copy-pasted from the official Twitter account of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), a government agency in charge of traffic regulation in the god-forsaken eternally traffic-jammed streets of Metro Manila, storified by InterAksyon.com (the blog followed the link from that story):
Because of the incessant rains yesterday, a follower of the Twitter account of MMDA asked the authorities:
“Is it the end of the world?”
A related story from the news site (InterAksyon.com) said that the flurry of tweets yesterday showed netizens expressing worry or fear of another Ondoy or massive floods occurring yesterday because of the non-stop pitter-patter of rains. It was just a pitter-patter and not a slosh-gush for hours, but people were afraid again. i’m no expert on social psychology, but someone should do a study – — i think all of us have a collective Ondoy slight “post traumatic stress syndrome” , it’s like we’re all war survivors, lived through the same nightmare, some more than others, and are constantly reliving it everytime there are hard rains.
Here’s how the MMDA calmed down the twitter-follower:
Lester Lintao Good morning @MMDA. Any flood updates in España, Manila?
@lesterlintao we don’t have monitoring on that area. It’s under the local authorities, you may call Manila Traffic Hotline 527-3087.
4:52 PM – 20 Jul 12 via TweetDeck · Details
20 Jul
Official MMDA @MMDA
ADVISORY: Kindly read our time line for more info regarding on flood updates. Thank you. #mmda
polo almazan @MMDA sta ana going to gil puyat passable po ba?
20 JulOfficial MMDA @MMDA
@gwapolo we don’t have monitoring on that area. It’s under the local authorities, you may call Manila Traffic Hotline 527-3087.
20 Jul
Yasser Banao @yasserkb
@MMDA Katapusan na ba ng mundo?
@yasserkb no one knows sir. Pero sure po ako malapit na ang katapusan ng bwuan 🙂
4:51 PM – 20 Jul 12 via TweetDeck · Details
20 Jul
krizia aquino @itsmekrizaquino
@MMDA @yasserkb this made my day! good job mmda!
Paolo Guerrero ADVISORY: Kindly read our time line for more info regarding on flood updates. Thank you. #mmda
Johnson Manabat @MMDA good am po, may monitoring po ba ku kung saan na mga flooded areas sa Manila?
20 JulOfficial MMDA @MMDA
@JohnsonManabat we don’t have monitoring on that area. It’s under the local authorities, you may call Manila Traffic Hotline 527-3087.
20 JulOfficial MMDA @MMDA
@CrackerJackNM we don’t have monitoring on that area. It’s under the local authorities, you may call Manila Traffic Hotline 527-3087.
xxx xxx xxx
translation:
To the MMDA: “Katapusan na ba ng mundo?” ( “Is it the end of the world?”)
From the MMDA: “No one knows, sir. Pero sure po ako na malapit na ang katapusan ng bwuan (sic) “(“No one knows, sir. But we are sure that what is at hand is the end of the month 🙂 ”
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