yesterday's storm
So yesterday, an arashi (Tropical Storm Ondoy to be exact) came and left most of Metro Manila and some parts of Luzon under water.
At one point the view from our apartment was like this:
My mother and I waded into that flood just so we could get home yesterday. Its quite a complicated story to tell, and I could not place it into writing. But we walked under heavy rain, waded into the flood, got stranded for a few hours, then walked back and forth, trying to find the route with the shallower flood just so we could get home. At last we got there, clothes wet but thankfully not totally soaked. My hair was also wet because somehow drops of water were falling on my head. Maybe because of the heavy rain, my umbrella could not repel the water anymore and got through the material.
Anyway, I am just glad we're safe. We were lucky that the flood was not that high and it was gone by nightfall. We heard news that in some parts of Pasig and Marikina the flood was worse. Some were forced to go to their rooftops and just wait to be rescued. Until now some parts are still under water. Let us hope that help comes soon. I hope everyone is safe!
At one point the view from our apartment was like this:
My mother and I waded into that flood just so we could get home yesterday. Its quite a complicated story to tell, and I could not place it into writing. But we walked under heavy rain, waded into the flood, got stranded for a few hours, then walked back and forth, trying to find the route with the shallower flood just so we could get home. At last we got there, clothes wet but thankfully not totally soaked. My hair was also wet because somehow drops of water were falling on my head. Maybe because of the heavy rain, my umbrella could not repel the water anymore and got through the material.
Anyway, I am just glad we're safe. We were lucky that the flood was not that high and it was gone by nightfall. We heard news that in some parts of Pasig and Marikina the flood was worse. Some were forced to go to their rooftops and just wait to be rescued. Until now some parts are still under water. Let us hope that help comes soon. I hope everyone is safe!