When the flood receives your home address
The Minister for the Interior advised people to stay at home during floods. This advice was given against a background where rain has "reviewed the agreement" in recent years, particularly in the capital city of the Republic of Uncommon Sense. Water now visits homes, enters living rooms, inspects bedrooms, opens refrigerators, and lifts plastic chairs. Sometimes, it spends the night.
The advice itself is considered sensible, as avoiding unnecessary travel when roads are flooded can save lives. Vehicles can be swept away, open drains become invisible, and familiar roads can acquire characteristics of the Volta River. However, the difficulty with the advice is that it assumes the home itself is not participating in the flood.
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Ghana's Interior Minister advised citizens to stay home during floods, a seemingly sensible precaution. However, this advice overlooks the reality
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