When It Rains In Torrents
Davao City wrapped in green.
This is Davao City in the southern part of the Philippines and this is where my family lives. When tyhoon Ondoy hit mostly in Manila and nearby provinces, Davao City suffered rains and grey weather. When my sister texted me about how heavy the rain was, I texted her back that it could be a typhoon somewhere. That was before we knew how badly affected the areas were. Although this city has always been spared from severe natural disaster ( thank God for this), I couldn’t help but worry about my family everytime there’s a calamity in the other parts of the country. I or we would never know when that time would strike. When I read about another typhoon was on it’s way to the Philippines again, I warned my relatives there to take precautions, especially when it rains heavily. Today, my sister texted me that typhoon Pepeng blew away some rooftops and billboards somewhere in Northern Luzon, while it was hot in Davao. I felt relief when I read this message from her.
When I looked at the picture above, I couldn’t believe how the trees and mountains surround Davao and how it looks like an environment-friendly city. Yet, despite of those kind of yields against odds, flooding is an expected situation when it rains in torrents. When hubby and I were there in July, I saw the speedy rise of water in the streets and how the vehicles’ engines stopped amidst heavy traffic. That was just a light rain that poured for a couple of hours. Imagine how it would be if it rained cats and dogs for several hours. This is why I worry about my family when typhoons hit the Philippines because Davao would have rainshowers that sometimes cause flooding streets. And I hope against hope it will not rain in torrents.
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Hope your family won’t be affected …
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Thanks, Nick. It’s always in my hopes and prayers, too.
I hope that there will be no more typhoon yet since philippines haven’t recovered yet from the damage it took from storm ondoy.
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There are more typhoons to come. All we could do is to pray that it would not take lives.
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Yes, natural calamities are inevitable. And I go with your prayers.
God made men, men made boundaries.
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But who made natural calamities? It’s beyond man’s power and neither it be from God.
hope you’re family’s doing fine and recovery for them is as fast as possible. i, too, have family suffering the natural disaster and all we can do is hope for the best to come.
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Hi Kristine, my family has complained about heavy rains during the storm, but nothing serious than in Manila. Oh, I hope your family will get over it and back to normal again.
and same goes to your family <3
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I would love to know about it, Kristine. I’m obsessed with skin treatments, though not chemically, hehee!
I had seen a video on TV its very bad situation there. I hope you family will be safe there.
Thank you for hoping for my family’s safety. I really appreciate it.
You are right you can’t do anything instead of pray to the God. There is very miserable condition in Philippines and peoples are striving for survival against the disaster of nature.
Thank you. I just thought that it’s the recourse we have on times like this.
Davao is lucky and Cebu too. Kawawa talaga ang taga Luzon ngayon.
I hope Cebu and Davao will always be lucky, hehee! Ay, huwag sana magalit sa kin ang Luzon.
Yah, Davao and Cebu is lucky this time… Here in Baguio City It rains continuously for days now… Unfortunately there are some deaths reported… Godbless Their souls…
Affected din pala ang Baguio. Ok lang kung ulan lang sana.
Aba, aba! Parang totohanan na’ng pag-iinglis mo ha, hahaa!
Davao is one place that I really want to visit. ah…Durian! Hmmmm…yum…yum…
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You’re welcome, elmot! So you like Durian. So do I.
Seems nature is playing same role around the world !! Its heavy floods next to my hometown. Hope to get this all calm soon.
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Yes, I heard about that, too. Sometimes I feel like natural calamities are getting out of control.
wish that some way we can control it !!
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awesome city.. i am thinking about take a tour with my family to your country.. is there any food or city your can suggest for me
I’m glad you thought about visiting my country. Actually I can only recommend you try the main cities like Manila, Cebu and Davao. I’m not good at recommending about foods but it’s not hard to like filipino foods.
Typhoon Ondoy has devastated Metro Manila. It was very scary and I hope it won’t happen again.
Hi Walter,
That was actually the first time I saw such flood in Manila as it normally happens in neighboring provinces during typhoon seasons. I’m one with your hopes.
Hello Marlene and Abhishek,
This natural disasters are result of global weather change and it won’t stop unless the world unites instead of thinking about selfish gains.
Thanks
You got it right, Neo. It’s one factor that causes this global weather change.
i’m deeply saddened by the calamities (including the recent earthquakes) that’s been happening of late. hope your family is safe and sound. i’ll pray the best for them.
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And it’s sad that it’s happening one after the other. Many thanks for your prayers.