I was offline for 2 days and missed my blog challenge. Nevertheless, I know I have things in mind to put in my blog. Things that were historical, shocking, scary, and real. I don't think I can even use words to describe the sight. So what I can do is share the snapshots I took during and after Ondoy's fury alongside our home at Ortigas Extension. Such a heartbreaking scene indeed.
I woke up at 11 AM on Saturday shocked by what I saw of Ortigas Extension. The water level was knee-high. I informed my brother who was working at Libis that time not to come home and better stay where he was. It's much safer there than be at risk. However, people seemed not to worry that much about the height and continued on walking through just to get home. You know how we are, we still smile despite the bad news. The water was not yet muddy at that time.
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Children were even amazed of the instant pool that formed outside of their residences, thus, enjoyed diving into the waters.
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Children were even amazed of the instant pool that formed outside of their residences, thus, enjoyed diving into the waters.
This was the first "boat" I saw that day. It was the vertical half of a plastic drum. They were still enjoying the waters, no fear, no expectations whatsoever. Just playing.
Then at 4:18 PM, I was alarmed by the rapid flow of the river at the floodway. Manila was really caught by surprise. On a normal day, you won't see the water level from my vantage point.
The highest level was witnessed on Saturday night. No one dared to swim the "Ortigas Extension river." People were stranded, not knowing how they were able to pee, eat, or sleep.
Around 9:30 PM, we noticed what seemed to be a smoke of heavy density and thickness at Ortigas Center. I think there was even fire that night.
We slept around past 11 PM praying that the rains would stop and that the water would subside...and hoped that if it was a fire, nobody got hurt.
