Left: Water running through a yard in Porus. Right: The driver of this van and cyclist make their way along Hampton Drive in Porus where water has been running through people's yards since rains associated with Hurricane Wilma. - IAN ALLEN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
SINCE HURRICANE WILMA'S passage earlier this year residents of the Porus community in Manchester have been left with the inconvenience of dealing with water running through their yards daily.
The water has been running through the community since the rains pelted the island from areas close to the community where water had collected during the rain.
The residents' yards along the main yard and on Hampton Drive have become the chosen path for the running water.
When THE STAR recently spoke to Bentley McKenzie, one of the affected residents, he said that the water would possibly be a damper for the funeral service for one of his relatives to be held in a few days. While the burial sight is far away from the water, access to the site is gained through wading in the water which is knee deep in some places.
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"Mi kinna haffi mek some trench fi keep out di watta outta mi house, but wi fi have a funeral and mi nuh know how it a go gwaan," he said.
Although the water level is quite high it hasn't directly affected the interior of any of the houses that THE STAR visited. However, some residents are not taking any chances and they have moved out and gone to stay with friends and relatives in drier areas.
Their problems do not end there. With the water has come an increase in the mosquito population in the community.
"Dem (mosquitoes) big and comin like beeshive," Nathenile James, another resident said.
While the residents are worried that if another heavy shower of rain comes they might be flooded out, they say that there is not much that they can do as they have nowhere else to go.
In the meantime some of the persons in the community have decided to make the most of the flowing water in the community. Some motorists have been washing their cars in the water which appears to be running from an endless source.
Everyday, several cars, vans and trucks flock to the side of the road along the Melrose Hill bypass to wash their vehicles and make the best of a bad situation.
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