Last week, I was so shocked when I read the FB status of my sister, who is based in NY. A strong wind knocked down a big tree across their house, then fell on our house. Her kids were able to get out of the house by climbing over the fence. I felt so worried. But, thank God they are all safe. Thank God that her kids were not outside when that incident happened. I was able to talk to her 3 days after the incident happened. She told me what really happened. She told me that she received a call from his son telling her that a tree fell on their house. She was not worried at first because she did not expect that it was something serious when his son told her that his sister was trapped inside the house and crying. My sister immediately went home to check them. And here’s what she saw:

A damaged car and non-passable pathway from their house. They were so lucky that it was not their car. Their car was located beside this damaged car. Good thing is they did not park there that day because they used to park their car there. Her friend took this picture and grabbed this from her FB account.

When she reached their house, she told her daughter to come out of the house and climb over the fence for her to be able to get out of their house. Then they felt relieved because her daughter was safe. Though they’re car was also slightly damaged and they have no electricity that night. Their neighbors offered them their house until the tree is removed and the cable that supplies electricity to their house is repaired. They were also glad that it happened when they are still in NY because they were about to leave to go to LA to attend a reunion and christening of her sister-in-law’s new born twins. Since their car was damaged, the insurance company offered them a daily allowance for car rental until their car has been fixed. What a good offer, diba? I hope insurance companies here in the Philippines can offer cheap auto insurance and can be of good service to their clients like insurance companies abroad.