when it rains, it pours...i remember ranting about the ceaseless rains we've had here at faraway land.
(and how it turned out that i ate a meager meal because of it...
review feb 15 blog)
it was rude of me to have said that. sheer apathy.
how insensitive of me. :(
weekend passed and i began grasping information on damages caused by the week-long rain.
thousands were affected. houses shoved by the riverflow, straight out to sea. countless were homeless. all they have left is their mere lives. ricefields turned into seabed as rivers swelled.
i saw some of with my own eyes, the devastation was spine-tingling.
and there i was ranting about wet feet, soaked in flood. dripping ceiling turning my foam into waterbed, while some are out there in the cold, with nothing to eat, heck, they don't even have homes anymore.
how could i be so shallow. and selfish. my demeanor was saddening.
so i'm taking every awful word i said. i should have known better.
FYI. click on the stories below
This one's as of today:
East Samar now under state of calamity
Authorities in Eastern Samar province have declared a state of calamity after continuous rains that have triggered floods and landslides killed at least five persons and affected more than 10,000 families. Flash floods and landslides still loom over Bicol and Eastern Visayas.
For full story, pls click on: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/81164/E-Samar-under-state-of-calamity-toll-at-5
Got this one yesterday:
Landslides, floods isolate Eastern Samar
Representative Teodulo Coquilla of the lone district of Eastern Samar also reported that farmlands in his hometown of Oras and the municipalities of Dolores, Can-avid, Jipapad and Taft in the northern part of the province were flooded after rivers swelled.
For full story, pls click on: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080218-119660/Landslides-floods-isolate-Eastern-Samar
thank God, we're okay. though trapped...
