Monday, September 28, 2009

ketsana's fury in photos...


uncertain steps...you'll never
know what's ahead...

holding on to dear life...




all that's left of my things...

cars afloat in front of a university building...



manggahan floodway had to be destroyed
to give way to enormous volume
of rainwater...


stranded in the airport...





the aftermath...trash and broken fences


...he probably didn't get home on time...

...how did that car get there?...





uh oh...no, they're not matchbox cars...
and no one's playing...they're for real...


in a relief center...cell phones are charging..
how much of their lives will be "re-charged"?





oh no, not even a big, beautiful house
was spared...



saving lives on a rubber boat...




they used a banca to save what's left
of possessions...

"salamat kuya!" (thank you my big brother!)...





saturday is a working day for
some of us. september 26,2009 will
never be forgotten..all were
rushing home...(see the traffic
farther down? some reached home
the next day)


holding on to each other amidst
the typhoon's wrath...



even expensive cars were not spared...



these trash came from everywhere brought by the floods...a backlash
because of humans' indifference to nature...





eroded earth...mud, silt and sand...
where do we start? where do we go from here?


this boy, collects from what's left...
mud, plastic bags, trash...




the nameless...faceless...may she
rest in the peace of God...

i light a candle...for the dead who hope to rest in peace...
and for the living who continue to hope for
a new beginning...

thank you for visiting this blog. please offer 5 minutes of silence in your workplace...homes...wherever you are for us here and send your positive thoughts,
prayers, energy...we need you now...

here is a flower for you in return...peace...may peace reign in our hearts...

(thanks very much to the heroes behind the lens for these photos...)

weena...

8 comments:

  1. Blessings to you and yours, sugar...nature respects not wealth nor privilege, and she does strike with a heavy hand...but she blesses, too, and loves us with ferocity.

    Shade and Sweetwater,
    K

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  2. Terrible, what more can I say? Even if I see the pictures I can never imagine the horror getting stuck in that nightmare. You are in my thoughts and prayers!
    Take care now!
    Christer.

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  3. Even looking at your pictures, my mind can just barely take it in. I can but imagine the feelings of terror and hopelessness. My prayers are with you and each one of your people. God hears and understands. I wish you all peace and a restoration of your lives to the way they were.......
    Blessings always. Shirley

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  4. many many thanks, dear K, Christer and Shirley...

    as i got to work this morning, people are trying to clean, rebuild, begin again from what's left of things lost...i reflect: more than properties, lives lost, what is more destructive is the loss of the sense of soul...the indifference and coldness of hearts...that is another side of this part of our history as a people. there have been so many panic-buying, self-centered people. and it is so sad...but as many are also sincere and true to themselves, many have chosen to extend help and have welcomed some into their homes...

    many thanks again and again and again...i'll keep you posted of the latest. i'm sure i'll be collecting many wonderful stories of hope and peace in the midst of tragedy...

    we continue to hope...

    weena

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  5. Absolutely horrific. I still can not get over our beautiful Louisiana city New ORleans so this is very close to home for many of us here. My heart & prayers go out and up for all. Take care. Tammy

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  6. I hope you and your loved ones are ok. My heart is wretched with all that is happening to the north of my country. no words left ...........

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  7. Really sad. The pictures are hard to look at. May God bless them and keep them safe in the Philippines. I truly wish the sun would shine and keep them warm and keep them dry, and they can start all over again.

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  8. tammy, aussiefrend and chay...

    my heart goes out to you in deep gratitude. we are still in the state of calamity which will go on for a year. but hope continues to sing it's song.

    my daughter's classmates who come form marikina, cainta, and pasig, the cities hard hit by the storm, would you believe, were not able to save their clothes! poor girls! we rummaged through our own clothes to spare, washed them last night and mikai brought them to school. classmates had to be de-briefed for what had happened. they were literally crying the whole time in school. teachers and counselors were with them processing the whole thing...

    hope for all of us...thank you God for your gift. in the midst of wrath and rage, we are hopeful...

    weena

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