Swelling
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
Philippines
November 4, 2017 8:10pm CST
It has been raining for 3 days now; sometimes it gets sunny but after a few hours, the clouds weep again. Since yesterday too, the rains kept on pouring. Last night, it was the sound of the rain that lulled me to sleep.
Today, the atmosphere is gloomy and raining once again. I am thinking too about the river here, which is the largest river in our country. Since our province is the catch basin, and hearing from a student that the overflow bridge near the city proper is already flooded, I am hoping against hope that the river won’t swell again. It is difficult for those people in far-flung areas to come to the city if there is no more transportation available.
Although during summer we hoped for rains, this time, we wish the continuous rain will stop and the river recedes. If the river swells again, I will have to wait for announcement from the provincial government here if classes and duty will be suspended tomorrow.
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@annierose (19395)
• Philippines
5 Nov 17
I am sorry to hear that. It rained last night here in Metro Manila. But during the days, the weather is just gloomy. I just bring an umbrella whenever I go outside. Christmas season is approaching and it is getting colder now.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Nov 17
yes that is true. in more that 50 days more to go, Christmas will be here. i hope our Christmas in our country will not be rainy one.
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@annierose (19395)
• Philippines
6 Nov 17
@ridingbet Yes, I do hope for the same thing. Did you already start wrapping gifts?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
@annierose no. not yet. the part-time clinical instructors will have a Christmas party, and i hope we will enjoy it even though we are less than 10.
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@LadyDuck (459916)
• Switzerland
5 Nov 17
@ridingbet Yes, we had no rain at all during the month of October.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Nov 17
@LadyDuck our October here should be the rainy season already but it was still hot on that month. November, the rains are so severe that it is causing the floods and suspension of classes.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
5 Nov 17
you needed the rain, was your area dry? here, almost all residents are inside their houses because of the incessant rains for 2 days and nights now.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Nov 17
if you can see the pictures of how severe the floods are here now, i think you will not even think of coming here if you are from this place.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
@allen0187 there is a live shot of the floods last Monday and i saw our city was full of the brownish flood waters. it was shot by a drone.
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I hope that the river does not overflow
It is rainy now though 
and the traffic has gotten worse@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
@lady1993 that is almost always the outcome of a sunny climate--- traffic. heheh!
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Nov 17
sunny? maybe you are in the Visayas area? or near the capital city? i hope the sun here will shine so the rivers recede
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
@ridingbet Oh, my! It is scary to be in that place then, when it rains non-stop. So, what do you do when it rains non-stop?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
@SIMPLYD when we have electricity, we can watch TV or be online.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
yes my lady. my place is the catch basin, and even when the rains already stopped, we still have to be vigilant of possible opening of the dams (like magat dam that is near our province) that might result yo flash floods. instead of the water receding, it might even get worse.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
8 Nov 17
yes, and it is sunny, but intermittently, because drizzles still occur.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
5 Nov 17
it's sunny now. we only had drizzles since friday. i hope it doesn't overflow.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Nov 17
the second longest bridge is now about to reach the critical level, and i pray the flood water will not cover the bridge.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Nov 17
indeed, this is the result of global warming. our climates are already erratic
