Why forget flood control problems and just move on? Rakets and the ombudsman investigation cant solve this; pity the poor Filipinos suffering from floods lack of funds

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A solon has urged the public in his speech, to stay clear of flood control fiasco and JUST MOVE ON.  How could we just ignore this problem and move on to new modus -  RAKET NAMAN  (a sub for flood control modus?)

Maawa naman kayo sa daan daang libong  Filipino na nagdurusa sa baha.   Di ba iyan ang focus ng programa ninyo?    Dalawang mukha isang individual?

Natural disasters and 2025

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Praying we do not encounter one         

Where are the flood control projects

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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.

Typhoon Leon becomes super, exits Batanes to Taiwan this pm

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There was an earthquake at Cagayan at 5:39 this am.    String of disasters.

Bagsak presyo ng bangus dahil sa pagtakas sa fishpen dahil sa Kristine

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Yong maliliit ay P15/kg, and P50.00  Many fishpen owners lost money....  I guess the cheap bangus sale was over yesterday. 

Others in the know say that bangus know how to come back to their cages even in a typhoon.  They suggest that seamen took the bangus from their cages..

China test fires ICBM to the Pacific, raises alarm for many nations

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China recentlhy launched an ICBM missile into the Pacific, and many nations especially Japan was alarmed.    (Philippines)

Are you alarmed. ?

But China is definitely sending a loud message to the rest of Asian nations that it is powerful.   China was all ready seething vs US typhoon missile stationed in the Philippines

Floods in Rizal - Cainta, Rodriguez, Pililila, San Mateo, Marikina, Antipolo, Baras experience severe flooding

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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 

Flood in Pililla   

Why was Baytown up to Velasquez road closed to traffic late yesterday? Due to flooding?

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A feature of MS (Bing) notified this gadget not to pass Baytown up to Velasquez (Villa Road) late

yesterday afternoon.  After a few hours of rains due to typhoons Butchoy or Carina.  

The said road has been added several layers of concrete (about 3 layers?) and yet flood continues.  The residents of Baytown complain of year round inundation..

This post can cite several items for analysis and discussion:

1.  The area being discussed is part of the lake - famous elevation 12.5 mlle which LLDA sets as demarcation for non development.  And yet a road was built, and reclamation extending up to several hundred meters were undertaken;

2.  Despite the posted prohibition, the reclamation continued;

3.  Elevation 12.5 is at the end of Richmond, thus Baytown is beyond the said elevation.   Thus when it rains the lake takes back what its hers, hence the flooding.  

This post presupposes that the flooding the problem at Baytown will persist when it rains.  Only when it rains.  (Or even when it does not rain because water seeks its own level)

Vengeance belongs to the Lord

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Rizal Philippines
September 3, 2016

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

What are the causes of the flooding in MM? Any solutions?

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Rizal Philippines   | September 23, 2014

The area near the SM Marikina is inundated because the floodway which is just 30 meters wide and 4 meters deep vis (100 meters and 10 meters) is choked and thus Pasig river, which is it was designed to empty into Laguna Lake, is flooded





Floods at Ortigas  Avenue ( can we relate this to the abuse of Pasig River and Manggahan floodway?)


What caused the flooding?  A flurry of interviews and TV shows and articles are coming out to analyze again the cause of the flood:

Again let us enumerate:

1.  Force majeure  - the 269 mm of rainfall for the 24 hour period is the equivalent of 1/2 month of rainfall.;

2.  Global warming -  the warm Pacific Ocean and atmosphere loads typhoons with more energy and moisture that fall as rain.  This is a very convenient excuse



3.  Clogged drainage  -  plastics, sand, silt, trash clog the drainage


Garbage and encroachment on esteros;  we cant fight nor convince developers to demolish their encroachment

4. Flood control projects, pumps that do not work  (Espana has had several flood control projects and yet it floods at when the dogs piss.)


Squatters must go?   Or they and us suffer floods endlessly?


Squatters at floodway banks (west bank) We have no will to resist their votes?






Would the flooding be the same if the banks of floodway were cleared of squatters?

From GMA news - encroachment of Manggahan floodway blamed for Pasig river swelling.  It has become narrower and shallower  - thanks to.....

5.   Settlers on esteros and river banks (accretion).  Pasig river then looked very wide.  Now it seems that it is only 15 meters wide.   Manggahan floodway is heavily silted.  Squatters dump their shit and garbage at Manggahan floodway.


From here we can judge that the Manggahan floodway overflow, flooded Ortigas Ave after the Manggahan bridge.  Manggahan floodway should be dredged and declogged.

From coconuter (mambubuko?)

Leyte residents victim of deadly typhoon and politics?

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Philippines   |  November 23, 2013

There was this news at Asia News that mentioned about Casiple analyzing why there was a standstill in the distribution of relief goods in Leyte after the supertyphoon Yolanda.  There was a comment by the anchor that the residents of Leyte  suffered from two deadly attacks:  that of the typhoon and politics.   Political grandstanding, (rather than positive action) found its way into the aftermath of the disaster and we know the adverse results

Right after the typhoon the President visited Tacloban and met with the local officials.  The mayor was surnamed Romualdez (Alfred), an enemy of the President's family.  As a political rival, you know, there would be lack of support for relief, rescue.  And Casiple remarked that the President should have acted as President of the PHL not as President of Liberal Party.

I hope it is not.  Now there is Senator Poe proposing a new law strengthening disaster preparednesss.

I would like to say:

1. There are the NDRRMC  and whose leadership and procedures may just need to be tweaked/improved:

2.  There is the RA 7077 whose primary mission is disaster and relief operations;  the officers who are heads of the companies can be mobilized to assist in the relief operations using the assets of their company;  but that will smack of martial law (but we have such a law).

3. I just witnessed this morning the water rescue team of a nearby town and the members told me that they had a budget for training, drills, supplies, equipment

What else do we need?

I sat beside a Phil Navy rescuer who just came from Bohol and Leyte disaster

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PN rescuer from Bohol and Leyte tragedy

On the way to an appointment in Central Business District yesterday afternoon, I happenned to sit beside a bus a man who had  a back pack, wearing orange T shirt and many markings (which includes a paratrooper patch on it) on them, a tiny flash light attached to his divers watch, and a two way radio.  I remarked and asked question , "How was it in Leyte?" And he answered it was tiring.

Was there an op plan for clearing and dead body retrieval operations?

What did he do there?  Security, relief distribution?  No.  Retrieval of the dead.  He was being relieved to rest.  He had not been home since Bohol earthquake.  They were first responders to Bohol and then to Leyte.  It has been a long and difficult tour of duty. He lamented that there was no plan on say dead body retrieval operations. He is a native of Inabanga Bohol.

  He has to go back to Leyte after a week.

Are we prepared in MM just in case? Do they teach disaster preparedness in business school?

He asked me what do I do for a living?  I said I teach sometimes in a school of business.  He asked if we teach disaster management/response in the school.  I said no.  He said perhaps it should be.  He is worried about a 7.2 magnitude  earthquake preparedness in MM.  Are there rescue clearing operations in place?  I said that as far as I know.  There is.  May be it is time to review and rehearse the rescue people.  And have regular drills?

On parting, I shook his hand, I saluted him and I said, " The country and I thank you for the wonderful job that you did for our brothers who lost during the tragedies, and he must keep doing such a thankless and good job."  I hope that was consolation for  job well done at his level.          

What are the top news lately?

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They are:

1.  Super Typhoon (Typhoon Odette/Usagi)

2.  Mass shooting in malls and yards

3. NGOs

Do you agree?