03 Nov 09 Super Typhoon Ondoy, An Educator In Camouflage For Those Who Forsake Nature
The environment has its own way of making humankind comprehend what we have done; and it was confirmed by what had occurred in the Philippines just a couple of weeks ago. Even though the changes in the everyday climate was very noticeable, it was not until the super typhoon “Ondoy’s” arrival that the populace became attentive of the abnormal and enormous difference. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Ondoy was categorized as a category 5 super typhoon. The super typhoon entered the Philippine area of responsibility and hit the land on September 29. The wind was not very much frightening; but it was the hard and overabundance of rain that caused all the calamity and destruction of numerous regions in Luzon (one of the main Philippine islands). Evaluation illustrates that the amount of rainfall on that very same day was naturally the average rainfall for a month; you can just imagine the quantity of water the sky had pelted down. Because of the great amount of water, many community dams have to let loose the water they control for some had almost reached critical levels of spilling over. This exacerbated the situation for those who live in the vicinity of these dams.
Municipalities were not set for this kind of force majeure phenomenon. In a lot of areas, the water rose to knee, waist or chest level; but for several worst cases in low lands, the water sank down houses and establishments. Transportation was not viable. Transactions and businesses were frozen. Schools were ruined and some were turned into evacuation centers. Soil erosion is happening making the flowing water murky and the agricultural vicinities are nowhere to be found. Screams, moans and panic are all over. The rain continued for several days until finally the rain had stopped and man was able to see clearly the damage done. Losing assets – houses, cars and businesses are somehow bearable but the lost of a family member or a friend or of just someone you know is something that will create a mark in your memory forever.
It was not viable to fight the force of nature. Although even from the beginning up to now that rescues and aids are seen everywhere, many lives were already taken and bodies gone missing, uncertain when to find them or if they will ever be found. Nobody can impugn anyone for what happened; only that everyone knows deep in their hearts that everybody was to be blamed and is liable. This event is really upsetting but it is the same event that should show everyone involved, or not, a priceless lesson that we all should take with us for the rest of our limited lives. Our life and all about it is something we didn’t put up out of our own and there is Somebody that is so smart who did, so why desert it?-cait
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