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Postcards from Parma: More tales of tropical rain

We set out before dawn to head north of Manila.  Parma had finally left the country – and the rains had stopped.  But the devastation the new deluge – which came just 2 weeks on the heels of Ketsana – brought to Northern Luzon was like nothing anyone had seen before.  “It’s worst than Manila,” radio commentators reported.

We drove for 4 hours through 3 provinces. So far, so good. But after the sun rose, as far as the eye could see – where agricultural lands had been, now there were only vast, vast lakes.  Endless kilometres of damaged crops.  And there was still water coursing through many of the roads.  But until we got to the boundary of Pangasinan province, they were still passable.