Cyclone 'End-Semester Exams' Hits IIT Madras

Cyclone 'End-Semester Exams' hit IIT Madras on Saturday 21st November 2009 C.E.. The cyclone first made its land fall at around 9 a.m. in the morning. The cyclone continues to batter the sylvan campus and no relief is expected for atleast next 7 days. Most of the critical infrastructure is down and out and mass chaos reign in the campus.

So far, the hurricane has caused several night outs and burnt a lot of mid-night oil. The cyclone was accompanied by 24 hr long power cuts, internet cuts, LAN cuts, partial black-outs, ATMs running out of cash, food shortages in messes and Tiffany's. This was followed by lack of water supply, lack of drinking water, lack of food and other essentials on Sunday.

A large number of hapless victims took shelter in superdome Ascendas, a huge zoo which, in normal times, hosts finest specimens of the species ‘girls’ which is highly endangered inside the IIT campus. The victims moved in with all their belongings, everything they had, books, and studied for the entire night, impressing visiting China-men Chennai-men, with their studying concentration. With maths quizzes lined up first, the student concentrated well on all curves, lines, figures, shapes and other symmetrical geometric figures. They were finally forcibly evicted out by heartless members of conservative group C-CAT (Chennai closes at Ten). Meanwhile, profiteers made a killing by selling hungry starving masses with astronomically priced essential food items like burgers, pizzas, tortilla chips, burritos, lasagna etc etc.

The condition is so bad that several respondents could not even give proper answers to questions posed by reporters. The fear of sheer destructive force could be felt in their voices. The hurricane caught people completely off guard in many cases.

Several unknowing victims were caught in toilets and bathrooms by the sudden disappearance of water. Their cries for help resonated across the hostel zone the entire Sunday. They also sent out emergency distress signals, improvising with the buckets and jars, in Morse code.

"I don't think you've seen anything like this. We're talking nuclear devastation." Co-ASS Co-CAS

"There's nothing left. You expect to see something, drops or something. But there's nothing there." - heard from a toilet in Ganga Hostel.

"A temporary disruption" DoSA.