Flooded!
By allen0187
@allen0187 (59828)
Philippines
July 22, 2021 7:54pm CST
Was unable to log in here yesterday, July 22, Thursday night , Manila time. Due to the typhoon and the stronger monsoon rains, it got flooded in our area. The flood water got in the house and it was ankle-deep. Certainly not how I want to spend my Thursday night. It happened so fast. Good thing we were able to get items to the second floor. We had to prop up our fridge on top of the dining chairs. We were barely finished when the flood water came in our home. Outside, the flood water was knee-deep and as you got closer to the road it rose up to chest-deep levels. After two hours and thirty minutes, the flood water started receding. I started cleaning up already to get rid of the flood water, mud, and dirt. The people at home though decided that it can wait this morning. Anyway, managed to clean almost 3/4 of the ground floor.
Woke up this morning and I can hear them cleaning downstairs. Will just have to finish the first hour of my shift and then I'll go down to help out. If you are one of those who still don't believe in climate change, wake up.
EDIT: Uploaded the photo that one of my mom took last Thursday, July 22. You can see that the fridge has been placed on top of the dining chairs. Had we not done this, the fridge would have been partly submerged by the flood water.
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
24 Jul 21
True. Climate change is here and there are still those who don not believe it.
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
24 Jul 21
@cacay1 It's not only here but other parts of the world floods and landslides
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
23 Jul 21
Thanks. Hopefully, we manage to finish cleaning up by lunch time.
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
24 Jul 21
@CarolDM I remember in 2009 during Typhoon Ondoy. I had to evacuate my ailing grandmother from her home. We had to stay on the roof of our house for most part of the day. That was the first time it flooded in our area.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Jul 21
@allen0187 I had a friend that went through many floods in New Orleans, it was always so sad.
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@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
24 Jul 21
It's not an easy situation. I feel lucky since we never experience flooding here in our place. Hope you can manage
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
24 Jul 21
Where exactly is your place? Good for you if there are no floods in your area.
@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
24 Jul 21
@averygirl72 good to know. There are parts of Bulacan though that are flood-prone.
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
24 Jul 21
@allen0187 It happened before but not really flood just some water entered my grandma's house but never in our house. We are somewhere in Bulacan. We are not flood prone area
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
23 Jul 21
True. All of us are here so moving things last night was easy. Cleaning things up today.
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
24 Jul 21
@rakski I had experiences with floods. Stayed on top of the roof the whole day during Typhoon Ondoy. That was the first, hopefully, it is the last.
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@rakski (156547)
• Philippines
23 Jul 21
@allen0187 that happened to us also during Milenyo
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
24 Jul 21
I'm staying in my parent's place because they were staying in my condo. Then they went home here in their place and I went to my condo to have my national ID fixed. After that I went home to their place. They actually wanted to go to my condo that day but because of the rain, they decided not to push through.
@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
24 Jul 21
@cacay1 that is quite expensive. I got my first one during pre-selling. The second one is an old unit and I'm the third owner so the price is cheaper. Condo living has its advantages and disadvantages though.
@yoalldudes (35028)
• Philippines
23 Jul 21
That is a good thing you have a second floor. The rain this storm brought was really a ton.
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
24 Jul 21
Yup, it has been an orange rainfall warning all throughout the past two days.
@yoalldudes (35028)
• Philippines
24 Jul 21
@cacay1 That is scary. Seems these days it is good to have 2nd floor and an underground bunker .
@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
25 Jul 21
I do live in a condo. This is my parent's place. I was there last Thursday and they were suppose to stay at my condo for the weekend. They didn't push through the last minute which was good.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Jul 21
Things are certainly changing around the world. I'm sorry you were affected by the typhoon and monsoon . . . it is something else to have to deal with flooding. I hope you can get all that cleaned up and dried. Stay safe and take care out there.
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
23 Jul 21
Yup, almost done cleaning the floors and mopping and wiping things dry.
Thanks.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
23 Jul 21
Excess rain all over the world accompanied by floods. Sad to hear of your situation.
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
23 Jul 21
Thanks. The only consolation is the flood receding quickly. Cleaning up is tiring though.
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@RasmaSandra (98072)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Jul 21
Best of luck to you, I hope you can get it all cleaned up,
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
23 Jul 21
Thanks. It might take the whole day. What is important is we are making progress cleaning things up.
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
24 Jul 21
It was that is why I started cleaning up once the flood water receded.
@YuleimaVzla (1857)
• Maracaibo, Venezuela
23 Jul 21
I really have been telling other Mylot users that the weather is strange worldwide. I hope it is not too late for us to reverse the climate change.
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
24 Jul 21
It isn't too late but we have to start doing something now.
@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
23 Jul 21
It is the most risky thing if we have floods.
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