Penang: Another freak storm just over 2 years after the lightning arrestor fell from the UMNO Building…

21 June 2015

IT’S JUST OVER TWO YEARS TO THE INCIDENT!

On 13 June, 2013, the lightning arrestor fell onto the road from the top of the Umno building on June 13. Lim Chin Aik, 44, was in his car. His body has never been found. It is believed that he is buried in the crater created by the lightning arrestor.

a

1…the death of Lim Chin Aik, victim of falling UMNO building lightning arrestor…
2 Lim Chin Aik’s final resting place: outside Penang UMNO HQ

VIDEO: https://instagram.com/p/4IdEuHPxXk/

Heavy storm bashing over Air Hitam area.. Noted the movement of the winds on the road..

Strong winds wreaks havoc in Penang: Strong winds during a storm wreaked havoc at several places in George Tow…

Top news story

Winds during freak storm wreak havoc in Penang

June 21, 2015 MYT 6:48:41 AM

Winds during freak storm wreak havoc in Penang

GEORGE TOWN: Strong winds during a freak storm wreaked havoc at several places here with trees being uprooted, and roofs and signboards blown off.

Among the worst hit areas were Lintang Delima, Taman Besi and Jalan Chik Wan Arrifinin Jelutong where trees got uprooted.

Other affected roads were Jalan Gottlieb, Gurney Drive, Lorong Batu Lancang, Jalan Masjid Negeri, Jalan Hamilton, Jalan Tengah, Jalan Van Pragh, Jalan Udini and others.

The storm, which began at 8.55am yesterday, also saw scaffoldings collapse on a car in Jalan Pintal Tali.

Even the zinc roofing of the outdoor parking space at Gama Supermarket in the corner of Jalan Gurdwara and Jalan Datuk Keramat, was blown away.

At least 11 houses in Jalan Tokong Batu, Jelutong and Jalan Shaik Madar in Air Itam, had their roofs blown away too.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/06/21/Winds-during-freak-storm-wreak-havoc-in-Penang/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

za

【强风袭槟威】

烟筒巷的一项工程鹰架正在进行松解螺丝时,巧遭强风吹袭坍塌,击中一辆路过的车辆。

所幸,车上的75岁车主寿星公苏照雄,以及其妻子、印尼女佣皆无损伤。他也是马来西亚华人旅游业公会槟城分会会长苏文杰的父亲。

“Strong winds hit Penang”

Scaffolding in a project is under way at the chimney lane when loosening screws, coincidentally by the winds collapsed, hit by a passing vehicle.

Luckily, Shou XING Gong Su Zhaoxiong, 75, owner of the car, and his wife, Indonesian maids are injury-free. He is Malaysia Chinese Su Wenjie, President of the Penang branch of the travel industry association’s father.

—–

This entry was posted in lightning arrestor, lim chin aik, penang freak storm, umno building and tagged , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

1 Response to Penang: Another freak storm just over 2 years after the lightning arrestor fell from the UMNO Building…

  1. Pingback: Penang: Freak Storms are common | weehingthong

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s