/MattHirsch08/s…
— Matthew Hirsch (@MattHirsch08) April 17, 2013
Honestly, you’d think the City of Cape Town would have done something about this weather already. It’s just unacceptable. cc @helenzille
— Ciro | OverdriveTV (@CiroDS) April 17, 2013
#floodedct is now trending in #CapeTown trendsmap.com/za/cape+town
— Trendsmap Cape Town (@TrendsCapeTown) April 17, 2013
That last one was gold. Well done, Ciro.
Here’s a gallery of some of the better pics.
People are stressing about this weather, guys.
A mobile shop owner said:
We had to switch off all our electronic appliances and turn away customers because the floor was flooded.The pavement is too low and the water just pools outside the door and then comes inside. If it rains like this through winter, we are bound to lose a lot of money,
