Monsoon

It’s monsoon season here in Mumbai and so it rains—a lot. This causes a lot of flooding. Friday, my first full day here was the worst. In some areas, the water went well above my ankles. It amazes me how quickly the whole town flooded. Trains were stopped, flights were cancelled. It seems to me that a city that experiences monsoon rains every year would have an excellent sewer system. But, nope. The only saving grace is that the water does recede pretty quickly once it stops raining since the water is taken away by the ocean tide.