LUBAO, Pampanga — “Sa DPWH, hinihiling po namin ang agarang pag-inspeksyon at pagkilos sa nasirang slope protection sa gilid ng Sto. Cristo Dam. Mahalaga pong matiyak ang kaligtasan ng ating mga kababayan at maiwasan ang paglala ng pinsala, lalo na sa panahon ng malakas na pag-ulan. Umaasa po kami sa inyong agarang tugon at aksyon. Maraming salamat po.”
So, Vice Mayor Jhay Montemayor posted on his FB page on Tuesday, Aug. 25, with a video of the dam and photo of two houses – one unfinished, the other occupied – on its embankment.
On Friday, Aug. 28, a video of apparently the occupied house collapsing and swept by rampaging floodwaters from the Sto. Cristo Dam was uploaded by Rockwell Piñgul De Leon and instantly went viral.
Amid some anguished wailing, cry the questions of what-ifs and what-might-have-beens.
