When nature unleashes its fury, there's just no telling the outcome. Entire communities were wiped out, cars piled up on rooftops, logs floated by rising flood waters toppled down homes. Rich or poor... all were victims! At this stage, volunteers are still scouring the flood hit areas to find missing friends and relatives or recover bodies. Funeral parlors have started turning away families with their dead.
Needless to say, the heroism of our countrymen was not enough to save the victims of the floods. The Bugsay River Guides used their rubber rafts to rescue stranded families from their rooftops. They paddled all night from house to house to save children and the elderly first. A driver of a popular TV station rescued a little girl after the waiting shed she was on collapsed. One wealthy business man used his water hose to provide much needed water for his neighbors. Little known heroes, all of them.
So while we who have been able to stay high and dry away from the calamity site are enjoying the holidays, please try your very best to help our less fortunate brothers in the south. Any amount, big or small, will go a long way. Much needed commodities are clean potable water, clothing, and ready to eat foods. Be careful though, send your donations only to legitimate agencies! Red Cross, ABS CBN, GMA, the DSWD are accepting donations. Their appeal is that donors give in cash so that the much needed supplies can be brought at point of sale so they can easily be bought in afflicted areas.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!
* All photos in this article taken from yahoo news
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