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The great Ondoy. Yes, that typhoon Ondoy left our country with a huge deep scar on our faces. And this deep scar will never be vanished. Evidence? Here:
Our house (white one) surrounded with Ondoy's kids (flood).
This is where children of our compound play. But now, only tadpoles and dirt can play there.
Yeah, that’s our place, surrounded by water. But we’re still lucky. Our compound is surrounded by huge dikes which prevent the flood to go on our houses. But still, Ondoy’s rage flows in our compound.
Annoyance, irritation, hassle – these words are the perfect nouns for this huge mess. And guess what, everytime I go to school, I need to wear large waterproof boots just to cross the flooded road up to the tricycle terminal. Our bathroom is unavailable because of the clogged pipes. The electricity is unstable. And the worst, the smell of the flood is so nasty because the drainage’s things overflowed everywhere.
But the bright side of this great calamity is that we learned to help. The unities of people emerge as they are very eager to help the victims of the typhoon. One of these unities is the Lopez Group of Companies. A huge group of companies who owns one of the biggest networks here in the Philippines, the ABS-CBN (Kapamilya Network). The Lopez Group of Companies help the most in-need people through their star-studded program, “Sagip Kapamilya”. Many of the volunteers are stars from ABS-CBN who willingly help to pack the relief goods and even went to risky flooded areas to help the rescuers in saving the lives of different affected people.
ABS-CBN Kapamilya Cheryl Cosim giving out crackers to flood victims for Sagip Kapamilya. | Photo by LopezLink via Flickr
Lopez Group of Companies is spreading the good word of their great help through LopezLink. They have a forum page where users exchange various thoughts about the volunteers’ work on helping the victims. I also posted a reply on one of the topics there about the Sagip Kapamilya Volunteers. LopezLink’s website also posted an article about the Sagip Kapamilya which is a good read. This huge group of companies really knows when and how to help. Be one of the most updated about their volunteer work via Facebook page of LopezLink.
This calamity is an eye opener. Nature is in anger. We need to stop this dreadful wrath of the nature by saving them from widespread devastation of their properties (mountains, natural resources, trees, air). Let us do our job for this calamity not to happen again. Please.
17 Comments for The Impact of Typhoon Ondoy’s Wrath
Kevin Ray N. Chua | October 11, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Author comment by Kelvin | October 11, 2009 at 9:31 pm
@Kevin Ray N. Chua
Oo, malaking tulong ang nagawa ng dike na nakapalibot samin, hindi kami binaha unlike sa karatig barangays dito, talagang lubog sa baha.
Thanks Kevin!
Maki | October 11, 2009 at 11:03 pm
The calamity was really an eye-opener for us since the storm that hit us affected both the rich and poor people. Being in the upper crust can’t spare people from experiencing fortuitous events. More or less, there was a unity in terms of sympathy from the flood. Overwhelming enough to see, I hope Filipinos can be consistent throughout times of despair. 
And hey, good thing your whole area wasn’t completely submerged by the flood. 
TSI | October 12, 2009 at 12:33 am
reyjr | October 12, 2009 at 1:02 am
Hey Kelvs, when you told me OK naman kayo I assumed hindi kayo inabot ng baha. Baha din pala sa paligid nyo.
Stay away from the water ha – don’t come in contact with it as much as possible and if you do, always wash up afterwards. Mahirap na, daming water borne diseases.
Ingat!
Holly Jahangiri | October 12, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Your neighborhood is beautiful, even flooded, Kelvin. But these last photos and your post convey the ugliness of a flood: the backed up plumbing, the erratic power losses, the dampness and the stench. If you don’t keep after it, all that mess is followed by mold. And once mold sets in, it’s very hard to get rid of. Here’s an example from Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina.
The Lady in Green Ruffles | October 12, 2009 at 2:31 pm
buti ganyan lang nagyari sa compound and sa house nyo. il be posting ds wik on what had happened sa house namin sa province
don ewok | October 12, 2009 at 9:19 pm
here at malabon we didn’t experience that.
kahit maliit na baha wala…..
bugITs | October 13, 2009 at 6:00 am
haay! kakatakot.. actually, nong pumutok ang balita regarding sa typhoon ang una kung naalala ang mga blogger friends ko sa Manila (ni hindi ko man nalang naalala auntie ko ehheheh!) God bless master Kelvs~
Zorlone | October 13, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Pare,
Shots ba yun sa labas ng bahay nyo? At least temporary lang ano? Sa amin sa Malabon, may mga lugar na nabaha pero bumaba din kaagad ang tubig. Siguro kasi malapit lang kami sa Manila Bay kaya ganun.
At least safe pa din kayo.
Z
yhen | October 14, 2009 at 5:36 pm
hay grabe talga…
nwei, maging thankful tayo dahil kahit papano safe tayo…
nakakalungkot ang nangyri sa northern luzon, esp sa baguio… haaay
JayL | October 15, 2009 at 6:58 am
naku pasalamat pa pala ako dahil di pinasok ung boarding house ko kahit konti. actually ngrereklamo pa nga ko nun kase walang internet sa bahay yun pla dami na nahihirapan.
Tama ka na eye-opener eto lalo na dun sa mga tapon ng tapon kung saan saan. Yun naman ang primary reason kung bakit may baha e. Tapos putol na halos ang lahat ng mga puno. Sigh
Tyrone | Millionaire Acts | October 18, 2009 at 4:06 pm
In our case, we left our house because the flood entered it – knee deep. My bed was floating in the water- instant water bed!
http://www.millionaireacts.com/1667/lessons-from-typhoon-ondoy.html
We temporarily stay in a condotel in Makati for 2 weeks until the flood totally subsided. Good thing, some friends and the company of my dad helped us with some funds to pay on the condo.
Until now, we are still cleaning our house. Hopefully, this won’t happen again.
Nashyboy | October 20, 2009 at 9:18 am
this is just unimaginable…
God Bless The Phils
I hope everyone learned their lessons from what happened.
cheers!
Kelvin..
you haven;t drop by on my blog for a long time :P
Buti at hindi katulad yung sitwasyon ninyo sa mga nakikita namin sa TV. Nakaka-awa talaga. Pagkatapos ni Ondoy, nanalasa naman si Pepeng. Parang hindi pinatawad ang Luzon. Ang importante, safe kayo.
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