When calamity strikes..

I'm so sorry. You're right; Christmas makes it only that much worse. If everyone would heed the warnings all the time, many human lives would be saved. It seems to be human nature to always believe things will be okay.

That's sad.I have relatives living in iligan and we are still worrying about them. All we know is that they spend 4 hours up their roof. Then no more news heard from them yet. It very unusual that it hit MIndanao part..I think it's due to climate change...I hope we all pass this trial...

I'm sorry to hear about what happened to some families in your city. Yes it was really a sad thing that those families out there did not heed to the warning. They were just confident because we seldom experience this. In our place also it was the first time that we experienced signal no. 2 typhoon. We don't really expect this to happen. I'm just lucky because my place is in the upper portion, other places in our city were flooded.

so people were warned but they did not take it seriously because it never/seldom happend in their area? This is always what I think if each first monday of the month our national alarm is going at 12 (noon). What if the alarm is going for real? Will anyone react? It's the same with car alarms or at houses. Even if they go by hours nobody is taking any action. I think it's always sad if this happens, christmas doesn't make any difference only perhaps the fact people are more willing to help.

That flash flood was an unfortunate incident to happen in your city at this time of the year when almost all of us are busy anticipating Christmas. It is just so sad because storms don't really pass by your place unlike in Luzon where even a Signal No 1 is feared because of the flooding. We have learned our lessons from Ondoy. You are lucky that you and your family have survived this calamity. Be careful always and heed whatever warnings are given by the authorities because the rains have not stopped and we are not sure if there is more to come. Right now, we are still experiencing some heavy rainfall in the Southern portion of the country. Sometimes, there are unfortunate incidents that have resulted from our own mistakes. Deforestation is one source of these flash floods so we just have to participate in all those tree planting efforts in memory of those who have lost their lives in these floods.

Gosh... I hope the amount of casualty would not be high. I have no idea how big that storm was but you mentioned that hundreds were killed, it must have been quite serious . Well, we can no longer predict the weather these days can't we? We can only pray for those who lost in the storm, may they rest in peace .

Clearly, the atmospheric composition in southern philippines and the direction where the storm is headed should have been studied and from the findings conclude that the typhoon will be destructive or not after 3 to 4 days and evacuation is to be implemented soonest if it turned up to be deadly. Mindanao should be thankful though that it's only rare that typhoons strike there.

Yes i heard it in news this is a sad month ,but thankful God does care whats the problems they face ,yes it is sad to hear the bad tragedies,and hoping that God will always protect even there is hard times .We can't control those things only to trust God!!!!!We dont expect,even we are warn but we just to trust God!

I have seen this sad news this morning. My heart goes to those who passed away as well those that have lost their families. Good that you and your family was safe. Was it just one city? Or a big area in CDO was hit by storm and flood? My friend's family lives in CDO, just can't remember which area they are. I hope they too are safe.