We don't seem to have learned enough lessons from the 30/3 tragedy when 11 people lost their lives in 2013 after 15 centimetres of rain fell on Port-Louis. We still have time to wisen up and move the Porlwi by Nature festival elsewhere. So as not to look stupid after the event. More bad things can happen over five days than over three.
- It's a wonderful idea to organise a street festival. There's not a lot that happens after 18h00 in Mauritius so the organisers definitely need to be congratulated.
- Thing is we've seen what happened on 30/3 (March 30, 2013) when 15 centimetres of rain killed 11 citizens (10 in Port-Louis) during the day -- see clip below from Antenne Reunion (https://youtu.be/ppVz408B-ps) and a report by Euronews (https://youtu.be/h62tjRYI0jo). It's appropriate at this time to remember that the two o'clock rule teaches us how things become a lot less manageable after sunset and that there's a given amount of time to retreat to safety.
