And this "comeback" post is some sort of a reminiscing act... lol
This happening is something that I am not happy to remember. But I will be sharing this to you as I have learned a lot from this experience and I hope that you will, too. This event was some kind of an "eye-opener" or life and even soul for the most. If people involved in this experience werent able to get anything essential from all that happened, well..Good Luck!..lol
Having to think back again what happened to me and my family and other people during the time that the typhoon "frank" raided our locality or the whole Panay Island, is really something that could break my heart making me wish or pray that somehow, hopefully, it wont happen again... :(
It's been...a month or so (forgot about the date...I am not really good at remembering those :P) since "Frank" striked Philippines-Western Visayas-Panay Island-Iloilo City. But traces of its life-wrecking impacts can still be seen in some parts of the greatly hit places. Although some places have been cleaned, muds removed and damages (from the properties, etc.) have been trashed or made use again if need be, still, the smell of the burden and worry in people's lives are just too much to handle. Many people are still staying in some evacuation centers. Most of the residential properties have been damaged and for the worst have been totally ripped off. Many baranggay from the provinces have been wiped or flashed out of the scene changing most of the geographical features of those places. :( Just imagine how many people have been flushed away by the flood together with their houses. Many people died since this typhoon was not really taken seriously. Especially in our place, Jaro, where people never anticipated that "that kind of tragedy" will occur. But who knows? No one. Nobody could ever predict what's to happen.
The typhoon brought about a terrifying flash flood. Something that had made the great impacts in our lives. Our locality never had the experience of such flash flood ever. That is why the residents were still confident of not leaving their houses as they never thought such a thing was possible to happen. Why such a nightmare? Well, for me, it's not something that we should be shocked about.With these days where people are just so annoying taking things for granted especially Mother Nature, any disaster that nature can give us is not that impossible. Global warming, carelessly cutting out trees in the forest with reforestation and the like were just the reasons why that flash flood was triggered. Most of the flood and of course, the nerve-cracking muds were from the forests or mountains from the provinces which had no more or less trees or barriers to hold on to the eroding soil or mudslides.
Imagine having a flash flood were 40% or up was consisted of mud! Many of our clothes, books and other stuffs have been covered with mud especially our house. Well, lucky for us to have minimal damages as compared to other people especially to those who have so many valuable things in their houses (the rich people, that is) that they were not able to save. many thanks to my "girl scout" mom, too. She had always been so prepared. Wohoo! :D But still, we had to leave our house since the water was rising up to the level that people never thought of to have gone that far.(lawig na bah...lol...cut ko bala anay...sa part2 nlng ang sugpon...haha :P)
(this draft was first written hmm...july 10 sumthing..and edited/updated..hmm...july 25.. :P)
to be continued... :D
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