Dilemma that Typhoon Brought

This past few days it rains nonstop, I know its a blessing for those people who love rain specially for those farmers in province that suffers from drought, this past few days is blessing for them because it's the right time for them to plant crops. It's a blessing for others but a disasters to many specially for people living at seaside and here are Metromanila. People are force evacuate due to danger that this typhoon brings, some people are scared due to rising of flood in different places. Marikina level is at it's second alarm because the water level reaches into 16 meters and if it rises to 18 meters then the local government will force people to evacuate due to danger. I'm also here at Manila however I'm on a place in which flooding occurs rarely because we are on high place. Unfortunate to those places that experience flooding even if it was a small rain. This past few days of continuous raining, I was busy checking our house because there are holes in our roof which the rainwater enters, we put a basin below so that it can catch the water. I also moved the house of our dogs under our roof because they are getting wet if rain is strong. Two days ago when sunlight shows and I think that the rain stops, I decide to wash my clothes after I finished I hang it under the sun but suddenly the sky became dark again. Rain drops starts to fall that's why I decide to pick up and hang my clothes outside the house because we have ropes hanged in foundation of house. I make myself productive even though the weather is so cold. Honestly I didn't took a bath for 2 days due to extreme cold, I just take half bath every night before I sleep.

This morning I woke up due to extreme wind I hear outside. When I open our door an aggressive air welcomes me with cold breeze. I went outside to look at situation, if you only feel how aggressive the wind is. I think the wind and rain are fighting because the rain can't pour due to strong wind. I'm worried on our plants because the strong air makes them dance and there's a possibility that they can't stand the wind. After a couple of minutes, I heard a loud bang then the next thing happened is the electricity gone. I think the transformer explode because the loud explosions makes the dog barks and car alarms. My older sister also get out to check the situation. I was worried because there's no electricity, I thought it was 5 in the morning but when I look at my phone it's 2 in morning. My older sister command me to unplug all the appliances to avoid danger. After that, I sleep again, when I woke up I check if electricity came back and hopefully it is, I was worried if brownout will happen again that's why I immediately grab my charger then charge my phone. I also check the internet connection but it's still no connection. I don't know if converge is taking action to solve it or they are still asleep due to extreme cold. Lots of places in Philippines have internet breakdown maybe because of extreme rain that interrupt the connection or maybe the cable line has been broken by rain. I think lots of places still have no electricity. This kind of disaster makes us worry because those people living on flood prone areas are forced to evacuate in centers with the danger of CoVid 19. I was worried on people's health because unlike before, evacuation centers are now required social distancing but there are lots of people who evacuate, I don't know if there's enough space for them to manage them all.

In provinces, there are crops that are ready to harvest wipe out by typhoon. Hectars of farmland are filled with rain and the crops destroyed, it will no longer edible. It's not a super typhoon but it damages a lot and destroy lots of property. Maybe it's because of human deeds, people are complaining if it is too hot and complaining also if it is raining heavy. I don't know if it is natural phenomenon or result of human activity. I was hoping that it will stop soon because it brings so much disaster. I think it's an eye opener for people to clean their canals and drainage every weak because I saw on news that water running on cannals are blocked by different waste such as plastic, woods, leaves, etcetera. I think the main reason why floods happen here on Metromanila is the plastics that people thrown everywhere, those plastics are stock on drainage system and water can't flow properly. It's a common problem here on Manila for decades but no one resolves this dilemma.

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I'm still waiting for internet connection to comeback. It's almost a day since the connection interrupted. I saw lots of rants on their fb page but there's no update what they gonna do. For now I will use my data which is also slow due to heavy rain.