Rise Up Again Filipinos!

I feel really sad about what happened last week to the victims of the super typhoon Yolanda. I never expected that the death toll was feared to be at 10,000 (what happened to the pre-emptied evacuation?). There's no use blaming who should be accountable for this. Calamities are unavoidable, we could only do precautionary measures to be at least safe from its rage. 

Many were shocked about how devastating the "storm surge" was. Despite President Aquino's plead to all Filipinos to be serious in preparation for this typhoon, grabbing another TV prime time air slot, it seemed that some still stayed in their homes near the coastal area. But I've heard that there was an evacuation area that was also affected by the flood caused by storm surge. Now I start to wonder if the people there in Leyte and other affected areas were really informed what storm surge really is, that it is a flood caused by the brushing of strong and high-speed winds by the typhoon, piling up the water above the normal sea level. Perhaps, if they were really informed properly, they could have chosen safer  evacuation areas, so lesser casualties and victims could be expected. Also, I wonder if there were really force evacuation done a day before the typhoon land to the province. [sigh] 

Again, it useless to blame anyone here. What we should do is to think of a way on how we can be of help to all our "kababayan" who became victims of this catastrophe. A small deed of participating in a donation campaign in our school can be a great way to express our compassion to those who were affected. Or if there is not yet any campaign for it, please by all means initiate this project. It could help a lot. 

God please help our fellow countrymen to stand up again after this tragedy. We are strong. But with You... we are STRONGER.