deomelo:




No city or area on the surface of the earth is immune to flooding even in London, England













Even in NY, USA


[img]http://cbsnewyork.files./2014/08/4535637401.jpg[/img]
Even on Japan.



Even in Houston, TX USA





Mother nature wrecking carnage and flooding everywhere has nothing to do with being developed or having the best drainage system.
Stop making ill-informed and ignorant comments.

Sacluxpaint:



Deep down you and many mainland residents, your ambition is to move to Island.

claremont:


Posting pictures of isolated cases of flooding in some cities around the world doesn't take away the fact that there is an endemic problem of flooding in VI and Lekki that needs to be addressed. The problem in VI and Lekki is due to a plethora of factors which include high sea bed, lack of planning, corruption etc. I would argue that it's even more ''ill-informed and ignorant'' for anyone to suggest that there is nothing that can be done to address/ameliorate the flooding in VI and Lekki. The lengths you went to to dig up photos of isolated flooding in other world cities in other to justify the result of endemic lack of planning in VI/Lekki is surprising.

Myself2:



Honey where is this

Danielmoore:
I thought they said Lagos is like london

Proudlyngwa:


this is not a result of poor planning.
When nature wants to strike, you can't do anything about it.



Edit
For those quoting me, this was a road for years.
We went to work in the morning and came back to meet this in the evening.


I know this is a water logged area, so is Lekki.

VickyRotex:


I've been well! Thank you. Yea kind of, Summer is going on well. Bless God.
How are you? Have you refired? Don't give up! Or you can even try EE, I learnt it's quite easier and faster now.

Baroba:


I respectfully disagree sir, if this was due to hurricane or some sort of Tsunami that's understandable, but we are talking normal torrential downpour; It is happening too often to be attributed to nature, it boils down to lack of adequate planning, poor drainage system, poor road construction and everything else you can think of.. Come 2018 we will be having the same discussion all over again, no be today..

bayocanny:

Good to know you are doing great overthere..I'm good jare. Have not refire, honestly I don't want to give up but the way things are going on here for me seems complicated. If not for my phone that doesn't support WhatsApp any longer I would have message u on there, because have got some things to discuss with u. Don't know if we should talk on here or I should sent u a msg on Facebook

deomelo:




No city or area on the surface of the earth is immune to flooding even in London, England













Even in NY, USA


[img]http://cbsnewyork.files./2014/08/4535637401.jpg[/img]





Even on Japan.






Even in Houston, TX USA












Mother nature wrecking carnage and flooding everywhere has nothing to do with being developed or having the best drainage system.


Stop making ill-informed and ignorant comments.

awesomesossy:
Too bad... terrible drainage system in most places of d country.... all my shoes don spoil finish for dis rain matter

VampireeM:
My estate in Lekki this morning. It has never been flooded before. The road leading to the bus stop and expressway, the water is almost reaching the waist depending on your height. Something needs to be done about Lagos drainage. I am just wondering how I will go out esp to go to church/ work Sunday/Monday

Baroba:


I respectfully disagree sir, if this was due to hurricane or some sort of Tsunami that's understandable, but we are talking normal torrential downpour; It is happening too often to be attributed to nature, it boils down to lack of adequate planning, poor drainage system, poor road construction and everything else you can think of.. Come 2018 we will be having the same discussion all over again, no be today..

989900:


Thank God you did this, I was going to have to do this once I get behind my computer.

The below are Dubai and Doha -- right in the desert!
Our climate is changing (even though I do not subscribe to the accused causes).

It is safer to avoid cities with flooding issues, or be prepared for occurrences.

Tokyo has probably the most advanced drainage system in the world (someone posted a video of that earlier) . . . even that method won't work for some cities like NY.

Doha
Dubai
Tokyo.

SalamRushdie:


This is actually beyond drainage as you see it , what you see is the effect of reverse drainage where the sea level rise above the Peninsula level and instead drains into the Peninsula instead of the other way round , there is not much that can be done in such situations except a complex system of levees and dykes are used just like Netherlands

989900:


Thank God you did this, I was going to have to do this once I get behind my computer.

The below are Dubai and Doha -- right in the desert!
Our climate is changing (even though I do not subscribe to the accused causes).

It is safer to avoid cities with flooding issues, or be prepared for occurrences.

Tokyo has probably the most advanced drainage system in the world (someone posted a video of that earlier) . . . even that method won't work for some cities like NY.

Doha
Dubai
Tokyo.

Nukilia:


Nice comment! What do you think is the fate of Eko Atlantic City?

TESTING THE GREAT WALL

Before the first of the giant concrete armoured blocks for the Great Wall of Lagos was lowered into position, its ability to withstand the worst of the Atlantic tidal surges was put to the test. Urban engineers at DHI, the world-renowned Danish hydraulic research centre, carried out extensive scale model trials. Data analysis by computer models showed that the Great Wall could withstand the worst expected storms over 1,000 years.

http://www.ekoatlantic.com/developing/great-wall-of-lagos/

ooshinibos:

these areas experience a tsunami ..100 times more than the lagos rain ...they are not comparable at all

Efostick:
The Pictures wlll say. I feel bad for the motorists .



P.S That's a road, or it used to be Lol

deomelo:



Is Eko Atlantic flooded and have they experienced any kind of flooding so far?


Below is the reason why they haven't and why there won't be.

Lagos’ surrounding areas are not only unprotected by the wall, but are lower in sea level than Eko Atlantic. It’s a combination that leaves the old city of Lagos and its hundreds of years of history startlingly vulnerable.
If the critics are correct, Eko Atlantic might provide parts of Lagos with yet another link to the sea, one rooted in potential danger and unknowable risk. To the sea parts of the city may return.
“With sea walls, you have to figure out what you’re protecting against,” Dr. Blumberg advised. In the case of Lagos and Eko Atlantic, the better question might be who gets the protection.

Nukilia:


Nice comment! What do you think is the fate of Eko Atlantic City?

bigtt76:
It's even more dangerous knowing the dam officials create flooding at will. They can decide to hold everyone to Ransome at the slightest provocation

SalamRushdie:


I am not conversant with the materials and technique used to reclaim Eko Atlantic, if it rest on a reinforced steel core , rock core or just sand core ? But I have noticed the use of concrete wave breakers to protect the reclaimed land from surges ..I just hope the core used is solid enough not to sink below the high seas level in the nearest future as that could lead to the reclaimed land being submerged anytime there is heavy precipitation in the coasts like we experienced today and 5 years ago .

989900:


Like has been postulated, while Eko Atlantic will likely not be flooded (being a model city and yada, yada, yada), the ripple-effect of the displaced water 'might' be a part of what is unfolding before our eyes.

SalamRushdie:


I am not conversant with the materials and technique used to reclaim Eko Atlantic, if it rest on a reinforced steel core , rock core or just sand core ? But I have noticed the use of concrete wave breakers to protect the reclaimed land from surges ..I just hope the core used is solid enough not to sink below the high seas level in the nearest future as that could lead to the reclaimed land being submerged anytime there is heavy precipitation in the coasts like we experienced today and 5 years ago .

connectpoint:


I fear for those areas... the construction works done on these reclaimed lands isn't the right one..it's mainland building style they're using in the reclaimed lands.. I fear I fear... those buildings can't withstand the sea breeze, let alone the actual water...good and lofty dreams hastily put into action...it's terrible

SalamRushdie:


You are right the buildings there need to be able to withstand whatever the sea throws at the it from wind to salty acidic air to that dense humidity

VickyRotex:


Eyah, pele. It's well! God will do it.

It depends on you. If it's not so personal to you, we can discuss here. And if you prefer Facebook, no worries.

connectpoint:


First the architecture is Chinese architecture, the support structure is too fragile for normal land not saying seaside... We have experts oh, they will ignore..It is what people do when their hearts are wicked. Is the Eko Atlantic and the land reclaim ation projects not partiallyor fully with the domain of Asiwaju Tinubu ? I was around Oriental hotel for years during its construction saw how tediously constructed layer by layer, saw the attention and the devotion, now the question i need an answer to is, why is the same care and diligence not paid to these projects? Have they forgotten that in the end, its humans that will stay in them ?

SalamRushdie:


Same old Nigerian problems of cutting corners just to maximize profits