Highest-ever rain in India's history

by fl » Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:46 pm

from rediff

http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/jul/27rain4.htm

The highest-ever rainfall recorded in a single day in India shut down the financial hub of Mumbai, snapped communication lines, closed airports and forced thousands of people to sleep in their offices or walk home during the night, officials said Wednesday.

Troops were deployed after the sudden rains -- measuring up to 94.4 centimeters (37.1 inches) in one day in some areas of Mumbai -- stranded tens of thousands of people.

India's previous heaviest rainfall, recorded at Cherrapunji in the Meghalaya state, one of the rainiest places on Earth, was 83.82 centimeters (33 inches) on July 12, 1910, Sharma said.

"Most places in India don't receive this kind of rainfall in a year. This is the highest-ever recorded in India's history. We have to compare it with world records to find out if this was the highest in the world," RV Sharma, director of the meteorological department, told The Associated Press.

The All India Radio reported about 150,000 people were stranded in railway stations across Mumbai, India's main financial center.

Early Wednesday, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, the state's top elected official, called the army, navy and home guards to help with the relief effort.

"Inflatable rafts will be used to reach stranded people. Please try to stay where you are and don't leave your homes," he said.

Tens of thousands of people were stranded for hours on roads in Bombay, and its airport -- one of the busiest in the country -- was shut Tuesday evening. All incoming flights were diverted to New Delhi and other airports.

by **Sharjeel** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:53 pm

Must have been a very wet day! Hurrah for Mumbai Rains! Sad to see the lost time/money, but the people will not mind, me thinks...

by **SeH** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:01 pm

India's previous heaviest rainfall, recorded at Cherrapunji in the Meghalaya state, one of the rainiest places on Earth, was 83.82 centimeters (33 inches) on July 12, 1910, Sharma said.

I remember studying in Histroy that Cherrapunji was in Assam. It was an exam question. Can some clear this for me?[/u]

by **Sharjeel** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:04 pm

SeH wrote:
India's previous heaviest rainfall, recorded at Cherrapunji in the Meghalaya state, one of the rainiest places on Earth, was 83.82 centimeters (33 inches) on July 12, 1910, Sharma said.

I remember studying in Histroy that Cherrapunji was in Assam. It was an exam question. Can some clear this for me?

It is in Assam only, unless it has jumped state.

by **SeH** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:12 pm

Sharjeel wrote:
SeH wrote:
India's previous heaviest rainfall, recorded at Cherrapunji in the Meghalaya state, one of the rainiest places on Earth, was 83.82 centimeters (33 inches) on July 12, 1910, Sharma said.

I remember studying in Histroy that Cherrapunji was in Assam. It was an exam question. Can some clear this for me?
It is in Assam only, unless it has jumped state.

Thz Sherry....My memory aint that bad...aint it

by **Sharjeel** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:13 pm

SeH wrote:
Sharjeel wrote:
SeH wrote:
India's previous heaviest rainfall, recorded at Cherrapunji in the Meghalaya state, one of the rainiest places on Earth, was 83.82 centimeters (33 inches) on July 12, 1910, Sharma said.

I remember studying in Histroy that Cherrapunji was in Assam. It was an exam question. Can some clear this for me?
It is in Assam only, unless it has jumped state.

Thz Sherry....My memory aint that bad...aint it

:D

by **talking** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:48 pm

I love wetting in the rain ....

by **SeH** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:07 pm

talking wrote:I love wetting in the rain ....

Wetting wat? u r pants

by **ycr007** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:48 pm

Must be a Miserable Day For Most!!! A Li'l Bit of Rain is Okay.But THAT Much Will make One Sick of the Rain.I'm Not Sure abt Others,But Me Sure Will be Claustrophobic!!!

by **Ar!e$** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:52 pm

SeH wrote:
talking wrote:I love wetting in the rain ....

Wetting wat? u r pants

by **Mayavi Morpheus** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:56 pm

Sharjeel wrote:
SeH wrote:
India's previous heaviest rainfall, recorded at Cherrapunji in the Meghalaya state, one of the rainiest places on Earth, was 83.82 centimeters (33 inches) on July 12, 1910, Sharma said.

I remember studying in Histroy that Cherrapunji was in Assam. It was an exam question. Can some clear this for me?
It is in Assam only, unless it has jumped state.

yes it did! They have changed boundaries of states and Chirapunji went to Meghalaya somtime in the 90's. anyway, chirapunji doesnt get highest rainfall anymore. Its neighbouring village has highest rainfall now.

by **Sharjeel** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:59 pm

Mayavi Morpheus wrote:
Sharjeel wrote:
SeH wrote:
India's previous heaviest rainfall, recorded at Cherrapunji in the Meghalaya state, one of the rainiest places on Earth, was 83.82 centimeters (33 inches) on July 12, 1910, Sharma said.

I remember studying in Histroy that Cherrapunji was in Assam. It was an exam question. Can some clear this for me?
It is in Assam only, unless it has jumped state.

yes it did! They have changed boundaries of states and Chirapunji went to Meghalaya somtime in the 90's. anyway, chirapunji doesnt get highest rainfall anymore. Its neighbouring village has highest rainfall now.

Oh wow!!! Thanks for the info, Mayavi

by kk » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:23 am

Sharjeel wrote:Must have been a very wet day! Hurrah for Mumbai Rains! Sad to see the lost time/money, but the people will not mind, me thinks...

sharjeel your style of putting - "me thinks" reminds me of lord of the rings character gollum's "we thinks" :lol:

If you are indeed trying to imitate that, then I should say its working

by **Sharjeel** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:27 am

kk wrote:
Sharjeel wrote:Must have been a very wet day! Hurrah for Mumbai Rains! Sad to see the lost time/money, but the people will not mind, me thinks...

sharjeel your style of putting - "me thinks" reminds me of lord of the rings character gollum's "we thinks"
If you are indeed trying to imitate that, then I should say its working

Hehe me never saw the film, or read the novel.

It was a phrase i picked up while trying to avoid excessive use of the word 'I'.

by **talking** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:57 am

Today i was really shocked to see the paper...94.4cm :shock:

Some 27 injured and that pic in hindu paper said everything...

by **akhilis2cool** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:24 am

Mayavi Morpheus wrote:
Sharjeel wrote:
SeH wrote:
India's previous heaviest rainfall, recorded at Cherrapunji in the Meghalaya state, one of the rainiest places on Earth, was 83.82 centimeters (33 inches) on July 12, 1910, Sharma said.

I remember studying in Histroy that Cherrapunji was in Assam. It was an exam question. Can some clear this for me?
It is in Assam only, unless it has jumped state.

yes it did! They have changed boundaries of states and Chirapunji went to Meghalaya somtime in the 90's. anyway, chirapunji doesnt get highest rainfall anymore. Its neighbouring village has highest rainfall now.

I heard a liter of drinking water costs about 6 rupees in Cherra punji :shock:

by **Mayavi Morpheus** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:44 am

akhilis2cool wrote:I heard a liter of drinking water costs about 6 rupees in Cherra punji

Yep, even though chirapunji recieves highest amount of rainfall, it has drinking water shortage. The reason for this is that chirrapunji is situated in the hills and all the rain water flows down hill leaving little drinking water. By the way, chirapunji doesnt recieve one time only, or one season only heavy rainfall like that in mumbai, but light non stop drizzle throught the year. It hardly sees a rain IIRC.

by **CtrlAltDel** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:26 am

Mayavi Morpheus wrote:
Sharjeel wrote:
SeH wrote:
India's previous heaviest rainfall, recorded at Cherrapunji in the Meghalaya state, one of the rainiest places on Earth, was 83.82 centimeters (33 inches) on July 12, 1910, Sharma said.
I remember studying in Histroy that Cherrapunji was in Assam. It was an exam question. Can some clear this for me?
It is in Assam only, unless it has jumped state.
yes it did! They have changed boundaries of states and Chirapunji went to Meghalaya somtime in the 90's. anyway, chirapunji doesnt get highest rainfall anymore. Its neighbouring village has highest rainfall now.

u are all wrong...

'Punji was always in Meghalaya. its just 15 miles from Bangladesh border in South Meghalaya. this is what i always learnt in school in the 80s.

it is physically impossible for it to be in Assam at any time, unless whole of Meghalaya was a part of Assam too.

i wonder what school SeH n Sherry went to!

[url]ladesai.home.att.net/ cherra/cherra2.htm[/url]

by **Betty** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:32 am

CtrlAltDel wrote:
Mayavi Morpheus wrote:
Sharjeel wrote:
SeH wrote: I remember studying in Histroy that Cherrapunji was in Assam. It was an exam question. Can some clear this for me?
It is in Assam only, unless it has jumped state.
yes it did! They have changed boundaries of states and Chirapunji went to Meghalaya somtime in the 90's. anyway, chirapunji doesnt get highest rainfall anymore. Its neighbouring village has highest rainfall now.
u are all wrong...

'Punji was always in Meghalaya. its just 15 miles from Bangladesh border in South Meghalaya. this is what i always learnt in school in the 80s.

it is physically impossible for it to be in Assam at any time, unless whole of Meghalaya was a part of Assam too.

i wonder what school SeH n Sherry went to!

Absolutely correct, Cherrapunji was always in meghalaya, at least much before our school books were written...

by **Mayavi Morpheus** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:14 pm

Meghalaya was a part of Assam till 1970, autonomous from 70 - 72 , later union territory and then a state. Even my school books showed cherrapunji as a part of Assam. I only found out that it is part of meghalaya when I saw a documentary on cherrapunji.

by fl » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:42 pm

Mayavi Morpheus wrote:Meghalaya was a part of Assam till 1970, autonomous from 70 - 72 , later union territory and then a state. Even my school books showed cherrapunji as a part of Assam. I only found out that it is part of meghalaya when I saw a documentary on cherrapunji.

now they will make one on mumbai

by **CtrlAltDel** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:43 pm

Mayavi Morpheus wrote:Even my school books showed cherrapunji as a part of Assam.

what????!!!! :shock:

if u r all from AP State Board, i think they dont update their syllabus regularly! :lol:

i'd like to see what the books say abt 'Punji now!

i learnt in school (in the 80s) that it was in Meghalaya.

by fl » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:45 pm

talking wrote:Today i was really shocked to see the paper...94.4cm

Some 27 injured and that pic in hindu paper said everything...

never seen nething like this before

the pics in the papers dont tell the whole story

by **3 T'z** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:27 pm

Excess of anythin aint good..! Mum was pretty much drownin :shock:

by **SeH** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:33 pm

CtrlAltDel wrote:i wonder what school SeH n Sherry went to!

CAD BHAI ALL SOCIAL TEXT BOOKS IN SSC BOARD SAID ASSAM. U PROLLY SHOULD'VE BEEN FROM CBSE OR ICSE BOARD.

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