In a couple of days time many parts of Peninsular India will celebrate their annual harvest festival Pongal / Sankranthi. While Lohri / Magh Bigu / Poush Sankranthi may not be the traditional harvest festivals of the regions they are also celebrated to herald a change in season. In a way it is apt we […]
Continue ReadingIn roughly 48 hours from the time of this post not only the statistical season of Northeast Monsoon 2023 will come to an end but also the rainfall season for year 2023 also will come to an end. The NEM seasonal tally for Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry stands at 455.8 mm with rainfall accumulation from […]
Continue ReadingJanus. As the god of transitions and dualities, Janus is portrayed with two faces—one facing the past, and one facing the future. In a way Northeast Monsoon 2023 also is a tale of two monsoons, one that shattered records in the districts of Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli and the other showing how extreme rainfall may be […]
Continue Reading“The illiterate of the future are not those who can’t read or write but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn” Alvin Toffler Every disaster provides new learnings allowing not only disaster managers but also to public. A disaster resilient society would identify the mistakes during such disasters, take on board the learnings, put in […]
Continue ReadingCatch someone off guard to surprise someone by doing something that they are not expecting or ready for Exactly two weeks back to the hour the discussions among not only weather bloggers but also common people were about Cyclone Michaung and its potential brush with Chennai. There were a lot of sceptics on whether Chennai […]
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