Hurricane Isaac

We have been monitoring the development of Hurrican Isaac because we have loved ones who lived in the the gulf coast area. Mischa (dave's daughter) lives in Mobile. Uncle Wayne's family also lived there. We told them that if they needed a place to go they are all welcome to stay in our place.

As of the moment, hurrican Isaac made landfall over southeastern Louisiana -- bringing with it sustained winds of 80 mph and torrential, stinging rains.

I feel bad for the people of Lousiana as hurricane Isaac hit them one day before the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which left nearly 1,800 dead and caused billions of dollars worth of damage along the Gulf Coast.

I hope that everybody is keeping safe with this kind of weather.

... and the rain comes

It has been a while since we had rain. But when it rains, it pours! The rain came Friday night. It has been on and off raining. Yesterday and today the rain just came pouring. The streets are flooded. The creeks are overflowing.

We are under flood warning and tornado watch. The weather has become very nasty but we are enjoying the rain. We badly needed this rain. I hope there won't be any big damages when this rain subsides.

For now, some roads in our area are already closed due to flooding.

Severe Weather

Alabama is known to experience some extreme weather conditions when it comes to having thunderstorms and tornadoes. During my first year here, I was really surprised how the weather can be awful. We do have plenty of thunder and lightning in the Philippines but it was nothing compared to what I have experienced here in my present residence.

The first time I heard the siren indicating tornado warning, I was shocked as it was so loud. Then hubby explained to me how we should keep ourselves in a safe place during tornado warnings. I guess it helped that we can watch the weather coverage in our television as to be updated about any other severe weather situations. I am just glad that my Direct TV seldom gets out even during severe weather. When we expect a bad weather, we always turn on our television and watch the local weather news. Thanks to a reliable Satellite TV service, we can always be updated on anything.

Beautiful Day

Wow for the past two days the weather has been so wonderful. Oh, I am loving it! The cool breeze and its below 70F temperature is just so perfect to play outside.

Andrea and I are taking advantage of the weather thus we spend our day mostly outside. I am hoping that this weather will continue....

Yay! welcome autumn... I love it!

Nasty Weather

Today, the South experiences a nasty weather. Tornadoes ripped through four states in the South, leaving broken crosses in front of a flattened church, splintering houses and overturning vehicles as they killed 10 people, including two children.

When the weather is nasty, living in the South, you already know that Tornado is somewhere. When I was new here in Alabama, I know that there is a tornado near our area because of the siren. The siren is a warning that a tornado is seen or has touched down in your area. I was always reminded before as to what to do in case there is a tornado. The safest place in our place is our bathroom.

Anyway, there were so many people that were affected with the tornado today especially in Mississippi. More than 15 counties in Mississippi also had damage. The swath of debris forced rescuers to pick up some of the injured on all-terrain vehicles the west-central part of the state. Tornadoes were also reported in Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama, and the severe weather continued to track eastward. Thankfully we only got rain in our area. It has been raining since last night though. There are couple of thunders and lightning. I am just glad that Andrea is not scared of it.

Despite the nasty weather outside, we were still able to manage to go out today. We went to the store to buy something for our dinner.

It is a Nice Day!

This is how the weather looks like today! It is very nice and I can't let it pass without enjoying the outdoors.

Andrea and I will be out in few minutes to enjoy the park. We will join some friends in the park and let our kids enjoy the day!

Hope you all have a pleasant day!

Second Snow

We had our second snow last night. It just barely covered the ground. It was not enough for us to play. When I woke up around 7am this morning the snow started to melt. I wished we got more but hey I should be happy even though it barely covered the ground it was still snow....

Yay... It's Snowing

As of the moment, the snow is falling down! We are all excited. We hope that the weather forecast is correct. The forecast said that we can have 3-5 inches of snow. For us, that is a lot.

As the east coast are experiencing couple of snow storms, we in Alabama was not affected at all. We have our cold weathers but no snow, that is why this time we are happy that it is snowing. I really wish it will snow some more. I will wait and see....

Yehey... It's Snowing!

It doesn't snow all the time in Alabama so every time it snows, I get excited. Tonight it snow and Andrea and I went outside to feel the snow flakes freely falling. Andrea stick her hand to feel the snow flakes and she enjoyed looking at my hair with snowflakes in it. She doesn't want to back inside but she has to we were not dressed properly for cold weather and besides she was not feeling good today.

I wish it will continue snowing that way when we wake up tomorrow we can see snow in the ground... I don't think it will though.... but hey... I can always wish...

From Philippines to Vietnam

After a devastating flood, where many lives and houses were lost, Typhoon Ketsana left Philippines and wreck havoc in Vietnam.

Ketsana hit the Philippines last t weekend, killing 246 people, leaving another 42 missing, and causing damages totaling more than $100 million.

Like what Ketsana did in Philippines, it is also wreaking havoc in Vietnam. Flood waters had submerging some old houses in Quang Nam's Hoi An city, a UNESCO-recognized World Heritage site. Floods from the typhoon damaged or destroyed 294,000 homes in central Vietnam. Around 357,000 people in 10 provinces were evacuated. Sea waves threw several ships onshore in the port city of Danang.

Typhoon Ketsana has damaged enough! Let us all pray that it will no longer affect any more countries.

Rain... Flood...

I had my share of flood experiences when I lived in Manila for 7 years. I lived in Paranaque where floods are very common occurrence when it rains. We live in a two story house, when it floods we will take our things upstairs and wait until the water subsides. Sometimes it will take more than 6 hours that our place will be underwater... sometimes less.

Actually, when the water subsides, it is fun since we and our neighbors will be doing the cleaning up. I know it was such a tedious job to do the clean up because the flood water is really smelly. We have to wash our floors and wall with chlorine and soap and then dry it off with mops and let the electric fan dry it more. What makes it fun is everybody is doing it!

I had experienced being trapped in school and office due to flood. I had experienced walking home with floods knee high .. that's why when we finally decided to stay in Bohol I was happy because I will be free from the problems of flooding....

Anyway, Manila experienced the worst flooding in the last four decades. Typhoon Ondoy left more than 70 people killed or missing. The government declared a "state of calamity" in metropolitan Manila and 25 storm-hit provinces. There was 16.7 inches (42.4 centimeters) of rain that swamped metropolitan Manila in just 12 hours on Saturday. Geezzz I can't imagine the traffic, the garbage floating around and the number of houses that is submerged in water....