Traffic one again crawled in several parts of Davao City, my new home since 1999, some days and nights ago, as heavy rain pured, inducted by a low-pressure area. The down pour brought relief to all of us who have sweltered through what our weather experts said was the country's hottest summer in a decade. Wow. Yes, it has been indeed!
But the rains also triggered the first flash floods reminding us less than a year ago, claiming lives, destroyed properties and caused a lot of health problems especially in most parts of Luzon.
Have we forgotten Ondoy and Pepeng? Yes, and some Philippine columnists are very well in saying, that election fever soon overshadowed the trauma flooding spawned by above mentioned storms.
I wish and hope and pray, that government executives (especially new-elected!) have presumably learned their lessons and are better prepared to deal with the new typhoon season. There is no reason to remain unprepared for a repeat of natural disasters. Davao City and its surroundings might remain lucky staying out of the typhoon belt. Heavy rain and landslides can also happened here.
