Ay paano kung ang pondo ng mga LGU ay ginamit lang sa mga less important na mga bagay like flower pots (approx 1M Pesos) instead of allocating the much urgent funds for Disaster and Climate Change Awareness, management, risk reduction, mitigation, adaptation, prevention, etc. “Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.” - Albert Einstein Yolanda was just “A taste of Things to Come” We Have Never Learned: Infanta-Real Quezon Flooding and landslide (2004) Ondoy, Metro Manila (2009) Sendong, CDO-Iligan City (2011) Pablo, Davao del Sur (2012) Yolanda, Tacloban (2013) WHO WILL BE NEXT? The bottom line is : We will have more disasters to come. That is a fact because the Philippines have it all (the risk associated with climate change) : 300,000 sq km land area 32,400 km discontinuous coastline 7,000 km vulnerable to tidal surges High population density along the coast 66% of typhoon originate In the Western North Pacific Basin 20 average typhoon events per year; 5-7 of which can be very destructive Lies along the Western Pacific Rim of Fire One of the world’s most natural disaster-prone countries due to a combination of high incidence typhoons, floods, landslides, droughts, volcanoes, storm sure, and earthquakes. Half the storms of the strongest ones to hit land in the 20th and 21st centuries ended up striking the Philippines. (Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the Weather Underground). Antay na lang ulit kung sino ang susunod na tatamaan ng sakuna. We never tried to learn. Ang Yolanda ay patikim pa lang kung ano ang mga susunod na mararanasan natin :(
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:30:25 +0000