{"id":17946,"date":"2013-02-11T07:28:36","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T05:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/pe-flash-floods\/"},"modified":"2013-02-11T07:28:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T05:28:36","slug":"pe-flash-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/pe-flash-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"PE Flash Floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><\/p>\n<p>On our way back from the Canton this afternoon the rain came down in torrents. In a matter of minutes the roads from Walmer to Parsons Hill were flooded and we were forced to crawl along at less than 40 kilometres an hour. A welcome relief from the heat we have had recently in Port Elizabeth.<\/p>\n<p>Safely home I decided to pop along to the depression just outside the Collegiate Boarding School to see if I could get some \u2018action\u2019 shots but was rather pleased to see a bunch of Collegiate Boarders having a ball and making hay whilst the rain poured \u2013 I presume that they were practical farmers daughters!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f8484_Flash_Flood_Collegiate_Boarders.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20559\" alt=\"Collegiate Boarders cavort after the PE Flash Flood\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f8484_Flash_Flood_Collegiate_Boarders.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Collegiate Boarders cavort after the PE Flash Flood<\/p>\n<p>Further up Conyngham road I didn\u2019t have long too wait before someone tried to avoid the huge paddle there and burst their front left tyre (see image below for the moment of impact).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f8484_Flash_Flood_Conyngham_Road.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20560\" alt=\"Bang goes the left front tyre\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/f8484_Flash_Flood_Conyngham_Road.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bang goes the left front tyre<\/p>\n<p>Of course I had then pay for my foresight and help the hapless driver change her tyre and got soaked in the process. But, as we say in the trade; \u201cWe gain readers to MyPE by doing such selfless acts of kindness\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic -->\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our way back from the Canton this afternoon the rain came down in torrents. In a matter of minutes the roads from Walmer to Parsons Hill were flooded and we were forced to crawl along at less than 40 kilometres an hour. 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