The Great Flood

I'm sure each of us has our own unique story of where we were during the great flood. As for me, I was pretty much stranded in my office since we have work on Saturdays. I tried to get home but had to turn back because traffic was at a standstill.

Good thing our office had electricity, internet, food, water, TV and clean toilets. So I pretty much spent a relaxing evening just doing some extra work, playing online poker and chatting with officemates who decided to also stay put instead of stupidly braving the flood.

A lot of my officemates did try to make a go of it, but ended back in our office a few hours later, describing horror stories of how high the floods were.

I ended up sleeping in a conference table with my jacket as a pillow and eventually managing to get back home in the wee hours of Sunday morning.

All in all I believe I was one of the lucky ones. A lot of my friends got stranded in the middle of flooded streets where water was slowly seeping its way inside their vehicles. My cousin's wedding which was scheduled Saturday had to be cancelled because both groom and bride were stuck in their respective areas and couldn't get to the church on time.

A common theme in the stories that I've heard were sob stories of people's home who never flooded before, but was now suddenly experiencing heavy flooding. These are homes that were not in low lying areas like Marikina or Valenzuela. But parts of the Metro where there was never any flooding before.

This is kind of scary. I know that the meteorologists are saying that what happened was a once in a lifetime thing where the amount of rainfall for that day was equivalent to the supposed amount for a month. But still, you cannot help but wonder if global warming and the higher water levels had anything to do with it. Not to mention the antique drain system of Metro Manila which are clogged with garbage. Just imagine how much worse it could be in the future if we don't clean up our act with regards to the environment. Brr....

I just hope that everyone's OK. Material things are just things. So what if your Civic turned into a submarine. As long as you're alive and kicking, we should already consider ourselves lucky and be thankful.