The Guyana Flood Website 

  Report for Sunday January 30th 2005 

The water level where I live in Turkeyen has dropped off tremendously, we have just a small amount of water still left in the yard, because of this, I had figured that the floodwater on the rest of the East Coast had also dropped off but I was totally wrong. On my trip up the Coast today Sunday January 30th, to recap some of the areas that we have covered so far, I was greeted with tremendous flooding in all the villages that I passed through. We have now completed two weeks since this flood started and it seems as if we are going to have to endure it at least two weeks more providing that the rain eases up. It is indeed hard to imagine that the rainfall is solely responsible for this much flooding, the black water seen all over indicates that this is not just rain water but water from the conservancy as well. Report reaching this website indicates that the water level in conservancy is at an all time high. Once the conservancy continues to overtop onto the coastal areas, we will have more water on the land than the pumps are able to handle.

 The conservancy is a man made waterway constructed by slaves during the period when the Dutch ruled Guyana some two hundred odd years ago, it runs all the way from Mahaica to the Demerara River, the five door sluice at Land of Canaan on the East Bank is used to control the quantity of water in the conservancy at any given time. Georgetown gets most of its water supply from this very conservancy.

As we enter week number three of this devastating flood, the pressure is starting to show on the faces of everyone that we pass on our trips. Everyone is fed up, praying that the floodwater will someday go away. There is little confidence in the people who are in charge of getting this water off the land. The losses incurred due this this flood will run into billions of Guyana dollars and it is the ordinary people not the government who will suffer these losses. This flood has spared no one, from the rich to the extremely poor, everyone is counting their losses. Bryan Mackintosh

We start our trip at Industry and headed up the Coast	We are not sure what happened to the embankment road at Ogle today	Chinese Doctors treating villagers at Goedverwacting.	Nurses Persaud and Ramsden at work on the East Coast	Explaining the symptoms to the Chinese Medial Team
The flood is responsible for the small size of these melons, this guy told us	The Plaisance market area overrun with debris	A portrait of World Champ Big Truck Wayne Braitwaite overlooks Plaisance	This school is being used as a shelter for flood victims	Carefully treading her way home.
	No grass to eat, this cows tries to find something in the rubbish heap	Chair drying out on this rooftop	Sharing out items at LBI	Flood or no flood the laundry has to be done
Another East Coast school turned shelter	Mon Repos Primary school turned into a shelter for flood victims	We saw this group going into the Mon Repos school by boat	We are going to judge the most innovative bridge after this flood is over.	boats at the edge of every corner on the Coast
More flooded roads	A people uniting under pressure of needing each other	The back of IEL Good Hope.	Water, water everywhere.	These boys were enjoying the dry after being indoors all week
Its water everywhere as far as the eyes can see	Kissoon houses at Good Hope	Villagers of Good Hope going to help this stricken horse	All together now, row, row row your boat, gently down the ....	This lumber yard was still flooded out today
Good Hope houses under threat from the floodwaters	To the north of Good Hope	Asif Mohamed oversees this kitchen at Lusignan, the Govt and private donations keeps it operating	Bottom flats of houses in Lusignan under floodwaters	Lusignan
The Lusignan health center was also flooded out	These volunteers cooking up meals for flood victims of Lusignan	Lusignan	The Lusignan ground still flooded out	Lusignan north
Everywhere you look these day, you will see a boat floating by	Maybe this puppy got the right idea, sleep and try to forget the nightmare behind	Closed for business until flood leaves	Villagers just taking a break from the wetness in their homes	Flooded road in the village of Annandale
A side road leading to the seawall in Buxton	Buxton homes flooded out	Persons in Buxton suffered as everyone else on the Coast	Just too much water to handle	The Hamilton gas station in Buxton flooded out
Buxton	Buxton	The Seebarran family house at Vigilance.		The NDC could not shut this restaurant down, neither could the flood
Strathspey village under water	Pointing to where the pumps are	Strathspey village	Floating on empty bottles	The gas station at Strathspey under water
Anything to get out of the water	What next to do, these villagers ponder their next move.	sign of the times, pulling this boat up the Coast	More flooded roads in Buxton	The cemetery at Buxton/ Vigalance
Flood scene in Buxton	Threading carefully to get home in Buxton	The bottom of the Buxton home flooded out	A side dam in the village of Buxton	Too much water to bother with steps when this ladder will do a better job
	Waiting for the water go down in Buxton	A side road in Buxton flooded out	Annandale	They were not rafting at Disney Land for sure
Gone fishing, will be back after flood leaves.
All alone in a sea of floodwater at Lusignan	This bridge is of a master design, the longest I have seen so far	Lusignan north	The business place was flooded totally out, closed for business	These two sisters feeling for a safe path to their home
	The boys bussing a lime, nothing else to do	The cinema is still in a sea of water
	Sandbagging to keep the water from the pumps	The LBI Mandir was manning this roadside kitchen, sponsored by the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Shaba.	This LBI Mandir team making sure that no one goes hungry	Ricks & Sari donated packets of Curry Powder for this kitchen sponsored by BM Soats Auto Sales
Its either Jet-Ski or 4x4 for Happy Acres	This beautiful house in Happy Acres bothered by the floodwaters	The Presbyterian Church at Better Hope is still flooded out.	Wading out of an east coast village this afternoon	I don't know how much longer this foundation will hold
	Humanity First assisting flood victims with hot meals and medical aid.	taking out meals to persons unable to leave their homes	The pump at Ogle that drains the Ogle/Industry areas	The water is sent to this sluice just outside of Ogle on the East Coast highway
	Shaun takes a breather out front	Houses in Oleander Gardens still under water	The main road in Ogle that runs alongside the Ogle ground is a lot drier today	Sheik and Camille displays the 300 packets of curry powder donated to our group
We caught up the volunteers from the PNCR distributing hampers in Industry North	Putting the items over into the smaller pickup for house to house delivery	Heading off to deliver at the back of Industry north	The PNCR reaching out to flood victims	The PNCR reaching out to flood victims
They even took it directly to some doors	PNCR delivery volunteers delivers yet another hamper	"So happy you came by", this gentleman seems to be saying	Reaching way up to deliver a hamper to this home.	With her shoes in hand this young lady reaches home safely
Wazir "Crazy" workshop now draining off after 2 weeks of flooding	These Chappy riders contemplating riding thought the water into Ogle	Toolsie's machine shop in Industry suffered greatly due to the flooding	The road from  Industry to Cummings Lodge under water	The Cummings lodge School flooded out
	The road in front of the University was broken to allow the water from Ogle & Industry to drain	The great flow of the water tells you of the quantity that passes	Clear these trenches and the water will flow better this guy pointed out	UG road, Cummings Lodge