Hi maning,<br><br>Thank God you and your family are safe. We were worried when nobody could contact you.<br><br>As for mapping for disaster, I don't know yet what we can do. Unlike in Gaza for which maps are not available, Marikina is well-mapped. I guess what's missing are geological and engineering information which can map where flooding is common and where flooding is likely in cases of extreme rainfall. (The US has flood maps but they are having trouble keeping them up-to-date as evidenced by Katrina due to the fast pace of development.) Maybe this can be a long-term objective.<br>
<br>For the meantime, we should focus on rescue and relief operations.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:54 AM, maning sambale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com">emmanuel.sambale@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;">Hi,<br>
<br>
We're OK. Other's are not so lucky but our family and immediate<br>
relatives are safe. The water was so fast you don't have time to<br>
panic. Thankfully the whole family was safe.<br>
<br>
I went around just this morning to look at the extent of the damage.<br>
I went to Ed's house (indescribable). Provident village was was the<br>
worst.<br>
<br>
@ Ed, if ever you need help in rebuilding the house. Just tell me.<br>
An extra hand would always help.<br>
<br>
As mapping project for the Philippines, I believe we need to respond<br>
to crisis like this one. I don't have anything in mind at the moment,<br>
but just the same, we need to do something.<br>
<br>
To the main OSM talk, here's the reference to the storm:<br>
<a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/222277/ondoys-flood-worst-history-pagasa" target="_blank">http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/222277/ondoys-flood-worst-history-pagasa</a><br>
<div class="im"><br>
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Rally de Leon <<a href="mailto:ralleon@gmail.com">ralleon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> I got a text message from Maning (thru his wife's cellphone). Their house also got flooded (didn't say how high) but they are ok now.<br>
><br>
> -Rally<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Jose Marie Bonto <<a href="mailto:jbonto@gmail.com">jbonto@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Hi Ed.<br>
>><br>
>> Thank god you and your family are ok. Let me know how we can help in our own little ways.<br>
>><br>
>> Still got no word from Maning?<br>
>><br>
>> Jobo<br>
>><br>
>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <<a href="mailto:seav80@gmail.com">seav80@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> 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>
>>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Ed Garcia <<a href="mailto:eppgarcia@gmail.com">eppgarcia@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 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 clear="all"></div></div></blockquote></div><br>-- <br><a href="http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com">http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com</a><br>