West River Side

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 ...