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Storm leaves thousands in blackout; major repairs scheduled for Monday

A downed transformer and electricity cables in South Ruimveldt. A downed transformer and electricity cables in South Ruimveldt.

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Residents in several coastal areas across Guyana were Sunday night going to bed without electricity due to severe storm damage, even as the power company was busy mobilizing workers and spares to alleviate the situation early in the new week.

Among the areas without power are South and North Ruimveldt, Lamaha Springs, Parfaite Harmonie and Cornelia Ida, parts of the East Bank Demerara and Berbice.

Guyana Power and Light (GPL) spokeswoman, Wadecia Donald told Demerara Waves Online News that the “hardest hit area” was from Industrial Site to Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara. “We have several poles down along with transformers, we have got poles on people’s homes, wires are burst so we have several teas working,” she said. Diamond was re-powered late Sunday.

The spokeswoman said remedial works were affected by the ongoing inclement weather and limited manpower. “We are sort of out-numbered. It’s so much,” she said. Donald noted that in addition to the usual line-maintenance and emergency crews, other workers have gone out to lend assistance.

“We have superintendents, engineers, we have staff who came out as a result of what was happening to try to lend a hand to power everyone that is affected but the very bad cases will have to wait until tomorrow (Monday) when we will have to replace polls and all of that,” said Donald.

At South Ruimveldt, downed utility poles and a transformer near Andrews Supermarket, Fern Drive, lay across the roadway up to Sunday evening. The poles also prevented vehicles from passing.

Also hard hit are sections of Berbice because a pole at Ithaca on the West Coast that suspends the main transmission line between East and West Berbice was broken by the storm. The GPL spokeswoman said a number of major repairs would have to wait until Monday if the weather improves by then. Villages affected in Berbice are from Columbia to Seafield

Across on the Essequibo Coast, she said poles and transmission lines in several villages were tossed down resulting in blackout there.

GPL’s phone lines continue to be bombarded with calls from affected residents.

The roofs of a number of homes in several areas have been blown off. 

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Thank God the PPP was on the ball improving the delivery of ELECTRICITY. It will not be long before Guyana is back to constant Blackouts/

 

CHANGE:  FROM LETRIC LITE TO JUG LAMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nehru
Last edited by Nehru
Another thread that makes me question the extension of the vote to coolie people.

I believe Burnham had it half right when he made the votes of Indian people meaningless. Stupid people shouldn't be allowed to vote. And if they do vote, it shouldn't be counted.
FM
Originally Posted by Shaitaan:
Another thread that makes me question the extension of the vote to coolie people.

I believe Burnham had it half right when he made the votes of Indian people meaningless. Stupid people shouldn't be allowed to vote. And if they do vote, it shouldn't be counted.

God wondering why you were created!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nehru

Nehru, Shaitaan is right to deny a dumb person from voting. They do not allow mentally incapacitated people from voting in Western Democracies. Were this standard to apply to you in a Guyana context you would never have the right to vote. You seem to revel in your singularly astounding stupidity, so I'll let you relish your unfortunate circumstances.

Kari
Since Granger was illegally installed into power, God is very angry with Guyana. Crime rate is on the rise, and the economy is down. Empty promises will remain empty after the 100 days. Our dishonorable house of parliament is half empty which is a national shame. GT is under water. People are starving. People are stealing. Unemployment is every where. Moses road get upgraded when the treasury was broke. Indians are being marginalized and subject to racial attacks from the PNC goons.
FM
Originally Posted by Kari:

Nehru, Shaitaan is right to deny a dumb person from voting. They do not allow mentally incapacitated people from voting in Western Democracies. Were this standard to apply to you in a Guyana context you would never have the right to vote. You seem to revel in your singularly astounding stupidity, so I'll let you relish your unfortunate circumstances.

You have described yourself to a T.  What is happening to Guyana is because of idiots like you. 

R
Originally Posted by Demerara_Guy:
Originally Posted by Cobra:
Empty promises will remain empty after the 100 days.

And will continue for five or more years.

I guess you didn't bother to notice the heading of the thread does not go with the actual article this time, did you?

 

As Shaitaain said, I agree, you're a bunch of frikin imbeciles whose votes shouldn't count.

cain
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Downed power lines and transformer outside ‘Johnny P’ on Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt [Photo by Samuel Maughn)

Downed power lines and transformer outside ‘Johnny P’ on Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt (Photo by Samuel Maughn)

Freak storm wreaks havoc on coastal Guyana  –causes extensive damage to residential, other properties

 

A FREAK storm gusting across the Atlantic yesterday hit coastal Demerara, causing extensive damage to residential and other properties in its path.Among communities most severely affected were North Ruimveldt and neighbouring Lamaha Springs in Greater Georgetown; La Parfaite Harmonie on the West Demerara; Linden in Region Ten; and villages along the East Bank Demerara. At around 14:30hrs, heavy rainfall accompanied by strong howling winds, hit the coastland. The speed and force of the winds ripped galvanized zinc sheets off buildings; threw down fences; downed several power lines and had electrical wires dancing dangerously on the ground and uprooted several billboards. For several minutes, coconut trees were dancing to the force of the wind, until eventually one of them was broken in half. Meanwhile, other bearing fruit trees such as bananas were uprooted and the fruits had to be hastily retrieved.

PARFAITE HARMONIE At Parfaite Harmonie ‘across the River’, the roof (galvanized sheets and rafters) was ripped off of one residential building and sent flying some 75 feet across the road where it connected with the roof of another house, smashing the front of the roof and concrete spindles on the verandah. A distraught property owner, Angela Bess of 245 Schoonard, Parfaite Harmonie related that she, her daughters and a friend were at the back of the yard, and after they experienced what seemed to be a squall, they went into the lower flat of the building and suddenly they heard crashing sounds. The friend, who looked outside immediately, told her that her galvanized sheets were falling. “But my sheets are blue, and when I looked outside, there were red sheets on the ground. That’s when I realised that the neighbour’s roof was resting in my yard,” Angela recalled. She has suffered extensive losses, but still has occasion to give God thanks and praise. She is thanking God that she was not in her bedroom at the time, since it was the portion over her bed that came crashing down. The woman who is in the process of bringing in and arranging her furniture in the top flat of her home, said that all that should have been completed yesterday. However for some reason the maid did not show up, hence the job had to be postponed. “When I stop to think that we could have been on that verandah or in the yard beneath, I shudder to think of what could have been the outcome, and so I can only thank God for saving our lives,” Angela said gratefully. Two houses away, at the home of Nikita Persaud, her motorcycle was parked on the bridge outside her gate. The force of the wind first threw it down, then another gust threw it clean into the trench. Niketa whose home is also built of concrete, said she literally experienced the house shaking and became scared, then she heard the boys next door telling her about what had happened to her motorcycle. SOUTH RUIMVELDT And posing even greater threat to life and limb were the incidents in North Ruimveldt. At the junction of Aubrey Barker Street and Blue Mountain Road several power poles and a transformer were brought down onto the road and wires danced dangerously, bringing traffic to a halt, until the arrival of the fire tender. A guard hut in front of Johnny P’s new supermarket was uprooted, and so was a billboard. While still there, the fire fighters received another call which caused them to hastily move off the scene. NORTH RUIMVELDT Another danger was the situation in Ozama Street, North Ruimveldt, where Nidole Austin, an employee of the Bank of Guyana had half of her roof ripped off as galvanized sheets went flying over into Layou Street. Austin recalled that as the rain began falling heavier, she realised that water was pouring down from every part of the house, but since the roof is sealed, she did not immediately realise that her sheets had taken flight. “When I looked out, a gentleman was walking towards the yard and I heard him saying that the roof rip off. I thought he was talking about his roof and so I felt sympathetic towards him, but then he pointed to my roof and said that is what he was speaking about. Austin said literally everything in the house was soaked – the refrigerator, telephone, furniture – from chair to bed – everything. Apart from that, their fruit trees were uprooted and bananas had to be hastily cut. She and her neighbour on the lower flat, Joylyn Emanuel, were left to ponder the next move forward. And in Layou Street, several power lines burst and were seen hanging dangerously across the streets. In one case, a network of lines was hanging dangerously across the road with a zinc sheet hanging from them, obstructing the flow of traffic. Consequently power had to be shut off to the affected areas for a considerable period. In Flying Fish Street, several Christmas Tree plants belonging to horticulturalist Charles Nelson were thrown down while in other areas as the downpour eased, men were seen hastily repairing their roof. Meanwhile, at Lamaha Springs, home of some members of the Joint Services, galvanized sheets were also ripped off by the strong winds and send flying several houselots away. GEORGETOWN AND EAST BANK And on Vlissengen Road, a huge billboard outside the Girl Guides Association was also thrown down, while on the East Bank Demerara, a huge billboard outside Rahaman’s Conference Centre and Banquet Hall at Houston, East Bank Demerara was uprooted and strewn across the entrance to the facility. The weather condition which started around 14:30 hrs lasted for less than an hour, but caused extensive damage in the process.

Pointblank
Originally Posted by Nehru:

Thank God the PPP was on the ball improving the delivery of ELECTRICITY. It will not be long before Guyana is back to constant Blackouts/

 

CHANGE:  FROM LETRIC LITE TO JUG LAMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bai this Coalition "JUG LAMP" party is not for the retarded.....

sachin_05
Last edited by sachin_05
Originally Posted by Cobra:
Since Granger was illegally installed into power, God is very angry with Guyana. Crime rate is on the rise, and the economy is down. Empty promises will remain empty after the 100 days. Our dishonorable house of parliament is half empty which is a national shame. GT is under water. People are starving. People are stealing. Unemployment is every where. Moses road get upgraded when the treasury was broke. Indians are being marginalized and subject to racial attacks from the PNC goons.

Dankey the crime rate spiked because the cartels ordered it. It is their way of hitting back at Granger Admin because the new government has the courage to catch them.

FM
Originally Posted by TK:
Originally Posted by Cobra:
Since Granger was illegally installed into power, God is very angry with Guyana. Crime rate is on the rise, and the economy is down. Empty promises will remain empty after the 100 days. Our dishonorable house of parliament is half empty which is a national shame. GT is under water. People are starving. People are stealing. Unemployment is every where. Moses road get upgraded when the treasury was broke. Indians are being marginalized and subject to racial attacks from the PNC goons.

Dankey the crime rate spiked because the cartels ordered it. It is their way of hitting back at Granger Admin because the new government has the courage to catch them.

DUMB ASS, are you really a Professor. If yes I feel sorry for the Students!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nehru
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by TK:
Originally Posted by Cobra:
Since Granger was illegally installed into power, God is very angry with Guyana. Crime rate is on the rise, and the economy is down. Empty promises will remain empty after the 100 days. Our dishonorable house of parliament is half empty which is a national shame. GT is under water. People are starving. People are stealing. Unemployment is every where. Moses road get upgraded when the treasury was broke. Indians are being marginalized and subject to racial attacks from the PNC goons.

Dankey the crime rate spiked because the cartels ordered it. It is their way of hitting back at Granger Admin because the new government has the courage to catch them.

DUMB ASS, are you really a Professor. If yes I feel sorry for the Students!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Bai I know yu miss yuh poke cuttahs and henny. But on a serious note, these are dangerous times...

FM
Originally Posted by TK:
Originally Posted by Cobra:
Since Granger was illegally installed into power, God is very angry with Guyana. Crime rate is on the rise, and the economy is down. Empty promises will remain empty after the 100 days. Our dishonorable house of parliament is half empty which is a national shame. GT is under water. People are starving. People are stealing. Unemployment is every where. Moses road get upgraded when the treasury was broke. Indians are being marginalized and subject to racial attacks from the PNC goons.

Dankey the crime rate spiked because the cartels ordered it. It is their way of hitting back at Granger Admin because the new government has the courage to catch them.

Please provide the proof for this statement that the crime wave is a conspiracy against the government. No, I do not agree with anyone who states that the storm was a response to the granger govt. For those who want to deny people the right to have their vote counted, the same argument was used in the past to deny your fore parents the right to vote and might be used again if some of the comments oN this board is indicative of what is in the general population.

Z
Originally Posted by cain:
Originally Posted by Demerara_Guy:
Originally Posted by Cobra:
Empty promises will remain empty after the 100 days.

And will continue for five or more years.

I guess you didn't bother to notice the heading of the thread does not go with the actual article this time, did you?

 

 

FM
Originally Posted by Zed:
Originally Posted by TK:
Originally Posted by Cobra:
Since Granger was illegally installed into power, God is very angry with Guyana. Crime rate is on the rise, and the economy is down. Empty promises will remain empty after the 100 days. Our dishonorable house of parliament is half empty which is a national shame. GT is under water. People are starving. People are stealing. Unemployment is every where. Moses road get upgraded when the treasury was broke. Indians are being marginalized and subject to racial attacks from the PNC goons.

Dankey the crime rate spiked because the cartels ordered it. It is their way of hitting back at Granger Admin because the new government has the courage to catch them.

Please provide the proof for this statement that the crime wave is a conspiracy against the government. No, I do not agree with anyone who states that the storm was a response to the granger govt. For those who want to deny people the right to have their vote counted, the same argument was used in the past to deny your fore parents the right to vote and might be used again if some of the comments oN this board is indicative of what is in the general population.

I stand by my statement.

FM
Originally Posted by Ramakant-P:
Originally Posted by Kari:

Nehru, Shaitaan is right to deny a dumb person from voting. They do not allow mentally incapacitated people from voting in Western Democracies. Were this standard to apply to you in a Guyana context you would never have the right to vote. You seem to revel in your singularly astounding stupidity, so I'll let you relish your unfortunate circumstances.

You have described yourself to a T.  What is happening to Guyana is because of idiots like you. 

what is happening in guyana was happening for the pass 23 yrs and more why you think you and all of us is living out side guyana 

FM
Originally Posted by Kari:

Nehru, Shaitaan is right to deny a dumb person from voting. They do not allow mentally incapacitated people from voting in Western Democracies. Were this standard to apply to you in a Guyana context you would never have the right to vote. You seem to revel in your singularly astounding stupidity, so I'll let you relish your unfortunate circumstances.

YOU ARE THE DUMB, NAIVE, STUPID ASS THAT WAS MAKING STATEMENTS FIT FOR A RETARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nehru
Them fellas blaming PPP for the crime rate. PPP is not the govt of the day. New administration assumed all responsibility of the entire nation from day one. If they can't do the job, please step down.
FM
Originally Posted by Cobra:
Them fellas blaming PPP for the crime rate. PPP is not the govt of the day. New administration assumed all responsibility of the entire nation from day one. If they can't do the job, please step down.

Leave Dem DUMB ASSES alone to bray like the donkeys they ARE!!!!!!!!

Nehru
Originally Posted by Cobra:
Them fellas blaming PPP for the crime rate. PPP is not the govt of the day. New administration assumed all responsibility of the entire nation from day one. If they can't do the job, please step down.

To turn it over to who? The previous govt who couldn't control the crime rate for 23 years? This is the kinda reasoning that results from meditating too much on Granger and black man bamboo.

FM

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