Help, Donations and Assistance. Extend your generosity to our brothers and sisters to a number of organizations, including the Philippine National Red Cross and Kapuso Foundation.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer is launching a relief drive for victims. “Donations in kind, such as instant noodles, canned goods, formula milk, blankets and clothes, are urgently needed. These may be brought to the Inquirer office at 1098 Chino Roces Ave. corner Mascardo and Yague Streets, Makati City, and to any of its classified ads branches, and to any McDonald’s branch within Metro Manila. For questions and other concerns, please call 8978808 loc. 260 and look for Megi Garcia.” The has also Inquirer pointed to the list (“How to Help”) of MLQ3, (How You Can Help Victims of Tropical Storm Ketsana/Ondoy) in Here’s to Life and Fran. See also “How you can Help” at ABS-CBN.

There’s a verified list of relief centers for victims, where you could bring your donations. Please tell us through the comment section below if there are other options.

Stories, Photos and Videos. The Inquirer reported, as of 28 September, a total of 100 people dead and  P109-Million worth of infra and crops damaged caused by Ondoy.

• Video: Floods wash away cars in UERM (Inquirer)
• Video: Aerial inspection of Ondoy’s damage in Pasig, Marikina and Rizal (GMA)
• Video: Metro got 1 month rainfall in 6 hours (ABS-CBN)

GMA has maps of flood stranded-people requiring rescue, as well as urgent cases. If you have other sources or compilation of photos, please let us know through the comment section below.

ABS-CBN also has situation map of Metro Manila, with google maps, as well as announcements, updates and advisories. Also check more photos and videos from ABS.

Poll: How Ready is the Government? The government has admitted that it could not cope with the massive flooding, but this may not necessarily mean that the government is not prepared. It’s true that we should give thanks to all the help extended to our brothers and sister who were victims of Tropical Storm Ondoy. This, however, is an entirely different issue from whether the government was ready to cope with emergencies of this nature and scale, whether natural or man-made. What’s your opinion on the readiness of the Government in responding to the emergency? What do you think should be done, now or in the future? The poll is found below. Your comments and suggestions are also welcome at the comments section below.