Bombays deluge was almost like the pralay that has been predicted to be the end of kalyug. Hundreds of people got lifts from total strangers. Even taxi and auto people came forward to help. There was absolutely no violence , fights , harassment or cheating. We knew that places were water logged and that there would be traffic jams. We estimated a delay of three to five hours than the normal .But we were in for a shock. We had to change tracks half a dozen times, search for traffic free roads to reach our destination. There was no electricity in several parts, no street lights and the roads were one big river, no one knew where the gutters were or where the road dividers were. Water was coming upto the windows of vehicles in several places and hundreds of vehicles had stalled. Thousands braved the knee deep, waist deep water and went home walking for as many as ten to fifteen hours. That was the only way to reach home. Mobile lines got jammed, people could not reach their near ones and here radio stations and TV channels assisted by flashing messages. But there was no panic, no grumbling.
