"2X Katrina" Typhoon Ketsana devastates Manila 5 hours

[DaFool]

I wasn't sure if what I experienced was newsworthy, since we have about one or two dozen typhoons (tropical hurricanes) hit the country every year.

Not my blog and pictures (the water came in so fast I barely had time to unplug all electricals and climb onto my bed)
http://renziebaluyut.wordpress.com/2009 ... oon-ondoy/

I was awoken around 11:30 am. My mattress and refrigerator were already floating at 1:30pm. Thankfully it all started to subside around 4:30pm.

I live in an affluent area with high elevation so we've been very lucky. The neighboring district of Marikina had people on their rooftops. The last flood I experienced was 15 years ago. This has been the worst disaster since 1967, they say.

[papillon]

Glad to hear you're okay!

[jaredhimself31]

Yeesh sounds pretty crazy to me! Good to hear you're okay though. I bet the clean up will be a real pain in the butt! I was down in New Orleans a year after Katrina hit, helping with the clean up. And let me tell you, I have nothing but bad memories about most of the clean up! I have never seen so many cockroaches in one place! *shudder*