Now that Mumbai rains have ultimately arrived, the question arises are we prepared for the rains. Sad but true, is the fact that we have not learned from our past experiences and we are hopelessly unprepared for the rains. This year too the Mumbai MET dept has predicted the highest tide(around 5 metres) seen in Mumbai in 100years on July 24th 2009, which the BMC has confirmed that they are not prepared to handle when combined with the rainfall more than 25mm per hour. If this does happen the consequences would be disastrous, with heavy flooding – infact worse than the 26th July 2005 scene. People have been advised to stay in doors on the awaited day. There is no guarantee that the weather will worsen, but still it does sound like a better idea to stay indoors rather than be marooned somewhere during the weekend !!