Man vs. Nature

Here in the country, it has been a scene of devastation recently. Bagyong Ondoy just left the country in chaos. No one was spared. Everyone was affected. Even as I'm writing this right now, many are trying to recuperate what they lost and live through what they are experiencing right now.

It might not be the right time for me to shout out all my thoughts and feelings because the country is still in a state of calamity, chaos, mourning and prayer. A lot of volunteer efforts are being done to help those mostly affected by the storm. The chaos that Ondoy left was tremendous. With just one day worth of rain, most of Metro Manila are under water. All poverty-stricken people became more poverty-stricken. Even the rich ones were affected. With the numbers of deaths steadily increasing daily, who wouldn't mourn? And of course, during these times of hardships, we turn in to God.

I remember that when the storm struck, I was in school with fellow friends and schoolmates. We were there because of an activity for ACP. Who knew that us staying there would actually be a good thing as the school provided ample shelter, food and comfort.

I remember seeing the continuous onslaught of rain pouring down on the fields. I remember seeing pools of water in the middle of the field. Even inside the buildings, the water rushed in, destroying and damaging the paperwork, computers, books, clothes, all the hardwork of teachers and students alike. Pitiful.

Then, when the storm stopped, I was at home watching the news with my family. Seeing the devastation Ondoy brought in one day of rain really brought realizations.

I saw the effects of climate change, brought about by us, the people of the world. I saw the effects of our continuous misuse of our natural resources. NATURE WAS FIGHTING BACK.

Look what happened. Because of our continuous act of illegal logging, what happened to the trees? Most disappeared. What then would prevent the flooding? What then would prevent the landslides? NOTHING. We, the people, destroyed our own protections from calamaties such as floods. As such, we are destroying ourselves.

What I saw after the storm was nature's way of saying, "I've had enough!". Truly, I cannot fault the environment nor God for what happened. This is our fault. We keep on destroying nature, keep on taking it for granted. HAHA. How about now? Will we still take for granted what we do to nature? People, open your eyes, if we keep on doing what we do, we will FAIL.

I believe that this is only the beginning and because of this, I AM AFRAID. I am afraid that there will come a day when all types of calamities and disasters will just hit our wretched planet, or should I say, hit the wretched people of this world. If this is just the start, what more the middle and climax? If this is just the start, where already most of Luzon have been affected, what more those that will come? This is reality. This is no movie where it's always a happy ending.

Man vs. Nature.
Man - close to 1 (from start of time - present) ; Nature - more than 10 (1990s-2000s)

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