Flash Floods that sparked off the lame blame game

Some people grumble and mumbled to themselves as they secured their pants above their knees and trudged through the flood waters even above their knees. More people swore and complained to themselves as their car engines died down gradually, going to a complete stop. Most just gasped at the sight of their destroyed goods. Then the lame blame game starts as everyone starts complaining. "It's the government's fault for not making sure this would never happen". "It's the PUB's fault for not properly maintaining the drainage systems". As the blame game continues, no one actually stopped to think what is the main cause of the entire incident is. Is it really the drainage systems? Is it really the government? Or is it simply an incident that happens once in a blue moon?

In my opinion, the people are not particularly correct either. Look at what they have done to try to "alleviate" the floods. Complain, grumble, curse, swear and the list goes on forever. However, have they actually thought about how the government may not always be the ones at fault? Have they ever thought about how they may be other factors that are beyond the government's control? No, they have not. They only know how to play the lame blame game but never thought about how unreasonable their demands may be. They demand that Singapore must be a flood-free country. The government tries their best to give it to them, but is it really possible, when there are also other factors that may be preventing a flood-free Singapore? Perhaps a suggestion: Mother Nature. The participants of the lame blame game never really stopped to think that such floods may simply be a phenomenon that happens once in may years. Think of it this way, the average rainfall per month for Singapore that month was about 150mm. All that rain fell in two hours. How is it possible that the people are unable to comprehend the fact that it is impossible to stop such an incident from happening? How is possible that the government still blames the PUB for such an occurrence? The people do not even try to understand the governments plight and how it did try to prevent such events from happening. They only played the lame blame game and made the government the ultimate culprit of a trick played by Mother Nature.

I'm not trying to imply that the government is entirely faultless in this event. Think of it this way, the government desperately tries to cover up their faults by pushing the blame to PUB or a clogged drain. Doesn't this just make the government look highly incompetent, when it does not even admit that they MAY be a cause of the flood and that pushing the blame to others just make it even more so? They blame the clogged drain but they did not really stop to think how it was near impossible that the drain could even get clogged to begin with. The drain was as large as the width of and SBS bus. You don't see debris as large as SBS buses suddenly floating down the drains and clogging them everyday do you? It just looks like a dumb excuse that the government came up with to cover up for themselves, since they think that they may be the cause for it. Furthermore, they blame PUB for not checking the drains frequently enough to prevent the flood. However, they did not stop to think that PUB might have checked the drains frequently? The drains were indeed checked by the PUB a mere three months ago and the drain was clear then. That did not stop the floods did it?

What I'm trying to say is that the people should just shut up and think for that one moment that they should not blame the impossible on the government and that the government should see how it may be one of the causes of the floods to begin with. The lame blame game is pointless. Both parties are to blame.