8/20/13

It's Ondoy all over again. For the 2nd straight day, flood hit our home and this time it's even worse than yesterday.

When I woke up in the morning, I knew that there's no way I could get to work because of the rain outside. There was no flood yet but it was slowly building up. I went online and found out that the situation was worse in other areas. To my surprise, the flood in our street was rising so quickly so we had to quickly get our stuff on higher ground and pack up Before I knew it, the water inside our house is already above the ankles.. It's a good thing that I was able to move quickly and move all my items away from the flood. I also helped in moving our other stuff so we didn't have as much damage unlike back then during the Ondoy disaster.

Since the water was rising, we decided to leave the house and go to our neighbor's house which was elevated. It was also where we took shelter during Ondoy. But this time, the flood on the street was only up to the thighs and not up to the waist. We were served breakfast and waited for the water to subside, which actually happened fast. Rains still poured every now and then but we were already safe to go back home to clean up the mess.

As expected, there were a lot of mud and dirt but not much damage done to our items. We somehow learned our lesson and it has prepared us to move quickly. 

Because of the weather, I wasn't able to come to work or even work at home today and it doesn't look good for tomorrow either as I'm feeling sick right now. The weather is predicted to be better starting tomorrow but I somehow wish that the roads are non-passable so I don;t have to feel bad about being absent. My other colleagues have been experiencing terrible situations as well and I'm praying for their safety.

This has been  the worse weather condition for the year so far and I hope it doesn't happen again anytime soon..or ever.