Thursday's torrential rainfall was bad, but yesterday's was worse as the swollen rivers in South and Central Trinidad over-topped and flooded villages in the Caroni plains and the South Oropouche lagoon.
The Met office issued a continued yellow level riverine flooding alert yesterday morning that was expected to last until 4 p.m. By 10 a.m. the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government had noted floods in areas including El Carmen, Kelly Village, Las Lomas and St Helena.
The ministry said sandbags were being distributed and councillors from the respective districts were working to bring relief where it was needed and a full assessment team would be sent out to do damage assessments and needs analysis as soon as it was safe to do so.
Parts of Debe South, including Suchit and Gopee traces, also remained under flood waters, according to councillors Nicholas Kanhai and Krishna Persadsingh.
Both councillors spoke on behalf of the vacant electoral district formerly held by the deceased Purushottam Singh.
They said the Oropouche River had overflowed its banks by Thursday night, causing distress in South Debe. In addition, Persadsingh said the PowerGen mass vaccination site in Penal was forced to close due to the flood water level.
"Suchit Trace is severely affected in Debe South, I am coordinating that area with Nicholas Kanhai. That area is severely affected where the Oropouche River would have overflown its banks. It has affected a number of residents. This morning we would have reached out to our disaster management unit and they provided some sandbags to curb the flooding. We looked at the tides this morning and we saw that they were rising so we knew it wouldn't subside quickly. As a precautionary measure sandbags were delivered to prevent the flooding in those areas. Someone sent us a note that the mass vaccination site at the PowerGen facility had to be shut down because of the floods," said Persadsingh.
In other areas, flooding began to subside by midday yesterday.
According to Moruga Member of Parliament Michelle Benjamin, the severe flooding that submerged much of the constituency on Thursday had already subsided with some parts of Barrackpore still drenched by floods. Benjamin said she was visiting the homes of seven residents who reached out to her office for assistance.
"Most of it subsided, and about one or two roads are still flooded in Barrackpore. That is where the water usually rises after the fact but we are monitoring the situation. We have not had any reports of severe flooding thus far," she said.
Similarly in Princes Town, chairman of the Princes Town Regional Corporation Gowrie Roopnarine said much of the affected areas of the constituency had returned to normal, including areas such as Williamsville.
However, he said parts of Barrackpore that fell under the corporation were still affected.
Chairman of the Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation Henry Awong said in this district there were reports of street flooding in areas such as Gasparillo and Las Lomas. However, he said there were no reports of floods severely affecting homes or causing damage.
Awong said, "We had what you call street flooding and we had no reports of any homes being affected. Gopaul Avenue in Gasparillo had some floods, Harricou in Las Lomas, St John's Road in Carapichaima were affected. However, we had no severe flooding to the extent that it affected people's homes."
parzival I just stumbled on a pretty damn good documentary on the war in Afghanistan from 79 - 89. [Link] Check it out.
Also, as I understand it, that was where Obysmal began his REAL career as I would guess.)
Are you aware of anyone who's written a book on WTF he was doing there in 79, etc? This is cynicism that I'm damn confident in. My conclusion absent proof to the contrary is that he was the CIA's first completely owned president. Prior to him, others were coopted . Then again, the Bushits were 'as one' with the CIA, so maybe all were from Bushit 1 forward. (As re Trump? An unintended bump who obviously learned 'comply or die' in his last year.)
I believe that after Bushit 1 had Reagan shot, it was made clear to Reagan 'comply or die', so he did.
parzival I remember hearing when Reagan had been shot. 4/81. (Only THREE months in!) I was 22 and working in Carson, CA, at the IRS. (I believe that our office was later burnt to the ground during the Rodney King riots. I got a chuckle when I learned what rap's LBC was, for that, (Long Beach, Compton) and San Pedro were my 'territory'.
It was a decade or two later before I learned that it was probably Bushit 1 behind it.
parzival You didn't know that? Well, I'm honored to be the one to point it out, if so.
There's a video of a guy from 20? years ago who goes into all the details explaining the second shooter. Also, Jim Marrs covered how Reagan was effectively forced to take Bushit 1 as his VP - I forget the details. I think that was in Rule By Secrecy.
As re that documentary, there's a WTF moment at about 21:30 re the overstated role of stinger missiles, because 'the Soviets still lost less front line aircraft than the 'Germans' were doing in training." WTF? During WWII? I don't know, but I hate it when shit like that slips through.
Rowan Cocoan Some great footage. Interesting statistic that, Russians losing less aircraft than German trainers... Had to be WWII because Germany is incorporated into NATO last part of 20th century and early 21st century.
parzival Thank you friend! That was my best guess also.
I DO hate stupidity - the more ubiquitous, the worse.
BTW: WTF was Obysmal doing there if not playing some young pup CIA agent, like me playing young pup IRS agent in the LBC in 1981-82?
Coopted and evil SOB who will ALWAYS be far more evil than Bushit II or even Trump could ever have aspired to! (You've gotta be smart to know what you're doing.)
parzival I think I've said this before, but Richard Thompson is also one to see. (I've seen him about 5-6 times. Really good! A true SOTType as best I can tell. The first two times I saw him it was in local bars as tight as the live venue, infra.) [Link] Live: [Link] (There's a hundred others my impression is that he's never worried about folks videotaping him.)
Of course, I've gotta add 1952 Black Lightning. Original album: [Link]
(Live: [Link] - Love how the idiot audience doesn't get the "62 verses in this abridged version" joke at the very beginning." )
THOSE are the folks that we might, MAYBE, have a chance to awaken. . . I think we've already lost.) (I swear, he's a stand up comedian and I've played the straight man for him at a concert in Orlando around 2000.)
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Also, as I understand it, that was where Obysmal began his REAL career as I would guess.)
Are you aware of anyone who's written a book on WTF he was doing there in 79, etc? This is cynicism that I'm damn confident in. My conclusion absent proof to the contrary is that he was the CIA's first completely owned president. Prior to him, others were coopted . Then again, the Bushits were 'as one' with the CIA, so maybe all were from Bushit 1 forward. (As re Trump? An unintended bump who obviously learned 'comply or die' in his last year.)
I believe that after Bushit 1 had Reagan shot, it was made clear to Reagan 'comply or die', so he did.
RC
It was a decade or two later before I learned that it was probably Bushit 1 behind it.
RC
There's a video of a guy from 20? years ago who goes into all the details explaining the second shooter. Also, Jim Marrs covered how Reagan was effectively forced to take Bushit 1 as his VP - I forget the details. I think that was in Rule By Secrecy.
But, are you joking with me?
RC
RC
I DO hate stupidity - the more ubiquitous, the worse.
BTW: WTF was Obysmal doing there if not playing some young pup CIA agent, like me playing young pup IRS agent in the LBC in 1981-82?
Coopted and evil SOB who will ALWAYS be far more evil than Bushit II or even Trump could ever have aspired to! (You've gotta be smart to know what you're doing.)
RC
(OK, I'm curious if you've guessed exactly what I just there posted: Dire Straits, Iron Hand.)
I could teach Mark Knopfler a few licks. NOT!
rc
Of course, I've gotta add 1952 Black Lightning. Original album: [Link]
(Live: [Link] - Love how the idiot audience doesn't get the "62 verses in this abridged version" joke at the very beginning." )
THOSE are the folks that we might, MAYBE, have a chance to awaken. . . I think we've already lost.) (I swear, he's a stand up comedian and I've played the straight man for him at a concert in Orlando around 2000.)
RC