The Guyana Flood Website 

  Report for Thursday January 27th 2005 

The floodwater has moved off significantly in areas close to the main roads of the East Coast but those who live further inland continue to suffer from the hardship that this flood has brought upon a people who were already struggling to survive. Because of high unaffordable rent in Georgetown, many ordinary Guyanese of all walks of life decided to build their dreams and homes where ever they could and many choose the Sophia area to do so. These modern day Pioneers live without electricity, even though the main power lines passes very close by.  Most of the squatting areas which runs alongside the University of Guyana and further down the dam that they use as their only means of entry into these depressed areas are still flooded out. This is where the hardship of this terrible flood is being felt the most, people here had no place higher to put their beds, furniture and other personal possessions when the floodwater came and as such many of them lost everything that they had worked so hard to achieve over the years. My heart went out to those struggling families and it hurt me terribly to see my fellow Guyanese living under such harsh conditions.

The photos below were taken as we drove from Turkeyen to Vlissengen Road then back up to the East Coast, we have placed them in the same order that we took them out, Bryan Mackintosh

Turkeyen on Friday Jan28th	The gate which we used as a water level mark showing more of itself now	The grass is finally starting to show	The road into the University is now mostly dry	Second Street, Cummings Lodge
Cummings Lodge road still under water	Cummings Lodge road still under water	This area was used as a landing for the boats just hours ago	The road going out from the University of Guyana	This Civil Defense Commission Vehicle was taking food up the Coast
The water is now gone, the mud is left	The house where the Kabaka once lived was dry when we passed	This area was totally flooded out	You can now actually see the walkway around the pump at Lilliendaal	We came back up the East Coast and went to see the UG area
A road in Cummings Lodge still with water	Fourth street Cummings Lodge	Fifth St Cummings lodge	This Internet cafe drying out, they are hoping to restart soon	Cyril Potter collage with a lot less water on the grounds.
The entrance to the University of Guyana	The Beharry donated Dorms at UG	One of the main buildings in the UG complex	A wider shot of the still flooded out UG complex	The roadway that leads into the University of Guyana
More flooded out buildings	We shot this photo from the inside of the UG complex	water and more water, this will take a few days more to dry out.	This shed creates a lonely scene in the UG complex	The signs points to the various departments in the UG complex
We drove down the road that runs parallel to the University of Guyana	One of the many flooded out streets in the back of Cummings Lodge	This bed was converted into a boat of some sort	Looking at his flooded street, this resident contemplates the hard future ahead.	These roads are still under 2 feet of water.
They walk in groups though the water because of the Croc infested water.	Plastic rafts left for other villagers to get home.	This lad looks at the road that he played on just a few weeks ago	This fella was out of the way of the floodwater and traffic	Yep, perched high up this tree, brave guy.
We are still in North Cummings Lodge area	Even with my sitting room floor now dry, these villagers still have to brave this deep cold water to get home	We drove all the way into Sophia, "hey don't point that camera here Banna" someone said	Persons on the road in Sophia, just glad fro a dry place to stand	This makeshift bridge will be featured in "Cassandra Crossing 2"
A soaked house in the  Sophia squatting area	They are still under water in Sophia	This was someone's home before the floodwater came	Guywa placed water tanks	Sometimes just being on dry land is a blessing
Knee deep water in Sophia	It takes a lot of fortitude to endure this much punishment		Latrines like these pose the biggest treat during floods	Making their way home in Sophia
Sisterly love, big sister caries her sibling safely home	She stopped and looked for a long time, trying to make up her mind to continue.	It must have really been hard on this poor fella.	This shop will have to wait for the water to go before they restart business	Just an abundance of water as far as the eye can see
It water and more water everyplace you look.	Building code regulations forced these 3 houses to look like each other? I doubt it.	Lots of outdoor toilets in this yard, maybe this was the place everyone went to ....?	Its dry now but you can still see how far the floodwater reached on this bottom of this house on the Embankment Highway	This was how the road that leads into Industry looked at 6pm January 27th 2005