» Ondoy Typhoon, Record Breaker, Home Wrecker

Hello mga Ka Birdsters!

I hope you are all in safe condition. This typhoon really made a mark in our history. It is so amazing at the same time that such a typhoon could do tremendous damage centering in Metro Manila and some portion of Laguna and Rizal and Bulacan.

I am also a victim of this terrible flood! It went up to chest deep on our ground floor.

Please be alert that an upcoming storm is brewing. It is still outside of Philippine territory but i hope everybody will take precautions and prepare for this weather activity.

Secure food, drinking water and radio plus flashlights. Ensure that you have a center to evacuate to just in case. By the time the typhoon enters the Philippines charge your cellphone battery and if you can load at least 300 Pesos.

Stay awake and observe if the storm keeps on letting heavy rains. As soon as you observe that water level rises abruptly, evacuate immediately to safer grounds.

Keep a copy of NDCC and Red Cross numbers also write down the numbers of radio stations that can forward your SOS to the authorities.

Pray hard! God answers prayers and provides a way out of disasters.


ultrablue33

Nice tips.

May we all have the strength to carry on with God beside us.

God bless.

This typhoon indeed caused tremendous damage not to mention lives lost in the Rizal area. Here are some snaps of my garage where my aviary is located.


Here's the view of our house from the 3rd floor of the church beside ours. Most of the back wall has collapsed!!


Luckily, a portion of the wall did not fall down. And that's where my finches are placed (infront of the car)!!!

I hope and pray that a typhoon of this magnitude will not happen again. Lets us do our part by not throwing trash just anywhere. Let us also conserve the use of paper/wood so as not to contribute to deforestation.

Effect of Ondoy
Ortigas ave extn

mission hosp/paulino



My aviary








inside my house after 1 meter of flood water

grabe ka jute mga nang yari sa inyo mabuti nasa mabuti kayo lagay...

It's so sad to see...

Yeah! About time for people of the world to wake up!

Love MOTHER EARTH!

grabe ang mga nangyari sa inyo mga kaibon.

tama nga ang message sir natureboy, dapat lahat tayo tulong-tulong to conserve mother earth.

mabuti na lang at ligtas ang mga family members natin.

kayang kaya natin bumangon mga kaibon. kailangan lang ay mag tulong-tulong tayong lahat

Mga ka BIRDS, any news kay mang Pikong? I've been trying to contact him since the flood kaso walang signal phone nya. I'm so worried about him and his family. Malalim kasi lugar nila at malapit sa Marikina river.

I hope and pray okay naman siya.

We are all worried...

Mang Pikong was mentioned during our last meeting.I'll try to visit him one of this days..

I pray ang i hope all is ok with him...

I tried calling him too but to no avail...

grabe yung nangyari sa wall mo ah, buti malapit na uli maayos

Hi Hyacinth,

oo nga grabe ang nangyari sa bahay ko. pero mas grabe ang nagyari sa iba na nawalan ng mahal sa buhay at tahanan. nag bigay kami ng relief goods sa Tumana Marikina (malapit kina Mang Pikong) a few days after the typhoon, madami duon ang nalunod at nawalan ng bahay dahil sa lakas ng tubig mula sa Marikina River. Madami din kaming napansin na psychologically affected.

although we were a refugee for a day (natulog kami sa katabing simbahan), sabi ko sa sarili na suwerte pa rin kami at buhay pa kami. It was a close call for us esp. for Kitchie na muntik na tangayin ng tubig.

isa sa casualty pala ay yung binigay mong 'tiel na grey. sorry bro. sa mga gouldians, mga juveniles at yung pair na binili ko kaw Lugaw ang nalunod. booohooohoohooooo! I hope they did not suffer much when they went away.sob,sob. hikbi!

almost gawa na bakod ko sa likod. pero yung buong bakod ko around the house may mga crack na at hindi na structurally sound. so gigibain ito lahat. $$$ arouch!!!

Just went to Mang Pikongs place yesterday at Nangka, Marikina. According to his neighbor, Mang Totong, lumikas daw si Mang Pikong w/ his wife before tumaas ang baha. (wheeeew!)

eto po mga pictures kahapon...

Gate ni Mang Pikong. notice the debris on top.


Gate sa harap ng bahay ni Mang Pikong. abot na hanggang bubong ang baha.


what was left of the road (if there is one)

I hope Mang Pikong is doing fine now. Sana makapag-kape at kwentuhan pa po tayo sa kubo nyo.

Visit natin siya sched lng ninyo, sama ako. para nmn makumusta natin sya. pwde ko sa sunday

I was able to contact Mang Pikong via text last Saturday night. Sabi nya it was a horrible experience for him. And nai-save lang nya is yung damit na suot, yung small dog at yung lite-ace nya (I assume iniwan na nya sa higher ground yung lite ace before tumaas talaga ang baha). The rest were goners. Siya lang pala nasa house at that time. Sa bubong nya at ng kapit bahay siya dumaan. Ang lakas kasi ng agos ng tubig sa kalsada.

Hindi sila natutulog duon dahil sira na lahat ng gamit nila at wala na silang planong manirahan duon because of the bad experience. Nasa Roosevelt QC sila tumutuloy if I'm not mistaken.

This is so sad.

I wish for their fast recovery.

Thank you so much for keeping us uipdated of Mang Pikong's condition.

Tama si ka Jute, lets' visit him kahit sa Roosebelt or let's treat him out kaya? Kahit isang merienda lang.

Lucky you, na-contact mo sya... I had many attempts, pero di ko sya ma contact. Is he having the same number? Can nyou please text me if he has any numbers?

God bless Bernard.

I thank God Mang Pikong's safe.