Everybody thought typhoon Basyang was just another ordinary typhoon – there will be rain so we better pack our umbrellas.
By afternoon, Pag-Asa declared class suspension for Elementary students. The sun decided to come out. Everything went back to normal. But by 10pm, the rain started to come down lightly there was still no sign of flood in our area so we went to all went to sleep. I plugged in my ipod so it will block out the howling wind.
By 1:30am my mom woke me up, the big tree in our street was uprooted and fell on some electrical wires. My Dad switched off our main breakers so we had no electricity but our neighbors lights were still on. There were sparks seen on the electrical wires and the wind was blowing our way. Sparks+Wind+Wood = _i_e
Damn.
My window kept on opening on its own, the wind kept on wailing like there’s no tomorrow. There were people shouting outside. My mom told me to pack some stuff for emergency.
PANIC MODE. Our Father’s and Hail Mary started coming out from my lips. I frantically dialed Meralco’s hotline 6311111 and 16211 numerous times but to no avail. Finally after 20 minutes of non-stop redialing, we got through and were able to talk to a customer rep who logged our emergency.
I kept praying for rain so that any sparks that may form will be dampened by the rain.
Rain started pouring. I cried tears of joy.
A couple of minutes later we noticed it was dark outside. Mercalco had switched off the lights in our area. Thank God. We are finally safe.
MORNING
I woke up and went outside. I was surprised to see that the big tree which looked like it was going to be standing forever was lying on a bunch of wires.
We couldn’t use our car to go to work because the road is still blocked.
But thank God we lived to see another day.
Count your blessings.
how can we use our car? the big tree is blocking the way
the big tree tangled in meralco wires
By afternoon, Pag-Asa declared class suspension for Elementary students. The sun decided to come out. Everything went back to normal. But by 10pm, the rain started to come down lightly there was still no sign of flood in our area so we went to all went to sleep. I plugged in my ipod so it will block out the howling wind.
By 1:30am my mom woke me up, the big tree in our street was uprooted and fell on some electrical wires. My Dad switched off our main breakers so we had no electricity but our neighbors lights were still on. There were sparks seen on the electrical wires and the wind was blowing our way. Sparks+Wind+Wood = _i_e
Damn.
My window kept on opening on its own, the wind kept on wailing like there’s no tomorrow. There were people shouting outside. My mom told me to pack some stuff for emergency.
PANIC MODE. Our Father’s and Hail Mary started coming out from my lips. I frantically dialed Meralco’s hotline 6311111 and 16211 numerous times but to no avail. Finally after 20 minutes of non-stop redialing, we got through and were able to talk to a customer rep who logged our emergency.
I kept praying for rain so that any sparks that may form will be dampened by the rain.
Rain started pouring. I cried tears of joy.
A couple of minutes later we noticed it was dark outside. Mercalco had switched off the lights in our area. Thank God. We are finally safe.
MORNING
I woke up and went outside. I was surprised to see that the big tree which looked like it was going to be standing forever was lying on a bunch of wires.
We couldn’t use our car to go to work because the road is still blocked.
But thank God we lived to see another day.
Count your blessings.
how can we use our car? the big tree is blocking the way
the big tree tangled in meralco wires
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