A magnitude 7.1 (7 or 6.8 based on conflicting assessment) has hit southern Japan, Kyushu island, with 13 confirmed dead. The airport was closed, train service ceased, water and electricity service stopped. With hundreds of thousand evacuated due to aftershocks... There was a tsunami warning which was later lifted.
The 2nd floor of Aeon mall collapsed, and there was a reported gas explosion. Employees and guests were trapped.
This tops the suffering of Japanese; this is on top of rains and flooding they are all ready suffering
We sympathize and we are with the people of Japan and victims at Kyushu island in this terrible disaster.
A swarm of earthquakes also hit the Philippines Wednesday 77 in all... with 4 in magnitude 5 and above
I dont think so. But due to their pride and search for fame, they included themselves in profligate display of luxury and wealth. Their parents request please do not include them. We the netizens did not cause. It is the choice of the nepo ladies and their parents ..
The protests in Indonesia over increase of allowances of lawmakers sparked awesome destruction and trouble. Will this happen in PHL amidst much greater amount of money alleged to have been stolen and the profligacy being posted by the nepos.? This post thinks what happened in PHL is more outrageous
Where were our activists when legislators in the PHL voted unto themselves huge emoluments The flood control anomalies, budget insertions and ghost projects have to stop And the perpetrators jailed. Will that happen. The heavens took the first step by dumping huge amount of rain at the HQ of the manggagatas...
May matinding baha na naranasan sa QC nitong nakaraang Sabado at ito ay limitado lang sa Commonwealth, pook ng Ateneo at UP. Depensa ng Pag asa DOST: ibinuhos ang limang araw na ulan sa loob ng isang oras (Ito dapat pagplanuhan ng DPWH. Ito bagong norm) Ito ang hinuha/palagay ng may akda:
1. Para makiaalam na mga iskolar ng UP, mga pare at Atenista tungkol sa flood control controversy. Wala pa silang comento
2. Pakikiisa ng langit sa mga taong bayan. Dinala na baha sa tabi ng Kongreso para maghunos dili sila at mag ayos. Hindi na kailangang magpunta sa probinsiya para mag imbestiga. Heto na baha sa harap ninyo.
Amidst the wide spread flooding, people are asking about the vaunted half trillion flood control projects. Were they "overwhelmed ?" Or swept by floods. Let us be honest.
This post read a conversation on flood control infrastructures /mitigation measures. One netizen said that no amount of infrasturctures would have contained the rainwater which was rather high, brought about by typhoon Kristine. To which another citizen said it is non snese since Japan and Holland were able to do this. (Even Turkey) To Dutch, their inability to contain flood would have cost their survival.
The Japanese has a system that can drain an Olympic sized swimming pool in one second.
No lame excuses, no limit to what we can do regarding flood control, since life of our countrymen depend on this. And we have to live in the future with heavy reains The fact is large amounts, amounting to trillions all ready for the last 10 years (and even mentioned by PBBM to be total of 5,500 all ready!)
Where did the money go? Where/what are the infrastructures built? What happened to the Bicol River Basin Project?
Relief operations, wailing for the dead will not do us good. We have to proactive approach towards this flood. Many scientists and engineers would have done their study, and politicians and crooks are blocking the way
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
It was unusual that almost all the towns of Rizal were flooded: Morong, Baras, Tanay, Teresa, Pililla, Cainta, Antipolo, Rodriguez and San Mateo. These are all familiar places
All due to rains brought by Typhoon Enteng.
Floods were severe in Cainta, Rodriguez, San Mateo and Pililla
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr recently, after the floods last week, ordered the review of flood control projects as they many no longer be appropriate.
With due respect to the President, may this post humbly point out why there are floods:
1. There was too much garbage clogging the waterways, and were clogged --->> we must implore our people to dispose waste properly, enforce no littering, proper solid waste disposal
2. The Manggahan floodway is heavily silted, the Laguna lake is silted. --->> dredging projects needed
3. There are too many settlers in low lying areas and river banks --->> relocate them. Building officials must enforce danger zones construction ban.
4. Denuded forest around Marikina watershed - ---> tree planting projects by schools and military
5. River bank projects and accretion Eg. Pasig river was like a sea before 200- 300 meters wide before. What remains of Pasig river. LGUs love river bank projects which narrows the water ways. ---> reclaim rivers from LGU and private indidvisuals
There were subdivision developers that backfilled creeks and or made creeks narroweer vs Ortigas or Ayala which widens creeks and dig them deeper.
6. Too many reclamation projects were permitted at Manila Bay and Laguna Lake - stop and or cancel titles granted to those who undertook the reclamation projects.
7. There was a deluge. Too much rainfall. Even countries in Europe, South America, China had floods because simply there was too much rain
The problems are clear and equally the solutions should be too.
Deep floodwaters in Quezon City Ignacia Ave, Araneta especially at Corner of Maria Clara were deep. Quezon City is supposed in elevated area. How come there is flooding.
(This post used to live in Maria Clara, we sold the house a long time ago)
Brought by typhoon Carina which is expected to intensify.
Elevated subdivision that are flood free will be in demand. What can be done to mitigate flooding?
Residents, citizens certainly contributed to this disaster. See the garbage?
We get alarmed by this unusually high flood water level. And yet we continue unabatedly, reclamation projects or residents along the river banks getting titles to accretion (deposition of sediments along river banks, sometimes illegally. And this has been tolerated
Rivers are in need of dredging because channels have become narrow because of siltation from erosion, lack of trees to stop water flow, development. LGUs also construct along river banks further narrowing river channels.
We should not interfere with the rivers. Sometimes we backfill creeks and construct on the backfill. When floods come, nature reclaims the creek.
Sometimes we wonder how a small country like the Philippines can withstand the might and power of Xi Jin Ping and his 2nd biggest economy China who can not be stopped by the UN ICJ from trampling the rights and sovereignty of the Philippines. And we are even stupid enough to provide the materials to build their facilities.
But now it is true that vengeance belongs to the Lord. Two things are happening:
1. The southwest monsoon is dumping giant waves with the destructive forces that but obliterates/ or cover their man made facilities.
2. Pity the poor Chinese residents who drown and inundated by rains that seem harmless to the Philippines but delivers torrents of rain that cause flooding in their country
They may claim these territories, but Nature hides it from them. They want the sea, the weather system dumps the sea to their country. God is just and all Mighty
