Flood, Typhoon Ondoy
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This morning we all woke up to the sound of rain. It turned out to be the most disastrous rain Metro Manila would ever see. My only concern then was Stella's baptism, scheduled at 3pm in a church infamously known for being in flood-prone Makati. We eventually postponed it to tomorrow and then cancelled it altogether. The city is suffering. And the rain won't apparently stop until Monday morning. We will plan for Stella's Christening next week instead. Unfortunately my mom won't be here anymore.
Planning a party is the last thing on my mind. I'm too nervous and affected. This morning water seeped into our first floor living room. Our concern then: the furniture. We got an inch of water. But that's it. Others were worse off than we were. It was flooding where it never flooded before. Facebook kept me updated about who was stranded and whose swimming pool turned into a pond. Then the jokes stopped. News of people begging for help and rescue from their roof. People dying...
Got this from facebook (Robbie Dinglasan).
We were all warned of storm signal number 1 last night. But no one was prepared for a disaster of this magnitude. The problem is, the signal warnings only reflect the strength of wind, not the size of the storm clouds (amount of rain). This Ondoy didn't have strong winds... but look at the size of the storm from these satellite reports:
Yahoo Weather issued no storm warning. Infact they just predicted Light Rain
CNN Weather
Kim Atienza's Pag-asa report in Facebook as of 8am this morning: Ondoy speeds up and makes landfall! Eye of ondoy now over aurora, will cross central Luzon and will exit dagupan. Tropical storm ondoy strengthens at 85 kilometres per hour msw and gustiness of 100 kph! Metro signal number 1, will strenthen further later. This is a wet wet one! Red in the satellite image means very very strong rain, yellow is moderate rain - Kim Atienza
It's 8pm now. The rain has stopped where I'm at. But it's still wet. I don't think the storm has left our area yet. We're still warned about more rainfall tonight. Marikina, Cainta and Pasig are still submerged. And this is just Metro Manila. Bicol, Infanta Quezon and other rural areas are in worse condition.
Let the rains stop. Save and rescue those that are trapped.
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This morning we all woke up to the sound of rain. It turned out to be the most disastrous rain Metro Manila would ever see. My only concern then was Stella's baptism, scheduled at 3pm in a church infamously known for being in flood-prone Makati. We eventually postponed it to tomorrow and then cancelled it altogether. The city is suffering. And the rain won't apparently stop until Monday morning. We will plan for Stella's Christening next week instead. Unfortunately my mom won't be here anymore.
Planning a party is the last thing on my mind. I'm too nervous and affected. This morning water seeped into our first floor living room. Our concern then: the furniture. We got an inch of water. But that's it. Others were worse off than we were. It was flooding where it never flooded before. Facebook kept me updated about who was stranded and whose swimming pool turned into a pond. Then the jokes stopped. News of people begging for help and rescue from their roof. People dying...
Click to viewGot this from facebook (Robbie Dinglasan).
We were all warned of storm signal number 1 last night. But no one was prepared for a disaster of this magnitude. The problem is, the signal warnings only reflect the strength of wind, not the size of the storm clouds (amount of rain). This Ondoy didn't have strong winds... but look at the size of the storm from these satellite reports:
Yahoo Weather issued no storm warning. Infact they just predicted Light Rain
CNN Weather
Kim Atienza's Pag-asa report in Facebook as of 8am this morning: Ondoy speeds up and makes landfall! Eye of ondoy now over aurora, will cross central Luzon and will exit dagupan. Tropical storm ondoy strengthens at 85 kilometres per hour msw and gustiness of 100 kph! Metro signal number 1, will strenthen further later. This is a wet wet one! Red in the satellite image means very very strong rain, yellow is moderate rain - Kim Atienza
It's 8pm now. The rain has stopped where I'm at. But it's still wet. I don't think the storm has left our area yet. We're still warned about more rainfall tonight. Marikina, Cainta and Pasig are still submerged. And this is just Metro Manila. Bicol, Infanta Quezon and other rural areas are in worse condition.
Let the rains stop. Save and rescue those that are trapped.
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