What happened in Chennai‬ during ‪‎Rains‬ and ‪Floods‬?

( Reproduced here from my FB post dated 4th December 2015)

Whether one's car was a Merc or an old Maruti 800, they went under water? Whether one had a cycle or a motorcycle, both went under water. They had no way to run. The least damage was to the ones whose possessions are least valued. 

Whether one had an independent house or a flat or lived on the road side, water entered inside the homes and affected all. It didn't distinguish.

The best of the sofas, the costly beds, the latest TVs and everything else that was accumulated after great efforts and time got immersed in water. No body could sleep or sit. 

The best kitchens were not available for cooking. The mobile phones whether they were cheap China-make or the best and costly Apple phones didn't work because the batteries couldn't be charged as there was no power.
The best of the bathrooms for which man spends lakhs to beautify were to no avail as there was no way to use them or flush.
People had money in the hand but there was no access to eatables or drinking water.
The rich and the poor, the saint and the sinner, the police and the thief, the teacher and the taught, all were equally affected as Nature didn't discriminate.
It was unknown people who came to one's rescue and not necessarily their kith and kin for whom everybody wants to accumulate wealth and pass on.
Whatever possessions one had didn't matter, all that mattered was life and a few bites of food to save that life. 
The people who thought they had all the power in the world and could manipulate anything/anyone were left at the mercy of Nature and none of them could stop the water from entering homes or overflow on the bridges. 
There are many banks where people saved their hard-earned money and gold in the lockers. None of that could stop the rains or prevent water from creating havoc unseen in the last 100 years.
What does all this mean? Life is more precious than anything else in this world. Nature is more powerful than all the governments of this world put together. Man should learn to respect Nature and life. Else, the future generations will be forced to face such dangers and calamities in shorter intervals than us.