This flash flood today is the worst and fastest flash flood in history. Sure there were other floods in the past, but none as fast an unexpected as today and still ongoing. Submerging two story houses!!! In the past only one floor would be submerged, and it took TIME! This was INSTANT! Absolutely no warning whatsoever.
The rains began at 8am and by 10am I was stuck in traffic on the way to a funeral. No way that funeral pushed through.
Our house is totally submerged. All our stuff underwater. All. The piano, the computers, all our clothes, the harps, my wife’s new car!!! Good thing I did not do any marketing today. Refrigerator was bare.
My office is on the 3rd floor in the same village. I hope the floods didn’t reach the 3rd floor. My kids reportedly ate lunch leftovers this evening.
The very first thing we need is my family to be RESCUED!!! They are stuck with the neighbors who have a 3rd floor. Our in-laws have a 2nd floor but their 2nd floor was also flooded.
I don’t know how they were able to swim to the neighbors’ 3rd floor. I know they were in total panic and caught by surprise. And my wife’s family had experienced 2 1st floor floods in the same area, one in 1989 and in 1979. Their experience and stories never expected something as FAST as this flash flood.
The waters in the Marikina are still rising. The dams are all overwhelmed and releasing waters in the rivers.
Our only means of communicating is via text messaging, where the signal is weak and spotty.
All our stuff is underwater. We need some assistance later on. But first my family needs rescuing. This night will be very important.
I am all helpless typing in my tiny netbook computer in a motel in Cubao. At least I am dry and safe.