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Why is there not a Class 2 when there are strong gusts and rain persist?

By bhoot  //  Lallmatie & Mauritius  //  4 Comments

Many times has Meteo removed cyclone warnings just after the concerned cyclone passes the point after which, it would no longer be a threat to Mauritius… You will say it’s perfectly normal. But think about it…

What is the main reason for a cyclone warning class 2? That it’s not safe to send our kids to school! And that doesn’t change even if there still is strong winds and bad weather – even if Gaël is going away! Today should also have been a no school day!

Or better, put up another type of warning - Post-Cyclonic Weather Warning Level 1 and 2. For level 1, there would be work but no school. Level 2 would be no school and no work (or keep 1,2,3 similar to normal cylone warnings)… These would be to enforce that although the cyclone is going away, the weather is still serious and not safe to go dancing outside.

Would it require another dead person for this to happen…

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4 Comments to “Why is there not a Class 2 when there are strong gusts and rain persist?”

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  Neeru 6 February 2009 at 13:19

  Totally agree with what is being posted here, with such a bad weather even my puppy I won’t let outside and these poor children are going to classes with the risk of being hit by flying junks. When will the authorities feel that these kinds of weather conditions are not safe???
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  Yashvin 6 February 2009 at 14:44

  Very often, they confuse themselves with 4 cyclone warnings and heavy rainfall warnings, now just imagine the chaos if they put additional ones.

  Then you will hear this pharse more often :
  “Morice dans difé” [quote from sok appadoo]
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  bhoot 7 February 2009 at 21:56

  Yeah, talk about confusion between cyclone warnings and heavy rain! I remember the morning after Hollanda’s ‘terror night’ in 1994 (1995?)… The weather was all calm.. still Class 4… and all my longanes were still here…
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  bhoot 9 February 2009 at 10:51

  Ha, the MBC News said it: the weather will get better by Tuesday. Be Meteo Moris pa comprend ki bizin ena class 2 lundi. Pa possib pu send ban zandan lecole zordi avec ça ban divant la…

  I say it again, put something called a Bad Weather Warning Levels 1 to 4 similar to Cyclone Warning. In order to reduce confusion, maintain the same rules. Class 2 pena lecole!