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July 14, 2010

Indeed, the flood season has already come. Last night, going home from school was again a challenge, and last night of all nights, I forgot to bring my umbrella. At least I was wearing rocawear jeans-like denim fir for running. Some inconsiderate drivers though would speed up in flood, getting us people in the sidewalk all wet. And last night of all nights, there was a long line waiting for FXs to come. I had no choice but to find some other way. Anyway, I was able to go home by taking long routes and long time.

The storm last night was strong and violent. I couldn’t sleep because of the frightening sound of the wind. It felt like some flying object would smash into my window. I was just thankful I was able to go home before the heavy rain started pouring and the strong winds started blowing. This morning, the streets were a mess, and some streets were flooded. Some trees were cut down by the winds, and in our street, there were pieces of roof scattered in the streets. I hope those roofs weren’t really from houses. Many areas still do no have water and electricity, and even celphone signals.

What easy plight I had last night compared to families who had no shelter from the storm…

I hope everyone’s okay.

 

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establishing protocols

Because of the numerous natural disasters that happened to our country, I guess we already know that we should take care of the environment and of this one world. I hope we actually learn that.

But there’s another thing I learned from the recent typhoon Bashang: that I am not prepared for the blackouts, water supply lost, and lack of celphone signals.

I only have one little candle in the house, and I had to find it in the darkness. Probably it’s best practice to put candles or other emergency lights at an easily reachable area and to make sure you have supplies, just as Mom makes sure she has her vitamins. It is my practice to make sure that the water container is empty; I had this idea that stored water would elicit worms or mosquitoes, etc. But I guess it’s better to have water on stock in case of deficiencies.

And this time, I’d make sure I have extra phone batteries and exta sim of other networks in case of lost signals and drained batteries! Lost communication gets families worried sick.

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