Desmond Cameron, a resident of New Market, also recalled the devastating 1979 flood that led to the eventual development of Lewisville, a few miles from New Market. “In 1979 some people drowned, so is a boat they had to take [to move around]. I remember when the Government built Lewisville in 1980,” he said. He is worried about history repeating itself with the continued rise of the water. “Any number can play, because we sat down in the bar and we only saw water rising, everything was full up,”