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Dec 07, 2025 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists
(Kaieteur News) – Sometimes, believe it or not, de weather does behave itself. Yesterday was one ah dem days. After de sky buss open de day before like it had a personal vendetta against Guyana, yesterday morning de clouds did come out, look down pon we canals, see de water mark nearly kissing de top, and seh, “Nah man, leh we give dem a lil chance.”
Is like de weather does watch de incompetence ah de drainage system and feel sorry fuh we. Even nature got compassion more than some ah we leaders.
If yesterday did try any funny business, half ah we GDP woulda be under water. And you know wha that mean? Perfect excuse to stop any future cash grant. “National disaster,” dem woulda announce. “Unprecedented flooding,” dem woulda declare. “Cash grant suspend until de next century,” dem woulda whisper behind de curtains. Yes, de weather considerate.
But leh we be honest: we living on a coastline that sit down lower than some people morals. Vulnerable is understatement. De place flood if a man sneeze too hard. And yet, every rainy season, we does act shock, shock, shock like we ain’t know dem canals got de same maintenance schedule as Halley’s Comet.
But yesterday de weather behave. It tek one look at we fragile drains, shake it head, and seh, “If ah drop rain today, these people gon need ark, not pump.” So it hold back. Maybe it was mercy. Maybe it was pity. Or maybe it just want to see if we gon do anything sensible before de next downpour.
So leh we keep we fingers crossed tight-tight that de water drain off before de clouds change dem mind. Because if de skies open again before de kokers finish catching themselves, we gon all be swimming to work while leaders blame climate change like is some cousin who forget to pick up de children from school.
Yes, sometimes de weather does behave. But de real question is: when last we behave?
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