Weather Forecast for the next few hours in Mauritius

From Mauritius Meteorological Station

 

WEATHER NEWS FOR MAURITIUS ISSUED AT 16H40 ON WEDNESDAY 03 APRIL
2013.

GENERAL SITUATION:
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING GRADUALLY UNSTABLE OVER OUR
REGION.

FORECAST FOR NEXT 24 HOURS:
CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS MAINLY TO THE EAST, SOUTH AND OVER THE CENTRAL
PLATEAU TONIGHT.
THE SHOWERS WILL SPREAD OVER THE WHOLE ISLAND TOMORROW AND WILL BE
THUNDERY AT TIMES.

WIND EASTERLY 20 TO 25 KM/H WITH PEAKS OF 55 KM/H.

SEA MODERATE BEYOND THE REEFS, BECOMING GRADUALLY ROUGH TOMORROW.

THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLATEAU WILL BE ABOUT 20
AND THE MAXIMUM 23 TO 25 DEGREES CELSIUS.
ALONG THE COASTS, THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL VARY BETWEEN 22 TO
25 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE MAXIMUM BETWEEN 26 AND 29 DEGREES
CELSIUS.

HIGH TIDES : 21H36 AND TOMORROW 09H08.
LOW TIDES : TOMORROW 03H36 AND 15H33.

SUNRISE : 06H18.
SUNSET : 18H08.

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AT 16H00 : 1013 HECTOPASCALS

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Tragedy or Apocalypse in Mauritius – 30 March 2013

This happened on Saturday 30th March 2013.

Since morning it was raining heavily everywhere in Mauritius. I was at Quartier Militaire with my brother and cousin. At around 1.30 pm we were returning home and we saw that the road was congested. Slowly we entered the city and what we saw was catastrophic. It was something which never happened before in Mauritius. At Cassis, nearly 15 vehicles were damaged due to the heavy flood.

Below are the images/videos which show the damages done by the flood:

Near the cinema at Jardin Compagnie:

Near the cinema at Jardin Compagnie:

Many vehicles were damaged at Casis near Hindu House:

Many houses were also affected by the flood:

Caudan – McDonald tunnel:

In this tunnel, 6 people died due to water accumulation:

Some days ago, a bus was burnt and some days after (i.e. 30th March 2013) flood at the same place:

The fire brigades were there to help, but after the incident:

At McDonald, Port-Louis:

What were not done during the incident ?

What were impossible to do during the incident ?

What must be done in the future?

Donation being done at Jumbo Riche-Terre parking:

These activities were carried out in the island since yesterday. A big thanks to all Mauritians for their direct and indirect contribution to help the people who were impacted by the flood.

Happy New 2013

Happy new year 2013 to everyone. Hope this year brings you more success and happiness in your life.

Life is short, you must understand its meaning and why you are here.

 

I am thinking of all the gadgets that will be invented and where will the open source world go this year !!

Interview with a semicolon

Check out this nice article “Interview with a semicolon.”.

Adult Education in Mauritius

Since the independence or even before that, many families have been striving to work hard to give their children proper education. Even in 2012, it is the case. What about the parents, they did not go to school in their childhood/adolescence? Do you think they have the same dreams we had when we were young – to become educated, to use a computer, to read the newspapers/books/recipe books/bible and other religious books ? Put yourself in the place of those parents, don’t you think they had and still have the dreams to become educated.

 

Mauritius is certainly an intelligent cyber island, but why we are forgetting the previous generation people. Why don’t we give them the chance to become educated? I think we should realise some projects of “Adult Education in Mauritius” so that masons/plumbers/carpenters/housewives/street sweepers/very poor persons, etc… can read and write, use a computer, participate in the future of our country by giving their opinions in a wise manner, become independent of others. Many people cannot read a letter, billboards, contracts, receipts, instruction/dosage on medicines, calculate the price of vegetables/fruits/meats, apply for a good job, etc…. Could we mobilise to give these people their chance of being educated?

 

In some African countries, many people do not have education due to poor infrastructures and lack of money, but I think in Mauritius, we have a growing economy and it’s a developing countries, so why don’t we educate adults who want to realise their uncompleted dreams. This should be the top priority project to realise in Mauritius.

 

Please give me your views about what you think of this project in Mauritius.