This week has been rather disrupted by Mother Nature. Although I do think our head had a direct line to Mrs. Nature as we never had a day off school!
The thing about working in Oman, well, one of the many things (there are many, good and bad!) is that everything is, understandably set up for working in warm, dry weather. When the April showers hit...they hit. Often with detrimental and fatal results due to poor preparation, education and understanding.
Me, going on major Health and Safety melt-down with the rain being forced through the gaps and holes in the windows, cascading down the wall to the electrical sockets, containing and mopping up the flood water in each room, plugging the inch gap under the kitchen door, is nothing compared to the search and rescue efforts in the wadis or the many other natural disasters worldwide. Reality check, girls and boys. (Hubby was in Texas this week, 'working'. Probably locked in the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders' locker room after his stadium tour I expect). The huge storm that hit was everso slightly reminiscent of the Phoenix DRIU (Damage Repair Instructional Unit) based at HMS Excellent, where we trained for damage repair (!) at sea.
The thing about working in Oman, well, one of the many things (there are many, good and bad!) is that everything is, understandably set up for working in warm, dry weather. When the April showers hit...they hit. Often with detrimental and fatal results due to poor preparation, education and understanding.
Me, going on major Health and Safety melt-down with the rain being forced through the gaps and holes in the windows, cascading down the wall to the electrical sockets, containing and mopping up the flood water in each room, plugging the inch gap under the kitchen door, is nothing compared to the search and rescue efforts in the wadis or the many other natural disasters worldwide. Reality check, girls and boys. (Hubby was in Texas this week, 'working'. Probably locked in the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders' locker room after his stadium tour I expect). The huge storm that hit was everso slightly reminiscent of the Phoenix DRIU (Damage Repair Instructional Unit) based at HMS Excellent, where we trained for damage repair (!) at sea.
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| Me the other stormy night. Wooden wedges, mallet , headtorch an' all! |
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