Quote Originally Posted by stevewool View Post
Look at the world over, times are a changing, even here our house in England has been flooded, ok only in the cellar, but that was the first time ever, I am sure it will not be the last
We've owned our house in Marikina for over 20 years. Never been flooded, never ever could be flooded.
As you say Steve, Marikina City is a place of highs and lows. Of course the lows are along the banks of river and well known for floods. Most of Marikina is high.
Anyone who has first hand knowledge of Marikina would have appreciated the 'lay-of-the-land' so to speak.

I went for a walk to SM Marikina just a while ago.
Riverbanks is only a few mins walk from my house (steep downhill going, steep uphill coming home )

From Riverbanks to SM Marikina City you can take a Taxi or walk. A walk over the Marcos Bridge (and Marikina River ) from Riverbanks is just a few minutes. By taxi it's a good 10 minutes and around P80-P100

From what I saw tonight the river is probably around 12 - 15 inches from flooding into the road.
Probably a metre from flooding into the Riverbanks area and maybe the Shopping centre.
Also it could be inches deep in the basement parking of SM Marikina

I've not yet been to the Marikina Sport Centre Steve so can't say anything about that.

As reported at the time, blocked drains and ssewerage system together with stacked uncollected domestic waste were major factors in the flood.
Pretty much the same all over NCR although some improvements have been made.

I'll try and post some pics later.