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Community should follow official government advisories to avoid unnecessary chaos.

Great Bay (DCOMM):--- The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is calling on the community to follow official government advisories when it comes to inclement weather conditions.

DDM has been informed that information published which was not official information from the latter department, created some concern for teachers at schools and parents whose children were at school with respect to the heavy rainfall that the island experienced on Wednesday.

The safest place for children to be is at school if there is inclement weather, especially when such a weather event occurs during school hours.

It would be very irresponsible for the government to alert parents to go pick up their children from school during heavy rainfall.

This creates an unsafe situation for children and parents as well as adds congestion to the road network.

The community is advised to follow official government advisories when these are issued.

DDM spoke with the Meteorological Service on Thursday at 4:00pm, and weather conditions will continue to improve throughout Wednesday evening.

For Thursday there should be some scattered showers, however conditions of heavy rainfall as experienced on Tuesday and Wednesday are not forecasted for Thursday.

Editors note:- Photos taken by SMN News that are posted on our website and the SMN News Fan Page on Facebook is the proof as to what happened at the schools on Wednesday. Government in their press release failed to mention what time they called the school buses to take the students from the various schools that were flooded out home. We also took note that the DDM said they spoke to the meteorological Service on Thursday at 4pm while they issued this press release on Wednesday June 8th 2011. Several parents contacted SMN News and said they received messages on their Blackberries telling them they should proceed to the schools to pick up their children shortly after midday on Wednesday.

Let us not forget teacher Maccow who was washed away some years ago, had government taken the necessary precautions in time, teacher Maccow would not have been on the road during the heavy flooding in 2006 and she could have been alive and well today.

Click here to view photos of the flooded roads on Wednesday 8th June, 2011

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