Comments on: Did you see the BIG FLOOD in Mina in 2005? http://hajjratings.com/blog/2007/10/02/did-you-see-the-flood-in-mina-in-2005/ All About Hajj and Umrah! Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:06:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sulemanc http://hajjratings.com/blog/2007/10/02/did-you-see-the-flood-in-mina-in-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-730 sulemanc Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:06:12 +0000 http://hajjratings.com/blog/2007/10/04/did-you-see-the-flood-in-mina-in-2005/#comment-730 I was there. The rain was crazy. Subhanallah! It was the 12th so I think half of Mina had left (as they do) in an attempt to leave before maghrib. This was good since water started to stream into the tents (bear in mind of course there are mains supplies running down from the ceiling where people were charging their mobile phones etc). The white umbrella I used started to function as prtoection against rain rather than sunshine. The litle alleyways between the tents started to become mini-stream. Anyway later on in the day (I think after maghrib, to aviod the crowds) I went down to do the stoning. The underpass tunnel was flooded, above head height, and some people were walking along the narrow brick wall to get it. Considering the precariousness of the situation I thought doing that, (and falling off the wall), would be a crazy act. Anyway it made hajj different that year, that is for sure. I was there. The rain was crazy. Subhanallah!
It was the 12th so I think half of Mina had left (as they do) in an attempt to leave before maghrib. This was good since water started to stream into the tents (bear in mind of course there are mains supplies running down from the ceiling where people were charging their mobile phones etc).
The white umbrella I used started to function as prtoection against rain rather than sunshine.
The litle alleyways between the tents started to become mini-stream.
Anyway later on in the day (I think after maghrib, to aviod the crowds) I went down to do the stoning. The underpass tunnel was flooded, above head height, and some people were walking along the narrow brick wall to get it.
Considering the precariousness of the situation I thought doing that, (and falling off the wall), would be a crazy act.

Anyway it made hajj different that year, that is for sure.

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