Typhoon Milenyo
Last Thursday, the signal #3 typhoon “Milenyo” came and spent more or less 6 hours wrecking the cities of Metro Manila. That typhoon is said to be the strongest one to hit this place in 11 years! It’s been a while since I’ve experienced that wild a weather, so it kinda came as a shock to me. Actually it was after the calamity that I got shocked because almost the whole time Milenyo was wrecking havoc, I was fast asleep… slightly enjoying the coolness of the air. LOL.
That same afternoon, all the thundering noise and rain were gone. But the aftermath is devastating. I went out of the house and discovered that there was a metro-wide blackout, branches of trees were all over the streets, electric poles were slumped on the ground, and roofs of some houses were, well — no longer where they’re supposed to be. The electricity was out but news still traveled fast. I heard of billboards that fell on some cars in EDSA. I heard of flying roofs, road signs, banners that hit some nearby people. I heard of more poles that were broken in half. And more horrifying stories. A number of houses were wrecked by the typhoon as well.
The event scared me a little. And it reminded me of the end times described in Revelations. :blank:
I spent my electricity-less hours reading a book (and counting the hair strands on my head. LOL!) with a little candle as my light that melted bit by bit. Fortunately our place is just a few meters away from the main office of Meralco, so the power outage at home didn’t take that long. Too bad for some areas though, the process is a little slow.
My Internet broadband antenna got knocked down by the typhoon too. A 45-degree bent pole is not a pretty sight! I was so happy that the power was back on but got pissed when I found out I couldn’t go online yet. I thought it was gonna be a while before the connection would be restored, but thanks to the heroic acts of Deej and my brother, they got it all working again. :blush:
Thousands of Filipinos were affected by Milenyo, but you’d be relieved to see that a day after the disaster took place, everyone went about doing their daily tasks as if not a speck of rain fell the day before. It was just another average, run-of-the-mill day. I believe everyone was glad to see the sun shining again. :)
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