Electric wires and fire
I asked my dad and his cousin to buy electrical supplies so we can replace the old wiring and what needs to be replaced at home. After watching news stories about faulty wiring causing fire, I told my dad that he better have ours checked. Better safe than sorry. I don’t mind spending on having our electric wires and receptacles checked from time to time if it means less to 0% chances of a fire. I encourage everyone to do this as well.
During Ondoy, a building two blocks away caught fire. Just imagine the dilemma of the firemen who came to rescue. The flood water was neck-deep and their trucks couldn’t cross the street, of course. They had to do some fast thinking to put the fire out but it still took them a couple of hours to figure out how to go about crossing the flood water. During that time, residents from the nearby blocks were panicking because the fire was crossing through electrical wires! We were one of the families who panicked. Fire is something you cannot take lightly. Especially if you live in a neighborhood like ours where houses stand side by side.
