Cyclone Phet and Sea View-A Great Combo!

I walked out of the office door with good luck and stay safe wishes from my colleagues due to Cyclone Phet which is expected to hit Sindh and Balochistan on the weekend. There have been talks going on about the intensity and the distance it has reached and not surprisingly, there have been frequent changes in the forecasts. From Thursday to now Sunday, this Cyclone, which my friends have named Cyclone Mushtaq and Cyclone Shujaat, for some odd reasons, is expected to hit Karachi.

Rumour has it that there is strict surveillance and ground security spread all over Sea View since the past 2 days but for a person who happens to cross Sea View daily to reach office and return from it, one tends to wonder, which part of Sea View are they Actually talking about. From what I saw on Thursday, there were people walking on the sand with their cars parked near the area behind Salt and Pepper. Plus, there were families enjoying not just the peaceful yet sort of green coloured sea but also enjoying the water. Some security there was…And today, Sea View seemed to have crowds of people all sitting by the shore on the benches with their eyes glued to the sea, as if, they were waiting for the Cyclone to come. Reminded me of the Tsunami and the scene where people were randomly watching the sea when the waves lost their calm. It got me to think, is only stepping in the water dangerous for the public or is it standing on the sand? Cos if the danger is from staying near the sea, then surely the safety in-charge weren’t doing their jobs. They were on Smart Horses though, trotting from one corner to the other but they were just preventing people from stepping down on the shore. If only I had a camera, this would definitely have been a PERFECT Picture.

For people who have got some source in these so-called safety and security guru agencies, feel free to let them know, that the storm doesn’t just hit the sand and the benches, it can reach the road too. An ideal thing to do would be to prevent people from enjoying the sea view (not Sea View) atleast till the sea has regained its senses.