It's nice to see the sun shining again after 2 weeks of heavy rain. Last week it was caused by typhoon Gener which unleashed heavy winds causing Roxas Boulevard to flood again. High tide combined with high waves & clogged drainage systems would of course result to flooding. This week, it got worse. This time due to a low pressure area within the Philippines which flooded 90% of Metro Manila & other areas in Luzon like Bulacan, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Tarlac. It's sad to see how people are badly affected when disasters like this arises. But during the aftermath we can clearly see why it flooded. The disaster was almost man made. In my opinion, one of the major culprits are illegal loggers. Illegal logging causes water to come down from the mountains, causes dams to overflow, causes the dams to release water. Since tons of garbage have been clogging the drainage system, naturally the end result would be flooding. Many people were trapped in their homes because water went up as high as 12 ft, maybe more. Rescue teams were sent out even at night because there were a lot of people who needed help. Evacuation centers are very crowded, children & the elderly are getting sick, there's no food, & to top it all, there's only one comfort room.
I do feel bad for all the people affected but we should also admit to ourselves that one way or the other we contributed for this disaster to happen. Had we been responsible enough to take care of nature, nature would least stike back. All the garbage that we see, nature is simply returning it to us. It would take another 3 days to collect all the garbage. This a major social problem & I hope people would learn form this experience & realize that if we don't take care of nature, nature will not take care of us as well.
