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Typhoon Ketsana takes Philippines by storm
yeah, I couldn't resist making a stupid pun >.<
you probably have heard of this guys, but meh, I'm still posting. I'm not in the midst of the chaos, because my house is on high ground, and I can't really go and help out physically because of too many reasons. This is something like Hurricane Katrina-ish scale for us Filipinos.
btw: Hurricane Katrina rainfall =380mm in Louisiana. Typhoon Ondoy rainfall= 410mm in Manila, Philippines.
just saying we're currently looking for help so.. like.. yeah. If this touches you, you could send help through American Red Cross.
just posting whether anyone cares or not. (hope you guys do though. ^^)
for people who don't even know where the Philippines is, I say>> and google us.
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I know of some of my friends whose houses got flooded and stuff, and even my Univ. suffered. My house is on a hill, so my whole subdivision's high and dry.
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guys I know it's really lame asking for help here on the forums (I do hope its not against the rules) but.. well, I'm just trying to spread the news.
If you can help in anyway, donate stuff and all that, you could try American Red Cross because I think they're going to send some donations over. Seriously, my country needs help; I'm going to volunteering stations tomorrow. This is as big as Katrina for us - even more so for we don't have the resources to help people. Please, guys, the Philippines needs help. thanks.
Help the Philippines Weather the Storm. Wherever you maybe, you may DONATE thru UN's World Health Program page:www.wfp.org/donate/ondoy
msf was the only aide agency, to my knowledge, who stopped taking donations for the boxing day tsunami when they realized that they could not spend all the money they were given.
Most agencies would still take the money, and large sums basically sat in bank accounts until they defaulted. Money given to an agency like this must be used for the purpose it was donated. So if you can't spend all the money you are given for one disaster, it goes to waste, rather than being diverted to fund other programs.
ya, after I posted the link I looked over the page and sort of had an "oh shit" moment when I learned they didn't have anything on what you are talking about
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maybe they'd update soon. Anyway, yeah, I know - all I know is what we need right now is immediate rescue operations, relief goods and stuff like that. In a week, everything would probably subside, but people still need to rebuild lives.
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Marikina River, I think. Those people almost died... I'm not sure, but there's another story where a mom and her kids died when they were swept away in a similar manner.
Someone did joke about it being the world's biggest surfboard though. xD and I lol'd. xD
Actually I just checked with the Severe Weather Information Centre and those severe storm front will most likely hit the following shores (as warnings have been issued to the minute):
#China
#Hong Kong
#USA
#Korea
It would be a complete disaster if it hit the Philippines again, just after the catastrophe that Ketsana brought.
It would've affected my relatives back there.
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we're currently looking for help so.. like.. yeah. If this touches you, you could send help through American Red Cross.
(hope you guys do though. ^^)
and google us.
Sep 28th, 2009 10:05 AM
Those people almost died... I'm not sure, but there's another story where a mom and her kids died when they were swept away in a similar manner.
