I was happy to see that the river below San Roque, Liloan is flowing again. "Below" because San Roque is an elevated barangay, not too high actually, and when you go down a dirt road, you'll find a river. I'm not sure if it's a river, brook, or just a canal, but I'm sure happy to see it flowing again. It's good that there's water again. As MCWD says, water is life (except in cases of drowning).
Climbing up two small hills to the southeast of the river, I arrived at a road blocked by a file of rock and soil. I was gonna say it's a mixture of rock and soil but I live in the music generation so I'm gonna say it's a remix of rock and soil. I probably was on Facebook during the landslide. Social networking does save lives. But I was somehow reminded of what Mr. Krabs said: What does not kill you, usually succeeds the second time around.
The landslip was on top of a plateau. The elevation is quite low but you have to go down a steep descent to reach the road that links Mapulo, Consolacion to Sta. Cruz Liloan. Mapulo is a small community of just about ten houses (I could only count up to ten so there's probably more) and the landslip area is part of it. Sta. Cruz is where I'll exit to the highway.
So there's a steep, treeless descent. It's been raining regularly the past couple of weeks. And it's obvious it's bound to flood. Well, it actually starts with several small rain ruts that come together to form one huge rain rut and it is along these two and a half feet deep trenches that floods form hideous torrents. It isn't too bad, except that the grade school students who walk to school have to pass along that road.
Again, this can all be solved by education. If they included kayaking in elem. PE, these children would have no problem going home.
