My Taste of Ondoy

We always saw it coming!

We had been warned.. YEARS AGO!

But we never listened to the early SIGNS of TIME...

With what happened with the TYPHOON ONDOY and the following typhoons, i hope we all learned our lessons.

a view from the Hotel Aloha at 1:21 PM

I was in Manila when we were hit by ONDOY. The supposedly fun-filled and exciting weekend turned sour when we checked out of our HOTEL and found out that flood water is starting to rise. Making it hard for us to take a cab.

Dang!

We spent half of the day soaked. WE were literally "basang sisiw". Then came a call that we have to go to ATTY VENCER's hotel to do some stuff for the BAR OPERATIONS. We have no choice but to take an overpriced PEDICAB cause they are the only means of transportation on that almost knee-high flood waters.

Thanks for the mission which seems to be tedious during that time for we were able to have a temporary shelter from the very bad weather.

There, we found out what is happening to the other parts of the METRO. Feeling super low, . I complained for getting wet and for walking in dirty flood waters. Oh what a shame realizing how lucky I am compared to the other people who lost their homes, properties and worst love one's with this wrath.

a view from the Hotel Aloha at 9:53 PM

What have I learned from this?

WELL, when Mother Nature cries out loud, we will be paying a GREAT PRICE...

So from now on, let us be NATURE's FRIEND...

 

ATTENTION: CAR OWNERS - on the use of AIRCONs

This is specially relevant for our aircon cars here in the Philippines, where we always keep all the windows closed and the temperature goes up to more than 100o F. 

I actually got this from my mail today:
 
Please note and circulate...

- Do not turn on A/C immediately as soon as you enter the car!

- Please open the windows after you enter your car and do not turn ON the air-conditioning immediately.

- According to a research done. The car dashboard, sofa, air freshener emits Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcinogen- take note of the heated plastic Smell in your car). In addition to causing cancer, it poisons your bones, causes anemia, and reduces white blood cells. Prolonged exposure will cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer. May also cause miscarriage.
 
- Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50 mg per sq. ft. A car parked indoors with the windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benzene.

If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benzene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level... & the people inside the car will inevitably inhale an excess amount of the toxins.

- It is recommended that you open the windows and door to give time for the interior to air out before you enter.

- Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver, and is very difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff.

 
 
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