GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES...GOD BLESS SORSOGON....

2004 had passed away....leaving us a lot of memories, some are happy but some are sad memories. We are now embracing year 2005 hoping that this year is a year of great hope for all of us.

It is only now that i've realized and decided to write and post this article of what had happened here in SORSOGON just this December 2, 2004. To my Kababayan na mga taga SORSOGON through out the world, I want you to know that something stranged happened here in our place. What happened here last December is relevant to what had happened to our neighboring countries here in Asia, a day after Christmas.

It all begun at around 10:00 pm of December 2, 2004 while typhoon "Yoyong" is about to cross the Bicol Region, including Sorsogon. I'ts a windy,rainy and stormy night when a man who is a resident of pier site in Bgy.Talisay allegedly gave the alarm that a "Buhawi"(Tornado) was about to hit Sorsogon City. The word quickly spread like wildfire as the neighborhood began to panic.

One of the neighbor of that man (who started the alarm) said that he was listening to the radio (DZRH) the news about the typhoon when he heard a shout urging everyone to run for safety or should i say to run for their lives. "Mga bandang alas diyes san gab-i san bigla na lang may nagparasiyak na may maabot kuno na Buhawi...pagkakita ko na nagparalanat na an mga tawo, pinurukaw ko tolos an asawa ko nan an mga batit ko. Pakaradto sa simbahan an daralagan san tawo, kaya didto man kami duminalagan." the witness narrated.

Few of those who panics went to the Police Sub-station no.1 located near the church and informed the policemen on dutuy. Alarmed, the police promptly boarded a service vehicle and went around to warn residents of the coming "Danger".Those residents who panicked belongs to the costal barangays, like of Sirangan,Talisay,Bitan-o,Cabid-an (Seabreeze)Sampaloc and Cambulaga.

Witnessed said, people scampered towards the highway while others rode in all kinds of vehicles to escape the coming danger. Text messages from panicked relatives reached the towns of Castilla, Casiguran, Juban, Magallanes and Bulan, causing a chain reaction of mass hysteria. Because of this situation, most people run and panicked without even knowing why they are running....some says "Basta nakabati kami sin mga warning na mag harali na kami sa mga balay namon kaya nagdaralagan man kami."

It was around 1:00 o'clock in the morning when the commotion subsides...The people of Sorsogon begun Thanking GOD "Salamat sa Diyos wara man sin Buhawi", so the people returned to their houses and rested. Afterwards the man who started the warning was asked what he sees that night that urge him to shout the warning who triggered the panicked. "Wara man ako pagsiyak nin Buhawi...an sabi ko ugaring, may nakita ako na maitom na dampog na korteng pinuso sa tapat san Sablayan, Juban...an sabi ko, basi Buhawi idto" narrates the witness.

Since nothing happened, no Buhawi arrived, the people says it is a False Alarm. I've only realized what happened when the Killer Tsunami hits the Countries of Southeast Asia like, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Maldives, Bangladesh and Somalia in Africa. The whole world was shocked by the news of that Catastrophe that hit these Countries a day after Christmas (December 26,2004)who claimed the lives of thousand people in a split second disaster.

I can't help myself but to contemplate what had happened to Sorsogon on that night of December 2,2004.... WHAT ABOUT IF THAT BUHAWI (TORNADO) IS REAL AND NOT A FALSE ALARM?...GOD FORBID...As i am watching on Television the thousand people who perished on that Killer Tsunami...what i can do is Praise and THANK GOD for sparing Sorsogon from that Dreadful, alleged Buhawi. Mga Kababayan ko'ng taga Sorsogon how Blessed we are that GOD spare our Province sa mga Kalamidad na nag aragi sa aton san naka-agi na taon 2004. Damo-damo an dapat naton na ipagpasalamat sa mahal na Diyos, nan sana maging eye opener o mag serbing pam-pukaw sa aton an mga pangyayari na idto san December 2,2004. Matuto na kita na ingatan an satuyang Kapalibutan (Environment) asin orog sa gabos an pagtubod asin pag pangadyi sa Mahal na Diyos na permi kitang isalbar sa mga kasakitan. I don't want to sound so religious pero amo ini an inhahagad san pagkakataon. Kaya niyan na 2005 sana maging okey an gabos.. Hagadan ta sa Diyos na padagos kitang ingatan lalo na sa mga Kalamidad... Sa inda mga Kabayan ko,ng taga Sorsogon....Mabuhay kita gabos! GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES....GOD BLESS SORSOGON!

Acknowledgement: The Author wishes to Thanks Mr.Jun Galias of Sorsogon NOW and
Radio DZRS for sharing with me his news write-ups about the Buhawi.
Thank You very much Jun.