A tornado in the Philippines
By Toni
@toniganzon (72281)
Philippines
June 24, 2011 5:01am CST
Today i got updated via twitter by the people who saw the tornado. It was scary according to them. They saw only black strong wind whirling around. A lot of trees and houses were damaged and as of the moment i am not yet aware how many casualties are there. It was far from where i am but when i checked twitter a few minutes ago, i was surprised to see that a tornado occurred also near my hometown.
Such is not a usual occurrence in my country and thus we are not prepared for such. It might not be as dangerous as what happened in America a few months ago, nevertheless, it is a tornado. I can't imagine how i would be able to escape one if it suddenly appears where i live. Our houses don't have basements to hide into when tornado strikes.
5 responses
@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
24 Jun 11
we only have to do is evacuate. face teh problem by leaving the area. staying because of the tornado could give you into trouble. i believe that tornado may have been the eye of the storm.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
24 Jun 11
The eye of the storm is similar to a tornado? It hit the town near mine at almost exactly the same time it hit new Manila. I'm from the visayas so I doubt it that it was an eye of the storm.
@Graceekwenx (3160)
• Philippines
25 Jun 11
Awww friends... Im scared too.. Let's just pray for each others' safety.
@akangirl (2436)
• India
24 Jun 11
Oh my goodness, what is happening nowadays? I can only imagine how scary the situation must be for the people who faced it. Thankfully we don't have tornado here but what if it happens we don't have basements , most people here don't build basements. we would have nowhere to hide and save ourselves.
@keinah2 (301)
• Philippines
24 Jun 11
Believe it or not, the tornado occurred in FRONT of our house. Early this morning, my mother and aunt heard a loud, whistling sound but they took no notice. At around 12-1:00 pm, our fire alarm rang. It was unusual so my aunt and older brother went to see it. Suddenly, I felt a hot wind coming and then came the sound of the gust of the wind. It was really scary, I tell you. Because I was the only one left outside the house.
@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
24 Jun 11
God it does sound scary. I hope everything is Ok in your country and hope no one got hurt. We don't have tornadoes here where I live and I'm thankful for that. Please take care and hoe everything will be alright.
