Not us, but the hundreds of thousands of families caught unaware of the tropical storm that claimed houses, cars, belongings and even lives. It was only during the early evening of saturday when we realized the gravity of the events, even so on sunday.  Thank you to the contacts (and their contacts) that posted videos and photos of the aftermath.

I’m happy my family and relatives were spared, suddenly grateful we reside in the far off mountains of QC that is Novaliches.

Super complain pa ako to my husband why he chose to live so far away from everything.  Now, please remind me again why, whenever I would complain about where we live again.

The hospital, where I gave birth to Elise, was devastated.  See photos here. Upscale villages like Filinvest and Talayan Village, both in QC were not spared. Actresses on TV stranded on the roofs of their houses waiting to be rescued. I won’t even mention the horrific videos and photos on the news of the bodies found looked like.

Please don’t hesitate to help, here’s an effort, posted by my friend Ian over at Facebook.

ProjectOndoy

Here are some operations for help all over the blogosphere:

  1. http://barriosiete.com/donate-for-ondoy-victims/
  2. http://banggigay.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/101-ways-to-help-ondoy-victims/
  3. http://herestolife.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/how-you-can-help-victims-of-tropical-storm-ketsanaondoy/
  4. http://bluepanjeet.net/2009/09/28/5694/ways-means-donate-victims-tropical-storm-ketsana-aka-ondoy/
  5. http://www.shootfirsteatlater.com/2009/09/how-to-help-flood-victims-of-typhoon.html
  6. http://www.techpinas.com/2009/09/typhoon-ondoy-consolidated-list-of.html

Please make sure you join/help out legit groups.

I really don’t know how I could help since we’re not well off ourselves.  But I do offer prayers to those who need it.

And oh, there’s another one coming!! Be vigilant, y’all!

Keep safe, everybody!

Thanks to my Facebook contacts (and their contacts) Bren Li, Charles Cabuquit and Rodney M. Jimenez for sharing your photos of Ondoy.

UPDATE!! A collation of fan posted pictures may be seen at GMA’s Facebook Fan Page.