It doesn’t seem all too crazy to go out on the street holding up a “The End is Nigh” sign. Forget disaster movies, this is real life.

And it’s no laughing matter either. With Ondoy, the reality is too shocking. For some, it’s right at their own backyard. For some, it’s right inside their homes. Or what’s left of them.

And then there’s Pepeng.

Forget about the ecomentalist discourse. Forget politics. Forget the blame game. Nature has shown that its fury is still the great equalizer.

If there’s anything that our society should learn from what has happened, it’s that nature’s wrath knows no social class, no educational attainment, and no position of power.

Humbling really. In the face of such power, there’s no room for hubris and any false sense of entitlement.

There are just forces that are beyond anyone’s kin.

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