Updated: Coffins float on floodwaters in Qormi!

smifsud

Oct 26th 2010, 23:32

hey look the undertaker's bussiness is going down the river!!!! ...but if the Qormi residents and the Undertaker want to cash in on this i suggest they should have a "coffin race" every year at this time of year where entrants design coffins to ther like and enter the race !!....you heard it here from me first !!!...this would be a fun event for everyone at the time of Holloween and it would be a first i think ....

Norman Lowell

Oct 26th 2010, 17:52

Gonzi's dream of a new Parliament in Valletta.
Dead in the water!
Plop.

Anthony Farrugia

Oct 26th 2010, 14:11

How many coffinns were recovered and, ahem, how many went AWOL ,missing ?

Stefan Portelli

Oct 26th 2010, 10:53

If Coffins would think and talk I Think they would say loudly: "Yee hah off we go to have some fun before those creatures put a person in us and store us underground".

dvella

Oct 26th 2010, 10:04

just can't stop laughing this morning!!! hAAAAA
makes Qormi resemble some dracula residence!! HAAAAa

Karl Consiglio

Oct 26th 2010, 00:37

Awesome, somewhat like a movie set. Only its the real thing.

Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

Oct 25th 2010, 22:24

Maltese gondolas for coffins but where are the gondoliers?

leo attard

Oct 25th 2010, 20:09

all you need to do is strap on an engine and away we go! Imagine seeing one coming straight at you with ''an occupant'' in the dead of night! we can all start singing ''yo ho ho and a bottle of rum''!

Jo Bartolo

Oct 25th 2010, 19:45

Steve Zammit

Oct 25th 2010, 18:50

All the coffins need is a pair of oars and then some one to sing ''row row down the coffin gently down the stream!''

Mario Borg

Oct 25th 2010, 17:14

Hal Qormi mhux ghal hobz biss famuz , ISSA GHAT-TWIEWBET UKOLL.

A MALLIA

Oct 25th 2010, 17:04

I wonder if the same rule applies on coffins , like when you find a lost boat in the sea, it will belong to you, because I would have been interested.

Ray Abela

Oct 25th 2010, 15:34

U kemm ghandhom COFFINS ta Hal Qormi ---jaqqaw dawn kienu lesti biex jiegu Ghawdex ghal go Cimiterju tan Nadur ? ghax ic cimiterju tan Nadur hekk ukoll qieghed mimli kollu ilma bhall Hal Qormi.

Pule' Carmel

Oct 25th 2010, 15:25

I have just returned from Marsa, to check on the floodwater at the Millenia. I counted 6 coffins passing by. Even though there was a lot of debris clocking the galleries under Aldo Moro Road, you should have seen the cofffins speeding though. Only one was in perfect condition, still as polished and as good as new. The others were damaged but definetly the coffin outlines where still all there. The coffins navigated the channel at a much faster rate than the tree branches which eventually blocked the apertures, I left as some officials were usign a small Gaffa to open the blockage on the Marsa sportground side. But there was a lot of work to be done to clear all the blocking debris. Let us hope it does not rain cats and dogs as it did yesterday

Sarah Henderson

Oct 25th 2010, 14:53

Well, since the coffins were not occupied, I don't feel guilty about laughing at this incident :)

Wenzu Vella

Oct 25th 2010, 14:31

Dear Anna
The gum trees roots as you described them, their roots are not close to the surface, on the contrary their roots are very deep to be able to survive for a long time without water, of-course you always find the exception of a weak one mainly those one’s that have been planted by people because the self seeded one’s have a very strong tap root that is used both as anchor and water supply.

victor pulis

Oct 25th 2010, 14:23

I've heard of raining cats and dogs... but coffins?!

Stephen Florian

Oct 25th 2010, 14:09

Halloween Regatta for budget day....what was more frightening this morning was a large quantity of water spouts emanating from a high masonry wall just opposite MCAST in Paola.
This water was pouring out with considerable force, and if the worse comes to the worse, there are cars in the daily traffic jam and MCAST students going to lectures. The wall is in bad shape and considerably eroded.Can someone please take note and repair the garden wall which I presume belongs to the Gaddafi gardens before a tragedy ensues.

Stefan Sacco

Oct 25th 2010, 13:33

Taf biex qed niskanta??? li hadt ma mar biex jakkwista wiehed b'xejn kif kienu ghaddejien !!!

Joseph Vassallo

Oct 25th 2010, 13:17

I understand the undertaker went into his local pharmacy and asked for something that would stop his coughin'.

kevin Brincat

Oct 25th 2010, 13:13

I'm sorry for the undertaker, but this is the right spirit for HALLOWEEN. ti looks like we are geting more into it........

Joe Xuereb

Oct 25th 2010, 13:04

Some incredibly tasteless comments - especially the one about Natalie Wood.
At least with all this rain, the water-rates should come down.
Malta's newest tourist attraction - white-water-rafting!!? In coffins? Now THAT would be 'only in Malta'.

M Pace

Oct 25th 2010, 13:01

Seeing those coffins floating by made me remember that this weekend we are celebrating Halloween!

H Dempster

Oct 25th 2010, 12:53

Exactly to the day 31 years ago we had the same thunderstorm whereby 3 people lost their lives.

Marius Zulgis

Oct 25th 2010, 12:52

Malta - taking burial at sea to a whole new dimension. Apply now!

Timmy Farrugia

Oct 25th 2010, 12:50

when there is no more room in hell , the dead shall walk the earth!!! :)

K Ellul

Oct 25th 2010, 12:46

Resident Evil!

Carmel Camilleri

Oct 25th 2010, 12:37

Qisna qeghdin l-afghanista.
Dan kollu ghaliex sar il-bini fil widien u ghalek gherqu it-toroq.
ONLY IN MALTA.

Stephen Koludrovic

Oct 25th 2010, 12:30

All going to their watery grave.

Anna Farrugia

Oct 25th 2010, 12:09

I've lived in Balzan for over 40 years and I have never seen it flooding to that extent! This is a disgrace...the water ways are being blocked by numerous buildings... Yes floods happen in Australia, etc Mr Joe Azzopardi, but I've never had the inconvenience of not being able to go through a street, road, avenue, highway and boulevard in Australia. Usually it's the Gum trees that fall, because their roots are very close to the surface. Fire personnel are quick to move and remove these trees etc. Besides Australia is a continent and measures are taken seriously. Please don't compare Malta to Australia! G'day!

ivan d

Oct 25th 2010, 11:54

there's a short video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxf4FSXWq-g&feature=player_embedded

james borg

Oct 25th 2010, 11:49

I guess this undertaker wanted to float his company on the market.

Joe Azzopardi

Oct 25th 2010, 11:39

@ Mr R Abela :

Only in Malta ?????
......................and the UK, Australia, France, Italy ..........
buy a TV and watch the news !

R Agius

Oct 25th 2010, 11:15

I think that interment went swimmingly

John Abela

Oct 25th 2010, 11:14

In other news, it's also budget day today.

Coincidence? :)

Edward Bamber

Oct 25th 2010, 11:08

you see??
dead people know how to have fun and play sports too =]

Richard Galea

Oct 25th 2010, 11:03

Reminds me of Moby Dick.........Hope it is a good omen........This evening being the Budget....... :-)

GiovDeMartino

Oct 25th 2010, 10:51

"Only in Malta" Dak balalu! Min jaf kemm minghalih gharef ghax qal Only in Malta. Anqas stupidi bhalu ma ssibhom biss f'Malta! Balalu!

Jimmy Owen

Oct 25th 2010, 10:50

At least these coffins made of wood float on water, i know of other wood that sinks>>>ITS NATALIE WOOD>>> cheer up my Maltese friends the sun is out and all will be dry in no time.

Emmanuel Ebejer

Oct 25th 2010, 10:47

Heavy downpour, my car broke down, the Budget tonight...what else could go wrong!!!

CrowBlackRider

Oct 25th 2010, 10:45

Looks like the undertaker has given up on conventional transportation in this weather

C.Caruana

Oct 25th 2010, 10:37

Eventhough this picture is amusing, I cannot help feeling sorry for the undertaker.

B. Zammit

Oct 25th 2010, 10:36

Row, row, row tebut gently down the street..........

mpace2

Oct 25th 2010, 10:35

Domesday has arrives on the island of dreams

Ruth MIZZI

Oct 25th 2010, 10:27

Welcome to the Family Adams Alley !! ;))

C.Scicluna

Oct 25th 2010, 10:25

These terrible floods REALLY cause considerable amounts of damage...the worst thing is that they're an ACT OF GOD and prevention is not always the case!

Frank Borg

Oct 25th 2010, 10:23

The dead center of town?

DGalea

Oct 25th 2010, 10:20

I hope the undertaker is insured. If not, he must have suffered quite a financial loss.

G. Mangion

Oct 25th 2010, 10:16

I bet some football Fans are teasing the yellows for the 5 they got :)

Daniel Cardona

Oct 25th 2010, 10:09

Happy Halloween!! :D

jane deguara nee hughes

Oct 25th 2010, 10:08

i know its not funny but it did make me smile,

Gordon Pace

Oct 25th 2010, 10:03

Brilliant Photo... Isna l-India

Ramon Casha

Oct 25th 2010, 10:01

Imagine driving along and watching half a dozen coffins floating in the opposite direction :)

Brian Scicluna

Oct 25th 2010, 10:00

You people do not follow sports news uwx? Last night was the finals of the World Zombie Canoeing Championship!! :)

Take life with a pinch of salt!

gcForte

Oct 25th 2010, 09:50

Qisna qeghdin Venezja.................Fejn hemm il gondoli.

A Borg

Oct 25th 2010, 09:46

Appropriate for halloween week :)

David Muscat

Oct 25th 2010, 09:37

On Budget day!!!!.........Get ready for a nightmare

Reuben Abela

Oct 25th 2010, 09:22

only in malta

Peter Shaw

Oct 25th 2010, 09:21

There is a very simple explanation for the coffins. Its because the weather predictions were DEAD RIGHT :)

Jonathan Calleja

Oct 25th 2010, 09:19

I think this is a sign of the end of the world, when dead people come alive ...