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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 11:45 AM
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giant wave sneaks in at night and floods houses, etc. Guyana


http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?cid=15985&cat=dis&lang=eng


Although remedial works are ongoing, residents of Montrose and other villages on the lower East Coast are still suffering the consequences of the unusually high spring tide which brought floods that woke them up on Thursday morning. Many of the residents, especially along the northern perimeter of the communities, complained that some of their personal belongings were damaged beyond repair because of the flood water. "Everybody was sleeping when the water come on Thursday morning," said Sadhna Sharma of 207 Montrose. "The water was in the house…when we wake up the water come up," she said, adding that some of the poultry normally kept in the yard was now seeking refuge on the veranda. Sharma said that some of the livestock had died because of the flooding.

Swift action had to be taken yesterday to expand the drains close to the main road of some villages affected by the heavy overtopping of the seawall along the East Coast Demerara. Owing to the works, cars and other vehicles belonging to persons in the streets had to be parked on the public road. Throughout the village north of the public road, most of the houses were either muddied from earlier floodwaters or were still flooded yesterday. But amidst all the despair and losses, some residents still found the verve to take part in the Phagwah celebrations. Rajadai Sanchara of 195 Montrose said that the water came up very high in her apartment. "All my appliances damaged. All these things soak, soak," she said, expressing the fear that the process might be repeated when the high tide returned a few hours later. )
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 11:58 AM
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1. criticizing their god(s) for creating tides nt
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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 12:02 PM
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2. what do you mean in re: gods ?


the higher then normal spring tides are due to melting ice worldwide. high tides will continue to get higher.
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