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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by Sleyanya1(m): 5:52pm On Jul 08, 2017
0b10010011:


Hello!

Such occurence happens in every coastal city that experiences heavy ownpour.

Same befell China last week

Hello,

I don't seem to understand why you didn't get the humour in my comment.

Anyways I maintain the fact that it still goes a long way to portray poor drainage systems and poor maintenance.

Poor design / Poor management ethics.

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by tonio2wo: 5:52pm On Jul 08, 2017
Movingcoil:

The thing weak me ooo
But soon dem go ban me ...
I normally bring it up on special occasions.

Hhahaha! Real special occasion! grin grin
Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by martineverest(m): 5:53pm On Jul 08, 2017
Thats kayaking not canoeing
Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by suigeneris(m): 5:53pm On Jul 08, 2017
That man looks like a Jumia Delivery Man that Just called to Deliver my Order. #rainnotgonnastopthem

Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by martineverest(m): 5:55pm On Jul 08, 2017
ollah1:
Island is overrated.
overrated is an understatement...... Luanda, malabo, Libreville , Nairobi, Kigali etc are far better

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by absoluteSuccess: 5:56pm On Jul 08, 2017
alcmene:
Lagos is just an over rated slum.... lipsrsealed

If Lagos is like this then you can imagine the conditions of Owo, Oshogbo and Ogbomosho cheesy cheesy

In all, your cave is unimaginable.

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by lifezone247(m): 5:59pm On Jul 08, 2017
JeffreyJamez:
Wait o....is that not the front of Silverbird galleria? shocked
spot on. I saw the man too. But I was in a helicopter grin any means to escape this flood to your destination.
Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by kinibigdeal(m): 5:59pm On Jul 08, 2017
ifedayosol:
BADDOO territory??

BADOO dont have territory here angry
Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by sukkot: 5:59pm On Jul 08, 2017
777
Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by Lalas247(f): 6:00pm On Jul 08, 2017
Na wa oh
He must have been praying for this rain grin
Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by omaolowo(m): 6:00pm On Jul 08, 2017
alcmene:
Lagos is just an over rated slum.... lipsrsealed

If Lagos is like this then you can imagine the conditions of Owo, Oshogbo and Ogbomosho cheesy cheesy

I live in Owo: I am thus attaching live pictures of my house and its immediate environment
I don't seem to understand what you meant by asking "If Lagos is like this, then you can imagine the conditions of Owo, Oshogbo..."

I can confirm we live far above the standards possible in Lagos. We had left you to "your Lagos" long before Fela sang his "Suffering and Smiling"

I can confirm that I am NOT a Politician - and have NEVER been one: just your average Middle Class citizen...

We eke out our daily living in peace and tranquility here. If you feel your living conditions are better than ours, you are welcome to your opinions

However wake me up when you are done with your illusion about your Lagos

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by xnsandrxns: 6:02pm On Jul 08, 2017
alcmene:
Lagos is just an over rated slum.... lipsrsealed

If Lagos is like this then you can imagine the conditions of Owo, Oshogbo and Ogbomosho cheesy cheesy
Dumbass check this
https://www.nairaland.com/3908704/erosion-destroys-road-links-nibo

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by pterson(m): 6:06pm On Jul 08, 2017
Oyinbo wey dey burst brain!
Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by timifakay(m): 6:08pm On Jul 08, 2017
alcmene:
Lagos is just an over rated slum.... lipsrsealed

If Lagos is like this then you can imagine the conditions of Owo, Oshogbo and Ogbomosho cheesy cheesy
Please what's the rationale behind this comment?
I suggest you study Google maps in terrain mode to see how far above sea level all the places you mentioned are, also research the amount of rainfall in those places before assuming they will be worse; or else you are just here to make tribalistic and thoughtless comments.

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by pterson(m): 6:10pm On Jul 08, 2017
alcmene:
Lagos is just an over rated slum.... lipsrsealed

If Lagos is like this then you can imagine the conditions of Owo, Oshogbo and Ogbomosho cheesy cheesy
About Ogbomoso, flooding is very rare. Very very rare. I can testify to this.
Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by almarthins(m): 6:13pm On Jul 08, 2017
alcmene:
Lagos is just an over rated slum.... lipsrsealed

If Lagos is like this then you can imagine the conditions of Owo, Oshogbo and Ogbomosho cheesy cheesy

I don spot Biafra! Land of the red mud

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by willizaxx(m): 6:19pm On Jul 08, 2017
At the end of the day people will tell me Lagos is like London. Its well
Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by pweetiedee(m): 6:22pm On Jul 08, 2017
jahsharon:


Yet your people want to die in Afonja land. When Fashola abducted some of your homeless brothers selling Gala and La Casera in holdups and your useless sisters selling their worthless pusssy in Lagos brothels and dumped them in Upper Iweka in the cold night they stilled joined Hausa trailers carrying tomatoes and pepper to back to Afonja land.


I wanted to quote the fool. But if I add what's on my mind to yours ehn...he will just commit suicide.

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by burkingx(f): 6:23pm On Jul 08, 2017
ShobayoEmma:
Life is good when you are free from buharism like this oyinbo man would say.

Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by Ken4Christ: 6:24pm On Jul 08, 2017
Noah's covenant with God is almost expired. How often do you see rainbow these days? The rainbow is the only sign that reminds God of his covenant with Noah that he will not allow flood to destroy lives anymore. The end is near.
Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by Nobody: 6:25pm On Jul 08, 2017
Sleyanya1:


Hello,

I don't seem to understand why you didn't get the humour in my comment.

Anyways I maintain the fact that it still goes a long way to portray poor drainage systems and poor maintenance.

Poor design / Poor management ethics.

Yup you're correct! poor Storm drainage to be specific. Excessive but still regular rainfall cannot overwhelm a proper storm drain network. Only the 'Act of God' scenarios mess evrything up. Such we haven't experienced yet.

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by Nobody: 6:28pm On Jul 08, 2017
That's a kayak...
Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by agrovick(m): 6:31pm On Jul 08, 2017
LMAO
Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by Olyboy16(m): 6:31pm On Jul 08, 2017
alcmene:
Lagos is just an over rated slum.... lipsrsealed

If Lagos is like this then you can imagine the conditions of Owo, Oshogbo and Ogbomosho cheesy cheesy

remove osogbo - its drainage system would survive twice the amount of rain that floods lagos.
Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by Uvo11: 6:32pm On Jul 08, 2017
This is not just a drainage issue. I live in an estate in lekki-ajah axis with excellent drainage and for the first time in 8 years, we have had water gathered in the premises for over 5 days; not up to ankle length and not all over the place, but a strange sight all the same. The lagoon is at our back and the drains empty into it and a nearby canal. Thanks to 8 days of rain, most of it very heavy, there's no where for the water to go to; the ground is saturated, the canal and the lagoon are at a high level.

It's the same scenario in my small farm further down the lekki axis. The ground is saturated; water fills the imprint of your feet when you step on the ground.

I think the problem we have in Lagos goes beyond drainage. Lekki, Ikoyi, VI are all low lying areas with high water tables. So, with the extended, heavy rains that we have experienced recently flooding is inevitable.

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by sirfee(m): 6:32pm On Jul 08, 2017
LastMumu:


Whatever state you are from, I can assure you it does not have a better drainage system than Lagos. Believe me. Lagos, especially Lagos Island is a city on water. The drainage system is so good that water dries up minutes after rainfall. Flood cases like these where there is continous rainfall are inevitable.
Don't mind them,haters are liable to die young,I live and work in Vi.Today's rain was very much,it started in the midnight,continues rainfall causes flood in many parts of the world(Nigeria inclusive).Currently as we speak,the flood is reduced.....it is better now


Leave the children of hate alone,they are hating what they can't conquer.

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by bakynes(m): 6:32pm On Jul 08, 2017
Some idiots will say Lagos is over rated as if they don't know these things happen in Coastal cities with high magnitude rainfall. Flood happened in the North side of England while I was there, it happens in the USA so it's not a matter of Government or Overrated, it just nature.

These areas for some of you that don't know are some of the best real estate locations in Nigeria, you think they don't know they ought to have good drainage system since it keeps happening every year.
Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by Nobody: 6:35pm On Jul 08, 2017
Third rate nation with fourth rate leaders..ambode is working indeed

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by FKO81(m): 6:42pm On Jul 08, 2017
jahsharon:


Yet your people want to die in Afonja land. When Fashola abducted some of your homeless brothers selling Gala and La Casera in holdups and your useless sisters selling their worthless pusssy in Lagos brothels and dumped them in Upper Iweka in the cold night they stilled joined Hausa trailers carrying tomatoes and pepper to back to Afonja land.
Same way Fashola deported Afonjas back to Oyo and Osun state

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by Tedassie(m): 6:46pm On Jul 08, 2017
eiya...Uyo was sunny asf today

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by Sleyanya1(m): 6:46pm On Jul 08, 2017
Dasuks:


Yup you're correct! poor Storm drainage to be specific. Excessive but still regular rainfall cannot overwhelm a proper storm drain network. Only the 'Act of God' scenarios mess evrything up. Such we haven't experienced yet.

Yes Boss.

I just pray we don't experience such especially with the rate at which people sandfill water bodies , rivers, oceans just so they could errect buildings for estates, hotels etc.

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Re: Flooding: White Man Paddling His Canoe In Victoria Island, Lagos (Video, Photos) by LoveJesus87(m): 6:49pm On Jul 08, 2017
decomaniaboss:
shocked shocked shocked this man don't insult lagos state finish ohhhhhhhh grin grin grin
Autocorrect fell on you grin

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