Just a week ago
Visayas was strucked by typhoon Yolanda,
the strongest storm that hit the world in history, even stronger than
hurricane Katrina that killed thousand lives in United States of America on
2005. Hurricane Katrina had a strength of 205 kilometers per hour with 1,833
plus casualties while Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) had a fierce force of 315
kilometers per hour sustaining 11,000 fatalities and still counting! Few days
before it happened, people of the Visayas region were warned by PAG-ASA of the threat
of heavy rain fall, flash floods, landslides and storm surge. The latter part
was not clearly emphasized; people from Tacloban City expected only a rise of
the sea level but not a TSUNAMI of some kind. Everything in Leyte, Bantayan,
Eastern Samar and Tacloban City were thoroughly washed off!
Primary structures, distinguished establishments, historical
landmarks, public places and utilities, hospitals and government offices were
completely vanished! Corpse were scattered everywhere! Literally everywhere,
bodies on the shore, roads, buildings, even smashed by debris and fallen
structures! The pass on of the reliever is really slow! THEY NEED HELP! They
struggle for food and water. They are not looters as what others name them,
because if they were, they would have sneaked in to factories and buildings for
their own good but they went beyond their limits to feed their families and
keep them alive. They merely had no choice.
Social media has been flooded with hate massages blaming the
government for being corrupt, taking advantage of the situation, asking taxes
to foreign military and first aid responders for the relief goods to be handed
over to the people. It shouldn't be that way. The United Nations are freely
extending their help, Filipino's should be thankful for that alone. THEY NEED
HELP, a lot of them are very hungry, utterly helpless, barely breathing and at
snail's pace of dying! Thousands are badly injured, totally damaged and deeply
traumatized! Many lives were lost and children's future is at stake. Could you
just imagine how they sleep at night with an empty stomach, aching wounds and
broken hearts while lying beside the dead body of their loved ones? It's
terribly horrifying!
Yes, Help has arrived with the aid of all of the countries
sending their love and helping hands to assist the Filipino's but it will take
time, a long time to restore what has been destroyed or maybe it will never be
restored. I pray that the Philippines will be healed. Step aside the political
issues and everyone should work unitedly to reach a common goal. THEY NEED HELP
to uplift their spirits to keep them going, so LET'S HELP THEM and I say
instead of posting pictures of dead people, destructive images and complaining
of corrupt government, I encourage everyone to donate and do relief campaigns
and restoration programs, little by little it can be done. Remember, nobody
wanted this to happen. Nobody!
-curatchingching #justsaying
