Merci's story:  Sept 26, Saturday, my unforgettable day to date.

The great flood of my life came. It was only today that I became so emotional about it.
It was too personal, it was also very political for me. It hit my heart, my nerves, my soul.

When the floods inside my house reached waist deep, I told myself, my daughters and Jun, this is it! We are moving out, we will go somewhere and seek shelter.
Enough of the worry of what is going to happen to our things, to our house.
We turned off the main electrical outlet, left the dogs: Kid and Shing (with food and water) in our small room in the second floor, locked the doors and LEFT!

Then I read, heard, saw and felt the far worse situations of other people -
people who were on their roofs, people who were waiting to be rescued, to be fed, to be clothed and to feel warm, people who tried to swim but did not make it, babies floating, old women being soaked for several hours, who were shocked, who were not able to dry themselves and their houses, they have wanted to see the water/floods to settle and be able leave but  did not make it.  Men who tried their best to help and paid so dearly with their lives.

Grabe talaga ang flood, worst flood daw ito for the past 50 years. Sa sobrang dami ng ulan, 3 portions of the perimeter wall in our village fell. We were isolated in Antipolo for 3 days, no electricity, no telephone, intermittent cellphone signal, all access roads to workplaces/schools were impassable due to flood and landslide. 'Til now we have only one narrow road that can be used to come down. But we are more fortunate than many who are really devastated. Some places are still submerged, while in places where the flood subsided are mud, debris, stench.

A collection of photos is on this site: http://www.zdnetasia.com/blogs/pinoypost/0,3800011232,63013989,00.htm.
Initially, I suggest you go to Youtube and other sites where pics/videos are posted like yahoo, google. I know these can be legally re-posted. In the case of videos, you may download RealPlayer first so that you can download the videos.
I'll email you other links and/or files later.

I just want to share this poem of Noel Dumlao posted at FaceBook. Maybe you can post it in the site.

sapagkat hindi delubyo ang kanyang pangalan
(sa mga sinalanta ng bagyong ondoy)

ni emmanuel v. dumlao

siya ang alon na naghatid ng sanlaksang putik
at nagpabulwak sa dagat ng ating hinagpis,
pero hindi delubyo ang kanyang pangalan;
titigang maigi, titigan ang kanyang mukha
at tuntunin ang bukal ng ating mga luha:

mga kalansay na bahay at gumuhong pader,
naghambalang na puno at poste ng kuryente,
nagkalat na damit, laruan, tabla, at yero,
nakabalandrang ref, kompyuter, at kotse;
hindi delubyo ang kanyang pangalan.

walang babala, dumarating siyang rumaragasa,
lahat nang mahagip, nililingkis, walang pinipili,
naghahasik ng takot kahit saang sulok.
titigang maigi, titigan ang kanyang mukha
at tuntunin ang bukal ng ating mga luha:

dinggin ang taghoy, masdan ang mga bangkay;
hindi delubyo ang kanyang pangalan.
tawagin natin siyang munting plastik
o latang ipinaanod natin sa tubig-kanal;
hindi delubyo ang kanyang pangalan.

tawagin natin siyang mall at subdibisyon
na kumamkam sa puwang na dapat niyang daluyan,
tawagin natin siyang basurang iniluluwa
ng lokal at dayuhang planta at pagawaan;
hindi delubyo ang kanyang pangalan.

titigang maigi, titigan ang kanyang mukha
at tuntunin ang bukal ng ating mga luha.
Siya ang yamang-bayang ibinubulsa
ng tiwali’t mandarambong na politiko;
kaya tawagin natin siyang kasakiman,
kaya tawagin natin siyang kapabayaan;

sapagkat hindi delubyo ang kanyang pangalan.