'Orange Level' was the warning that was issued for the cyclone that was developing strong in the Arabian Sea and moving towards the west coast of India. Though Gujarat and Maharashtra were the ones who were going to take most of the blunt force, we in Kerala was not that much worried still Vallarpadam Island being on the mouth of the Sea we were expecting some Gale force.
I was at the Meenakshi Restaurant at Vallarpadam around five in the evening when heavy winds and torrents of rain hit the island with a menacing force. I sat there sipping a hot tea listening to the very loud drumming of rain drops on the tin roof of the restaurant. As the minutes passed, drumming became violent we all started panicking.
The rain was getting stronger and wind was blowing harder. Through the grilled ventilation on the west wall the winds from the sea swept in the rain drops which was running down the wall wide and thick.
On that wall they had few power plugs where refrigerators and coffee machines were plugged in. All were drenched. We pulled out two and was little skeptical about the other as it was wet completely, when the rains slowed down suddenly and sky cleared.
For twenty minutes it was Phayan unleashed.
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