Saudi Arabia: Jeddah Rain .. Again  · Global Voices
Haifa Alrasheed

Treacherous clouds in the Jeddah skies. Photo by Flickr user Ahmad Nawawi, used under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port city of Jeddah has been lashed with rain again bringing back the ill-fated #Jeddahrain hashtag to our Twitterfeeds. Following are reactions from netizens, who poured their wrath on corruption and Jeddah's deteriorating infrastructure.
Reports say that at least 11 people were killed, 100 injured and all schools will remain closed until February 13. Many areas remain flooded, without cell phone reception because of damages to telecommunications towers. The economic losses also continue to mount, due to a loss in revenue from tourism and the overall damage to property and the strain on the infrastructure.
From Twitter:
@hlabeek
السعوديين في ظل الدولة السعودية ليس مسموح لهم إدارة شؤونهم بينما لو كانو احرارلإستطاعوا أن يديرو العالم بأكملة بالحضارة والثروة #JeddahRain
And talking to Jeddah:
@HendFM
#JeddahRain Don't ever let anyone tell you you deserve that .. Don't ever let anyone tell you you deserve that!!
@AlwaleedKahled  addresses the Saudi monarch:
@khalooddy adds:
@Zeerkh tweets:
@DrAbOaD remarks:
More reactions from blogs:
Crossroads Arabia says:
Perhaps it’s time for Saudi Arabia to step back from ‘newer!-faster!-better!-bigger!’ for a while and spend serious money on fixing the infrastructure, not only in Jeddah, but in all major cities.
Khaled, from Khaled Rambles compiled a playlist on youtube that you can find here.
Saudi Jeans adds:
Obviously, none of last year’s lesson has been learned. The situation is beyond disastrous, with many losses in souls and property.
and Ibrahim Alsuhaibani writes about our relationship with rain:
@halmustafa created a hashalbum, under the name Jeddahrain.
Others used social media to rescue those in need:
@Jozeaph
صبي عمره بين ٤ الى ٥ سنوات يبكي ويرفض التحدث شعره بني طوله ٨٤ يرتدي شورت اخضر وتيشيرت ابيض لمن يعرف هويته الإتصال على
0544477105 #jeddahRain
A boy between the ages of 4 and 5 is crying and refusing to speak, brown hair, 84 cm tall, wearing green shorts and a white shirt. Please call 0544477105 if you identified him.
and from one of the rescue pages on Facebook:
مطلوب على وجه السرعة كوادر صحية شباب فقط للنزول الميداني من طب (خامس واكبر) او تمريض ويشترط pls يرجى التوجه الى مركز معارض الحارثي قبل السادسة ٠٥٦٥٤١٨٢١٣
Urgently needed, health care providers from the field of medicine or nursing. Please call if you can help 0565418213
@fofetta_senpai
For Anyone who walked in the floods You HAVE to take Tetanus vaccine Spread the World #JeddahRain
Finally, a blog was created under the name  Jeddah Leaks, to expose those who took responsibility in the corruption, which brings massive destruction every time the skies bring rains.