Walk my way home
I could never forget when I was in first year high school when I had to walked home because of a storm. No announcements were made regarding the storm in the morning so classes weren’t suspended. The storm was just for a brief moment but it hit so hard that it flooded some of the roads.
It was during lunchtime when rain started to pour hard. Our student council president asked our principal to let the students home. The principal initially refused but allowed us to go home at around 2 pm because the rain won’t just stop. Because it is not yet our dismissal time, our school service isn’t there yet. So together with my classmate, we decided to just commute home.
We rode a jeepney but then for just a while, we were stranded. The vehicles does not move at all. We’ve see people starting to walk so my classmate and I decided to walk as well. Fortunately, the rain has stopped pouring. But the rain has flooded the whole express way and a mini pond was formed in the middle of the road and vehicles couldn’t go through.
It was about three feet of flood. There’s no way we could go home if we won’t cross the flood. Fortunately, a bus has just been repaired and it was willing the cross the flood. We were so lucky. So we rode the bus up to our home.
Our school service also arrived in our school and they had come home at around 12 midnight because of the traffic.
riya...@yahoo.com (contest entry)
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We better plant more trees then….
and clean up the streets to prevent clogging up the sidewalks…
[...] Walk my way home [...]
I hate it when they don’t announce that there’s no school
How long did you have to walk anyway?
Hmm.. around 3-4km. It wasn’t that tiring because I was with a friend and a bunch of people
If people were stranded, they have to stay in their cars?
Dont cross the flood because it is so dirty and all the germs are in it
Would appreciate it if there is some pictures to see..
I already thought of that but this was for a long time ago . No camera phones yet
I tried posting some pictures but it didn’t show up.
Just go to the link below: You’ll get the whole picture
http://www.samarnews.com/news_clips6/catarman_flood2.jpg
That is some serious flood you got in the picture. A flood river in a street
I have no idea. Maybe, it must be a torture for them stucked in the car and can’t do anything. The good thing about this, citizens that live nearby are trying their best to help the others
I coldn’t imagine being in a situation like this. I also own my own vehicle and I hope this wont happen to me, ever
i would probably walked anyway, there’s no point of waiting there . .just stucked in the traffic
But if i were in the situation, if i have my own car, i won’t leave it. if i don’t i would walk too.
at least you got home early than the others
if I feel somethings wrong, i don’t go out anymore and just wait for announcements…
Imagine if your car is stuck in the middle and you cant turn back