Why do we ( and by we, I mean Jamaicans, not me per say) complain of blocked drains which cause flooding when we are the same ones blocking them. It is appaling to see the box juice boxes, lunch box, newpapers and other paper type material, dead animals, mattress (yes mattress) that we see in our drains and then we wonder why we have flooding…..
I got stuck in a traffic that took me about 45 mintues to get though while every minute wondering if the car was gonna shut off on me….all this while passing cars who had shut off while attempting to pass through the water…now this is a distance that would take me just about 1 mintues lets even be generous and say two minutes to drive……From East Avenue to Industrial Terrace…..It was unbelivable……Now October is our month where we get the most rain ( ah just re-learned this from my sons grade 5 notes) I was thinking it was May…..anyway now that our rainy period is here i hope this wont be a weekly occurence!
When i went on the road at about close to one there was about 4 SUV’s parked along the road while 2 tractors cleared the drain…Classic……Always corrective and not preventative………
So unless your drain is blocked by sand, dirt, trees, grass which has grown, then dont complain ….STOP THE LITTERING!!!!!
She's Royal 
October 8, 2007 at 9:40 pm
WOW so much rage!!!!! hey you complaining so why can’t i and i too, …but hold on, i saw on the news today that even a water tank, 600 gal, was in the gully too …it serious.
October 9, 2007 at 1:04 pm
lol I saw that tank on the news too.. I figured somebody had it empty and lost it during the hurricane.
October 9, 2007 at 3:53 pm
loud dem up yes.. cuss bout it n is them same one do it. i like the rainy times.. cause of the cool temp.. but jah know the traffic 😦
October 9, 2007 at 4:41 pm
if only i had left out early the other morning it would have taken me 2 minutes to get to work instead of waiting with the rest of kingston until the rain ease up and then take a hour and a half to reach work and i leave out after 9 when everybody was supposed to reach aredi….struuuuuppppsss! traffic annoy me!
October 9, 2007 at 9:39 pm
there is really no way to stop the littering I don;t know how people do it. sometimes I carry my litter for miles until I find a bin. I think there are just ignorant to the fact that somethings just don;t degrade and must be disposed of properly
October 10, 2007 at 10:23 am
Mar, this is a sore point for me. Honestly, at some points, I thought I was going through a river. If it did a flood out de peeple dem dat contribute to it inna de fus place, maybe dem woulda learn.
I don’t know if this will help, but I’ve noticed that when I leave work while it’s raining, instead of waiting for it to ease up, the traffic isn’t so bad. I guess some folk are doing just that – waiting for it to ease up, before heading out, which then causes a traffic build-up. Not saying it will work in every situation, depending on one’s location. Just some food for thought.
October 11, 2007 at 10:29 am
Welcome Irie Diva and Taylor…..
Luckily i guess the little drain cleaning must have helped, the water has not backed up in that areas again since…..You should see the amount of stuff which came out of the drain which is now sitting on the side of the road waiting to be washed back into the drain 😦
October 11, 2007 at 12:47 pm
I agree with you though the drain cleaning is required but even before we get there, how some of them things get in the drainage system.
Next issue will be the “Shortcuts to China” that have developed since the rains.