This is the untold story of how Tacloban is now. Not from the media, nor from the government, but from the people themselves. Please take time to read. ——------------------------- Especially for those who still think the people in Tacloban are looters, uncivilized, and deemed like animals. You cannot compare this to any country (like Japan) and most definitely, you cannot say I know how they feel simply because YOU WERE NOT THERE when this catastrophe happened. You still have a job, food on the table, electricity, internet, water, gadgets, and A FAMILY. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Personal account of a person who survived the Typhoon (he does not want his name posted) in his own words. ----- I wont be posting my whole experience as theres always some people who think they know better. But I want to make things clear so you would have an idea what its really like being there. 1. Tacloban prepared for Yolanda, to say that they didnt because of the the casualty number is a bit disappointing. They had families already relocated in designated evacuation centers even before the storm. It was just sad that those places were destroyed as well. 2. Dont go on thinking you know better by saying they should have left the seaside. Im not entirely sure but even near the heart of the city there are sandwiched cars. My guess is that the water went as far as there when it hit. 3. Step down your high horse from time to time. Dont be so quick to judge looters. I was a looter. I looted medicine for the Red Cross, milk and food for the children. Walked for 4 hours and dug into 2 foot empty plastic bottles to get at least something to drink and bring back. The people who took flat screen tvs were the same people who offered to give me a drink and some lugaw. Those who looked like ex-convicts offered me something to eat. Almost all the time they are willing to lend a hand when you said you really need something. What they didnt show on the news was how people were helping each other amidst the catastrophe. 4. These tv personalities and politicians mostly are a piece of shit. Mar Roxas and his body guards never helped us retrieve families trapped in the cottages in the hotel that we were staying or assisted in helping the wounded. They just walked around clean and tidy as if they couldnt be bothered. Ted Failon ate a hearty meal while some children barely had anything to eat and slept in comfy beds while children slept on marble floors. Love Añover panicked and asked us to go downtown to get military assistance like they were someone special. You dont hear those on the news do you? Its all about what was recorded on the shot. 5. It might look like chaos, I guess thats what they want to show you, but there are police patrols. I personally went to the police station and asked about the rumors of hostility. They told us that its not true as they have not received any news about it. Dont think for once that they are not doing their jobs as their manpower is spread so thin. Why? Because some of them are dead. 6. Dont for once think that everyone who is hungry is hostile. Dont you dare think like oh im trained, oh i have seen this happen somewhere, oh its going to happen here. Its not a movie. People just want someone to talk to, hear their story, and ask them how they are. I found out that listening to what they have to say helps them and it helps you. 7. There are no zombies. You can talk to the people and sometimes you would be surprised as to how they can help and how much they are willing to help. 8. No one is special. You might have the best training, equipment, plans or what have you. At the end of the day, youre one of them, you are in the same situation as them. To think otherwise is quite foolish. 9. To think its always going to be this way is foolish as well. Im counting 3 to 4 days, if relief and resources cant make it, it will be chaotic. 10. Ego is useless. For 5 days HE WAS a citizen of Tacloban. How about you? --------------------------------------------------------------
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 05:39:44 +0000
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