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Killer Tsunami

Monday, January 10, 2005

Killer Tsunami 2004
Will the same fate happen to us in the Philippines?

On my father's birthday last September 26, 2004, he warned all of us to stock some bottled water and canned goods just in case a strong earthquake will hit the country before the end of December 2004. After 12 days, we had a 6.5 magnitude earthquake which I mentioned in my October 8, 2004 article.

When tsunami hits 12 countries, I couldn't blog anything about it. I was scared similar incident will happen in the Philippines soon based on my father's warning to us. Everyday, I was praying for those people who recently died, maybe some of them didn't know yet they were dead. May those survivors who had lost their properties and loved ones will get help and recover soon. Rebuilding takes time yet, life goes on although I doubted whether it will be the same again. It is somehow unfortunate that others took advantage of the situation instead of extending help themselves to victims of tsunami:

The FBI alerted the public to a variety of online scams asking users to send money for the victims of the recent tsunami disaster.

Please visit Tsunami Missing Persons HQ at http://www.sneaknews.com/, a site created by a fellow Filipino, Benjamin Agravante Jr., a 25-year-old native of Legazpi City, Albay vacationing in Amsterdam.

Meanwhile, the lives of those families in Real, Quezon province, who were badly hit by strong typhoons are not back to normal yet. There's so many things to be done. Majority of houses and school buildings were almost destroyed and/ or buried in soil when logs carried by flash floods hit houses and livestocks. Graduating students were helpless but, they all wishing to go back to school soon so that they can graduate this year.


Posted on January 10, 2005 07:00 PM TrackBack


butterfly Let me know you were here, your thoughts are welcome!

nice to meet you laila


Posted by: dedy on June 29, 2006 05:45 PM

I haven't been scared to blog about the tsunami. But so far the planet's been ravaged by many natural disasters, both reported and unreported. And yes, with a catastrophe like this, it makes me think of the chances the PI would be next. Agreed, the PI is not ready for something like this. And I think it's downright dirty for those to take advantage of good souls with donation scams -- I even took heed of those Nigerian email scams, one which was converted to an obvious tsunami donation request.


Posted by: Myles on January 18, 2005 04:33 PM

I'm worried for my children, Randy... the Philippines is not ready for this kind of disaster. We're going to die while the government are still arguing whether to send relief or not...


Posted by: Laila* on January 10, 2005 10:48 PM

I have been a little hesitant to blog much about it myself. I did donate some blogshares money to an auction and some money to the Red Cross. Hopefully events like this will not happen this year, though I know that there will be a few. Just goes to show, that whereever you live you have to be prepared at all times. We can all keep these folks in our prayers though. I do like to see all the military might of the United States being used for good purposes and wish my many military friends in the area a successful mission. They are saving many lives.


Posted by: RWO on January 10, 2005 10:20 PM

Please write responsibly. Thank you!









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