Share This Post: personal post-disaster processing, with Renzie Baluyut. It is the end of Day Two- the second day after Typhoon Ondoy /Ketsana poured down an unearthly amount of rain over the entire city . I headed for the Pasig apartment earlier on, which was actually the first time since the floodwaters hit. The entire […]
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Yes, You Want To Help Out The Victims of Typhoon Ondoy
Share This Post: parts of Metro Manila are still in shambles, so let’s help whoever we can, and share whatever we have –Renzie Baluyut.
As bad as things are now in Metro Manila, what with Typhoon Ondoy /Ketsana crashing down on us all a couple of days ago, it’s a sad fact that there are people worse off than us who need our help.
Case in point: I live in Pasig City. The floodwaters have actually gone into my apartment and made a mess out of things, but that is nothing compared to people whose houses were flooded all the way up to the roof and had to wait it out ’til the next day for food, warmth and rescue. Or those whose cars were swept away by the surge of floodwater, or were completely submerged in water-filled basement parking lots. Or those who were literally trapped in their homes because they had children and babies with them, floating around in murky waters until the next day.
As you can see, my problems are more of a nuisance, really, rather than an actual lamentable concern, compared to our more unfortunate countrymen.
At the time I write this, close to a hundred lives have already been claimed by Typhoon Ondoy /Ketsana. Several more remain missing and unaccounted for, and thousands of people were displaced by the deluge.
We all pitch in, and help however we can.
I urge you to do what you can to help as well. Spread the word, tell others about what had happened here.
If you want to help out some more, please read on.
There’s a spreadsheet right here you can check out: http://spreadsheets.google.com/lv?key=tBMVeBvbdAtYRaRB6ErFWnA, that tells you where you can donate what items, where to volunteer, which items are needed more immediately, and other notes and requests.
Other ways you can help
1. Check out the Philippine National Red Cross. Quite possibly, the best place you can send donations, whether you’re in the Philippines, or elsewhere in the world. Get all the details on how you can send donations right here from the official website.
2. TXTPOWER.org. Check out their website here. You can send donations via Paypal (magbayanihan@yahoo.com.ph or by clicking here), through GCash (0917-9751092), or using SmartMoney (5577-5144-1866-7103).
3. Other channels available: Check out the blog of our dear friend, Jane, over at “Here’s To Life!”. She constantly updates this particular post, so you have all the options you need for helping out.
Most urgent needs
* Food items: Rice, noodles, canned goods, sugar, iodized salt, cooking oil, monggo beans and potable water
* Medicines: Paracetamol, antibiotics, analgesic, oral rehydration salts, multivitamins and medications to treat diarrheal diseases
* Non-food items: Bath soaps, face towels, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, plastic mats, blankets, mosquito nets, jerry cans, water containers, water purification tablets, plastic sheetings, and Laundry soap
4. There are establishments and organizations on a previous post of mine in need of volunteers and relief goods as well. Any assistance you can throw their way would be very much appreciated.
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Online Chatter on Philippine Typhoon Ondoy
Share This Post: monitoring chatter on Facebook via my friends’ and contacts’ status updates, with Renzie Baluyut.
For a list of rescue hotlines, links and resources, please click this link.
It was a harrowing day yesterday as an entire month’s worth of September rain poured down on Metro Manila and surrounding areas in just a few short hours. We were right smack in the path of Typhoon Ondoy, or Ketsana. The result was disastrous. Never have I seen widespread flooding of this magnitude, and they say the last time a similar deluge happened in the city was some 42 years ago.
Needless to say, the entire city is a disaster area. Check out the news coverage on Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana on the BBC and CNN here. Photos from all over the city can be found here on Yahoo News.
Here are some status updates I compiled from my friends, colleagues and contacts from Facebook, covering a 12-hour period, from midnight last night, to just around noon today. This pretty much gives you an idea of how bad things are around here, as people all over Metro Manila have to deal with the massive downpour brought about by Typhoon Ondoy /Ketsana.
Around 12:oo MN (GMT +8:00) Sept 27
From Carol Valdez:
My heart goes to everybody affected by Typhoon Ondoy. Keep safe. I will keep on praying for rain to stop and rescue be made immediately.
From Carlos Celdran:
is sitting in the dark. No lights in malate. Roxas boulevard is pitch black.
From Abbi Gabasa:
Hurricane Katrina dumped OVER AN INCH of rainfall in Louisiana for 3 hours and another 0.5 inches per hour over the next 5 hours on August 29, 2005. Ondoy dumped an AVERAGE OF 2.24 INCHES per hour for six hours… and is still going. PLEASE EXTEND YO…UR SUPPORT & PRAYERS FOR MANILA’S RECOVERY FROM THIS DISASTER.
From Philippine Beaches:
MRT and LRT is on 24hrs Operation, please spread. Red Cross Rubberboats.RED CROSS: 0917-899-7898 and 0938-442697,National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) Emergency Numbers: 911-1406, 912-2665, 911-5061, 912-5296, 911-1873, 912-2112 Help
From Riza G. Gonzales:
OMG…still no electricity in here, telcos busted… News says it will go on for days before we can get back to normal state. Pls help us pray for our families and friends who were affected by the typhoon!
From Sandy Allan:
skyway’s open/free southbound! quezon ave is loosening up. QC circle is ok. philcoa is ok, commonwealth to tandang sora is ok. Airport/Taft area is still chaotic. Don’t pass by Buendia from Ayala towards Taft/Roxas Blvd. Traffic is not moving.
From Ito Rapadas:
Malls in Metro Manila are commanded by government to open and provide free parking to all stranded vehicles now. Call your relatives and friends currently stranded in the street to invoke this so that they can park to rest in malls.
From Cristina Ganzon:
Batangas under state of calamity. Power cut in most towns of Quezon province. Thousands of families evacuated in Laguna. Thousands stranded in major ports of Calabarzon. Rizal death toll up to 46.
Around 1AM (GMT +8:00) Sept 27
From Aida Baltazar:
distressing how ill-equipped we still are in responding to calamities. 2 rubber boats? seriously. fb friends here and abroad, relief donations for flood victims can be coursed through Red Cross. you’ll be assured it will get to the right beneficiaries and not land in ukay ukay.
From Francis Euston R. Acero:
RT @ageofbrillig: DZMM: Bulacan dams Angat & Ipo have released water after exceeding spilling level, creekside residents told to evacuate.
From Melanie Dujunco:
Appeal to those who have access to 4×4 trucks for rescue. Please send vehicles to Greenhills Shopping Center in front of Unimart Grocery to await deployment strategy. Call or text 09209072902 to confirm your pledge. Thank you.
From Ron Titular:
please pray for our home, my helpers and our community in marikina read here http://adventuresofabeautyqueen.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/typhoon-ondoy-floods-my-marikina-home/ a friend who lives nearby said the waters are going down and he’ll check… in on our home in the morning! We appreciate the prayers!
From Jei El Lim Deogracias:
how epic is this flood? Here’s an excerpt from the GMANews.TV story. Cruz said the total rainfall from “Ondoy” in the first six hours of the storm, which measured 341 millimeters, broke the record for the highest 24-hour rainfall of 33…4 millimeters in metropolitan Manila recorded by Pagasa in June 1967. “We were able to break that record in a span of six hours.” he said…
From Cecille Rebollos:
MSG FROM MY SISTER: WE R OK. STIL W8NG 4 RESCUE. 2 RUBBER BOATS BUT SAYS THEY WILL RETURN FOR US. A SIGN OF HOPE. PRAYERS PLEASE. – DENISE
From Yumi Calderon:
hmmm, cant believe that some people stranded on the roof top of their homes refuse to be rescued, and prefers to stay there. that same boat could’ve saved more people wanting to be saved.
From Chris Otero:
Just received word that PNP boats are in Provident village. Please tell your family and friends to yell or signal them if they hear the boats. Hang in there, folks!!
From Monica Poliquit:
Don’t forget to donate medicines too!!! Those people stuck under the cold rain for hours with hardly food or water will surely get sick…
From Ariel A. Roda:
LIFELINE RESCUE’s Central Dispatch “guided a father over the phone through the delivery of his own baby while trapped at home due to impassable floods. For similar situations, please ask those in need to call 16-911. All other ambulance ser…vices are out; only LIFELINE RESCUE is still on the road. Bless their souls!
From Ingrid M. Nieto:
FINALLY, the airline that says ‘it’s time everyone flies’ decided to cancel… after we have packed our stuff, checked out of the hotel, lined up and paid. cancelled. my heart goes out to the other passengers… cebu pac didn’t even… offer to accommodate or feed them as a result of the cancellation. tsk tsk tsk
From Joey Valdez:
my friend’s 5-MONTH OLD niece, her mother, and 4 other kids, up on roof in Cambridge St., Provident Village, Marikina – house under water, help needed. Please contact Therese at (920) 915-2140.
From Chayenne De Leon:
Fucking pathetic. RT @raincontreras: GMA’s LEGACY! RT @jimparedes: The rescue effort has 13 boats? That’s it?
From Richard Campos:
We need boats & light watercraft now… Lots of potable water in the next few days for the badly hit areas… Sadly, both are quite rare in the middle of the city at the moment…
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Pictures From Typhoon Ondoy
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For a list of rescue hotlines, links and resources, please click this link.
Here’s a collection of pics I found all over Facebook- special thanks to Jeremiah Reyes and Jr Lo for initiating the effort to compile all the pics they could and share it for all the world to see. If you want get an idea of how things were going down in Metro Manila after these events were happening, check out my other post monitoring online chatter through my friends’ and colleagues’ activities on Facebook.
Please take note that I do not own these photos. I merely share this to give you all an idea of how bad things were when Typhoon Ondoy /Ketsana hit Metro Manila on the day of 26 September 2009. As mentioned, these pics were already compiled by Jeremiah Reyes and JR Lo. If you own the pictures, please let me know, so I can give you proper credit, as well as a link on this post.
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