Rediff has gifted Erode to Kerala, on the occassion of deepavali.

See this

I remember one SV Sekar joke. He asks a malayali
‘XYZ street kku eppadinga poganum?’
‘E Road poi thiruchchi varanum’
‘Ennadhu. Pakkathu theru pogarudhukku erode poi Tirichy varanuma?’

Shriya update here

Subject: Latest press release from Southern Railways : All trains cancelled.

TRAINS CANCELLED

Due to heavy rain in Chennai area and flooding of Railway Tracks, Southern Railway has cancelled all the trains leaving Chennai Central till 12.00 hrs. (Noon) of 28.10.2005 (Friday).

And this is the picture from INSAT :-(