"2012 August Monsoon" Blogs & Blog Posts

I’m used to traveling far on foot. After all, I run regularly. The pleas for assistance from hospitals on Twitter therefore became a “WWJD?” (what would Jesus do?) moment for me - and I knew what the answer was. I had to try.

For the past two days, my beautiful city of Manila was hit by heavier-than-usual monsoon rains. This was due to the recent typhoon that passed the Philippines, and on its wake, enhanced what was to be a regular monsoon into a deadly one. Despite the...