It has been a year since my first FLOOD EXPERIENCE (#Habagat2012). I wasn't prepared that time and to say I panicked is an understatement. I didn't sleep well because I fear that the water will go higher. Good thing my apartment has 2 floors so we stayed on the 2nd floor for 3days. The water went up fast that before noon, it reached the 2nd step of our stair. One thing that I learned from that experience was to be prepared and be updated.
This year's Habagat (monsoon), the whole Metro Manila was flooded and my place wasn't spared. I was woken up by my neighbor/bestfriend, telling me to move our things upstairs because the water is starting to reach our compound. Unlike last year, the water went up slowly but the rain is making it worse. Watching news and reading updates online, made me worried not just for myself but mostly for the evacuees and those who were greatly affected.
(PhotoCredits: PAGASA)
(PhotoCredits: Dondi Tawatao, Getty Images )
The images above is the weather update from PAGASA where you can see that our country is almost covered by rain. The next image is from a resident showing how Filipinos cope up with this situation.
Flood and rain is almost normal here in our country. But everytime it happen, we can't help but fear for our lives, our homes and our love ones. But as Filipinos, we also know how to take things positively and lightly. That's just who and what we are. During this time, we can feel how we care and help each other. I just hope that the government soon realize that Filipinos are also human. We can't tolerate everything forever.
Personally, I want to move to a different apartment, but when I ask myself where is the SAFE place, I can't find an answer. As long as the government won't realize this, they will still keep on blaming the weather and rain.
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