Chaos reigns in central Sweden after heavy rain
Published: 30 Jul 10 09:18 CET | Print version
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Central Sweden was hammered by heavy rainfall on Thursday, with emergency calls overwhelming rescue services on flooded roads and properties. Several traffic accidents occurred, but no injuries were reported.
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"It is a little chaotic," said Anders Edstam, lieutenant at Södertörn fire department southeast of Stockholm. "We have extremely heavy rain, especially over Södertalje, but it has also caused a number of problems in Huddinge."
He added, "It has gone on for hours now and we are so overwhelmed that we have been forced to respond to only the most significant events. We do not have time to help some homes and private residences and have been forced to focus on warehouses and properties with higher economic values."
The rain also caused several traffic accidents, but by 7pm, emergency services had received no reports of any serious injuries.
"The main roads are passable, but there is an enormous amount of water, so people are trapped in large volumes of water," said Edstam.
In the evening, the precipitation drifted further westward and caused severe problems, particularly in Örebro. Orienteering competition O-ring was preparing to evacuate about 450 camping orienteers in the evening from the camping site to a sports facility.
"Everyone understands that this is an organiser's nightmare," said Inge Blomberg, general secretary for O-ringen 2010. "However, all have stepped in to help. When it gets so nasty, some sort of community within it comes into existence and it is an awesome experience."
When news agency TT asked how it looked at the campsite, Blomberg answered, "Have you ever have paddled in a canoe in a swamp delta?"
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Sounds like New Orleans - as long as those with money and the big houses are OK then no one need worry.
You are right. Those properties with higher economic values don't represent that much for the company that owns them. But those homes and private residences might be all their owners have.
20 years ago, you might have thought that, but keep it for yourself. Now, they say it openly and seem to be "acceptable" as the right thing to do. Corporations are more important than people, capital is more important than people, people is always the last in the line and they take it as the correct thing to do. This is sad and evil.
Preparing to evacuate? The weather has been crappy since the competition started and the people are used to the rain. The camp is behind my building and I wonder what could have necessitated this story. The game ends tomorrow and some people are already leaving the camp site.
That is the real capitalism. :(
How do you know those properties with higher economic values don't represent that much for the company that owns them? I take it you went around and asked the owners?
Of course it's better to rescue a cat from a radhus than to save company's so peole will lose their jobs