Many of the parts of Philippines especially MM and Bulacan flooded; climate change failed flood control projects and corruption blamed

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Floods in the Philippines

Many citizens decried politics while the rest of the nation are suffering in the floods rains and wind

Manila is sinking - fast by 10 cm per year

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Despite huge amount of money being poured into flood control project, Manila stil continues to sink by at least 10cm per year.   This is a result of climate change (more rainfall due to typhoon) and sinking of the land due to over drawing of water from the aquifier.    The mountains of Rodriquez and San Mateo, Antipolo are denuded and are useless in holding back flood water.  The same phenomenon is happening to towns around Manila

Should Manila relocate (Just like what they do to Jakarta exactly for the same reason ?    It was said that Manila is  below the sea level.  

Manila is sinking

Floods, floods everywhere -->>blame game, finger pointing follows

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There was too much flood since Monday brought about by now Typhoon Enteng.  Rizal was heavily hit.  Most towns except Binangonan and Angono were heavily flooded.   But Pililla (at the church and embarcadero Hulo)  Namay Morong, Pinugay Baras, Cardona, Antipolo, Cainta  (Imelda Highway was iimpassable), San Mateo, Taytay,  Marilaque,  Sampaloc   (Tanay) Rodriguez were flooded.    We could not imagine flooding at high places like Antipolo, Tanay, Pinugay. and  Tanay.

Other areas in Cavite, Paranaque and Las Pinas, Navotas, Bulacan were observed. NLEX was virtually a river.

Several theories were all ready advanced by netizens as causes:

1.  Over development at the mountains.  So the LGUs and regulatory bodies were blamed.   As in Antipolo and Pililla (3 subdivision projects are ongoing at Bugarin).

We are quickk to blame the govt... But the citizens bear responsibility too.

Others observed by this post:

2.  Reclamation at  Laguna Lake and Manila Bay.   Surely, the volume of the Bay and the Lake decreased with the reclamation.   Bulakenos especially from Balagtas blame the new International Airport being developed at their town as the cause of the severe flooding

3.  Improper solid waste disposal clogging the flood control system.   

     We should have proper solid waste disposal.   We should follow initiative on recycling, banning plastic containers etc.

4.  Lack of masterplan, and comprehensive total flood control projects

     The secretary of DPWH said so.

5.   Narrower clogged waterways

      1.   Since Ondoy, call outs were made to dredge Manggahan floodway.  It has become cesspool for

            illegal settelrs.  The floodway has ceased functioning 100% since before Ondoy and thus unable

            to rapidly drain Marikina river

     2.  The riverbank project lessened the water carrying capacity of riviers.   They have become 

          narrower

     3.  Occupation of accretion.    The sediments deposited by river were titled and occupied by 

          private land owners.  The original areas of the river should have been preserved.

         And now we are blaming the govt?   Some developers in the Marikina watershed were seen

          to be narrowing creeks;   in gated subdivsiions, there is no flooding because they tripled the

          volume of creeks:  widened and made them deeper.

     4.  Killing creeks and other waterways.   We observe this with other developers and landowners.

           They build over creeks

6.  Climate change

     Everywhere, from Europe, China, and South America we see cases of intense rain and flooding.  We 

     are subject to this phenomenon.   Its not only China that suffers from intense rain and flooding.  We 

     too.  Unbelievable amount of rainfall are brought by typhoons.  Due to elevated temparature of the

     ocean brought about by global warming, and too much carbon.

     We contribute to global warming.   We can help lessen this:

     1.  Conserving electricity;

     2.  Less global traavel by jet or ship;

     3.  Riding the tricycle and smoke belching jeep;

     4.  Plant trees

6.  Perhaps this is part of the end times.

Let us help those who were affected by floods.

Let us mind this flood mitigating measures when the weather is fine, and not after disaster strike

      

Indonesia moves capital to Nusantara in Borneo because it is sinking; shouldn't Manila too?

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Indonesia has begun constructing new capital city to Nusantara in Borneo because it is sinking    The over use of ground water (no place for reservoir) and climate change has subjected Jakarta the current capital city to sinking.

Should not Philippines think of same move.  Most of Manila is below the sea level, it is too subject to climate change (just recall the recent flood) and the numerous reclamation project that is pushing more seawater elsewhere.

Reaping the karma of high fossil fuel carbon emissions

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Does the recent monitoring of air quality reflect our resolve to solve flooding?

Social and political criticisms

After the floods, the rescue, the finger pointing and the talks about the floods/flood control, climate change, nothing much has changed.  Japan's resolve to save themselves from future tsunami floods, and typhoons has been to build all EV for the world to help reduce carbon emissions in the air.

But what have we done?  Are we improving air quality?  Are we helping reduce carbon emissions?

Are we contributing to lessen climate change?

 x                                   Can you see the buildings from afar?

 x                          How much carbon is hanging in the air?

 x                               The Sucat Paranaque area looks a little bit clean

             

                        This is the Pasig/Ortigas area;   can you see the buildings?

What are we doing right after the floods regarding this primary cause of global warming --.> climae change?

NOTHING?  We cant claim something because the air quality has become worse....