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Chennai Rain may have its 'rain effect' in the forthcoming Assembly Elections 2016, as well.
As far as Tamilnadu assemly is concerned all fore casts of Ramanan would fail; Already all Marshalls are summoned up & briefed to "export away" all the persons who open their mouth other than to shout "Amma...Amma.."
 
.......... chennai will never be the same again.
Very true, Krish Sir.

More the tall buildings crop up in the vicinity, more the water logging on the roads and gardens.

Some persons have concrete surface all around their residence and let the water to flood the roads.

And....... those who have about 1000 sq feet + of free space are affected more by the rains! :(
 
And there is a positive side also...The two weeks holidays have been a boon to the students..I can imagine the days when I was a student...We always used to feel why the rains are hitting Nagapattinam and not Chennai...Now the wish is now granted with copious rains, flooding and holidays to schools

[h=1]Rain man Ramanan[/h]





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The Hindu
"Some institutions have been asking me to deliver lectures or start a course on meteorology. I don’t know what is in store for me," says Ramanan. Photo: K.V. Srinivasan



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[h=3] human interest[/h]

[h=2]The State’s most popular weather forecaster talks to Srinivasa Ramanujam on how he found his calling[/h]
It’s rather interesting that the overdose of ‘rain holidays’ this year, coincides with the last few months of a certain S.R. Ramanan, at the helm of affairs at the local weather department. No wonder students across the State love him. When he’s on television — and he’s there often this time of the year — they watch with bated breath, anticipating words that could mean the possibility of a holiday the next day.
Officially the Director of Area Cyclone Warning Centre, he’s much loved among the student fraternity, because it is commonly believed that he’s instrumental for schools granting leave due to chances of rain. He also has fan pages on social media, memes created on him and has been referred to in films as well. In a chat with MetroPlus on a sunny afternoon, ironically, he tells us how he got into the weather business, why he isn’t on social media and retirement plans…
Will it rain this week?
There is an upper air circulation in the South-East Bay. It might probably develop into a low pressure and it could bring rains early this week.
You sound just like how you do talk on TV. Tell us about how you got into the weather stream in the first place…
When I completed my post-graduation, the concept of Plus Two came into being. There was a dearth of teachers then, and a lot of my friends entered the teaching profession. But I had a liking for weather, and so I joined the department at the lowest rung and then rose in the ranks.
But why weather?
See, I was good at Geography; it was one of my favourite subjects. But I didn’t take that up in my college days — I took up Physics instead. I enjoyed studying atmospheric physics. I entered as an observer and enjoyed it.
You try to explain science in Tamil and you seem to have an interest in the language. Tell us about it…
I have always been interested in Tamil literature; I used to read the Thevaram regularly. When I joined the weather department, I realised that the only way this subject can reach the common man was in Tamil. I wanted to make the concept and terminology simpler. We even collated a glossary — it’s now part of our website too — of Tamil equivalents of English words.
You work in Chennai, but you coordinate on a global scale on an everyday basis…
If I say there is a system forming in the South Andaman Sea, I have to depend on information from Malaysia and Singapore. If I say there is a development in the Gulf of Mannar, I need Sri Lankan data. We receive pictures from the satellite division and radar division every day. We have video-conferencing discussions every day with colleagues in Delhi. We get information from small observatories too… that only goes into the system. Here, sitting in Tamil Nadu, we don’t work in isolation but with global trends.
If that’s so, why is there so much of ambiguity when you announce the possibility of rain? Some other countries get it more precisely, right?
It differs from area to area. At some places abroad, you can predict accurately by seeing when the cold air mass meets warm air mass. Ours is tropical meteorology — not many know it’s the toughest terrain in the entire world, in terms of weather. We have still managed to get it right on most occasions, but yes, there is scope for improvement.
Over the course of your service you must have seen several technological advancements. How do you view the emergence of weather bloggers and their predictions/forecasts on the Internet?
The Internet alone is not sufficient to predict the weather outside. If you have an illness, will you go to the nearby pharmacy or prefer the doctor? There, you have the answer to your question.
But, do you see them as a threat to you in future?
’m retiring from the department in a few months (laughs)… but someone else will come and give out official information. If other people post contrasting information on the Internet, will it not create confusion?
You’re a cult figure in the social media and online space. There are fan pages for you and a recent meme promoted you as ‘God’, with students bowing to you. How do you react when you see them?
If you delve into such things, you cannot concentrate on your work. I just see them and move on. The only good thing about this attention is that wherever I go, people feel that I’m a part of their family, perhaps because they see me daily on TV.
Why have you abstained from social media? Don’t you feel tempted to look at what people are saying about you?
If I start looking into these things, I feel I will get distracted. I give work my foremost priority.
Do you have work timings?
Weather is a 24/7 job. I have to come in on weekends too — you might have seen me on television. I had to work this Deepavali too.
We see you every day during this time of the year, but what do you do when it’s sunny and all is fine on the weather front?
Apart from my media addresses, there are many other jobs to attend to — like preparing reports. I also have an everyday video-conferencing with my colleagues nationally. Besides, I visit educational institutions to give lectures on weekends.
Stamp and coin collection are hobbies you’ve been indulging in for a while. Tell us where it started…
My uncle gifted me some stamps when I was young and I’ve picked it up since then. The moment you see a stamp, you gain a lot of knowledge. For instance, this stamp I have of Bohemia and Moravia (part of Czechoslovakia) has a picture of Hitler; it was under his rule at one point of time. I’ve another stamp of Mozambique before the Portuguese took over. If you go through any good stamp collection, you will get information about places which might not even exist today.
Don’t you think these are dying hobbies in today’s times, thanks to the advent of the Internet?
You are absolutely right; I see very few students today taking up these hobbies. I wish they take it up. Parents also have a role to get the young interested in hobbies that helps you amass information.
Did these hobbies help you hone your general knowledge, during times when Google was still not invented? You were described by peers as a “walking Encyclopaedia” back in your college days…
See, it depends on your passion. I have no interest in reading fiction; I read up only about facts and countries. Some people have a wonderful knowledge on literature and films; I have no idea about them. My interest lies in places.
Finally, you’re retiring in a few months’ time and that has reportedly upset many school students...
(Laughs) Someone else will be here and give the forecast… it is not man centric, it is system centric. Time alone can tell what I’ll do post retirement; I’m a committee member in a hospital and I may probably take that up seriously. Some farmers have been asking me to guide them with weather forecasts. Some institutions have been asking me to deliver lectures or start a course on meteorology. I don’t know what is in store for me.

http://www.thehindu.com/features/me...weather-forecaster-ramanan/article7927328.ece
 
We can enjoy the rains instead.

People from arab countries go to mumbai for enjoying rains.

Now chennai can become tourist destination instead.

We can have an incredible chennai campaign may be.

I plan to visit chennai in 2-3 weeks to enjoy the rains.

All over the country there is drought with vast tracts of telengana, maharashtra,karnataka with no rains.

Nature has its own logic where and when it should rain .

Probably someone has prayed too much for rains this year in chennai. Is sravnaji reading this?
 
hi

chennai has to learn with rain water......whole drainage was blocked....now money for rain can be use for coming assembly elections...
 
As per BBC alert Chennai will get 500mm Rains in next 3 days...Please take utmost care
To day on account of heavy rain, all road traffic & suburban train traffic are affected.
Now a friend phoned to me that he alighted electric train at Egmore by 2.20 pm. and reached Pallavaram by 4.40 p.m.(normal running time is 30 minutes only) It is told train would not run beyond Pallavaram. Those who are going to Tambaram and beyond, have to go through road there from, by bus or Auto..
 
Chennai rains.

Without going into statistics, I believe this season's rains must be one of the worst Chennai has experienced.
Among the news reports with live visuals of current position the best I have seen is by Tamil News Channel
"POLIMER TV News", This news channel gives the position of rain in various parts of the city without mixing
political commentary. Their Live streaming of News can be seen in their website:http://www.polimernews.com/
Another Blog in Facebook on Tamil Nadu weather is
https://www.facebook.com/tamilnaduweatherman/

Brahmanyan,
Bangalore.
 
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hi
see the GST ROAD.....which is from guindy to tambaram towards southern tamil nadu...

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[h=1]கன மழையால் ஆறாக மாறிய ஜி.எஸ்.டி சாலை[/h]
By DN, சென்னை
First Published : 01 December 2015 06:39 PM IST



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சென்னை மற்றும் காஞ்சிபுரம் மாவட்டங்களில் பெய்து வரும் கன மழையால் சென்னை மாநகரத்தை பிற தென் மாவட்டங்களுடன் இணைக்கும் கிராண்ட் சதர்ன் டிரங் (ஜி.எஸ்.டி.) சாலை ஆறாக மாறிவிட்டது.
காஞ்சிபுரம் மாவட்டத்தில் பெய்து வரும் கன மழையால், ஏற்கெனவே நிரம்பியுள்ள ஏரிகள், குளங்களிலிருந்து தண்ணீர் திறந்துவிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. இதனால் அனைத்து சாலைகளிலும் தண்ணீர் பெருக்கெடுத்து ஓடுகிறது. குறிப்பாக சென்னையை தெற்கு மாவட்டங்களுடன் இணைக்கும் கிராண்ட் சதர்ன் டிரங் (ஜி.எஸ்.டி.) சாலை ஆறாக மாறிவிட்டது.
சென்னை- தாம்பரம் இடையே இச்சாலையில் பெரும்பாலான இடங்களில் தண்ணீர் பெருக்கெடுத்து ஓடுகிறது. பல இடங்களில் இடுப்பு அளவுக்கு தண்ணீர் செல்கிறது. இதனால் அங்கு போக்குவரத்து கடுமையாக பாதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
சென்னையிலிருந்து பிற மாவட்டங்களுக்கு இயக்கப்படும் நீண்ட தூரப் பேருந்துகள் ரத்து செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளன. மேலும், சென்னை நோக்கி வரும் பேருந்துகள் அனைத்தும் செங்கல்பட்டிலேயே நிறுத்தி வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.
 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...roons-drowns-Chennai/articleshow/50003879.cms

CHENNAI: Pounded twice in November by heavy spells of rain, Chennai was brought to its knees by a third knock on Tuesday, yet it fought back.

About 120cm of rain had submerged Chennai in November, as the northeast monsoon washed away a 100-year record. Tuesday's downpour showed that the worst was not over, bringing 20cm of rainfall within a 14-hour window starting 8.30am.

The showers left half the city marooned, and the other half virtually submerged. Schools and colleges were closed, factories downed their shutters, power supply was suspended, and hospitals overflowed with patients - and water. The city airport was temporarily shut.

Chennai flood alert: Helpline numbers

Two columns of the Army's Garrison Infantry Battalion were pressed into service in Tambaram and Oorapakkam after the state government sought military assistance. The Navy is also on stand-by.

Residents of southern suburbs, including Tambaram and Mudichur, were the worst affected. Coastal Security Group personnel stepped in for an overnight rescue operation at Mudichur after water rose beyond the ground floor of apartment complexes, and residents began sending out SOS messages. In Chromepet, water flooded the government hospital and five boats ferried expectant mothers and women with their newborns from the maternity ward.
 
[h=1]Life comes to grinding halt in Chennai, suburbs[/h]
Life on Wednesday came to a grinding halt in Chennai and its suburbs following the unprecedented deluge, with scores of stranded citizens making their way through waist-deep water with all modes of transport and communication falling prey to the rain fury.

While the Army and Air Force were involved in rescue work and distribution of food packets at suburban Tambaram and Oorapakkam, ships of the Navy and Coast Guard were on standby, officials said.

Expert Naval divers and inflatable boats were deployed at Adyar and Kotturpuram areas to help marooned citizens.

Alok Bhatnagar, Naval officer in charge, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, said ships — INS Airawat and other amphibian vessels would arrive here tonight. The Navy was also ready with medical supplies, he said.
 
I do not know whether Shri TBSji is correct or these websites from a google image search are correct.
Here are the websites containing the image posted by Shri V Ganeshji
http://www.livechennai.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=22959
http://www.andhrawishesh.com/telugu...ates-chennai-airport-likely-to-be-closed.html
http://www.pakwheels.com/forums/aircrafts-trains/88134-flooded-chennai-airport
This was the google image search query (after copy pasting the image of the photo that Shri Ganeshji did)
https://goo.gl/dc6re1

Prasadji 's image occurs along with Shri Ganeshji's Chennai flooded airport
Please see this
http://vudesk.com/profiles/blogs/flooded-chennai-airport

Irrespective of who is right , my thoughts and prayers are with people in Chennai.
 
I do not know whether Shri TBSji is correct or these websites from a google image search are correct.
Here are the websites containing the image posted by Shri V Ganeshji
http://www.livechennai.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=22959
http://www.andhrawishesh.com/telugu...ates-chennai-airport-likely-to-be-closed.html
http://www.pakwheels.com/forums/aircrafts-trains/88134-flooded-chennai-airport
This was the google image search query (after copy pasting the image of the photo that Shri Ganeshji did)
https://goo.gl/dc6re1

Prasadji 's image occurs along with Shri Ganeshji's Chennai flooded airport
Please see this
http://vudesk.com/profiles/blogs/flooded-chennai-airport

Irrespective of who is right , my thoughts and prayers are with people in Chennai.

United does not fly to Chennai, they only operate through Lufthansa for Chennai.

It could have been diverted from some other airport, there are other explanation.
 
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