Facing a Crisis
By Levis
@levis2020 (171)
Philippines
February 21, 2018 4:05pm CST
The title is not intended for me. Though quite a bit, I am. But it is meant for my fellow Albayanos who live at the foot of Mayon Volcano. We call ourselves Albayanos because we live in the province of Albay in the beautiful country Philippines. And at this moment my province is under the state of calamity due to the eruption of Mayon Volcano. Yesterday I visited the town of Sto. Domingo, where my brother resides. He was busy attending to the needs of the evacuees. Those families within the 8 kilometer danger zone were immediately relocated to safe places. My brother is connected to the local government unit and they are the ones responsible for the safety of the affected constituents.
My prayer is that this ongoing Mayon Volcano eruption may soon come to an end so that the affected families may return to their homes and be back to their normal day to day lives. It is almost a month now since this disaster strikes. Fortunately for me, I live in Legazpi City, way outside the Danger Zone. Yet still I feel for those affected. It is not an easy thing to live in evacuation centers. I experienced it before during the volcano's previous eruptions.
Hope and pray this crisis may soon be over.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
22 Feb 18
I guess America is so 'full of abundance' that our successful television-stars think it's rather foolish for people to move back into the very same places that have almost been destroyed by such a disaster (although there are people who live near American swamps, who are somehow-"surprised" when their home is drowned in another flood ... I imagine we'd feel the same way about people whose homes are destroyed by an active volcano, but then move back under the volcano! 
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Our rich citizens probably think "Why don't they just move?" That's the perspective that comes from 'touring far-&-wide'---you learn that 'it doesn't matter "where your home is" as long as you've got people who need you.'
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Our rich citizens probably think "Why don't they just move?" That's the perspective that comes from 'touring far-&-wide'---you learn that 'it doesn't matter "where your home is" as long as you've got people who need you.'1 person likes this
@levis2020 (171)
• Philippines
22 Feb 18
I somewhat agree to the rich citizens view that "why don't they just move" away from a disaster. Why after such a devastating eruption, people will again return to the same Danger Zone, only to be dislocated again in the future. But that is a painful reality with the poor. They risk their lives because that is where they get their daily sustenance in life. That's why they cannot just move out. They could not afford it.
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