Blog Bloggers report about the Jakarta flood
February 7th, 2007Finally water is receding in Jakarta - after leaving more than 300.000 people homeless. Indonesian bloggers are now sharing their terrible experiences during the last few days with the world.
Posted by John Einar Sandvand
Most of the capital city of Indonesia has been under water. At least 50 people are dead and about 340.000 people are estimated to be homeless.
In the midst of the catastrophe are also numerous Indonesian bloggers. Here are excerpts from some of their reports:
27 years old Reymond is rejoicing in his latest blog post:
Finally we can see dry land!!! Finally the lights are back on!!! Finally… Finally…
The American blogger Brandon Hoover, living in Indonesia, reports:
Some areas of Jakarta are under more than 6ft of water. People are using rafts to get around, and some have become stranded.
Eva Sally (22) writes:
This catasthrophe has cut off my precious time….Time seems too short, and, the fact that there were no electricity had really gotten on my nerves. I’d gotten nothing to do, couldn’t watching TV/DVDs, listening music, playing games, browsing the internet, and the worse part were: night was seems TOO HOT without air conditioner… Luckily the flood has begun to recede and today the electricity on again.
Criminals are abusing the situation, reports Marek Bialoglowy:
Thuggery. Well, I had to pay to cross the only path across the river. Few thugs controling the path ensured that those who could not pay had to go thorugh shoulder deep stinky water. The SOSRO truck drivers have also told us that some areas of Kelapa Gading were controled by criminals who stopped their trucks and demanded money.
Jenny from Queensland recently arrived in Jakarta to live there for three years with her family:
The electricity has been turned off in many areas to prevent electrocution. I read one report of a person getting burnt skin from wading through the toxic water.
Female blogger Ybiantoro writes that her family’s experiences during the last few days have made them reflect together on important values in life:
Last but not least, it was just flood. How does it feel to be Acehnese when they had tsunami?
I was wondering about it when my dad said exactly what I thought. We felt quite miserable already because of the flood, but Acehnese should have felt worse than us because of the tsunami. We should be thankful it was just flood not a tsunami and now we are still breathing the fresh air, eat decent food, drink clean water, have electricity (and internet!), and our life.
