Sigh...flood water not receding

most of our folks are back in their houses (I just gave the cook some money to buy insecticide for a house of one of her relatives).

Lots of folks with sores on their legs etc. coming for money to help them buy Amoxicillin so they don't get leptospirosis...


and now the Bulletin is saying the flooding could continue for another month, as the rain continues on and off and the swollen rivers flow downstream.

Latest data released by the NDRRMC also showed “Pedring” affected 643,154 families or 2,989,419 people in 3,464 villages from 310 towns and 42 cities in 35 provinces. Of these, a total of 18,845 families or 81,041 people are currently staying in 128 evacuation centers.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

“Quiel,” on the other hand, affected 219,645 families or 1,085,857 people in 1,719 villages from 133 towns and 10 cities in 17 provinces.

Of these, at least 6,304 families or 27,886 people are temporarily being served in 207 evacuation centers.

those who didn't clean the silting of the rivers and misjudged the water for the dams are of course blaming global warming.

But Google's "Way back" machine has the story of the 1936 flood...LINK which killed over 300 in our province alone...