When our house went under more than thirty feet of flood water during typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana, I was overwhelmed by the response of my friends to my predicament. We were right in the middle of the Great Flood, as I call it, and all our things were covered in mud. Our place was covered in mud and silt for weeks, and only four-wheel drives could successfully navigate through residual flood and mud. It was difficult to walk because shards of glass and wood were scattered all over, and so I was really grateful to a friend who lent me his Isuzu D-Max pick-up truck to ferry my family and possessions in and out
of the place. It took several trips but we were able to pull it off and save a lot of our possessions.
The Isuzu D-Max was perfect for the Great Flood. The tires were wide with very good traction. I could see the cars in front of us which were sliding sideways as they slowly made their way to their houses. We on the other hand, followed an almost straight line. I was afraid that the tires would burst from the glass shards in the mud (like the car in front), but it marched on. It was like off-roading right after a storm in the mountains. The D-Max performed well. The wheel was ...
