There is nothing more exciting for rescuers at heart than to have another emergency! It warms up their blood, their adrenalin starts pumping, they soar into the midst of danger and risk their lives — sometimes plunging into the center of the hazards never to return. Ordinary people like us, would just as soon pee in their pants.
I wrote this post with several people today. I hope Pres. Arroyo and Sec. Teodoro will read it. And take a little cue from there. Or else, the lives of our heroes, the rescuers at heart, will all be in vain.
In the Eye of the Storm
Pres. Arroyo and Sec. Teodoro: Will they measure up to Ondoy?
It’s now a wee bit sunny. The common dialogue and buzz words yesterday was a narration of one’s and others’ personal heroic effort for helping save lives with shaky voices to boot, lunod, anod, baha, flood, water and nature’s stampede, patay, ilalim, tubig, walang tubig, walang ilaw, taas ng tubig, ligtas, global warming, perwisyo, perdisyon, parusa ng Diyos, bata, dasal, matanda, babae, lampas taong tubig, walang pasok, di makaalis, hate weather, masamang panahon, kawawa, may sakit, ebakwit, evacuation center, iskul, etcetera. Etcetera. Etcetera.
An old woman was shouting at her supposed rescuers why they arrived so, so late. Bakit ngayong lang kayo dumating, ika niya. Di niyo ba alam, wala na kaming kain-kain? Tingnan ninyo ito, wala na nga akong panloob, o! (Why did you arrive only now? she asked. Didn’t you know we don’t have anything more to eat? Look here, I don’t even have any panties to wear!) Read more about this post here…
The Rescue Olympic Games 