Heavy Flooding Where I Live In The Philippines

[seekingthetruth 1,248]

It is very bad.  This is downtown Olongapo City, next to Subic Bay Freeport where I live.

[Family 4,088]

1 hour ago, seekingthetruth said:

It is very bad.  This is downtown Olongapo City, next to Subic Bay Freeport where I live.

Take good care of you and family. I could not believe my eyes , when I saw photo you posted..but streets have turned into rivers, indeed.

Are you able to evacuate?

[Dashinka 24,663]

2 hours ago, seekingthetruth said:

It is very bad.  This is downtown Olongapo City, next to Subic Bay Freeport where I live.

Stay safe.  Why is the Chinese Coast Guard there?  Assisting?

 

[seekingthetruth 1,248]

Actually that picture is a photoshop joke, referring to the ongoing conflict between China and Philippines, with China claiming Philippine islands as their own.  A ship could not go down the main road of Olongapo.

 

However, I grabbed that picture from FB in the morning yesterday before it really started to pour.  Nonstop "red" downpours from mid-morning to late afternoon.  Manila was neck deep in some areas.  Olongapo was mostly knee deep, like this picture.  I live on a hill and am not impacted much by the flooding.

 

 

[TBoneTX 45,724]

46 minutes ago, seekingthetruth said:

I live on a hill and am not impacted much by the flooding.

Be careful regardless.  Do you have food/water/fuel for several days/weeks?

[seekingthetruth 1,248]

2 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Be careful regardless.  Do you have food/water/fuel for several days/weeks?

 

In Subic Bay Freeport (old U.S. Navy base), where I live, everything is fairly normal.  The infrastructure on the base was built to Western standards so most areas have good drainage and don't flood.  There are a few problem areas but so far, nothing my SUV can't handle.  I got a bit nervous yesterday when I went storm sightseeing in our boardwalk area.  The tide was so high that waves were crashing over the seawall and flooding the road with seawater, probably over 2 feet of water in some places.  I was pushing the 600 mm wading depth of my Trailblazer.

 

It is down in Olongapo where they have big problems.  They have the Santa Rita river going through town and it is full of lahar from Mt. Pinatubo, which last erupted in 1991.  They have dredging operations ongoing for years, but it seems they never get ahead of it.  So when everything aligns right, they get floods.  Heavy rains bring more lahar + high tides = the river overflows.  Yesterday at 11 am the tide was very high and it was raining cats and dogs and the river was already full of water and lahar.  The river basically covers the whole floor of the city.

[TBoneTX 45,724]

3 minutes ago, seekingthetruth said:

I was pushing the 600 mm wading depth of my Trailblazer.

Careful.  Man's dominion ends at the shoreline.

Prayers for all affected, and you keep the faith.