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The Great Spore Floods

16 Sep 2010
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Congestion Affects Monsoon Drain too – Part 2

15 Sep 2010
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Congestion Affects Monsoon Drain too

9 Sep 2010
- Singapore Alternatives: NSP recommends affordable short-term solutions to flash flood
- Sgpolitics.net: Floods at Shenton Way today

13 Aug 2010
- ALVINOLOGY: Flood Again? You can always canoe on the Singapore street

2 Aug 2010
- Singapore Alternatives: Japan proves MM Lee WRONG!
- Sgpolitics.net: The Taming of the Floods
- De Leviathan @ SG: A Tale of Two Cities – Engineering Flood Controls [Thanks Yak]

29 Jul 2010
- The Lycan Times: Floods & Engineering

28 Jul 2010
- The Kent Ridge Common: Flooding woes – the critical cause of poor soil quality
- New Asia Republic: Looking at Orchard River through a broken window

27 Jul 2010
- TOC: Floods and politicking – which hits worse?
- Thetwophilo’s Blog: The Great Singapore Flood – a case of ponding [Thanks George]

26 Jul 2010
- The Mind Game: ST cunning in the front-page flood
- Everything Also Complain: Orchard Road sandbags
- ST Forum: Has train tunnelling played a part?
- The Star: Oh, for a dip in Orchard River
- My sinchew: Singapore flood risk alarms insurers: report

23 Jul 2010
- Siew Kum Hong: More on 50-year floods
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Floods : Singaporeans want answers!
- Molitics: Freak Events and A Prayer
- Yours Toothfully: Your Problem, Small Problem
- Critical Piece of Shit: Thought of the day
- The Temasek Review: What are the KPIs for the Environment Ministry in flood prevention?
- Lost in Singapore: MM Lee Said God is to be Blamed, Not PAP
- Feed Me To The Fish: Now it’s God’s fault?
- My view on things: Marina Barrage causes the Flood?
- Singapore Sojourn: Up The Creek Without A Paddle
- Saint-Marce: Of Singapore government and recent floods
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Outsourcing of public works
- Mark Lim: Flood-Prone Areas in Singapore

22 Jul 2010
- Want some tau huay?: Is the Marina Barrage really working?
- funny little world: So, who is going to solve #sgflood?
- Singapore Notes: Omigosh! He’s Gone Mental!
- Singaporean Skeptic: Harry Lee says the PAP is powerless to help us.
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Flood prone Singapore
- The Temasek Review: PUB: Oh wait, it wasn’t a blocked culvert that caused the flood
- i have succumbed to peer pressure: Why don’t we do just that?
- Carpe Diem: How about wakeboarding in Orchard Road

21 Jul 2010
- The Kent Ridge Common: Proper Reasons for Orchard Flood, please
- Siew Kum Hong: Sorry seems to be the hardest word
- Singapore Notes: Some People Just Can’t Handle The Truth
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: How the Marina Barrage Crest Gate works…
- Lost in Singapore: The Great Singapore Flood, Parliament and How about “Sorry?”
- Loyalty is Orange: The Orenji Headlines: Flooding Q&A
- The Temasek Review: Environment Minister Yaacob Ibrahim learnt that “floods are caused by intense storms”
- Under the Willow Tree: Great Flood Fiasco: “Intense Storms” or Sinking Sampan?
- The not-so-green Geek: 5 ways to prevent flooding in sunny Singapore
- Gurmit The Blog: Water, Sign Of The Times
- GOV.SG: Response by Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Dr Yaacob Ibrahim in Parliament on Flash Floods
- ST Forum: What about the groundwater?
- ST Forum: Marina Barrage’s role questioned

20 Jul 2010
- Under the Willow Tree: Massive Flood Cockup Exposes Cracks in the Political System
- Singapore Notes: It Never Rains, But It Pours
- The Lycan Times: Why we shouldn’t be building more drains
- The Temasek Review: Yaacob Ibrahim: “Impossible” to keep Singapore completely flood-free
- the mrbrown show: the wave song
- Carpe Diem: The Orchard Wave
- ErniesUrn on Xanga: Lord of the Freak Floods [Thanks Ernest]
- ST Forum: It’s time to start a proper investigation
- ST Forum: Are current flood prevention measures effective?
- Reuters: China Three Gorges dam faces major flood test

19 Jul 2010
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Marina Barrage and the floods…
- Loh and Behold: Outrageous! Floods again?
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: The Flood of Nonsense Excuses
- Singapore Dino: PUB asked to explain floods: What about Yaacob?
- Singaporean Skeptic: Another 1 in 50 year event.
- The Temasek Review: Flash Floods, did the Marina Barrage help?
- Ravi Philemon: Where are the MPs?
- Civic Advocator: Govt owes us a Commission of Inquiry
- Dee Kay Dot As Gee: Why you should never stand in the middle of Orchard River
- Vinyarb: The blame game
- Freak Thoughts: Submerging Singapore
- My sketchbook: The return of the flood
- The Temasek Review: Singapore could be in “deep” trouble by the end of this century, warn experts
- Tan Kin Lian’s Blog: Car insurance and flood
- ABC: Flash floods stain Singapore’s urban paradise reputation

13 Jul 2010
- Loyalty is Orange: The Orenji Headlines: More good natural disasters ahead

5 Jul 2010
- Chee Wai’s Random Musing: An intent to mislead or a failure to fully explain?

1 Jul 2010
- The Green Bush: Get Real, Not Hysterical : Thoughts on Singapore’s Flashfloods
- TOC: Drumming it in

30 Jun 2010
- flaneurose: Flash Floods and Spin Doctoring
- Musings From the Lion City: Unrealistic
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: I don’t think it is possible in Singapore to…

29 Jun 2010
- guanyinmiao’s musings: Flash Floods: Is This Going To Be A Regular Thing, PUB? (Part Two)
- The Sun Shines on Singapore: The Flood and PUB’s Credilibity Washed Away

28 Jun 2010
- TOC: Floods – are we prepared?
- The Temasek Review: “Freak” floods – Unanswered Questions
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: Floods in various parts of Singapore….
- TOC: Heavy downpour, several areas flooded (Updated with videos)
- motochan: Singapore Flood 2.0
- Boleh! Boleh!: Flooding @ Cisco Basement Carpark
- mrbrown: PUB caught off guard everywhere today
- Singapore Alternatives: Press Statement on recent Floods
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Singapore Freaky Flooding Part Trois
- ST Forum: Fresh floods. More to it than a clogged culvert

23 Jun 2010
- TOC: Paying for monkeys

22 Jun 2010
- guanyinmiao’s musings: The Flash Floods: Why Singaporeans Are Angry And Fearful
- TOC: Floods: Monitor or don’t monitor also flood?

21 Jun 2010
- Loh and Behold: Screwed
- Sgpolitics.net: Singapore celebrates International Water Week with a mighty splash!
- My sketchbook: Best person to fix orchard road’s flood
- ST Forum: Were there lapses?

18 Jun 2010
- Mathia Lee: Freak Flash Flood
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Blame the small drains for Orchard Road Flood!
- Singapore Dino: Where is Yaacob Ibrahim hiding?
- Levin: Repeating Somebody
- Cooler Insights: NTUC Income Scores with Flooding Ad
- Midnight Monkey Monitor: Let the flooding begin! [Thanks Andy]
- The Big Picture: European flooding [large pics]
- The Frame: Spring floods around the globe [large pics]

17 Jun 2010
- Diary of A Singaporean Mind: TNP 1999 : Why Orchard Road will NEVER flood..
- Nomadism: Orchard road…soaked up to knee level
- Sgpolitics.net: “Once in 50 year event” just happened again!
- The Lycan Times: Sungei Orchard
- Want some tau huay?: Something big happened in Orchard Road, and no, it wasn’t the Great Singapore Sale
- Singapore Social and Political Thoughts: Freak Flood again? (Now at Orchard Road)
- mrbrown: Someone call the Minister of Freak Incidents! Orchard Road flooding!
- funny little world: Help! Help! I can’t swim!
- TOC: Orchard Road flooded (Updated)
- Vinyarb: Today’s Orchard Flood is just the beginning [Thanks Richard]
- Wild Shore of Singapore: Sea level rise in Singapore: what effects?
- Reuben, Dewen, Guo Ann: Mapping Potential Sea Level Rise in Singapore
- My Sketchbook: Flooding at orchard road
- EDMW: [GPGT] Ochard Road Flooded!!
- Bloomberg: Singapore Faces More Rain After Orchard Shopping District Flood




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