SCENES FROM THE AFTERMATH.
View of Intramuros from Burgos Drive/Luneta.
Bloated Pasig River. Note vagrant defacating into river. Interviewed him after his dump. He said flooding was not so bad. Only up to knee. Underpass of Jones Bridge was pretty bad though.
The underpass next to Jones Bridge next to Manila Post Office. This was taken behind Manila Press Club. Water was higher than a person's forehead.
View from Intramuros wall overlooking golf course. Taken near Puerta Santa Lucia near San Agustin Monastery.
A completely submerged Puerta Real Gate. Waist high water at least.
A completely flooded entrance to Puerta Real.
Puerta Real Gardens next to Pamantasan ng Maynila. This was once a lawn where concerts are held.
Note submerged silver carozza. Entrance to Puerta Real.
This was once a garden. Now it's a lagoon.
View towards Department of Labor.
Puerta Real Gate from the interior.
Side view of Puerta Real Gate.
Wide shot.
Puerta Parian Gate near Manila City Hall. This is the office of my friends over at Kabayan. Their communications equipment was damaged. But computers safe. They told me about two deaths last night that happened near the area. One was an 18 year old on his way to pick up his girlfriend. While wading through chest high water, he touched a live wire. So sad.
Top view of flooded. Note the watermark on the little huts.
Another shot of area. But despite low elevation and close proximity of Intramuros to sea and Pasig River, the damage was not as bad as that in Marikina and Pasig.
The damaged base of the radio system of the Kabayan Security folks. Anyone know where I can have it repaired or how much a new one is? Security communications is an ABSOLUTE necessity inside Intramuros.
Sandbags outside San Agustin Museum. Water reached below the knee. No damage to any artifacts reported.
And despite this all. A wedding was still in progess.Ah, the resiliency of the Filipino Spirit.
Now I'm off to volunteer for the Noynoy/Mar folk or Team Manila. Depends on which place I'm able to reach in this traffic.
Stay safe everyone.
Labels: flood, flood damage, manila flood, ondoy
posted by carlosceldran @ 11:26 AM
18 Comments:
thanks for sharing these pics! haven't seen the area nearly 4 years now....
thanks for the photoessay. such an expression of your love for the walls. we were supposed to go for yesterday's Intramuros tour... will look forward to the next one with an Ondoy twist. praying for a speedy recovery for everyone and everything.
I feel bad about what happened yesterday. Though I know Manila would soon recover from all of this. I hope that everyone learned a valuable lesson out of this catastrophe. That global-warming is really showing it's wrath on all of us. I just hope it's not to late for change, change for all of us on how we treat mother nature.
Thanks for posting this Carlos.
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Carlos, thank you for this post. Keep us updated.
I read in an old Ambeth Ocampo column thatIntramuros hardly flooded. It was possibly because of the extensive tunnel system said to be underneath the Walled City. Those tunnels may have been drainage systems and not secret passageways for friars to have trysts with nuns in neighboring convents
Hi Carlos. Do you have any "before" shots for those of us who have no idea what it looked like before? Thanks!
if that wedding at san agustin was this am, it may have been the one that was supposed to take place yesterday but didn't push through. my uncle was the wedding car driver.
posting photos is not enough.
Post a drive to help the victims.
Stay safe, Carlos. And God Bless the Philippines.
Hey Carlos,
I'm glad you're safe. What a mess.
For anyone who wants to help: here's a link to Manuel Quezon III's roundup of ways to help:
http://mlq3.tumblr.com/post/197426389/how-you-can-help
Every bit counts.
Intramuros doesn't just have a moat, it IS a moat! Awesome pics, thanks!
Glad San Agustin Museum stayed safe. Hope the other historical and cultural buildings were spared from damage too.
Paolo. I have been posting that info on my facebook and twitter accounts. So sorry about not having that on this blog.
Click on the link to Manuel Quezon for the info you seek.
We're all in this together.
Cheers.
For those abroad, you can also donate quickly via PayPal, using this site:
TXTPower.org
Also, the blogger MarketManila has established relationships with various schools to do a feeding program for underpriveleged schoolchildren over the past couple years. He's tapping those networks now to organize hot meals for the kids.
http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lets-mobilize-thousands-of-meals
Everything counts. Spread the word.
I don't know who was kind enough to send this to me but, I appreciate it very much! Seeing these photos makes me so sad when I remember the beautiful days in Intramuros when Mr. Leonardo Belen directed me in, "Romancing The Walls."
I Pray that God grants the Philippines a most speedy recovery and that the politicians remember that the PEOPLE need them desparately NOW.
The pictures, at first glance were beautifully done...you'd think they were naturally like that.
I thought the comment you made about the wedding and the resiliency of the Filipino spirit was really funny, but encouraging. It won't take us long to bounce back from this, I hope!
Mr. Celdran, you have been mentioned in this article:
Philippine Floods: Why Wasn't Manila Prepared?
Time.com
By ISHAAN THAROOR
here's the excerpt:
"People have always been living on the edge," says Carlos Celdran, a popular Manila historian and performing artist. "It's amazing the city has actually managed to make it this far."
and here's the link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090929/wl_time/08599192664600
and here:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1926646,00.html
Best wishes
Jovita De Guzman
Yup, saw that article too! Keep telling the world how RESILIENT Manila is.
Ondoy's deluge drowned hundreds, stranded thousands, marooned and starved and destroyed property of residents of Cainta, Marikina, Rizal, sent thousands to evacuation centers, produced tons of garbage, inundated old and new cars. It showed the best and the worst: alternative aid by NGOs,vis a vis absent government aid, .. what lessons must residents, technocrats, students learn from this disaster? 1. Ondoy is a rare kind of flood. Perfect flood of floods. So rare no one was prepared for it. No use blaming government. Everyone was ill prepared, caught flatfooted. 2. But the event should teach all so its repeat will never again kill. Local Govts, Baragnay Capts. must Database low lying areas devastated. 2. Governors, Mayors, MMDA must exercise Political Will: Riverbanks should be permanently evacuated. NO SQUATTERS PLS. Relocate before new shanties or habitations rise up again. Attn: MMla Mayors! 3. Organize Residents of Low lying subdivisions like Provident in Marikina, Cainta, to plan out what needs to be done for preparedness. ( Can residents or barangays invest in bancas for their local governments? will bancas just rot from unuse dahil gobyerno di magaling magalaga sa mga gamit? since floods arent yearly? 4. MMDA can plan for Marikina, Cainta, Montalban. Bulacan along Angat River. Organize volunteer brigades in fire departments and train residents in water evacuation/rescue. 5. Everyone MUST Clean up the rivers:it wont happen if rivers are filthy. Residents and Local Gov'ts should copy Marikina and clean up the city and rivers from plastic and trash! 6. Educate everyone on stopping use of plastic bags for trash! Minimize plastic use in marketing, I heard suggested on radio:"Bring your own plastic in bayong para less plastic sa palengke. Ganoon nga siguro. 7. NDCC-DND should now recognize one enemy is floods not only NPA! Army detachments should develop ability to deploy teams and watercraft of coast guard upon request of local governments. 7. Relief distribution. Magaling ang ABSCBN dahil agad nakapanawagan. 8.Test Messages Save! naka text mga biktima sa kamaganak at kamaganak sa media Ganito ang communication system na subok.9. ABSCBN din totoong pinagkakatiwalaan ng taong bayan. Makipagtulungan dapat sa mga parokiya kung ganoon upang parishes ang magdistribute for them. 10. Dapat magising ang lahat, Pagasa, Red Cross, Army, Local Govts, kapag may parating na bagyo may plano for first day disaster. All sectors and citizens have roles to play. 11. Lahat ng mga biktima pihado, unang hakbang iiiwas sa pinsala sariling gamit pagkatapos maglinis. Ilagay na sa mataas na lugar ang mga ariarian-o maglalagay g dike upang di pasukin ulit ang mga mabababang bahagi. O tuluyang lilipat na lamang sa ibang lugar. 12. Ganun pa man early warning ang nakaligtaan kaya lahat nagulat.Pagasa, media, gobyerno dapat magising at laging handa parang Boy Scout. Pag may bagyo, may disaster teams dapat nakatalaga. Hanggang barangay level. Nakikiramay ako sa mga kamaganak ko sa Bocaue na binaha. At sa lahat ng biktima ng delubiyo, namatayan at nawalan.
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