Great Floods: From Georgetown to Fort Myers

Perhaps, as usual, this is no scientific/political analysis; no academic dissertation; no intellectual discourse. Instead I feel moved, even compelled to expand on a one-line snippet I wrote one or two Fridays past.

It’s a mere yet vitally significant query as to whether Georgetown – indeed Guyana – is ready to confront, manage and/or mitigate a roaring ravaging flood, such as we experienced in January of 2005?

Now read this personal note I share with you for its relevance to today’s brief discussion: On the evening of Monday 26th September just past, my Florida-based daughter booked a NY-Florida-NY flight so that I may visit her. You can guess the rest: she had to evacuate her Fort Myers home with urgency – and some fear.  I’ll return to this a little later.