Finally, I can access the internet again. That was a relief since the typhoon struck last Thursday morning. Typhoon Milenyo was so powerful it left the whole municipality/town of San Pedro without water and electricity for almost a week. Good thing our neighbor a few meters away have a deep well.

Thursday morning
It was 8 am when I woke up to check the weather on the internet. The rain was pouring then and the wind gently picks up speed. Halfway through the PC booting process, the power went down. I decided to cancel my weather inquiry and waited. The lights went off and on until there’s none. The rain poured heavily by the next hour with wind speeds max at 130 kph. Our avocado tree adjacent in front of our house was dancing left and right in the wind and the flood waters began to rise.

An hour passed when the water nearly reached our garage gate. Then, the rain stopped pouring… the wind became silent. The sky although covered with clouds was kinda bright. I concluded that time that it was over but in the back of my mind it isn’t. It maybe over or it was just the eye of the storm that is passing by. Well, it was the eye alright. The next 30 minutes, the sky went dark again and the wind and rain came with a tremendous force. From the window, I could see debris flying, branches of tress fall down and a loud whistling and rumbling sound race across our roof.

By 1 pm, the storm finally subsides. However, there’s still more to come. The flood waters turned yellow from gray. “This is bad”, I said. I quickly informed my parents about it. They said it was a sign that the dams had already opened to let the water flow down. Our subdivision is located just a meter below sea level. We hurriedly raised our appliances and put it on top on a sturdy cabinet and drawer and onto the counter top. The flood waters risen for up to 3 ft, making it’s way inside our house. It was a disaster because the flood contains mud and this will be tedious enough to remove once the water subside.

My brother, our friend Joshua and I decided to see what’s happening on the main hi-way. We journeyed from our house to the main road against the rushing waters. It took us 30 minutes to walk the 200 m road to the hi-way instead of 10 minutes. As we have the view of the main road, we saw the Mc Donald’s sign destroyed. By reaching the hi-way, we only saw the destruction brought by Milenyo. Many people walked in the road, trees down, signs and debris litter the ground… vehicles lined up in the gas stations. A man told us that the flood waters in the San Pedro bridge on-ramp was as high as a persons waistline. The scenario was just like in a natural disaster movie.

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