Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Its still raning...

Apparently its still raining in Mumbai. In fact 5th august is supposed to be another extremely wet day. And its been raining in my beloved pune as well. I hear on sunday all the bridges were closed. Well once all the bridges are done, that is effectively paralysing pune city. So much of Pune is now on both sides of the river, that the bridges take on new importance.... which means they have to be maintained well!

Meanwhile, here in the Midwest, it has been hot, really hot. The whole concept of wooden housing has been very difficult to comprehend for me. I think its been difficult for most Indians who come out here. How one can associate any permanance to a structure made of dry-wall and wood is totally beyond me. Every year in Florida, they lose millions because of hurricanes which wipe out entire communities. Why not build concrete housing!!! Its safe.. I'm guessing its probably cheaper and more easy to maintain temperatures in.
Or for that matter its quieter as well. At our wooden place, if you decide to go from the kitchen to the living room, trust me, the whole house knows that somebody is moving.
Sometimes I really do miss my concrete jungle.....

1 Comments:

At 18:44, Blogger AJ said...

We need some rain in the east coast too!

 

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