It’s rainy season here in Guyana, this means it rains all
day and hard for several days in a row.
Umbrellas are mandatory to carry around and long boos (rain boots) are a
plus. Flooding is expected in the
streets, canals, and yards. My own yard
was getting pretty flooded but it would stop raining for long enough for the
water to recede then it would flood again.
Saturday night we started to notice water was coming in through the
windows from the heavy down pour outside and didn’t really think anything of
it. We moved the electronics to the
table and went to bed. Sunday morning
around 7 I noticed that the fan was no longer pointed on me in bed, and just
though oh the cat had knocked it away. Then
I saw my laundry bins floating around my room and knew something was really
wrong. Not to mention Charlie was
freaking out and meowing at me very loudly.
So I stepped out of bed and right into about 3 inches of water. Oh Crap.
At some point during the night the water level rose
exponentially and started to waterfall into my house via the back door. At last check the water was at 3+ inches and
still coming in. We were removed from
the house and taken to Georgetown, then back to New Amsterdam to live in a
hotel until we can figure out how to get the water out of the house. The positive side to all this is we get to
see how many friends we have made from the offers we have had to come help us
clean. The since of community that has surrounded
us has been a comfort and has helped us not to be too stressed out.
We are still working on solutions as to how to fix my
flooding. Hopefully I will be back in my
house within a week!
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| Front porch to the front lawn |
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| Safety first |
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| Flooded room |
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| Kitchen water |
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| Couches |
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| Charlie floating around the house |
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| Charlie surveying the flood |
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| Fish on the wall |
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| Yard |
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| Side yard |
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| Back yard |
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