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  Report for Thursday, February 10th, 2005

On Wednesday February 9th, I passed by the University of Guyana to see what condition the campus was in. The floodwater had receded and the University was drying off, students and staff members took full advantage of the hot sunshine that has blessed us for the last 3 days to get water soaked chairs and other items back to their previous state of dryness. We also passed by the South Cummings Lodge and Sophia squatting areas to see how the resident there were making out, every house that we passed had huge piles of water soaked items thrown out waiting for the sanitation trucks to pass by and pick them up, some residents simply decided to burn whatever they had decided to throw away.

My road trip today Thursday February 10th  took me all the way to Mahaica to investigate reports that the entire Mahaica area was under floodwaters. We got there at about 2.30 pm and found the area mostly dry except for a few yards which showed signs of earlier flooding, the sandbags that lined the Mahaica River/creek indicated that the area had experienced flooding the day before, I drove all the way into Cane Grove and was pleasantly surprised to see the area was quite dry, when I got there school children were making their way home after a tiring day of studies.

The fear of becoming infected with water borne diseases has grown considerably, the media reported that some 16 persons have died from what is believed to be Leptospirosis. Well known Calypsoian Joseph "Lil Joe" Thomas, a reporter attached to Kaieteur News is one one the better known victims of this terrible water borne disease Leptospirosis, there has been numerous reports of  persons  experiencing  Leptospirosis type symptoms. There is fear that there just might be other water borne diseases in the infected water that the authorities are not yet aware of. Samples from the persons who have already died are being sent overseas for investigation, the authorities are still awaiting the medical reports of the samples to return. The question to ask is who is going to take responsibility for these deaths, will the members of the drainage and irrigation board accept the blame?

The University of Guyana yesterday afternoon, 9th Feb	The floodwater is now gone out of the University's compound	Getting back to the business of educating at the University	Drying out chairs and other equipment	Getting some hot sun on wet chairs
This South Cummings Lodge squatting area appears totally dry yesterday	It hard to imagine that there was so much water here just 2 weeks ago	This bridge was covered and its much higher than the road	This road junction leads into Sophia	Burning out flooded out items in Sophia
A medical team in Better Hope	Getting back to business	From here at the start of Mon Repos is where the flooding begins	Mon Repos floodwater getting green	Mon Repos house with water even into week #3
Mon Repos	Mon Repos	Mon Repos	Mon Repos	Good Hope
The IEL compound in  Good Hope had a lot less water today	A Good Hope yard still with floodwater	We caught up with Granny who lives in the house right behind her in Good Hope	This kid was out for a bit of boating in Good Hope	Lusignan
This Lusignan man taking water home the hard way	Lusignan resident braving the dangerous floodwater	This house is on Lusignan south	And this one is exactly opposite at Lusignan north	This Lusignan bar will be out of business fro a while more
Lusignan	Lusignan	Lusignan	Lusignan	Lusignan
Lusignan	Annandale	Annandale	Buxton	Buxton
Buxton	Buxton	Buxton	Buxton	Buxton
The Hamilton gas station in Buxton was a bit drier today	Buxton cemetery still flooded out	waiting for the water tender to pass by in Buxton	Strathspey residents getting medical attention	The Paradise school is still being used as a sheltor
Pumping floodwater into the canal that leads to the koker in Enmore	Haslinton looked dry from the outside, the yards here are still under water	The medical bus in Haslinton this afternoon	Victoria	Victoria
Out trip carried us all the way to Mahaica	Mahaica	Mahaica	Mahaica	Mahaica
Mahaica market was dry when I got there	sand bags at the side of the Mahaica river	The Mahaica bridge can be seen from here	This tractor pump was moving water from inland to the  Mahaica river	Another pump making sure that the land is cleared of water in Mahaica
Mahaica	Mahaica	Cane Grove Mahaica	Cane Grove Mahaica	Cane Grove Mahaica
This dam will lead you to the conservancy in Mahaica	Lusignan residents taking a quick one for the cold water	This young lady at Lusignan walks on her roof to get inside her home	A Lusignan house over the railway embankment still with floodwater after 3 weeks	Lusignan is still facing the brunt of this flooding
This Lusignan family was just taking a breather from the floodwater	Good Hope houses still under water	This boy of Good Hope was swimming in the trench	Shot taken from the main entrance into Good Hope	A Good Hope family making sure that their cow is taken care of
This Good Hope road was covered with water just 2 days ago	Good Hope	Good Hope	Good Hope	Geeta of Good Hope only returned home today after 3 weeks
Good Hope houses still with floodwater	Good Hope behind the IEL compound	De Endragt is the village next to Good Hope	De Endragt is still under floodwater after more than 3 weeks	De Endragt residents waiting to restart their lives
De Endragt	This cottage in De Endragt still under threat	The source of Leptospirosis, a sick looking cow in De Endragt	De Endragt house has been flooded for the last 3 weeks	Mon Repos school still flooded out