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Hello Goodreads people! First of all Happy New Year 2014, I wish you all nothing but the best for the coming year.
My year has started as a very wet one as there is a tropical cyclone in my neighbourhood of the South-West Indian Ocean. A cyclone by the name of Bejisa which is about 300 km from here, it is a pretty big one and according to the meteorological services it’s going to come close to Reunion Island which is about a 45 minute flight from Mauritius. I hope they get through this. As for Mauritius, the powers that be have issued a Class 2 cyclone warning. There are four cyclone warnings, when a Class 4 has been issued you batten down the hatches.
The cyclone has put a damper on all our New Year celebrations, well for most people in Mauritius anyways. As it is a time when you get invited or host lots of dinners and lunches. As per tradition for New Year you go visit family to say ‘bonjour’ and to wish them all a great year, eat and drink your fill. Sometimes, a cousin will come over to say hello and later that day you will be going to their place. Invariably you put on weight during this time! I wouldn’t be surprised that people have gone out today regardless of the rain and cyclone warning.
I am sure there are plenty of school kids who wish that the Class 2 warning was issued when school starts. I remember when I was a kid I looked forward to a class 2 cyclone warning because that means no school. I used to be excited until I found out there were some kids who were not excited at all about cyclones because they lived in homes made from wood and corrugated iron. Strong cyclone gusts could bring down their home like a house of cards which means they end up in a refugee centre. After I found out that’s what could happen to some of my classmates I preferred no cyclones to a cyclone and no school.
My year has started as a very wet one as there is a tropical cyclone in my neighbourhood of the South-West Indian Ocean. A cyclone by the name of Bejisa which is about 300 km from here, it is a pretty big one and according to the meteorological services it’s going to come close to Reunion Island which is about a 45 minute flight from Mauritius. I hope they get through this. As for Mauritius, the powers that be have issued a Class 2 cyclone warning. There are four cyclone warnings, when a Class 4 has been issued you batten down the hatches.
The cyclone has put a damper on all our New Year celebrations, well for most people in Mauritius anyways. As it is a time when you get invited or host lots of dinners and lunches. As per tradition for New Year you go visit family to say ‘bonjour’ and to wish them all a great year, eat and drink your fill. Sometimes, a cousin will come over to say hello and later that day you will be going to their place. Invariably you put on weight during this time! I wouldn’t be surprised that people have gone out today regardless of the rain and cyclone warning.
I am sure there are plenty of school kids who wish that the Class 2 warning was issued when school starts. I remember when I was a kid I looked forward to a class 2 cyclone warning because that means no school. I used to be excited until I found out there were some kids who were not excited at all about cyclones because they lived in homes made from wood and corrugated iron. Strong cyclone gusts could bring down their home like a house of cards which means they end up in a refugee centre. After I found out that’s what could happen to some of my classmates I preferred no cyclones to a cyclone and no school.
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