Just a Flood or Two

It has been pointed out to me that it has been months since I’ve updated my blog. You’re right, I’m sorry. A combination of poor internet, busy work, travel, and general exhaustion got the better of me. Now that things are starting to calm down a bit, hopefully I will be able to post more. To begin, let’s talk about rain – you may think it’s not as bad as snow, but it can still shut the city down 

It’s a Georgetown reality that when it rains, it floods. Most of the time it is still possible to get around the city, although many people will find their houses becoming islands in the middle of a rainy pond – there’s a reason some houses are built on stilts.

While I typically enjoy the rain, today was the worst flooding I have seen in Georgetown. My commute to work was about 30 minutes longer than usual, due to several detours and trying to catch a bus that was actually going past the street my office is on (since the large lake that used to be the intersection at Vlissingen and Homestretch seemed impassable).

Following are some pictures of my commute this morning, and a few other places around Georgetown. Keep dry!

On my way to work – entire streets and buildings were flooded out. No work for them today!

 

This bridge seems a little useless, and as a fellow volunteer said: The ferry service wasn’t operating on South Rd.

 

Even the President’s house is flooded.

 

This is the street that the school I was supposed to be working out of today is on. You can’t tell, but there is a green belt down the middle of the road – completely under water. Luckily, schools were cancelled today.

 

The cows don’t seem to mind the rain!