a mobilized year

A couple months ago, I wrote a light-hearted post on the rain in Kuwait. It was at a point when I hadn't seen rain for quite some time--the early August rains of Mississippi in fact. Well, we’ve had a lot more rain since then. So much so, we had what amounted to a flood. Yes, I said a flood. Here are some pictures:


The Iraq-Kuwait border was hit pretty hard too:

For us, it caused just inconveniences—detours, items on floors getting wet, some periods of lost electricity, etc. But in Safwan, there were a lot more than just inconveniences. Here are some pictures that were taken about 4 or 5 days after the rain:

Over 150 homes were lost (homes typically house 10-14 extended family members). A refugee tent area was sent up in the city to house those left homeless from the flood. Here are some more pictures:

Without a public sewer system, there were fears that the flood would cause disease outbreaks. Thankfully, nothing significant happened.