Several families on the Wismar shore, especially those living in the Alleys, in Water Lily Road (Poker Street) and Silver City, were yesterday still feeling the effects of Wednesday’s heavy rainfall, which inundated homes, and cost many residents their night’s rest, as they battled the furious onslaught of relentless water, all night long.Some residents in Poker Street said they were forced to stay up all night to bail out water which cascaded from the nearby hills, overflowed the drains and streets, and flooded their homes.A few residents were still bailing water yesterday morning from their homes.And some children were unable to attend school yesterday,Cheap NFL Jerseys, because of the discomfort caused by the flooding and a sleepless night.These areas have been prone to flooding over the years, and while many opine that this is due to inadequate maintenance of the drains and kokers by the Town’s municipality, some feel that the clearing of vegetation and trees to erect structures, along the sides of the hills, especially Wismar Hill and Blue Berry Hill, contributes to the erosion that seems to get worse every time it rains.Yesterday,Sale NFL Jerseys, some D& I workers were busy clearing the drain in Silver City. The evidence of their hard work was the mounds upon mounds of sand that had silted up the drain, on the shoulders of the road.But while the men went about their task diligently,Wholesale Jerseys China, they expressed their frustration, as the mounds of sand are hardly, if ever, picked up by the municipality, according to them.As a result, as soon as it rains again, the sand is washed right back into the drains.The situation is further compounded by the additional sand that is washed down from the hills.Some residents also posited that the indiscriminate weeding of vegetation by D& I workers along the sides of the hill further exacerbate the erosion of the hills, as the removal of the weeds render the loose, sandy soil, vulnerable to even the lightest showers.Flooding also occurred on the Mackenzie shore, which also frequently floods whenever it rains.However unlike Wismar, which is hillier, and thus more susceptible to floods caused by eroded sand which silt up the drains, flooding at Mackenzie,NFL Jerseys Supply, especially in the central business district has long been seen as the end result of the lack of proper sanitary practices, both by the citizens themselves, and the ill-equipped and financially challenged municipality.Interim Management Committee Chairman Orrin Gordon, has time and again exhorted residents to help maintain the environment, by disposing of their refuse in a responsible manner, to assist in the elimination of clogged drains.Styrofoam boxes and other debris littering both the drains and parapets,China Jerseys Cheap, however this continues to be a familiar and sorry sight in this town.(Enid Joaquin)