The Guyana Flood Website

  Report for Monday January 24th 2004

My apologies for running this late but the internet Americas2 cable was disrupted, we got it back our internet connection after midnight and it is now 5.16am on Tuesday as we post this report for Monday the 24th of January 2005. 

Report on the weather for Monday 24th is as follows: Bright sunny day with slight shower from time to time. The pumping is working extremely slowly but we have seen a drop of maybe 11inches so far. The rain just fell at 4.53AM (Tuesday 25th) but it did not last very long, I do pray that tomorrow is a sunny day as well so that the pumps can get to move more of this water off of the East Coast.

I went out alone today as my team members, Sheik and Camille were busy getting things in place for the mercy missions that we have been carrying on for the last few days. There is still so much water in all of the villages along the coast that it seems as if this flood will be with us for a very long time to come. Villagers from Chateau Margot south decided to convert an old sugar punt into a makeshift kitchen and actually sailed it out from the backlands and moored it next to the railway embankment road.

The photos are from different parts of the east coast, we will add in the captions a bit later. I hope that these photos will give you a better understanding of the extent of the flooding here on the East Coast.

Lilliendaal north road covered	The road that leads to UG
				The Castle in Good Hope
	Water tank filled with potable heading up the coast		A floating house in Chateau Margot	This pontoon was being used by villagers of Chateau Margot as a housing quarters
				The Triumph pumping house under water
makeshift bridges all over the coast
				Floating on drums just to keep out of the water
IEL at Good Hope under water	Some 2 1/2 feet of water in the IEL compound	This is one of our water mark points at Good Hope		The water is just inches from the main road at Good Hope
	This very low to the road view allows you to see how much water is on the land	The cinema at Good hope, we will be using this building as a water mark		Debris brought up by the flooding onto the main road
Boats floating at Good Hope	The Good Hope Cemetery under water	Lusignan underwater		The PPP cup at Lusignan flooded out
		BM Soat east Coast bond under water	This boat was the vehicle of choice in Lusignan
				Buxton
Buxton	Buxton	Buxton	Buxton	Buxton
Buxton	Buxton	Hamilton's service station at Buxton flooded
Fetching water the hard way
	The Paradise School under water	Paradise	Paradise	Paradise
Paradise	The region 4 office also flooded
	Enmore		Haslinton	Enmore
		Buxton
				Good Hope
GTT's exchange at BV had to be sandbagged	BV	Good Hope	Good Hope	Good Hope
Good Hope	This house next to IEL in Good Hope was under 3 feet of floodwater	Noah's Ark 2?		This is Guy $40 below what it was being sold for before the flood, excellent.
The call center was flooded as well		Taking his prized Toyota to higher ground	The name says it all "Gaffors"	This sign had to be written before the flooding, lol.
Happy Acres		Mr. Bacchus under water. Montrose	Atlantic Gardens
The Better Hope Church under water	When will this water go away, this angry Better Hope resident seems to be asking	Better Hope	This afternoon at 5.30 on the Better Hope highway.	Can you actually believe that the main road is covered with floodwater?
We visited Plaisance	Flood filled roads in Plaisance	Flood filled roads in Plaisance	One of the more known homes in Plaisance	Plaisance
This church in Plaisance was not without its share of floodwater	The Orphanage in Plaisance	Sharon, these are your photos	Plaisance	Plaisance Market
Andrew Arts was also flooded out	Ogle, I think	Turkeyen	Bel Air	The Lilliendaal Pump
Two more pumps added to the Lilliendaal pumping station	Taking time out to exercise even as the water is being pumped out			The backup pump that is making a difference at Lilliendaal.
Atlantic Ville flooded out also	The Macedo family doing their part to assist flood victims.	Oleander Gardens	Oleander Gardens with some 3 feet of water	Red Cross volunteers Susan and Gavin Goveia hard at work getting the relief packages together