What Kept Us Going Through the Flood
When typhoon Ondoy let out his wrath over Metro Manila, we were all caught unaware. In my blog Why I Won't Forget September 26, 2009, I forgot to mention how we got through, gastronomically speaking. Tita Cora had asked her helper to cook some lunch, but we never got around to eating, because we got busy bringing everyone and everything to safety. Eventually, we forgot to secure food for us.
After we got settled up the second floor, Tita Cora's daughter Tetin passed around energy bars and shing-a-ling (a kind of snack that looks like fat noodles fried in oil). When evening came, we nibbled on some beef jerky that their helpers salvaged from the fallen fridge.
Of course, a diet like that isn't enough, especially after moving so much stuff from one house to another, and from the ground floor to the loft upstairs. When morning came, more forms of sustenance came: a cold loaf of wheat bread from the freezer, a pack of multi-grain crackers and an assortment of chips.
Now, we are in a region that is prone to typhoons. And with the changes in the Earth's climate, flooding these days have become so severe that we cannot ignore the fact that we all need to be prepared for instances like these.
Assembling an emergency survival kit is not at all difficult. Depending on how many people there are in your family, it is best that we put together a 72-hour survival kit in order to ensure that despite being trapped (or, God willing, you were able to evacuate immediately and camp out in a friend's or relative's house), you will have something to eat should buying food become impossible.
Emergency Survival Kit:
But more that preparing for our physical hunger and strength, we should remember to prepare our "soul food". Prayers should be our first resort... always.
After we got settled up the second floor, Tita Cora's daughter Tetin passed around energy bars and shing-a-ling (a kind of snack that looks like fat noodles fried in oil). When evening came, we nibbled on some beef jerky that their helpers salvaged from the fallen fridge.
Of course, a diet like that isn't enough, especially after moving so much stuff from one house to another, and from the ground floor to the loft upstairs. When morning came, more forms of sustenance came: a cold loaf of wheat bread from the freezer, a pack of multi-grain crackers and an assortment of chips.
Now, we are in a region that is prone to typhoons. And with the changes in the Earth's climate, flooding these days have become so severe that we cannot ignore the fact that we all need to be prepared for instances like these.
Assembling an emergency survival kit is not at all difficult. Depending on how many people there are in your family, it is best that we put together a 72-hour survival kit in order to ensure that despite being trapped (or, God willing, you were able to evacuate immediately and camp out in a friend's or relative's house), you will have something to eat should buying food become impossible.
Emergency Survival Kit:
- Food items
- bottled water
- non-perishable food (preferrably small, single serving cans of sardines, corned beef, pork & beans, tuna flakes in oil, canned fruits, and foods which do not require cooking or refrigeration like crackers and energy bars, nuts. You can also thrown in some bars of chocolate for confort food or source of quick sugar.)
- Non-food
- a manual can opener (unless you have no plans of eating all the canned goods you have)
- utensils like small knives, spoons and forks
- first aid kit (should contain aspirin/ paracetamol, antibiotic cream, antacids, gauze/ adhesive bandages, disinfectant, cotton balls, some prescription drugs)
- toiletries (soap, hand towel, tissue paper)
- flashlights and fresh batteries
- battery-operated transistor radio
- cellophane bags/ ziplock bags
- blankets
- fresh clothing/ underwear
- a whistle to signal for help
But more that preparing for our physical hunger and strength, we should remember to prepare our "soul food". Prayers should be our first resort... always.
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