The Bicol region is just recovering from typhoon Milenyo who visited the region in late September packing winds in excess of 140 kph when it was again hit by a pumped up typhoon called Reming with winds in excess of 200 kph. Everybody had their own description of the devastation: it’s reminiscent of the tsumani that hit Asia 2 years ago; it’s like a scene from the movie Twister, it’s similar to the lahar in Pampanga but the sand deposit is black in Albay.
I’ve been to Legaspi City at least 7 times the past 2 years. In those 7 visits, I probably saw the Cagsawa ruins in Tobacco, Albay 3 times and Mayon volcano with its perfect cone (sans the clouds) about 4 times. I was told that the pictures that I have of the ruins are worth keeping since the ruins are now literally, totally ruined. It was covered by the mudflow last December 1 which was caused by the typhoon. That’s so sad. There’s really no stopping mother nature when she’s on a roll.
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