Hello Ed,<br><br>I really don't know what to say, since all your belongings got damaged.<br><br>But I'm glad to hear you and your family are all safe. Thanks be to God.<br>
<br>Eugene<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Ed Garcia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eppgarcia@gmail.com">eppgarcia@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello all, I am back online (temporarily) as I am using the computer of my " evacuation center" brother-in-law.<br><br>Yes. Our house got fully submerged (roof included) in very muddy flood waters. The waters rose to record high compared to the 3 floods of 1979, 1989 and 1999. Yes, I experienced all 4 floods so far ... Remarkably , the major floods come every 10 years and about this time of the year always. This is the worst, damaging everything we had, burying most items in 6 inches of thick mud, the ceiling collapsed from the sediment accumulation.<br>
<br>Yes, we moved into our neighbors 2-storey house (roof actually) and slept on the roof the whole night through without getting any rescue as the rescue operations were simply overwhelmed with the magnitude of the flood and the number of flood victims. There were a lot of fatalities, mostly from being trapped in their rooms as the flood rose so fast.<br>
<br>We all safely survived the flood. Praise God!<br><br>We deeply appreciate your concern.<br>ed and kids.... <br>p.s. my wife was not at home at that time so she was spared from the flood as well. Praise God again.<br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seav80@gmail.com" target="_blank">seav80@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Update: I got this news from Eric Punzalan over at the WaypointsDotPH Yahoo! Groups:<br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
FYI<br>
<br>Our friend Ed Garcia's house has been under water, completely, since yesterday.<br>He managed to escape the waters by taking shelter in a neighbor's house (second floor).<br><br>I lost contact with him yesterday afternoon after he sent an SOS message.<br>
They were all safe as of that time and were preparing to move up to the roof as the waters kept rising.<br><br>We could not get to their village to help due to flood waters.<br></blockquote><div><br>Rem also mailed there to say that he went to Marikina to do coverage for his newspaper. He tried looking for Ed's house but was unsuccessful.<br>
<br>Maning also lives in Marikina. I have no word about him and his family yet.<br><br>:-(<br><br></div><div><div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seav80@gmail.com" target="_blank">seav80@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Maning, Ed, Rally and others in Marikina, Pasig, Cainta, etc. are you guys ok?<br><br>
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