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FLOODING
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Method of Data
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METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION
was used.
on the first of September at 2:45 Pm. But not all questionnaires were
OF DATA
questionnaires, 75% were female and 25% were male. It was being
shown that 65% of the residents have being living in the area for over
years. In most cases when flooding occurs in Bay Road community the
70% 65%
60%
50% 1-10 years
40% 30% 11-21 years
30% over 21 years
20%
10% 5%
0%
The chart is showing that 5% of residents 1-10 years have being
affected by flooding in the area, and 11-21 years which is 30% are
residents have being living in this community for the pass 21 years and
30%
40% Lost of House
Materials
Lost of Clothes
30%
Lost of Personal
Documents
Fig 2. A pie chart showing the damages caused by the flood to
household. According to the pie chart 40% lost house materials, 30%
lost of clothing and 30% lost of personal documents. This means that
Individual Percentage%
Months 10%
Weeks 25%
Days 50%
Hours 15%
Table one shows the length of time on which flood waters takes to
residents. Majority of the time when the water settles in the community
for a long time, mosquitoes and rats starts to be seen often causing
community.
Options Percentage%
warning. When there is a flood it seems that 50% of the residents have
to move out of the community of Bay Road immediately. This occurs
several times as drains are not cleaned and there are a few water from
move out after flooding starts and 15% stays until flooding is over.
Majority of the residents have being living in this community for the
past 10 years and this makes them knowledgeable of the cases and
the level of the land which is 20% and dump land which is 30%.
Children 10%
Adult 30%
Elderly 60%
children 10%, adults 30% and the elderly 60%. Elderly persons are
most likely of not surviving the flooding because elderly persons cannot
in the community of Bay Road. the research has shown that more than
most of whom are living in the lower part of the community leaves
when there is a flash flood warning. Io have resided there for over 10
years and I have noticed that the floods mostly affects the females and
the elderly persons rather than the males and persons in there teens.
Not saying that the females and the elderly persons live in the lower
part, they don’t, but they are mostly affected because they find it more
difficult than the males and the younger persons to move around in the
jobs and have to dress a certain way during the flooding they find it
extremely difficult to go to work. While the water may not affect the
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Rahil Vohn 2002: New Caribbean Geography:
APPENDIX
Questionnaires
Dump Land
5. What are some of the damages that flooding has caused to your
household?
Personal Documents
Yes No Others