Of Rain and Landslides
Sep 9th, 2008 by admin
It has been raining for the past couple of days. I’m not sure if there’s a storm approaching, but it sure feels like it. I’ve just closed the windows because the strong winds are bringing in some rain water inside the house.
Whenever it rains, I always wonder if it’s also raining at that moment in Sagada. I’ve been there a couple of times during the wet season and did enjoy my stay even if I couldn’t go out much because of the too much rain. I was even there during a severe thunderstorm back in 2006.
It had been raining the previous night when we decided to leave Sagada. During our trip from Sagada to Baguio, we ran into at least five landslides. There was even this one time when rocks and soil were rolling down to the road right in front of us. We stopped for half an hour before the bus driver and the conductor decided it was safe to move on.
Then the last landslide we encountered was also the worst. It completely covered the whole road so we were stranded for more than five hours! My friend went out and took some shots. Here’s one of her photos of the landslide:
It took two bulldozers about two hours to clear the road. We were able to reach Baguio safely and thanked the heavens that we had a safe, albeit a quite frightening trip.
At least there were two bulldozers. There will be somebody who would still do the job.
If there were nobody who would clear out the way, then you’d get stranded.
Or worse…
Glad you’re all safe!
Scary naman! So it means that it’s not advisable to go there during rainy season, sad! Masarap pa naman pag umuulan jan mas malamig ang panahon! Parang may e.fan sa labas.
god thing you’re safe.. kawawa naman kasi talaga yung mga landslide victim.
gosh, that was dangerous..good thing you got home safe and sound…
Thankful everyone is safe..
When were the landslides?