A layer of hardened mud — up to nine feet [3 m] deep in some places — caused the level of streets to be so high that as a person walked on them, he was at eye level with an upper floor or even the rooftops of the buildings he passed!
Ielās sadzīto dubļu dēļ, kas vietām bija sakaltuši līdz pat trīs metru biezā slānī, māju augšējie stāvi vai pat jumti atradās gājēja acu augstumā!