So. Saturday night and there’s still no electricity here at our place. A friend from the local power plant told us earlier that power will resume tomorrow afternoon at the earliest. Apparently, Metro Manila was prioritized. Oh well.
It’s not quite right for me to complain, really. Despite having no water and electricity since Tuesday night, our whole family is safe and our house intact. Instead of starving, Mama ended up cooking almost all the food in the ref and freezer so they won’t spoil, resulting in an overabundance of things to eat–of course, we shared a lot with the neighbors.
My new phone’s Ultra Power Saving mode was a lifesaver. I had the foresight to charge up Tuesday night while the storm was raging and immediately put it in UPS mode just in case. Shortly after, the power went out. Amazingly, the battery lasted until yesterday afternoon, even with random FB checkings every now and then to catch up on the local news. In fact, it wasn’t even drained when I topped it up.
Speaking of news, maybe you’ve heard that half of Calumpang Bridge went down during the storm. It’s the biggest #GlendaPH news in the city, which, though affected was not really damaged too much, thank God. Still, it’s a huge blow to the city since the bridge connects major roads to and from Poblacion and Pallocan West where the ubiquitous SM City Batangas is.
Already, the traffic in the alternative route is unbearable. I really hope the LGU would prioritize and expedite the repair and reinforcement of that bridge for everybody’s sanity peace of mind.
Thankful that electricity was on and off here, at least (not totally out). Since the Philippines is disaster prone. I hope they start thinking of reallocating pork to local disaster recovery funds to immediately facilitate repairing destroyed infrastructure
We can only hope. Or you could, maybe, make a petition on change.org or something.. Power and water’s back on now thank God.