Kingston

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Days after residents of Kingston woke up to an unusual flooding which caused as much as three feet of contaminated water to invade their homes and caused severe losses and discomfort; they are inquiring why no Government authority visited their abode to inspect the damage. They say that this should have been the case because the flooding could have been avoided.It was determined that the koker attendant had slept away Thursday night last after drinking with the foreman, thus the resultant flooding as the koker was left open.One of the beds in a flooded homeMany residents of Barrack Street who spoke with this publication said that the situation was very frustrating since they have suffered significant damage.According to Glen Rossan, of 36, Fort Street, Kingston, the sudden flooding caused his furniture to be damaged. He was also forced to repair his washing machine and refrigerator, since they were in the water at the time of the flooding.“Right after I noticed the flooding I ran and pulled out the plugs from the drop cords, since it was on the floor where my children could have been if the water and electricity had met.”He explained that most of the expensive items could not have been removed from the ground. His furniture was severely damaged by the water which swelled the material.“The water was rising all around me at the same time. It was not like if it was rising in one area…Now when we start to clean up and nearly done, the rains came down hard and the drains were still flooded which caused the house to be flooded again.”Roberta Grogan of Lot 5, Fort Street, Kingston said that the flood caused undue stress and created unwanted expense, since food had to be ordered, money had to be spent on detergents for cleaning inside her home, and furniture had to be placed on her bed in order for them not to be damaged by the contaminated water.“The water came up so high that the sewage spreading with the water. My son had to bring long boots (Wellington) for me. I get up 6:00hrs that morning and noticed the water rising up quickly and I called out to the neighbours who didn’t believe me when I said we were having a flood. I thought the seawall had been breached.”She called the Office of the President, and a security guard answered the call and related to her that he would inform the President about the flooding. However, to date no Government official has visited the area to understand the plight of the residents.“I hope this never happens ever again. Not even the Minister didn’t even come to see how people doing to help them.”A female resident of lot 34, Fort Street, Kingston said persons had to even move out of their respective homes because of the stench that came with the floodwaters.She explained that it smelt as if the water was mixed with lots of sewage in addition to garbage that was floating around. “The garbage truck didn’t come for the whole week and when the flood come everybody garbage just floating around the place, even in people home. The place smelt awful. Even dead rats were found floating.”Angela Marshall of Lot 7C Kingston said that she was placed in undue expense as a result of the flooding which caused her home to smell rancid. “The water was smelling real rank and bad, I wanted to vomit the Saturday morning, I had to remove my vinolay and clean up this place and I almost get real sick with the flood water.”