Much as I don’t want to remember what happened yesterday during the typhoon, I felt I had to write about it and vent out all my feelings and rage on what it has done to the nation… and at the same time see the good it brings, if any.
Middle afternoon, the typhoon reminded me of its strength when it began to fly debris from other houses to our backyard, topple the plants, destroy some of our roof (‘m not lying!), made some of our house interior flooded, actually shattered a window in my room, made my dog whimper and shiver in fright, and so on and so forth. Everybody knows I hate rain but more so of typhoon!
Before coming to work this morning, I managed to get most of the debris gone from most of the backyard. Tomorrow, I can just imagine the meticulous clean-up chore I have to do to make things appear normal again. I don’t mind cleaning, but I dread tomorrow’s work. o_o
And to my utter atonishment, looking out the window, I haven’t seen the sky look so bright and peaceful, as if no storm came and destroyed a lot of public property yesterday. Not to mention the added harrassment of metrowide blackout since yesterday morning.
The sunny weather triggered the memory of Noah’s Arik. A thorough cleansing of the earth or something. Trees were blown, houses damaged, debris found everywhere, and yet the horizon spoke of brightness and laughter.
And when I came to the office, with no air-con despite the building’s generator, everybody was smiling and laughing, recapturing the terror of rain and wind yesterday, telling anecdotes of braving the wrath of nature. And I found myself among them, sipping coffee with breakfast, just having a good time with each other.
Oh well, I guess this is literally what “light after the storm” meant… and honestly, I’m enjoying the moment. :D Hope it lasts.
Here is an article of what happened yesterday:
‘It’s like waking up from a nightmare’
Published on Page A1 of the September 29, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
THE STRONGEST typhoon to hit Metro Manila directly in 11 years toppled trees and billboards, triggered flash floods and landslides, shuttered offices and the financial markets, and caused a Luzon-wide power outage on Thursday.
Typhoon “Milenyo†(international name: Xangsane) brought Metro Manila to a near-standstill with all flights and sea travel in and out of the region canceled. It also forced officials to suspend operations of two commuter train systems.
At least 18 persons were reported dead in the cities of Muntinlupa (2), Makati (1) and Legazpi (1), and the provinces of Albay (8), Quezon (3) and Antique (3) in the wake of the typhoon.
Eleven were confirmed dead in the five-province Calabarzon area south and east of Manila, including four children in Taytay town in Rizal province.
AT A GLANCE
• Classes in all levels still suspended in Metro Manila this Friday
• All government offices still closed in Metro Manila this Friday
• At least 18 persons dead
• Luzon-wide blackout
• Thousands of trees felled
• Billboards and lampposts torn down
• Trucks and cars overturned
• Flooding and landslides
• Thousands stranded
• Flights and sea travel canceled
• Overhead trains systems LRT and MRT stopped
• Trading on stock and currency markets suspended
[Read more on Inq7.net]
