I'M A CAINTA RESIDENT FOR 15 YEARS NOW, AND OUR IMMEDIATE AREA, NAMELY RODFER 2 IN BRGY. SAN ANDRES, HAS NOT EXPERIENCE SERIOUS FLOODING EXCEPT DURING THE ONDOY FIASCO.
I AM NOT ABOUT TO RANT ABOUT THE POOR GOVERNMENT RESPONSE DURING THE TYPHOON ONDOY SEEING AS EVERYONE ELSE, FROM US RESIDENTS TO YOU AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT, HAVE BEEN CAUGHT OFF GUARD. WHAT I AM ABOUT TO RANT IS WHAT HAD HAPPENED AFTER THAT AND THE POOR RESPONSE WE GOT FROM YOUR OFFICE.
IT TOOK US FOUR WEEKS OF SUNNY WEATHER JUST TO HAVE THE FLOOD WATER SUBSIDE TO FIT LIVING CONDITIONS, AND IT TOOK YOU MORE THAN FOUR WEEKS (AND IS STILL COUNTING) TO CLEAN UP THE MESS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE TYPHOON. NOT THE KIND OF RESPONSE WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING.
THAT ASIDE, WHAT I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR OFFICE'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS THE RECENT FLOODING THAT HAPPENED LAST OCTOBER 31, 2009, DURING THE HEIGHT OF TYPHOON SANTI. AS YOU WOULD HAVE OBSERVED, TYPHOON SANTI WAS MORE OF THE WINDY TYPE AND BARELY SHOWERED US WITH RAINS ENOUGH TO FILL A BUCKET. AND YET, AT AROUND 6 AM, THE RESIDENTS HERE WERE AWOKEN OF THE FAST RUSHING OF WATER FROM THE FLOODWAY AREA THAT RESULTED IN ALMOST KNEE DEEP FLOOD.
YOU MAY NOW REALIZE THAT IT'S ABSOLUTELY ABSURD FOR ANYONE TO CONCLUDE THAT THE WATER THAT FLOODED US WAS NOT BROUGHT BY SANTI. WHERE ON EARTH DID THAT WATER COME FROM?
IT REACHED OUR KNOWLEDGE THAT A CERTAIN WALL IN THE CAMBRIDGE VILLAGE AREA WAS TORN DOWN IN ORDER TO PREVENT FLOODING IN THEIR AREA BY LETTING THE FLOOD WATER FLOW DOWN TO OUR AREA, HENCE THE FLOODING.
AS A RESIDENT WHOSE EVERYDAY LIFE HAS BEEN DISRUPTED BY THIS SEEMINGLY SELFISH ACTION, I ASK YOUR HUMBLE OFFICE TO ENLIGHTEN US OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND REQUEST THAT YOU PROVIDE **IMMEDIATE ACTION** REGARDING THIS MATTER.
YOURS TRULY,
LEI

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