Flash News : Typhoon Ondoy

I just got home from work and thank God we arrived safely. My boss told us to go home early this afternoon because of the heavy rains and winds of Typhoon Ondoy.

Typhoon Ondoy just passed the province of Pampanga here in the Philippines a while ago at 2 pm. And God when I turn on the television and saw the news everything I saw and heard was horrifying!

Just look at this image:


It’s been weeks since the last typhoon ( I think ) and today was like 30 days of rainfall poured for just 6 hours! Many people are now affected with the storm and almost everybody is devastated of what happen. And just a few hours ago President Arroyo declared 26 areas in Luzon including Metro Manila, under a state of calamity due to floods caused by tropical storm Ondoy.

Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said the provinces placed under a state of calamity were Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Viscaya, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Quezon, Isabela, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Cavite, Batangas, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Marinduque, Camarines Norte, Bataan and Metro Manila.

Hope that this calamity will end soon this evening so that many people will be save and be safe. Let’s pray…

Cylone Warning

I got really worried when I received a text from my boss a while ago.

It’s a FORECAST about the incoming tropical storm “Emong” here in the Philippines AS OF THIS HOUR.

FROM: Sec Fajardo’s Office:

TO : CABINET SECRETARIES

" Big difference between Tropical Storm Emong and the previous 4 tropical cyclones that entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility is that TS Emong is landfalling. It may further strengthen to a typhoon level since it is still in the South China Sea. It will hit NCR, Region 1,2,3 & CAR with peripheral effect ( cloudy/lite to moderate rains ) on Region 4, NCR, Central Luzon we on Thursday to Friday but very very wet ( strong wind, intense rain) in North Luzon from west ( Ilocos Region) through central cordillera all the way to Eastern Seaboard ( Cagayan-Isabel-Aurora). "

NOTE : THIS ALERT SERVE AS PRECAUTION TO ALL AFFECTED AREAS BUT IT DOESN’T NECESSARY MEANS THE ACTUAL RESULT DUE TO UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF THE STORM. )

Gosh! I hope the storm will not push thru or will at least get weak and change direction. :(
{* praying*}

No time to buy some mesothelioma for my MIL!