When it rains...it Floods!

As it is the rainy season here, it is not unusual to get rain and storms almost every day. Brown outs (the lights going out for a shorter period of time then a “black-out”) happen several times a month…and usually at night when you really don’t want the AC to turn off. In Mactan, the rain is usually harmless and often cools down the normally humid, hot day, or it makes it more humid….really it is the flip of a coin. Or it results in wet jeepney cushions and some giant puddles. Well, the other day we went out on a sourcing trip (sourcing basically means shopping for things for the movie set) and learned what a heavy rain in Cebu is like. Heavy rain in Cebu (Mandaue to be exact) = Flood. People were standing on the bus stop bench to keep from being in knee deep water, a taxi got stuck in almost window deep water and several boys had to push it out, and huge waves were sent up the curbs into stores and shops. (The one vehicle that did make it through the high waters was the giant steam roller, which just happened to be coming down the road with everyone else…haha.) The flooding was definitely an experience and caused us to have to drive waay out of the way to get to our first location. All we could think was….I am glad I am in this van instead of the local jeepney!