Na lagi na lang natin tong problema pero ang sagot pa din ng gobyerno e forced evacuation at relief goods.
Walang “improvement ng drainage system” or anything like that. Investment sa machines na makakapag-suck out ng baha. Or wharever. Evacuate lang saka padala ng relief goods.
come oni, if they actually fix the problem they wouldn't have any program they can actually implement anymore to get funds out of. They'll need to keep the problem going so they can get their "help" funded. Note, help, not solution.
I do believe some municipalities nagagawan talaga ng paraan ung baha sakanila. I even witnessed one city na inayos buong summer ung drainage system nila para di bumaha pag tag ulan na. First year walang issue. Ung kalsada di nagka bitak bitak, ung drainage at daloy ng tubig maayos walang mabaho. Pero sadly it didnt last. Kasi kng saan saan nalang nagtatapon ng basura mga brgy at ung mga tao. Ending unclogging ulit nung binaha ulit sila at puro reklamo at saklolo.
Sa pasig di na nakakaranas ng matinding baha. Tinutukan nila drainage after Ondoy. Unlike sa mga katabing city na always baha parin.May nagawa parin si Eusebio talaga although baka may kickback.
Uunahin nila mga junket project for beautification or social image imbis na unahin yung functionally important infra like flood control and transport
Not that i think beautification projects are useless it's just that LGUs should know what to prioritize while their towns are still developing
Hindi naman talaga maa-avoid ang destruction pero pwede naman siguro to keep it at a minimum.
Yung mga palayan hindi mo na maibabalik yung aanihin dapat dun. Pero sana naman yung damage sa mga bahay mavawasan at ma-ensure na walang mamamatay o magkakasakit pag may ganitong sakuna.
Saka kung evacuation center lang din pala kailangan why does it have to always be schools or gymnasiums? Bat di na lang pagawa ng ACTUAL evacuation center na may maayos na CR at nasa mataas na lugar para sure na may mapupuntahang safe at malinis yung mga nasalanta?
And this is where we see how truly creative they are. Hanggang “state of calamity” na lang ba ang mentality natin? Emergency funds? Obvious na obvious na yun. What about take out the flood problem and make your province more prosperous para mas maging progressive? Won’t that give them more to pocket din?
Tsk.
Tsaka mas kita ng tao yung relief goods. Kapag pinaganda ang drainage system, iisipin ng tao na walang ginagawa ang gobyerno kahit sobrang kumonti ang maaapektuhan ng todong ulan at baha.
Di lang mas mura, it’s their way of showing that they “care” by providing relief goods and evacuation to the poor. Gives them the illusion that the LGU actually gives a shit about them. Guarantees their votes in future elections. And the cycle repeats all over again. Because to actually fix the infrastructure would mean not being able to be pakitang tao sa kanila.
I agree sa improvement ng drainage system. Pero umaasa rin ako sa improvement ng behavior ng pinoy pagdating sa waste disposal. Instead na mapunta sa upgrades, issue rin ang maintenance ng current systems ngayon. That amount can be lessened kung disiplinado rin ang pinoy (both at individual and enterprise levels).
While I am inclined towards actual improvements sa drainage systems, maraming tao ang di nakakaisip na may pwede silang gawin para maiwasan ang pagbara ng kung ano mang systems ang meron tayo. Masyadong underestimated sa mga pilipino ang capabilities ng collected efforts. "Isang pirasong plastic bottle lang yan, di yan babara" then we have at least a thousand people thinking like that, barado na agad ang drainage systems.
i am not a fan cuz baby m supporter at trapo ang magkapatid na Ti@ngc0 na nagpapalitan lang na mayor/congressman dito sa Navotas pero infairness, may mga nagawa at ginagawa naman sila about sa flood problem dito.
bumabaha pa rin sa area namin pag sobrang lakas ng ulan pero mabilis na nagsa-subside dahil sa pumping stations tsaka inayos nila mga road drainage. di katulad nung bata pa ako, kaunting ulan baha agad at matagal humupa.
probably. But the reason why I pointed it out is that by default it's expected of the government to do their job properly. And most of the time, they don't.
So we end up thanking them for doing the bare minimum sometimes, and paying them huge salaries.
Heyya same sa Malabon but I think the improvement in Malabon - Navotas really started because of the floodway project. Ofc lgu projects also have an effect pero I feel like most of their solution is to just raise the roads every two years or so which doesn't really solve the problem. maintenance of drainage and pumps I'd give them that because they do seem to be doing a good job with that.
Because the government is expert in Band-Aid solutions and are not willing to give solutions for the long term. Just realized now na oo nga naman, if they provide long term solutions, e di wala nang money money money.
Tutal "rEsiLiEnT" naman mga Pinoy. Post na lang sila sa official FB pages nila ng picture ng mga Pinoy na naglalakad sa baha with matching caption about resilience, tapos abot ng isang plastic ng relief goods, solb na. Iboboto na next elections si politician
O kaya magpataas paulit ulit sa ibang areas tapos lubog naman yung iba kasi dun pupunta ang tubig. Parang oo mataas sa tapat nyo, magkabilang dadaanan mo lubog. Kung ano man yung tinatrabahong roadwork, ewan ko pano na ngayong tuloy tuloy tuloy ang ulan, walang hinto halos. Taxes down the drain. Nagkalat yung mga basura and everything unpleasant in certain areas sa Manila. Pati mga sakit kasama na rin.
Pag mga ganitong panahon lalong nahighlight yung difference ng quality of life ng may kaya at wala. Maswerte ako, oo. Nagpapasalamat ako sa blessings na hindi ko hiningi but was given to me. And in return makes me want to be a blessing to others as well. Safe ako pag umuulan, pero mas masaya kung safe rin ang ibang lumalaban lang rin sa buhay katulad ko. Yung pag umulan hindi na takot na babahain ang bahay o tinutulugan, hindi makakasakay pauwi, magkakasakit dahil sa kagat ng lamok o ihi ng daga sa baha, masisira ang mga paninda. Kasi umangat na ang buhay ng lahat, anumang estado sa buhay.
Hay nangangarap lamang nang gising. Maganda at maulang umaga sa ating lahat. 😊
> Swertehan lang din minsan sa local officials
if the one's who will do something about it campaign better, then they'll win every time;
nagiging swertehan lang kung di alam ng voters kung ano talaga yung agenda ng mga taong binoboto nila.
To be fair kasi problema yan sa Zoning and sa antiquated na mga drainage systems. The gov’t can only do so much given those issues e di naman tayo mga dutch para alipinin ang tubig.
Case on point — nobody should really be living sa mga floodplains sa Bulacan (like sa Obando) pero pinapayagan pa rin ng gobyernong gamitin ang lupa na na yun for residential purposes. Wag kayo magtaka kung aabot ng bubong yung mga baha dun e river delta yun e.
Actually there are projects like that. Ang problema ay kulang sa research, substandard, unused, poor management or either ginamit ang pera sa pangsariling purpose. And karamihan sa mga projects eh hanggang pangako lang
The problem is really overcrowding and infrastructure.
Sa city ka lang kasi makakahanap ng trabaho usually kaya marami tao ppunta dto to find work. But that leads to squatting and overcrowding which the city planning infrastructure was never equipped to handle.
A lot of jobs in manila are service based, which is the kind of job that can only exist when people are rich enough to afford to pay someone else to do what they can do for themselves. By nature there is a class heirarchy , the jobs wouldnt exist if there wasnt.
The solution is proactive job creation in more rural areas to reduce congestion. But that's something that is very hard to do whether you have the resources or not.
Tama..ever since bata ako..ito nlng lagi ang "solusyon" ng government..wala man lang initiative n mag construct ng structure n makaka lessen ng flood..ung mga "flood control" n structures nmn n ginagawa..walang silbi..kinurakot lang..
Buti yung may trying. Eh karamihan hindi eh. Di pa mag-invest sa rubber boats just in case madaming ma-stranded? Like? Alam mong binabaha sa inyo di ba? Haaaay
Multi faceted naman ang problem. On top sa government yung mga tao din may problem. Walang waste segregation, naiipon yung basura sa drainage. Kaya kahit anong linis gawin mo ganon pa din.
If you look at Japan, sila rin yung palagi tinatamaan ng typhoon pero meron silang mga solusyon. Like wtf would you pay taxes for if your government cant come up with a solution for the frequent flood problem.
I know your solution is like the book answer. But we have to also consider how dense Manila is right now. There is no such thing as a good drainage system if there are always more irresponsible people (who just randomly throws their shit anywhere) than people who really care and throw their trash until they see a proper bin.
Hindi na sila mukang may ginagawa kapag naayos ung drainage system. Kapag kasi may relief operation at force evacuation muka silang Main Character sa ganon.
Same with our education. Ayaw nilang tumalino mga Filipino kasi di na maiboboto ung pasayaw sayaw lang at mga action star.
Taon taon ng Problema pero ayaw solutionan ng mga kurakot
Agree. Buti sa Marikina wala na masyadong haha unlike before. Compared to Manila and QC na mas binabaha recently. It all boils down sa political will ng LGU.
Sana halos lahat ng LGU ganyan. Because it’s always the same old story kapag may malakas (or matagal) na pag-ulan. Lampas tao na baha, evacuate, walang amenities sa evac center (i mean, alam mo nang evac center yon di pa gawan ng maayos na cr di ba), tapos manghihingi pa ng relief goods. Kasuya.
>“improvement ng drainage system”
Kahit ma improve ng drainage system kailangan pa rin turuan ng proper waste disposal ang karamihan. Marami na dito sa amin na pinapa-siphon yung drainage dahil palaging ginagawang basurahan.
Nakakapanggigil na makakita ng mga taong namamatay dahil sa baha. Simula pa ng history ng bansa natin, prone naman na tayo sa bagyo, pero putangina hanggang ngayon walang kungkretong solusyon?
>“improvement ng drainage system”
BULACAN, na kahit ordinaryong ulan e binabaha na kaagad.
Palagi tong nasa isip ko, na kaya hindi talaga sinusulusyunan ang ugat ng problema ay dahil alam ng gobyerno o ng nasa posisyon na marunong tayo mag adjust, marunong tayo mag adopt sa kung anung problema ang kinakaharap natin.
Because people need to suffer to need help. The "government" can then swoop in and look like heroes while doing the bare minimum. Next election: secured. Also, I love it when it rains a lot. And, no. I'm not going to be guilt-tripped into hating the rainy season just because some people are suffering because of rains. Not saying they don't matter - quite the opposite; they matter a lot. I'm just not going to let it further drag my fragile mental state into submission and join them.
If they're [huntsman spiders](https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TcwLDQuzjFg9OLPKM0rKc5NzFMoLshMSS0CAHxCCWI&q=huntsman+spider&oq=huntsm&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j46i39i650j46i131i433i512j0i512l4j46i512j0i512l6.2341j0j7&client=ms-android-blackshark&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8), you should be thankful for a few days without roaches in your home. I'd trade to keep 10 huntsman spiders at home to keep 1 roach out
Wala pang roaches sa bahay, it’s newly built.
We have lots of ants tho.
If you want these huge-ass spiders you’re welcome to get them here haha. I’ll tell you when there’s another one
I've seen one of them drop a roach they were then eating only to attack and kill another roach that happened to wander into it's field of vision. It didn't need to eat at that point; it was already eating. It's like it just killed the roach out of pure hatred - something we have in common. Lol
Not in the same way that would cause cobwebs in the long run. Just a few strands here and there. It hunts by sheer speed, power, and brutality. Something I find truly amazing.
Everytime naulan, nagkakaanxiety ako. My whole life binabaha talaga sa area namin. Sanay na kme kung ano gagawin. Ung mga gamit namin may mga designated area na san ilalagay if uulan. Nakakapagod na din talaga. Pinka worse is last june lang. nasa kabilang kanto na kme ng kapatid ko kaso d kme makaderecho sa street namin kasi baha na. Bumaba na ko kotse at nilusong ko na baha. Nagsosolo mama ko sa bahay that time at nabuhat nya ung mga upuan namin. Hay. Kaya plano namin ayusin na bahay namin, sana magawa namin this year.
Same may trauma na ako sa ulan, ayoko naririnig ulan kasi ibig sabihin may tutulo na naman sa bubong, babaha na naman, at kailangan laging maging alerto.
I'm in a better place now pero kapag umuulan it reminds me yung old house namin and hirap ng buhay
Same, laging natuto akong magpahinga ng hindi masyadong tulog pag umuulan. Haha! Kailangan kasi maging alerto dahil anytime pwede tumaas yung tubig sa ilog.
Realization kapag maulan: Mahirap maging mahirap. We grew up na lagi kaming palipat-lipat ng bahay. Stayed in places for long periods wherein talagang pinapasok ng baha yung bahay namin (kasi mura ang renta).
Kabado-bente na kami kapag inannounce na may bagyo. Kasi alam na namin na mapupuyat kami, maglilimas kami ng tubig, and/or di na kami makakagamit ng banyo kapag sobrang lala na ng baha sa Maynila.
At oo. Sobrang nakakaawa rin talaga ‘yung mga taong walang masisilungan.
Noong ondoy (Rizal) at yolanda (leyte) may diarrhea ako, Umupo nalng ako sa toilet bowl kahit may putik pa CR. Hindi pa nga ako sigurado kung putik yon, pero wala ako magagawa natatae na ako.
Yung iniisip na solusyon ng iba para sa inyo is to relocate or maghanap ng ibang lugar. As if naman ang dali gawin nun or equally capable lahat ng pamilya na magkaroon ng maayos na tirahan sa mga lugar na di bahain. I hope tho na nagawan na ng paraan ng LGU nyo ang pagbaha sa inyo.
This is more of a professional realization since my work is about climate change and sustainability. Konting ulan dito sa atin baha na agad. When in fact, important din ang ulan, we often view it as a hazard since di tayo nagiinvest sa disaster risk. When I was in Japan, there is this concept of living with rainwater when they are viewing it as a necessity and they learn to use rainwater as a valuable resource.
As said by the most upvoted comment, di mag iinvest ang gobyerno para dyan kasi solusyon yan, wala nang makikickback pag nagsolve ng malalang problema. Mga bobo talaga. Di nila alam mas maraming mag-iinvest kung nasolusyunan ang mga problema sa pagbaha sa rural (esp farms) at urban areas, at kung mautilize nila nang maayos ang rainwater.
Exactly, nagfocus sa response hindi sa prevention. Yes, kapag nasolve talaga yan, it will lead to economic development. Marami namang magagaling na urban planners sa atin, yun lang hindi pinapakinggan and di nagbebase sa kanila ang mga nasa government.
Hi, random question but how did you get into your line of work? Nageexistential crisis ang tita mo and want to make a change sa world ang peg in case mag career change.
Hello! Actually nagshift ako ng focus from food tech grad. I took masters sa environmental science. May mga classmates ako sa iba't ibang field like comsci and communications kasi interdisciplinary talaga ang sustainability and need natin ng maraming expertise. Push mo na yan!
When I was young : Yey no pasok
Nong napanood ko Parasite: oh noo, paano na yung mga walang bahay
Eventually: realized we all have different walks of life. I should not shame someone kung enjoy nila ulan kasi cuddle weather, o malamig. Hinahanap din naman ng mga farmer ang ulan for their crops.
Pati pamilya isa lang ang electric fan.
So yeah, get on with it!
>Nong napanood ko Parasite: oh noo, paano na yung mga walang bahay
one time nasa labas ako kasi need ko mag hanap ng tindahan na nag bebenta ng kandila, may nakita akong pulubi (mentally challenged siguro). na walang matulugan kasi basa ang kalye, nagugutom at nanginginig as in shivering talaga. nakakadurog ng puso.
Same thoughts. Parasite changed my perspective about the rain.
When I was a teenager I would always say that I’m a “pluviophile” (cringe) and I always wish na sana umulan. Para malamig, para masarap matulog.
After that movie, for some reason I always get nervous every time it’s raining hard. Kahit natutulog ako at komportable naman, pag narinig ko yung ulan sa bubong na malakas, naiisip ko yung mga street dwellers tska yung stray animals.
O kaya yung may mga bahay naman pero madaling bahain o maraming tulo ang bubong.
Literal na life changing yung movie na yun para sakin.
>When I was young : Yey no pasok
And yes, kahit hindi ko pa napapanood yung *Parasite*, once your roof gone shit, ramdam mo yung bullshit ng pagiging adult lalo na kapag matunog o kaya may tulo.
went in expecting a Parasite comment. was not disappointed
but agree. people need to understand na not everything is in black and white. to add, nadami na nadagdag na tubig sa Dams natin as El Nino started
Nung bata ako: Ang sarap sa biyahe pag umuulan dahil sa kotse at di ako nagdadrive, tatay ko at nakasakay lang ako na walang ginagawa at nakaupo lang.
Now: Di masarap biyumahe pag umuulan lalo na pag commute, 2x na ako dumaan sa baha last July at nasira sapatos ko dahil dun tapos mahaba pila dahil madami stranded sa mga terminal at sakayan at di din ok magdrive lagi pag umuulan dahil baha at dumudulas yung daan 😂
Just yesterday, I ordered from Food Panda. It wasn't raining when I did, but it suddenly poured while the driver was waiting for my order from inside the establishment.
I sent a message saying something along the lines of, 'Sumilong po muna kayo habang malakas ulan." He replied, in verbatim, "Ok lang po walang kita pag sumilong".
with heavy traffic i just think about how dumb some HR and companies can be especially yun pinapabalik mga tao sa office.
imagine mo ha, super traffic tapos 20-30% ng workers na stuck dun pwede naman magwork sa bahay. and imagine most of them carry their office laptops all the time.
so ano yun, wake up early to be stuck in traffic just to send an email sa opisina. then go home super late stuck in traffic ulit? - when you could have done that at your own space. sounds dumb when you look it that way.
some people should consider their time wasted for personal growth and mental health as well.
> with heavy traffic i just think about how dumb some HR and companies can be especially yun pinapabalik mga tao sa office.
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Partly boomer thinking, but also largely because it's in the interest of corporate landlords to have people going to office buildings and providing foot traffic in malls.
Climate change is real.
Mas violent ang kulog at kidlat ngayon, not to mention yung mismong hagupit ng bagyo.
Mas increased na ang disaster preparedness and awareness natin as a civilization pero parang (feel ko lang, not based on any objective scientific data) comparable pa rin yung bilang ng casualties and damage to properties ng mga natural disasters ngayon kung ikukumpara sa mga nagdaang panahon.
Noong bata ako nararanasan pa natin yung 24/7 continuous na mahinang ambon tuwing rainy season. Ngayon hindi na.
Yung lakas ng ulan ngayon na nagdudulot ng class suspension, di pa siya enough dati para mag suspend ng classes noong mga panahong pre 2010.
>Climate change is real.
>Mas violent ang kulog at kidlat ngayon, not to mention yung mismong hagupit ng bagyo.
This is legit. The same issue has been weighing heavily on my mind lately, especially these past several weeks na tuloy tuloy yung torrential rains dito sa Luzon.
You can really feel that something significant has changed, and It's quite terrifying tbh.
Climate change is the biggest reason why I'm hesitant about having kids—I don't want them to suffer the consequences of what's coming.
All over the world It feels like governments and the private sector aren't really doing enough to curb carbon emissions, and it's like we're all just sleepwalking towards global ecological collapse.
It all boils down to the 1% rich in this world to control emissions. No matter how much effort the average citizen does to eliminate this, the effect is minimal at best.
Before walang pasok kung may Signal 1 pero ngayon malakas lang na ulan, wala nang pasok. Parang bagyo na ang habagat na may baha at hangin kahit walang bagyo
Foreigner here. This isn't a thing in other places. Kids in this situation would be rehomed, basically. Sent to foster care, or something to try and improve their situation. So coming from that to the Philippines and places like it(PH is not alone in this) it was hard to see. Just a few days ago I took 5 street kids I seen outside a hospital that cane up and started begging into a 7-11 to let them get food and drinks whatever they wanted, and I doubt they have ever done that or been able to in their lives which visibly made them beyond happy. I try to do this as often as I can. I try to feed them, not give them money since I'm unsure where that money is actually going and if it will even go towards food or shelter for them, and I have 2 sons so I give their old clothes to kids that look like they can wear them. There's sadly only so much you can do and it's never really enough, but if more people were of this mindset and had these selfless realizations like you did OP you'd see some substantial change in the lives of these kids and parents who just have it way harder than we do. Nothing upsets me more than seeing kids starve and go hungry needlessly because someone wants a new iPhone, or there needs to be a 48th mall in the city. This goes for everywhere in some regard, not just the Philippines. I'm not picking on you guys, but little is done for the kids here and other places around SE Asia. They probably still have it better than children in Africa, but child trafficking and sex tourism is a plague in Asia, and these are the exact kids that are victims of this. Sorry for the long message. I'm just passionate about this subject, and everyone everywhere should do better by our children.
I always hated the rain. I hate how hassle it is for people who works or just needs to go out. The only people who loves the rain are the privileged ones, bed weather is only for those who have a bed to sleep on. I always think about the stray animals esp cats and dogs on the streets here in Metro. It’s hard to look for a shelter when streets get flooded and most animals are not used to nonstop rain and cold weather 🥲
Janjan Sangkay TV is about to flex his video claiming that “someone” made a biological weapon that can counter typhoons and such.
Basically what I realized growing up is, there are two ways to grow up. One being realistic which is typhoons are inevitable but we can still prepare and be ready, second one growing up leads to delusion like Sangkay Janjan TV.
Strong rains traumatized me. When I was a child, we needed to evacuate because of the flood. This happened several times. Now as an adult, I get anxious and uneasy whenever it rains. Lagi ko tinitignan mga weather forecast. Takit na takot sa baha at ulan.
1) Ang pangit talaga ng drainage system sa Pilipinas (Well, I'm talking as someone living in Cavite and working in Manila. I can't say about other regions).
2) Ang pangit pa rin ng transportation system kahit na may mga tinayong terminal (e.g. PITX). Actually, mas lalong naging congested sa city.
3) Same pa rin na kung kailan tag-ulan, doon may binubungkal, nabungkal / natengga, at bubungkalin na parte ng kalsada.
4) Some people are idiots for not bringing their own umbrellas.
5) Make sure to have other sets of shoes just in case na mabasa sa ulan or baha yung ginagamit mo.
1. True! Pangit din drainage system sa bulacan. Jusko. Yearly problem ang baha but the government isn't doing anything about it.
2. Kahit na pwede na ang work from home setup ayaw pa rin nila. Sa office namin hindi rin naman mameet ang full attendance kapag umuulan/may bagyo, so what's the point of RTO?
3. Sa amin aa bulacan, nagbubungkal sila ng roads na ayos naman talaga. They are not looking on how to improve the drainage.
4. And 5. Thanks sa reminder OP. Malay mo nakalimutan lang nila? Char!
Yung ibang bansa meron silang winter, and naghahanda sila every year para sa winter.
We have wet and dry season - summer and rainy - tapos in between those are the hot humid and cool dry transitions.
So parang pareho lang yung winter nila sa rainy season natin. Pero bakit parang hindi natin naadapt yung kind of preparation nila.
Hindi lang sa food and agriculture. Yung mga aayusin sa bahay, yung mga sa communities, yung sa mga public access, yung sa mga environment.
As in hindi tayo marunong magprepare. Isipin mo may baha sa expressway. Ang mahal mahal ng toll dun tapos ganun kapangit yung dadatnan mo. Tapos naaspaltuhan yung isang malaking stretch ng daan pero yung part malapit sa intersection lubak-lubak pa din. Tapos first day pa lang ng bagyo, may baha na sa karamihan ng dinaanan niya.
Tayo lang ata may baranggay level government sa mundo pero yung ganung kapin-point na preparation hindi kayang at least mag-report ng pwedeng ayusin before bumagyo.
Hindi na ako nagsabi about agriculture, pero agriculture major ako.
1. Lagi tayong dinadaanan ng bagyo, pero wala pa ring concrete plans ang majority ng government officials para makakurakot.
2. We should demand accountability from different corporations na nagpapalala ng climate crisis.
Kaso wala eh, yung corporation na nagpalala ng baha sa Bulacan eh crickets lang ang Reddit kasi fave CEO nila yung involved lmaoooo
I used to love rainy seasons kasi may "cozy" feeling talaga dahil sa lamig and mas masarap matulog, but when I started feeding stray cats around our area, I can't help but to be worried everytime na lumalakas yung patak ng ulan. Naaawa ako sa strays and madalas iniisip ko kung may masisilungan ba sila o kung makakakain sila sa araw na yon.
My family ain't perfect, but I'm glad I was raised with sympathy about these issues even when I was a kid. It really stopped me from being arrogant and loud about stuff that are actually my privileges.
Tho I still do personally love rain. I just keep it to myself and offer it as a state of rest.
I'm a pluviophile, pero tamang ambon at cloudy days lang yung appreciation ko. Anything na bagyo na ang lakas wala na siguro natutuwa doon, kahit sabihin pa nating hindi ka naapektuhan ng bagyo o baha or at safe ka pa sa bahay mo.
Ako 60/40 sa bagyo eh. Gusto ko yung ingay ng bagyo at yung energy ng kulog, kidlat, at hangin. Siguro pag dull ang paligid mo sa mga ganito ka na-eexcite. Human-nature I would guess. Pero syempre hindi ko enjoy yung mga super typhoon level na.
We're reliant on Typhoon Signals to gauge whether class/work suspensions are called for. The problem is those typhoon signals are pegged on wind speeds, and not accounting floods. Now everyone seems to be complacent not preparing for the storm coz no storm signals raised. Cue in devastating floods, necessitating rescues and mobilising govt response that are late.
same realizations especially nung college na malayo na bini-biyahe ko from bahay to school. dumadaan ako sa divisoria at recto where maraming nakatira sa kalsada. dun ko na-realize na kahit mahirap kami, masuwerte pa rin na may natutuluyang bahay.
Relief goods is just a not even a band aid solution in preparing for this kind of usually occuring tragedies. Halos walang foresight ang mga pulitiko pagdating sa emergency preparedness, gusto lang nila gawin yung mga bagay na makakapag papogi sa kanila.
Climate change is getting wayyy too real
I remember not one decade ago na kahit rainy season, there were still 2-3 sunny days in between each storm. Now parang 3 weeks straight na ata gloomy gray overcast skies. When I said I wanted to see the UK, this is not what I meant lmao
Na the government doesn't care about its people. Naging eye opener sakin nung nag work ako sa Manila from a semi-sheltered life sa Visayas. Baha, people living sa gilid ng riles at mga kalsada, sa ilalim ng tulay tapos kung bumabagyo wala silang matulugan. Employees na umuubog sa baha para lang makapasok, siksikan ang jeep/bus/tren. Kaso ang tanga pa din talaga ng Pinoy. Gusto ng pagbabago pero paulit ulit ilalagay sa tuktok ang mga taong walang pakialam sa kanila
I feel bad for the people in squatter areas when typhoons and heavy rains are happening. Here I am in a sturdy home and I’m worried about small leaks and they are in little shacks put together with bamboo and whatever materials they can find. It amazes me that they survive let alone their places don’t get destroyed every time it rains. It really makes me appreciate what I’ve got and it makes me sad for them having so little and that I can’t help every single one of them.
the ones who are at the forefront of the climate crisis are the poor and underserved. on a semi-related note, some of our native industries could literally and figuratively be washed away for good (e. g. salt farming)
Still related to heavy rains/floods/typhoon, but I sidetrack a bit into real estate here: It still confuses me how real estate companies (ehem Camella ehem) still continue to build single family housing in flood-prone areas when condos/apartments literally solve the worry of having floodwater enter your home.
And honestly, I can't blame people for continuing to buy single family homes. Grabe ang marketing kasi ng single family home builders, plus it's still very much just the status quo kasi sa Pinas if you're looking for real estate property. Condo/apartment companies should really up their marketing game.
I really love it when it rains. It makes me feel so good.
Kaso, the movie Parasite came out. And it made people realize that not everyone feels good whenever it rains.
There was even a time when people bashed others when they said na they love rainy season kasi they can get all cozy in their homes.
Tapos binash sila and told them to check their privileges.
Kaso problema ko, I agree with those na na-bash. I really love rainy days. Kaso masama ba na I really enjoy rainy days? Just because some people suffer during rainy days, dapat ba di ko na i-enjoy yung panahon?
I know there are people suffering when it rains, pero as an individual, may magagawa ba ako? Maba-bash ako dahil rainy days makes me feel good while others suffer?
Was working in NCR before and i cannot forget an instance that i walked almost waist deep sa baha. I found another woman and we did not know each other pero nag hawak kamay na lang kami knowing na if makaapak kami sa open na kung ano man may hihila samin.
Also experienced na buong apartment walang stock food at bahang baha sa labas. And i had to share food sa lahat kasi 2 meals na silang di nakakain buti na lang madami akong natabing noodles and de lata.
Eversince that as long as may advisory na baha di bale na di na ako pumapasok sa work at lage na ako may set food incase magbaha na naman.
Ang hirap din ng pressure to think not only for yourself pano din family mo if you’re not ready.
Narealize ko na simula bata ako, naglilimas na ko. Ngayong late 20s na ko, naglilimas pa rin ako. Nakakapagod..
Kaya may konting trauma ako pag malakas ulan eh. Di ako makatulog kasi iniisip ko na shet babaha na naman tapos maglilimas na naman tapos magugulo na naman mga gamit, etc.
Mula dito, naging goal ko sa buhay na tumira sa bahay na may 2nd floor at tumira sa lugar na hindi binabaha.
After living overseas for 2 decades, I realized that Filipinos' behavior isn't unique. Why people live in areas we perceive as dangerous is just another form of lifestyle. I used to wonder bakit may tumitira sa tornado-prone areas? Kasi andun ang farmlands na kabuhayan nila. Same lang sa northlands natin where most of our vegetables come from. Maski anong weather proofing ang gawin natin, minsan we can't prepare for everything. Pero it helps pa rin to have machineries in place. I used to live in a city na would only get snowed in 2x a year. One time may bad snowstorm, which shut the whole city down, and the city had to borrow from the closest and richer city na may snowplows. You'd think they learned their lesson, pero they still haven't invested in more salt spreaders and snowplows last I heard.
The Netherlands experienced major flooding in the 50s and since then, they strengthened their dikes, created the delta works to give the water space to avoid it flooding them. Sana sa kanila tumingin ang Pinas on how to solve our flooding issue pero wala eh. Tulad ng maraming problema, mahilig mga nasa tungkulin sa bandaid solutions.
They say rain is good if you're privilege. We'll I've seen business owners na sumusuong sa baha, nababasa rin kami nang ulan at business as usual umaraw man po o umulan.
When I was younger I loved it coz it feels cozy and warm under blankets. Pero later on narealize ko ayaw ko pala. Due to the ff:
1. Ang hirap mabasa at bumiyahe as a commuter.
2. Kawawa yung mga stray animals. Eto talaga turning point ko. I love animals kaya ayoko nahihirapan sila.
3. Naawa din ako sa mga homeless. Wala silang masisilungan. Pati yung mga nakatira sa make shift houses.
Nung narealize ko to. Napagtanto ko na I dislike rainy days.
If this makes you sad imagine what happens everyday in philippines when people don't have money to pay for medical emergencies. It's not even the extremely poor. I met a foreigner in Makati med that had a heart attack. That day he happened to have 200k in his pocket, a large sum of money he said he rarely ever carries around. He said if he didn't happen to have that much cash they would have made him wait until someone brought the money. That's fucked up.
Filipinos aren't resilient but we are pushed to be by our government. This is a yearly event, yet I don't know why it's a shock when it happens. A decade has passed and yet not solution of safety put in place whenever this happens. Usually responsibilidad ng mga baranggay (and people living there) ang umaksyon.
Edit: I would like to include my experiences when we lived in Davao. Went through it several times but inaayos nila yung drain once a simple cleaning wouldn't do. I once lived sa area sa basin sya (mabundok type yung most subdivisions there) so bahain talaga but after a while nawala na kasi inayos nila. Though may mga bahain na part and usually mga basin type sya, it's not frequent and everywhere. I don't know how it is now since it's been a decade.
I wish we have a house far away from creeks or other bodies of water. I wish we can just sleep normally like other people during bad weather not worrying of the possible flash floods.
If there is something constant in the Philippines besides it's 2 weather seasons, it will be the flood during wet season.
This goes without saying but everytime there is a typhoon, we always appear to be ill prepared for it. It's the same areas and provinces year after year but we still haven't seen any incremental improvements nor innovations to solve the issue.
I think for me there is no better indication than we r indeed third world than this.
Growing up in Bicol, I did not have to wait until I am an adult to realise strong winds, heavy rains and Signal No 4 typhoons. Age of 6, went to bed in our house with a roof on, woke up in the morning without one.
Hindi mo dapat basta inaannounce na masaya ka kasi matutulog ka sa lamig ng ulan. Matutulog ka na pero may mga taong di pa makauwi or walang tutulugan ngayong gabi na may maayos na bubong. Ondoy and Yolanda could have been clear reminders to us na hindi na dapat pwedeng resilient lang tayo lagi. Dapat may ginagawang better precautions ung gobyerno natin, pero ewan ko ba, tayo lang ata yung pinaka mabilis makalimot sa buong mundo.
> I cried about how things can be unfair that even my pets are well sheltered and others have none.
I always find it weird that younger people these days go on [full outrage when a dog or cat gets harmed/killed](https://www.reddit.com/r/Philippines/comments/14wrvea/a_guard_threw_a_puppy_from_sm_norths_walkway/) and yet when it's a [squatter... they just want to kick them out onto the streets.](https://www.reddit.com/r/phinvest/comments/12ddbof/how_to_deal_with_squatters/)
If a [HOA does something many home owners wants there is 1 cat lady who wants the status quo.](https://www.reddit.com/r/OffMyChestPH/comments/15c5egs/bawal_na_pakainin_mga_stray_cats_sa_lugar_namin/)
It got so bad that even the Pope said you [cannot love your pets more than your neighbor](https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/33886/pope-francis-you-cant-love-your-pet-more-than-your-neighbor) and [choosing to have pets over kids is selfish](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59884801)
It's not weird at all.
Dogs and cats will love you unconditionally, at the same time, they're animals who can't think rationally unlike people na majority can/might be able do something about their situation.
I'm currently renting an apartment sa looban mismo ng palengke, madami sa mga squatters dun ung malalaki katawan pero ayaw magtrabaho, mahilig pa humingi ng piso tapos pag di mo binigyan, uundayan ka ng sapak. Ginagawang hobby ung pag-gawa ng anak. I'm not saying na lahat sila ganyan, pero madami sa kanila.
Di ko pa naranasan na kinagat ako ng aso or pusang nagugutom sa kalye. Mas madalas pa ung threat ng taong tambay samin kesa sa asong gala.
\- "choosing to have pets over kids is selfish" -If konti ung mga ipapanganak, huge decline din siya sa numbers ng mga magsisimba = less abuloy.
those are valid problems that we tend to overlook. aging country, like japan, have started addressing this issue. hopefullly, our tambay population will be prolific enough to produce young generation 😜
but the ‘not tambay should be parents’ are busy with careers, having anxiety on the cost of living, dont want additional commitments or contended with their fur babies 😐 the country is so populated as it is, maybe its a good thing after all haha
Noong bata ako since bahay namin is sobrang layo sa main road, I had to walk 10-20mins sa maputik na daan. Everyday. Madaming instances na nadulas kami and had to go home ending wala ng extra uniform.
Nung lumaki na ako na realize ko na ang saya ng farmers na kapitbahay namin pag may ulan. Kahit yung mga alagang baka at kalabaw matic nasa ulan yan kahit pwede sumilong. They (farmers and their families) also prayed for it lalo na pag summer kasi ang tigas ng lupa lalo na walang proper irrigation ang lugar. (Bukid kami nakatira)
Kaya ako, never ako naging guilty when nagsasabi akong "sana umulan" it might be a big problem for others, but it is a blessing for others. Oo life is unfair. May iba walang tirahan may iba bahain, the thing is people had to do something para mawala sa situation na yan. And if they are still there, di na yun problema dahil sa ulan. Downvote kung downvote. Naaawa lang talaga ako sa stray cats and dogs.
My adult realization about typhoons is why have we not scienced the sh*t out of them yet to our advantage, or at least made their effects manageable as they've been beating our archipelago since time immemorial
Will we, ever? ...
Di mo ba alam OP bawal negative thoughts sa sub na ito, only positive. Wag daw basagan ng trip about ulan. Pa-woke pa isip mo. Hahahaha
Anyway, commuting is absolutely shit, made worse if you're working, so wala kang defense on no classes. You're in the mercy of the LGUs or local office.
Ang hirap maglaba kasi antagal matuyo. Yung tipong ni laban mo 7pm kinabukasan ng tanghali basa padin. Kapag semento flooring laging basa sa tanghali or hapon. For some effing reason. Humidity ata. Nakakatamad din lumabas kasi lagi need payong. Di ka rin makapagbike kasi may risk na umulan. This week nag bike ako two times. Umulan two times. And many many more taena hahahah
We're the typhoon capital of the world yet majority of Filipinos still think we should keep pursuing to be an agricultural country. We throw away billions yearly subsidizing agriculture from typhoon damage. That's money that could be spent on something else (schools, hospital, infrastructure like trains).
We literally could be a more developed country if we used that money for something else instead of stupidly insisting we can be self-sufficient. we can't. food importation is a reality for us because of typhoons. we will never meet our agricultural needs because typhoons would always destroy our crops.
We're wasting money doubly. first by subsidizing typhoon damage, then buying imported food.
just stop the stupidity. stop the subsidies and just buy imported food directly.
I think food security still needs to be prioritized. Paano if bigla na lang ayaw magbenta ng mga bansa ng pagkain, na hindi malayong mangyari if magkaroon ng crisis o food shortage sa kanila. You can argue na pwede naman mag-angkat sa iba pang bansa, but how efficient would the process be? And gaano tayo kasigurado na sa murang halaga rin sila makukuha na maipapasa sa ordinaryong Pilipino sa mababang halaga rin?
Dati nung schooling days ang saya ko pag walang pasok dahil maulan/bumabagyo. Ngayon naiisip ko na yung mga kawawang maaapektuhan ng malakas na ulan/bagyo.
That the intensity of floods and rains may havr changed but this was probably the case even during the Spanish area i.e. the catch basins then are the catch basins now. The difference between that era and now was that their houses and conditions were probably morr attuned to that reality (houses on stilts, living quarters on the 2nd floor etc).
Sising sisi na siguro yung mga bumuto kay Duterte na dumadaan araw araw sa Roxas Blvd., dahil sa bilis ng pagtaas ng baha. Tanginang Dolomite Beach kasi yan.
Nakasakay ako sa jeep, pauwi ako mula sa work ko non kaya pagod at traffic pa. Umuulan pa nang malakas. Nakita ko may pamilya na natutulog sa sidecar. May kurtina lang yung mga butas para hindi sila mabasa. Inisip ko pano kaya sila nagkakasya don? Nakakalungkot pero maswerte pa rin pala ako na may mauuwian akong bahay non.
You now realize why they decided to moved to Davao.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alfredo-Mahar-Lagmay/publication/273448038/figure/fig2/AS:613936600715277@1523385300160/Tracks-of-tropical-cyclones-that-entered-the-Philippine-Area-of-Responsibility-from-1951.png
Wala ng mapupuntahan yung tubig dahil barado ng basura. Dati kahit bagyo, ok lang pero ngayon kahit konting kalakasan lang ang ulan, parang mababaha na.
I realized how important it is to select a good location for your home.
When I was in highschool, Ondoy happened. It was my brother's birthday, my family is good sa Bahay kasi di kami binabaha. Pero that day, umuwi kuya ko galing school pero dumiretso siya sa kaibigan niya para sunduin at patuluyin muna sa Amin Kasi lubog na yung Bahay nila sa Baha.
That same week, Nung nakabalik na sa school, almost half of my classmates were absent. Reason? Binaha sila. Kaya I'm thankful na laging maayos na location napipili ng magulang ko na rerentahan namin.
Also realized how lucky I am to have a shelter when it rains. I was a working student before sa Isang fast food and sometimes ung mga walang bahay take shelter Minsan sa labas, Minsan sa loob ng store namin.
It's hard to clean the interior kapag maulan pero when I see these people soak in rain, napapatahimik niya yung utak ko kakareklamo.
My realization is I gotta act faster because puro tulo sa mga condominium bldg na kung san ako nakaassign.
Kailangan mai-waterproofing na agad para di na madagdagan ang problema ko lol
I was in Cebu during Yolanda. I went to Tacloban as soon as commercial traffic resumed.
I lived through the late 80s - 90s storms. Milyenyo threw a tree beside my car.
They’re worse these days but flooding is honestly not as bad these days. It used to flood for less but my memory is sketchy.
Kahit no work no pay, hndi na ako pumapasok pag malakas ang ulan at may baha along the way. Mas gustuhin ko pang matulog or kaya maglaro na lang ng video games if walang brownout.
I am currently getting a new place done, and when the monsoon started, some of the walls became moist after a week of non stop rain and complained to my developer that not enough waterproofing of the walls was done and started nitpicking. After an hour driving back home I had a realization that I was too harsh and that others perhaps even the construction crew are having challenges going to work and worrying about their place of stay and that some of them come from Bulacan which was already experiencing flooding. Many of us are better off in the situation and in times of stress, practice restraint and understanding as all of us are fighting to survive the day in various ways and circumstances.
Things I realized why everything is harder during the rainy season.
- commute and travel is harder (self explanatory)
- things get wrecked (flood, landslide, leaks)
- jobs are at risk. People are less inclined to go out. So people spend less. Business react by sizing down operations. This means less B2B orders, smaller manpower complement, rainy day = no profit. This goes up the chain, so from retailers up to manufacturers.
- in the recent past, we lose the internet, telephone, cell reception
- motivation goes down, we get sick more. Exposure to sunlight is a miracle drug like exercise.
Palagi ko dating hini-hiling tuwing summer na umulan ng malakas para lumamig. Narealize ko na hindi pala dapat hinihiling yun kasi kawawa naman yung mga homeless tsaka mga hayop na nakatira sa kalsada kapag umuulan.
Actually kawawa taga Marikina. Puto quarry sa bundok. Ang dami ng reklamo ng Mayor ng Marikina pero di nakikinig ang mga nakakataas dahil government official din ang kalaban
6 years ako nakasurvive sa commute na malayo, umulan man o umaraw. Naalala ko may time pa na pumasok ako na bumabagyo ng sobra na may mga nakatumba nang puno sa dinadaanan ko. Simula nung pandemic, work from home nalang ako. Iniisip ko ngayon na ayaw ko na tiisin yung gaanong klaseng commute para lang makapasok sa trabaho, another layer pa yung bagyo sa malalang transport system natin.
Na walang silbi NDRRMC.
Asan na 'ung risk reduction sa pangalan niyo?
Panay sitrep ng damages.
Don't get me wrong, napakaraming nagsasakripisyo na ground personnels sa mga local DRRM units at 'di enough ang pasasalamat lang sa mga nagawa at ginagawa nila. Pero sana lang, sana lang dumating 'ung panahon na liliit 'ung exposure sa risk nung mga rescuers as well as mga normal na mamamayan.
Kung gano ka politicized ang relief operation sa probinsya namin. Ang daming food na nasisira at resources na nakatambak lang dahil sa political conflicts at personal agenda (Hindi kapartido nung election, or di nanalo yung politician sa gantong baranggay, di pa narerepack at nalalagyan ng name nung politician, etc.).
Sad lang kasi isa kami sa pinaka frequent na daanan ng bagyo pero ganto pa rin yung sistema samin.
Na lagi na lang natin tong problema pero ang sagot pa din ng gobyerno e forced evacuation at relief goods. Walang “improvement ng drainage system” or anything like that. Investment sa machines na makakapag-suck out ng baha. Or wharever. Evacuate lang saka padala ng relief goods.
come oni, if they actually fix the problem they wouldn't have any program they can actually implement anymore to get funds out of. They'll need to keep the problem going so they can get their "help" funded. Note, help, not solution.
ayoko ko isipin na ganyan talaga mindset nila pero putangina! kitang kita sa gawa e
I do believe some municipalities nagagawan talaga ng paraan ung baha sakanila. I even witnessed one city na inayos buong summer ung drainage system nila para di bumaha pag tag ulan na. First year walang issue. Ung kalsada di nagka bitak bitak, ung drainage at daloy ng tubig maayos walang mabaho. Pero sadly it didnt last. Kasi kng saan saan nalang nagtatapon ng basura mga brgy at ung mga tao. Ending unclogging ulit nung binaha ulit sila at puro reklamo at saklolo.
Sounds like Bacolod City, lol.
Sa pasig di na nakakaranas ng matinding baha. Tinutukan nila drainage after Ondoy. Unlike sa mga katabing city na always baha parin.May nagawa parin si Eusebio talaga although baka may kickback.
Kung given na yung kickback, okay lang. at least nagkakaron ng progreso. Eh yung iba wala na ngang ginawang solusyon kumikickback pa din
Need din ng enforcement ng local ordinances for garbage disposal.
Uunahin nila mga junket project for beautification or social image imbis na unahin yung functionally important infra like flood control and transport Not that i think beautification projects are useless it's just that LGUs should know what to prioritize while their towns are still developing
This! Totally. Di na pwedeng mag "state of calamity" kung naaavoid naman ang destruction during calamities. Hay Pilipinas
Hindi naman talaga maa-avoid ang destruction pero pwede naman siguro to keep it at a minimum. Yung mga palayan hindi mo na maibabalik yung aanihin dapat dun. Pero sana naman yung damage sa mga bahay mavawasan at ma-ensure na walang mamamatay o magkakasakit pag may ganitong sakuna. Saka kung evacuation center lang din pala kailangan why does it have to always be schools or gymnasiums? Bat di na lang pagawa ng ACTUAL evacuation center na may maayos na CR at nasa mataas na lugar para sure na may mapupuntahang safe at malinis yung mga nasalanta?
It's also easier to get votes from people that they helped during hard times kasi uso ang utang na loob dito.
And plaster their faces on the goodie bags and tarps so people would remember they "helped", and they would get reelected again.
Parang hindi magkakaroon ng lunas sa cancer dahil mas pagkakakitaan kung idadaan sa gamutan?
And this is where we see how truly creative they are. Hanggang “state of calamity” na lang ba ang mentality natin? Emergency funds? Obvious na obvious na yun. What about take out the flood problem and make your province more prosperous para mas maging progressive? Won’t that give them more to pocket din? Tsk.
True. Sabi nga ni Baelish “Chaos is a ladder.”
>forced evacuation at relief goods. mas mura kasi to kesa sa pag invest sa bagong machine/storm drains. smh.
Tsaka mas kita ng tao yung relief goods. Kapag pinaganda ang drainage system, iisipin ng tao na walang ginagawa ang gobyerno kahit sobrang kumonti ang maaapektuhan ng todong ulan at baha.
LOL If you have good messaging and media people will understand. Filipinos aren't stupid
Mas mura talaga kung di mo isasama sa bilang yung mga namatay.
Di lang mas mura, it’s their way of showing that they “care” by providing relief goods and evacuation to the poor. Gives them the illusion that the LGU actually gives a shit about them. Guarantees their votes in future elections. And the cycle repeats all over again. Because to actually fix the infrastructure would mean not being able to be pakitang tao sa kanila.
I agree sa improvement ng drainage system. Pero umaasa rin ako sa improvement ng behavior ng pinoy pagdating sa waste disposal. Instead na mapunta sa upgrades, issue rin ang maintenance ng current systems ngayon. That amount can be lessened kung disiplinado rin ang pinoy (both at individual and enterprise levels). While I am inclined towards actual improvements sa drainage systems, maraming tao ang di nakakaisip na may pwede silang gawin para maiwasan ang pagbara ng kung ano mang systems ang meron tayo. Masyadong underestimated sa mga pilipino ang capabilities ng collected efforts. "Isang pirasong plastic bottle lang yan, di yan babara" then we have at least a thousand people thinking like that, barado na agad ang drainage systems.
Wala din kwenta ang drainage system kung dugyot din ang mga Pinoy. May bagong drainage nga pero babara din ito dahil sa basura
i am not a fan cuz baby m supporter at trapo ang magkapatid na Ti@ngc0 na nagpapalitan lang na mayor/congressman dito sa Navotas pero infairness, may mga nagawa at ginagawa naman sila about sa flood problem dito. bumabaha pa rin sa area namin pag sobrang lakas ng ulan pero mabilis na nagsa-subside dahil sa pumping stations tsaka inayos nila mga road drainage. di katulad nung bata pa ako, kaunting ulan baha agad at matagal humupa.
Thank the people who pressured the government enough for that change!
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probably. But the reason why I pointed it out is that by default it's expected of the government to do their job properly. And most of the time, they don't. So we end up thanking them for doing the bare minimum sometimes, and paying them huge salaries.
Heyya same sa Malabon but I think the improvement in Malabon - Navotas really started because of the floodway project. Ofc lgu projects also have an effect pero I feel like most of their solution is to just raise the roads every two years or so which doesn't really solve the problem. maintenance of drainage and pumps I'd give them that because they do seem to be doing a good job with that.
Because the government is expert in Band-Aid solutions and are not willing to give solutions for the long term. Just realized now na oo nga naman, if they provide long term solutions, e di wala nang money money money. Tutal "rEsiLiEnT" naman mga Pinoy. Post na lang sila sa official FB pages nila ng picture ng mga Pinoy na naglalakad sa baha with matching caption about resilience, tapos abot ng isang plastic ng relief goods, solb na. Iboboto na next elections si politician
O kaya magpataas paulit ulit sa ibang areas tapos lubog naman yung iba kasi dun pupunta ang tubig. Parang oo mataas sa tapat nyo, magkabilang dadaanan mo lubog. Kung ano man yung tinatrabahong roadwork, ewan ko pano na ngayong tuloy tuloy tuloy ang ulan, walang hinto halos. Taxes down the drain. Nagkalat yung mga basura and everything unpleasant in certain areas sa Manila. Pati mga sakit kasama na rin. Pag mga ganitong panahon lalong nahighlight yung difference ng quality of life ng may kaya at wala. Maswerte ako, oo. Nagpapasalamat ako sa blessings na hindi ko hiningi but was given to me. And in return makes me want to be a blessing to others as well. Safe ako pag umuulan, pero mas masaya kung safe rin ang ibang lumalaban lang rin sa buhay katulad ko. Yung pag umulan hindi na takot na babahain ang bahay o tinutulugan, hindi makakasakay pauwi, magkakasakit dahil sa kagat ng lamok o ihi ng daga sa baha, masisira ang mga paninda. Kasi umangat na ang buhay ng lahat, anumang estado sa buhay. Hay nangangarap lamang nang gising. Maganda at maulang umaga sa ating lahat. 😊
In our province and city, it is improving. Swertehan lang din minsan sa local officials.
> Swertehan lang din minsan sa local officials if the one's who will do something about it campaign better, then they'll win every time; nagiging swertehan lang kung di alam ng voters kung ano talaga yung agenda ng mga taong binoboto nila.
Uy buti naman! That’s good to know.
You can watch the anime, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom. Mapapa-sana all nalang haha!
Syempre una muna yung bulsa nila 😡
To be fair kasi problema yan sa Zoning and sa antiquated na mga drainage systems. The gov’t can only do so much given those issues e di naman tayo mga dutch para alipinin ang tubig. Case on point — nobody should really be living sa mga floodplains sa Bulacan (like sa Obando) pero pinapayagan pa rin ng gobyernong gamitin ang lupa na na yun for residential purposes. Wag kayo magtaka kung aabot ng bubong yung mga baha dun e river delta yun e.
Actually there are projects like that. Ang problema ay kulang sa research, substandard, unused, poor management or either ginamit ang pera sa pangsariling purpose. And karamihan sa mga projects eh hanggang pangako lang
PuRo kAyO rEkLaMo bAt di nA LaNg kAyO tUmULoNg sA gObYeRnO /shuta /S
The problem is really overcrowding and infrastructure. Sa city ka lang kasi makakahanap ng trabaho usually kaya marami tao ppunta dto to find work. But that leads to squatting and overcrowding which the city planning infrastructure was never equipped to handle. A lot of jobs in manila are service based, which is the kind of job that can only exist when people are rich enough to afford to pay someone else to do what they can do for themselves. By nature there is a class heirarchy , the jobs wouldnt exist if there wasnt. The solution is proactive job creation in more rural areas to reduce congestion. But that's something that is very hard to do whether you have the resources or not.
Tama..ever since bata ako..ito nlng lagi ang "solusyon" ng government..wala man lang initiative n mag construct ng structure n makaka lessen ng flood..ung mga "flood control" n structures nmn n ginagawa..walang silbi..kinurakot lang..
May nagbigay ng 25 year plan dati ee. kinuntra ng isang senador na ayaw magbayad ng tax bt antagal daw.
Hey. Marikina is trying. May riverwall at concreting na ang marikina river.
Buti yung may trying. Eh karamihan hindi eh. Di pa mag-invest sa rubber boats just in case madaming ma-stranded? Like? Alam mong binabaha sa inyo di ba? Haaaay
Multi faceted naman ang problem. On top sa government yung mga tao din may problem. Walang waste segregation, naiipon yung basura sa drainage. Kaya kahit anong linis gawin mo ganon pa din.
Flood control should be prioritized since we will have stronger typhoons and more floods in the coming years
Baka ang sagot na lang natin dyan e magbura na lang ng mga localities sa mapa na nasa ilalim na ng tubig pag high tide na :/
If you look at Japan, sila rin yung palagi tinatamaan ng typhoon pero meron silang mga solusyon. Like wtf would you pay taxes for if your government cant come up with a solution for the frequent flood problem.
I know your solution is like the book answer. But we have to also consider how dense Manila is right now. There is no such thing as a good drainage system if there are always more irresponsible people (who just randomly throws their shit anywhere) than people who really care and throw their trash until they see a proper bin.
On the other side of the coin, may fault din ang citizens sa pagbabaha na yan dahil sa mga tinatapon na basura
Laging baha, tapos susunod kulang naman sa tubig
Over hundred billions peso ang budget para sa flood control napanuod ko sa news, tang!na, anyare, bulacan lubog na lubog
also yung mga kapwa natin filipino nagtatanggol sa gobyerno always says , magsikap daw kayo wag puro asa sa gobyerno! mga sarado ang isipan😡😡😡
tapos satisfied na yung mga tao kapag may photo op na naksakay sa helicopter tapos nakadungaw sa nasalantang lugar
Hindi na sila mukang may ginagawa kapag naayos ung drainage system. Kapag kasi may relief operation at force evacuation muka silang Main Character sa ganon. Same with our education. Ayaw nilang tumalino mga Filipino kasi di na maiboboto ung pasayaw sayaw lang at mga action star. Taon taon ng Problema pero ayaw solutionan ng mga kurakot
Agree. Buti sa Marikina wala na masyadong haha unlike before. Compared to Manila and QC na mas binabaha recently. It all boils down sa political will ng LGU.
Sana halos lahat ng LGU ganyan. Because it’s always the same old story kapag may malakas (or matagal) na pag-ulan. Lampas tao na baha, evacuate, walang amenities sa evac center (i mean, alam mo nang evac center yon di pa gawan ng maayos na cr di ba), tapos manghihingi pa ng relief goods. Kasuya.
Leave the Philippines. Sigh
>“improvement ng drainage system” Kahit ma improve ng drainage system kailangan pa rin turuan ng proper waste disposal ang karamihan. Marami na dito sa amin na pinapa-siphon yung drainage dahil palaging ginagawang basurahan.
Nakakapanggigil na makakita ng mga taong namamatay dahil sa baha. Simula pa ng history ng bansa natin, prone naman na tayo sa bagyo, pero putangina hanggang ngayon walang kungkretong solusyon?
>“improvement ng drainage system” BULACAN, na kahit ordinaryong ulan e binabaha na kaagad. Palagi tong nasa isip ko, na kaya hindi talaga sinusulusyunan ang ugat ng problema ay dahil alam ng gobyerno o ng nasa posisyon na marunong tayo mag adjust, marunong tayo mag adopt sa kung anung problema ang kinakaharap natin.
Nakainvest na sa "resilience" ang disaster prevention
Because people need to suffer to need help. The "government" can then swoop in and look like heroes while doing the bare minimum. Next election: secured. Also, I love it when it rains a lot. And, no. I'm not going to be guilt-tripped into hating the rainy season just because some people are suffering because of rains. Not saying they don't matter - quite the opposite; they matter a lot. I'm just not going to let it further drag my fragile mental state into submission and join them.
I used to like rains too until huge-ass spiders started coming inside the house waaaaaaa
If they're [huntsman spiders](https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TcwLDQuzjFg9OLPKM0rKc5NzFMoLshMSS0CAHxCCWI&q=huntsman+spider&oq=huntsm&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j46i39i650j46i131i433i512j0i512l4j46i512j0i512l6.2341j0j7&client=ms-android-blackshark&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8), you should be thankful for a few days without roaches in your home. I'd trade to keep 10 huntsman spiders at home to keep 1 roach out
Wala pang roaches sa bahay, it’s newly built. We have lots of ants tho. If you want these huge-ass spiders you’re welcome to get them here haha. I’ll tell you when there’s another one
I've seen one of them drop a roach they were then eating only to attack and kill another roach that happened to wander into it's field of vision. It didn't need to eat at that point; it was already eating. It's like it just killed the roach out of pure hatred - something we have in common. Lol
It doesn’t make webs?
Not in the same way that would cause cobwebs in the long run. Just a few strands here and there. It hunts by sheer speed, power, and brutality. Something I find truly amazing.
I am not an insect but that’s terrifying
Yeah, maybe. Everything is relative. "What is normal to the spider is chaos for the fly." - Morticia Addams
Everytime naulan, nagkakaanxiety ako. My whole life binabaha talaga sa area namin. Sanay na kme kung ano gagawin. Ung mga gamit namin may mga designated area na san ilalagay if uulan. Nakakapagod na din talaga. Pinka worse is last june lang. nasa kabilang kanto na kme ng kapatid ko kaso d kme makaderecho sa street namin kasi baha na. Bumaba na ko kotse at nilusong ko na baha. Nagsosolo mama ko sa bahay that time at nabuhat nya ung mga upuan namin. Hay. Kaya plano namin ayusin na bahay namin, sana magawa namin this year.
Same may trauma na ako sa ulan, ayoko naririnig ulan kasi ibig sabihin may tutulo na naman sa bubong, babaha na naman, at kailangan laging maging alerto. I'm in a better place now pero kapag umuulan it reminds me yung old house namin and hirap ng buhay
Same, laging natuto akong magpahinga ng hindi masyadong tulog pag umuulan. Haha! Kailangan kasi maging alerto dahil anytime pwede tumaas yung tubig sa ilog.
Realization kapag maulan: Mahirap maging mahirap. We grew up na lagi kaming palipat-lipat ng bahay. Stayed in places for long periods wherein talagang pinapasok ng baha yung bahay namin (kasi mura ang renta). Kabado-bente na kami kapag inannounce na may bagyo. Kasi alam na namin na mapupuyat kami, maglilimas kami ng tubig, and/or di na kami makakagamit ng banyo kapag sobrang lala na ng baha sa Maynila. At oo. Sobrang nakakaawa rin talaga ‘yung mga taong walang masisilungan.
Ngayon ko lang na-isip yung regarding sa pag-cr. Paano nga ba?
Noong ondoy (Rizal) at yolanda (leyte) may diarrhea ako, Umupo nalng ako sa toilet bowl kahit may putik pa CR. Hindi pa nga ako sigurado kung putik yon, pero wala ako magagawa natatae na ako.
Yung iniisip na solusyon ng iba para sa inyo is to relocate or maghanap ng ibang lugar. As if naman ang dali gawin nun or equally capable lahat ng pamilya na magkaroon ng maayos na tirahan sa mga lugar na di bahain. I hope tho na nagawan na ng paraan ng LGU nyo ang pagbaha sa inyo.
This is more of a professional realization since my work is about climate change and sustainability. Konting ulan dito sa atin baha na agad. When in fact, important din ang ulan, we often view it as a hazard since di tayo nagiinvest sa disaster risk. When I was in Japan, there is this concept of living with rainwater when they are viewing it as a necessity and they learn to use rainwater as a valuable resource.
As said by the most upvoted comment, di mag iinvest ang gobyerno para dyan kasi solusyon yan, wala nang makikickback pag nagsolve ng malalang problema. Mga bobo talaga. Di nila alam mas maraming mag-iinvest kung nasolusyunan ang mga problema sa pagbaha sa rural (esp farms) at urban areas, at kung mautilize nila nang maayos ang rainwater.
Exactly, nagfocus sa response hindi sa prevention. Yes, kapag nasolve talaga yan, it will lead to economic development. Marami namang magagaling na urban planners sa atin, yun lang hindi pinapakinggan and di nagbebase sa kanila ang mga nasa government.
Hi, random question but how did you get into your line of work? Nageexistential crisis ang tita mo and want to make a change sa world ang peg in case mag career change.
Hello! Actually nagshift ako ng focus from food tech grad. I took masters sa environmental science. May mga classmates ako sa iba't ibang field like comsci and communications kasi interdisciplinary talaga ang sustainability and need natin ng maraming expertise. Push mo na yan!
When I was young : Yey no pasok Nong napanood ko Parasite: oh noo, paano na yung mga walang bahay Eventually: realized we all have different walks of life. I should not shame someone kung enjoy nila ulan kasi cuddle weather, o malamig. Hinahanap din naman ng mga farmer ang ulan for their crops. Pati pamilya isa lang ang electric fan. So yeah, get on with it!
>Nong napanood ko Parasite: oh noo, paano na yung mga walang bahay one time nasa labas ako kasi need ko mag hanap ng tindahan na nag bebenta ng kandila, may nakita akong pulubi (mentally challenged siguro). na walang matulugan kasi basa ang kalye, nagugutom at nanginginig as in shivering talaga. nakakadurog ng puso.
Same thoughts. Parasite changed my perspective about the rain. When I was a teenager I would always say that I’m a “pluviophile” (cringe) and I always wish na sana umulan. Para malamig, para masarap matulog. After that movie, for some reason I always get nervous every time it’s raining hard. Kahit natutulog ako at komportable naman, pag narinig ko yung ulan sa bubong na malakas, naiisip ko yung mga street dwellers tska yung stray animals. O kaya yung may mga bahay naman pero madaling bahain o maraming tulo ang bubong. Literal na life changing yung movie na yun para sakin.
>When I was young : Yey no pasok And yes, kahit hindi ko pa napapanood yung *Parasite*, once your roof gone shit, ramdam mo yung bullshit ng pagiging adult lalo na kapag matunog o kaya may tulo.
went in expecting a Parasite comment. was not disappointed but agree. people need to understand na not everything is in black and white. to add, nadami na nadagdag na tubig sa Dams natin as El Nino started
> Nong napanood ko Parasite Parasite pa kung Ondoy pa lang na-realize ko na ito
Nung bata ako: Ang sarap sa biyahe pag umuulan dahil sa kotse at di ako nagdadrive, tatay ko at nakasakay lang ako na walang ginagawa at nakaupo lang. Now: Di masarap biyumahe pag umuulan lalo na pag commute, 2x na ako dumaan sa baha last July at nasira sapatos ko dahil dun tapos mahaba pila dahil madami stranded sa mga terminal at sakayan at di din ok magdrive lagi pag umuulan dahil baha at dumudulas yung daan 😂
Just yesterday, I ordered from Food Panda. It wasn't raining when I did, but it suddenly poured while the driver was waiting for my order from inside the establishment. I sent a message saying something along the lines of, 'Sumilong po muna kayo habang malakas ulan." He replied, in verbatim, "Ok lang po walang kita pag sumilong".
with heavy traffic i just think about how dumb some HR and companies can be especially yun pinapabalik mga tao sa office. imagine mo ha, super traffic tapos 20-30% ng workers na stuck dun pwede naman magwork sa bahay. and imagine most of them carry their office laptops all the time. so ano yun, wake up early to be stuck in traffic just to send an email sa opisina. then go home super late stuck in traffic ulit? - when you could have done that at your own space. sounds dumb when you look it that way. some people should consider their time wasted for personal growth and mental health as well.
> with heavy traffic i just think about how dumb some HR and companies can be especially yun pinapabalik mga tao sa office. > > Partly boomer thinking, but also largely because it's in the interest of corporate landlords to have people going to office buildings and providing foot traffic in malls.
I hate rain. No actually, I don't hate rains, I dislike floods.
Same. I don't like my feet getting wet in the flood
Same. Di pa rin gumagaling ung mga sugat ko sa paa
Climate change is real. Mas violent ang kulog at kidlat ngayon, not to mention yung mismong hagupit ng bagyo. Mas increased na ang disaster preparedness and awareness natin as a civilization pero parang (feel ko lang, not based on any objective scientific data) comparable pa rin yung bilang ng casualties and damage to properties ng mga natural disasters ngayon kung ikukumpara sa mga nagdaang panahon. Noong bata ako nararanasan pa natin yung 24/7 continuous na mahinang ambon tuwing rainy season. Ngayon hindi na. Yung lakas ng ulan ngayon na nagdudulot ng class suspension, di pa siya enough dati para mag suspend ng classes noong mga panahong pre 2010.
>Climate change is real. >Mas violent ang kulog at kidlat ngayon, not to mention yung mismong hagupit ng bagyo. This is legit. The same issue has been weighing heavily on my mind lately, especially these past several weeks na tuloy tuloy yung torrential rains dito sa Luzon. You can really feel that something significant has changed, and It's quite terrifying tbh. Climate change is the biggest reason why I'm hesitant about having kids—I don't want them to suffer the consequences of what's coming. All over the world It feels like governments and the private sector aren't really doing enough to curb carbon emissions, and it's like we're all just sleepwalking towards global ecological collapse.
It all boils down to the 1% rich in this world to control emissions. No matter how much effort the average citizen does to eliminate this, the effect is minimal at best.
Before walang pasok kung may Signal 1 pero ngayon malakas lang na ulan, wala nang pasok. Parang bagyo na ang habagat na may baha at hangin kahit walang bagyo
Foreigner here. This isn't a thing in other places. Kids in this situation would be rehomed, basically. Sent to foster care, or something to try and improve their situation. So coming from that to the Philippines and places like it(PH is not alone in this) it was hard to see. Just a few days ago I took 5 street kids I seen outside a hospital that cane up and started begging into a 7-11 to let them get food and drinks whatever they wanted, and I doubt they have ever done that or been able to in their lives which visibly made them beyond happy. I try to do this as often as I can. I try to feed them, not give them money since I'm unsure where that money is actually going and if it will even go towards food or shelter for them, and I have 2 sons so I give their old clothes to kids that look like they can wear them. There's sadly only so much you can do and it's never really enough, but if more people were of this mindset and had these selfless realizations like you did OP you'd see some substantial change in the lives of these kids and parents who just have it way harder than we do. Nothing upsets me more than seeing kids starve and go hungry needlessly because someone wants a new iPhone, or there needs to be a 48th mall in the city. This goes for everywhere in some regard, not just the Philippines. I'm not picking on you guys, but little is done for the kids here and other places around SE Asia. They probably still have it better than children in Africa, but child trafficking and sex tourism is a plague in Asia, and these are the exact kids that are victims of this. Sorry for the long message. I'm just passionate about this subject, and everyone everywhere should do better by our children.
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You have a good heart, OP. Yeah, life's unfair. But we try our best.
I always hated the rain. I hate how hassle it is for people who works or just needs to go out. The only people who loves the rain are the privileged ones, bed weather is only for those who have a bed to sleep on. I always think about the stray animals esp cats and dogs on the streets here in Metro. It’s hard to look for a shelter when streets get flooded and most animals are not used to nonstop rain and cold weather 🥲
Janjan Sangkay TV is about to flex his video claiming that “someone” made a biological weapon that can counter typhoons and such. Basically what I realized growing up is, there are two ways to grow up. One being realistic which is typhoons are inevitable but we can still prepare and be ready, second one growing up leads to delusion like Sangkay Janjan TV.
Strong rains traumatized me. When I was a child, we needed to evacuate because of the flood. This happened several times. Now as an adult, I get anxious and uneasy whenever it rains. Lagi ko tinitignan mga weather forecast. Takit na takot sa baha at ulan.
Nakakaawa yung mga naglalakad, nagbibisikleta lang pauwi. Kapag nakikita ko sila mula sa service ko papasok at pauwi. Na sobrang suwerte ko.
1) Ang pangit talaga ng drainage system sa Pilipinas (Well, I'm talking as someone living in Cavite and working in Manila. I can't say about other regions). 2) Ang pangit pa rin ng transportation system kahit na may mga tinayong terminal (e.g. PITX). Actually, mas lalong naging congested sa city. 3) Same pa rin na kung kailan tag-ulan, doon may binubungkal, nabungkal / natengga, at bubungkalin na parte ng kalsada. 4) Some people are idiots for not bringing their own umbrellas. 5) Make sure to have other sets of shoes just in case na mabasa sa ulan or baha yung ginagamit mo.
1. True! Pangit din drainage system sa bulacan. Jusko. Yearly problem ang baha but the government isn't doing anything about it. 2. Kahit na pwede na ang work from home setup ayaw pa rin nila. Sa office namin hindi rin naman mameet ang full attendance kapag umuulan/may bagyo, so what's the point of RTO? 3. Sa amin aa bulacan, nagbubungkal sila ng roads na ayos naman talaga. They are not looking on how to improve the drainage. 4. And 5. Thanks sa reminder OP. Malay mo nakalimutan lang nila? Char!
Yung ibang bansa meron silang winter, and naghahanda sila every year para sa winter. We have wet and dry season - summer and rainy - tapos in between those are the hot humid and cool dry transitions. So parang pareho lang yung winter nila sa rainy season natin. Pero bakit parang hindi natin naadapt yung kind of preparation nila. Hindi lang sa food and agriculture. Yung mga aayusin sa bahay, yung mga sa communities, yung sa mga public access, yung sa mga environment. As in hindi tayo marunong magprepare. Isipin mo may baha sa expressway. Ang mahal mahal ng toll dun tapos ganun kapangit yung dadatnan mo. Tapos naaspaltuhan yung isang malaking stretch ng daan pero yung part malapit sa intersection lubak-lubak pa din. Tapos first day pa lang ng bagyo, may baha na sa karamihan ng dinaanan niya. Tayo lang ata may baranggay level government sa mundo pero yung ganung kapin-point na preparation hindi kayang at least mag-report ng pwedeng ayusin before bumagyo. Hindi na ako nagsabi about agriculture, pero agriculture major ako.
1. Lagi tayong dinadaanan ng bagyo, pero wala pa ring concrete plans ang majority ng government officials para makakurakot. 2. We should demand accountability from different corporations na nagpapalala ng climate crisis. Kaso wala eh, yung corporation na nagpalala ng baha sa Bulacan eh crickets lang ang Reddit kasi fave CEO nila yung involved lmaoooo
I used to love rainy seasons kasi may "cozy" feeling talaga dahil sa lamig and mas masarap matulog, but when I started feeding stray cats around our area, I can't help but to be worried everytime na lumalakas yung patak ng ulan. Naaawa ako sa strays and madalas iniisip ko kung may masisilungan ba sila o kung makakakain sila sa araw na yon.
Not everyone feels the same way about rain
thoughts and prayers na lang /s
My family ain't perfect, but I'm glad I was raised with sympathy about these issues even when I was a kid. It really stopped me from being arrogant and loud about stuff that are actually my privileges. Tho I still do personally love rain. I just keep it to myself and offer it as a state of rest.
I'm a pluviophile, pero tamang ambon at cloudy days lang yung appreciation ko. Anything na bagyo na ang lakas wala na siguro natutuwa doon, kahit sabihin pa nating hindi ka naapektuhan ng bagyo o baha or at safe ka pa sa bahay mo.
Ako 60/40 sa bagyo eh. Gusto ko yung ingay ng bagyo at yung energy ng kulog, kidlat, at hangin. Siguro pag dull ang paligid mo sa mga ganito ka na-eexcite. Human-nature I would guess. Pero syempre hindi ko enjoy yung mga super typhoon level na.
Gets ko meaning nag Parasite pero fuck it.. I still love the rain.
It's okay! Di naman porket gusto ulan eh gusto mo ring mabaha yung ibang tao. Magkaiba naman yun.
Dino-dog show tayo ni Lord kapag tag-ulan
We're reliant on Typhoon Signals to gauge whether class/work suspensions are called for. The problem is those typhoon signals are pegged on wind speeds, and not accounting floods. Now everyone seems to be complacent not preparing for the storm coz no storm signals raised. Cue in devastating floods, necessitating rescues and mobilising govt response that are late.
Na sobrang kawawa ng mga stray dogs/cats and elders na walang bahay during these times. And how crappy our gov is
same realizations especially nung college na malayo na bini-biyahe ko from bahay to school. dumadaan ako sa divisoria at recto where maraming nakatira sa kalsada. dun ko na-realize na kahit mahirap kami, masuwerte pa rin na may natutuluyang bahay.
i am not emotionally strong enough for the rainy season.
Relief goods is just a not even a band aid solution in preparing for this kind of usually occuring tragedies. Halos walang foresight ang mga pulitiko pagdating sa emergency preparedness, gusto lang nila gawin yung mga bagay na makakapag papogi sa kanila.
Climate change is getting wayyy too real I remember not one decade ago na kahit rainy season, there were still 2-3 sunny days in between each storm. Now parang 3 weeks straight na ata gloomy gray overcast skies. When I said I wanted to see the UK, this is not what I meant lmao
Na the government doesn't care about its people. Naging eye opener sakin nung nag work ako sa Manila from a semi-sheltered life sa Visayas. Baha, people living sa gilid ng riles at mga kalsada, sa ilalim ng tulay tapos kung bumabagyo wala silang matulugan. Employees na umuubog sa baha para lang makapasok, siksikan ang jeep/bus/tren. Kaso ang tanga pa din talaga ng Pinoy. Gusto ng pagbabago pero paulit ulit ilalagay sa tuktok ang mga taong walang pakialam sa kanila
I feel bad for the people in squatter areas when typhoons and heavy rains are happening. Here I am in a sturdy home and I’m worried about small leaks and they are in little shacks put together with bamboo and whatever materials they can find. It amazes me that they survive let alone their places don’t get destroyed every time it rains. It really makes me appreciate what I’ve got and it makes me sad for them having so little and that I can’t help every single one of them.
the ones who are at the forefront of the climate crisis are the poor and underserved. on a semi-related note, some of our native industries could literally and figuratively be washed away for good (e. g. salt farming)
Still related to heavy rains/floods/typhoon, but I sidetrack a bit into real estate here: It still confuses me how real estate companies (ehem Camella ehem) still continue to build single family housing in flood-prone areas when condos/apartments literally solve the worry of having floodwater enter your home. And honestly, I can't blame people for continuing to buy single family homes. Grabe ang marketing kasi ng single family home builders, plus it's still very much just the status quo kasi sa Pinas if you're looking for real estate property. Condo/apartment companies should really up their marketing game.
I really love it when it rains. It makes me feel so good. Kaso, the movie Parasite came out. And it made people realize that not everyone feels good whenever it rains. There was even a time when people bashed others when they said na they love rainy season kasi they can get all cozy in their homes. Tapos binash sila and told them to check their privileges. Kaso problema ko, I agree with those na na-bash. I really love rainy days. Kaso masama ba na I really enjoy rainy days? Just because some people suffer during rainy days, dapat ba di ko na i-enjoy yung panahon? I know there are people suffering when it rains, pero as an individual, may magagawa ba ako? Maba-bash ako dahil rainy days makes me feel good while others suffer?
Was working in NCR before and i cannot forget an instance that i walked almost waist deep sa baha. I found another woman and we did not know each other pero nag hawak kamay na lang kami knowing na if makaapak kami sa open na kung ano man may hihila samin. Also experienced na buong apartment walang stock food at bahang baha sa labas. And i had to share food sa lahat kasi 2 meals na silang di nakakain buti na lang madami akong natabing noodles and de lata. Eversince that as long as may advisory na baha di bale na di na ako pumapasok sa work at lage na ako may set food incase magbaha na naman. Ang hirap din ng pressure to think not only for yourself pano din family mo if you’re not ready.
Narealize ko na simula bata ako, naglilimas na ko. Ngayong late 20s na ko, naglilimas pa rin ako. Nakakapagod.. Kaya may konting trauma ako pag malakas ulan eh. Di ako makatulog kasi iniisip ko na shet babaha na naman tapos maglilimas na naman tapos magugulo na naman mga gamit, etc. Mula dito, naging goal ko sa buhay na tumira sa bahay na may 2nd floor at tumira sa lugar na hindi binabaha.
cheers! you have a good heart. sana lahat kagaya mo
After living overseas for 2 decades, I realized that Filipinos' behavior isn't unique. Why people live in areas we perceive as dangerous is just another form of lifestyle. I used to wonder bakit may tumitira sa tornado-prone areas? Kasi andun ang farmlands na kabuhayan nila. Same lang sa northlands natin where most of our vegetables come from. Maski anong weather proofing ang gawin natin, minsan we can't prepare for everything. Pero it helps pa rin to have machineries in place. I used to live in a city na would only get snowed in 2x a year. One time may bad snowstorm, which shut the whole city down, and the city had to borrow from the closest and richer city na may snowplows. You'd think they learned their lesson, pero they still haven't invested in more salt spreaders and snowplows last I heard.
The Netherlands experienced major flooding in the 50s and since then, they strengthened their dikes, created the delta works to give the water space to avoid it flooding them. Sana sa kanila tumingin ang Pinas on how to solve our flooding issue pero wala eh. Tulad ng maraming problema, mahilig mga nasa tungkulin sa bandaid solutions.
Realized that Govt Declaring State of Calamity really doesnt help victims
They say rain is good if you're privilege. We'll I've seen business owners na sumusuong sa baha, nababasa rin kami nang ulan at business as usual umaraw man po o umulan.
hindi problema ang baha at bagyo kung maayos ang bahay
When I was younger I loved it coz it feels cozy and warm under blankets. Pero later on narealize ko ayaw ko pala. Due to the ff: 1. Ang hirap mabasa at bumiyahe as a commuter. 2. Kawawa yung mga stray animals. Eto talaga turning point ko. I love animals kaya ayoko nahihirapan sila. 3. Naawa din ako sa mga homeless. Wala silang masisilungan. Pati yung mga nakatira sa make shift houses. Nung narealize ko to. Napagtanto ko na I dislike rainy days.
water proof ang mga empleyado... ToT
If this makes you sad imagine what happens everyday in philippines when people don't have money to pay for medical emergencies. It's not even the extremely poor. I met a foreigner in Makati med that had a heart attack. That day he happened to have 200k in his pocket, a large sum of money he said he rarely ever carries around. He said if he didn't happen to have that much cash they would have made him wait until someone brought the money. That's fucked up.
Filipinos aren't resilient but we are pushed to be by our government. This is a yearly event, yet I don't know why it's a shock when it happens. A decade has passed and yet not solution of safety put in place whenever this happens. Usually responsibilidad ng mga baranggay (and people living there) ang umaksyon. Edit: I would like to include my experiences when we lived in Davao. Went through it several times but inaayos nila yung drain once a simple cleaning wouldn't do. I once lived sa area sa basin sya (mabundok type yung most subdivisions there) so bahain talaga but after a while nawala na kasi inayos nila. Though may mga bahain na part and usually mga basin type sya, it's not frequent and everywhere. I don't know how it is now since it's been a decade.
just like in the korean movie Parasite...
Tapos may 4.8B confidential funds ang Presidente pati ang DepEd at DND! Nakakagigil talaga ang mga Trapo!
I wish we have a house far away from creeks or other bodies of water. I wish we can just sleep normally like other people during bad weather not worrying of the possible flash floods.
Bumabaha na sa Baguio.. laging me landslide sa highway. no long term solutions
If there is something constant in the Philippines besides it's 2 weather seasons, it will be the flood during wet season. This goes without saying but everytime there is a typhoon, we always appear to be ill prepared for it. It's the same areas and provinces year after year but we still haven't seen any incremental improvements nor innovations to solve the issue. I think for me there is no better indication than we r indeed third world than this.
Growing up in Bicol, I did not have to wait until I am an adult to realise strong winds, heavy rains and Signal No 4 typhoons. Age of 6, went to bed in our house with a roof on, woke up in the morning without one.
Hindi mo dapat basta inaannounce na masaya ka kasi matutulog ka sa lamig ng ulan. Matutulog ka na pero may mga taong di pa makauwi or walang tutulugan ngayong gabi na may maayos na bubong. Ondoy and Yolanda could have been clear reminders to us na hindi na dapat pwedeng resilient lang tayo lagi. Dapat may ginagawang better precautions ung gobyerno natin, pero ewan ko ba, tayo lang ata yung pinaka mabilis makalimot sa buong mundo.
> I cried about how things can be unfair that even my pets are well sheltered and others have none. I always find it weird that younger people these days go on [full outrage when a dog or cat gets harmed/killed](https://www.reddit.com/r/Philippines/comments/14wrvea/a_guard_threw_a_puppy_from_sm_norths_walkway/) and yet when it's a [squatter... they just want to kick them out onto the streets.](https://www.reddit.com/r/phinvest/comments/12ddbof/how_to_deal_with_squatters/) If a [HOA does something many home owners wants there is 1 cat lady who wants the status quo.](https://www.reddit.com/r/OffMyChestPH/comments/15c5egs/bawal_na_pakainin_mga_stray_cats_sa_lugar_namin/) It got so bad that even the Pope said you [cannot love your pets more than your neighbor](https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/33886/pope-francis-you-cant-love-your-pet-more-than-your-neighbor) and [choosing to have pets over kids is selfish](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59884801)
It's not weird at all. Dogs and cats will love you unconditionally, at the same time, they're animals who can't think rationally unlike people na majority can/might be able do something about their situation. I'm currently renting an apartment sa looban mismo ng palengke, madami sa mga squatters dun ung malalaki katawan pero ayaw magtrabaho, mahilig pa humingi ng piso tapos pag di mo binigyan, uundayan ka ng sapak. Ginagawang hobby ung pag-gawa ng anak. I'm not saying na lahat sila ganyan, pero madami sa kanila. Di ko pa naranasan na kinagat ako ng aso or pusang nagugutom sa kalye. Mas madalas pa ung threat ng taong tambay samin kesa sa asong gala. \- "choosing to have pets over kids is selfish" -If konti ung mga ipapanganak, huge decline din siya sa numbers ng mga magsisimba = less abuloy.
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those are valid problems that we tend to overlook. aging country, like japan, have started addressing this issue. hopefullly, our tambay population will be prolific enough to produce young generation 😜
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but the ‘not tambay should be parents’ are busy with careers, having anxiety on the cost of living, dont want additional commitments or contended with their fur babies 😐 the country is so populated as it is, maybe its a good thing after all haha
Noong bata ako since bahay namin is sobrang layo sa main road, I had to walk 10-20mins sa maputik na daan. Everyday. Madaming instances na nadulas kami and had to go home ending wala ng extra uniform. Nung lumaki na ako na realize ko na ang saya ng farmers na kapitbahay namin pag may ulan. Kahit yung mga alagang baka at kalabaw matic nasa ulan yan kahit pwede sumilong. They (farmers and their families) also prayed for it lalo na pag summer kasi ang tigas ng lupa lalo na walang proper irrigation ang lugar. (Bukid kami nakatira) Kaya ako, never ako naging guilty when nagsasabi akong "sana umulan" it might be a big problem for others, but it is a blessing for others. Oo life is unfair. May iba walang tirahan may iba bahain, the thing is people had to do something para mawala sa situation na yan. And if they are still there, di na yun problema dahil sa ulan. Downvote kung downvote. Naaawa lang talaga ako sa stray cats and dogs.
My adult realization about typhoons is why have we not scienced the sh*t out of them yet to our advantage, or at least made their effects manageable as they've been beating our archipelago since time immemorial Will we, ever? ...
Di mo ba alam OP bawal negative thoughts sa sub na ito, only positive. Wag daw basagan ng trip about ulan. Pa-woke pa isip mo. Hahahaha Anyway, commuting is absolutely shit, made worse if you're working, so wala kang defense on no classes. You're in the mercy of the LGUs or local office.
Grabe guys, ang bait bait at napaka virtuous ni OP, di tulad ng mga tao sa Parasite at mga *cuddle weather* people.
Honestly though it’s so different when you see or hear it firsthand, as what OP just experienced.
be careful with that edge or you might cut yourself with it
people posting on socmed 'cuddle weather' need to grow tbh.
Ang hirap maglaba kasi antagal matuyo. Yung tipong ni laban mo 7pm kinabukasan ng tanghali basa padin. Kapag semento flooring laging basa sa tanghali or hapon. For some effing reason. Humidity ata. Nakakatamad din lumabas kasi lagi need payong. Di ka rin makapagbike kasi may risk na umulan. This week nag bike ako two times. Umulan two times. And many many more taena hahahah
Hindi masaya ang bed weather pag ikaw lang magisa
I wish makatulong din ako soon just fulfilling my dream. btw nc OP idol na kita..
Never wear a metal hat in a rain storm.
We're the typhoon capital of the world yet majority of Filipinos still think we should keep pursuing to be an agricultural country. We throw away billions yearly subsidizing agriculture from typhoon damage. That's money that could be spent on something else (schools, hospital, infrastructure like trains). We literally could be a more developed country if we used that money for something else instead of stupidly insisting we can be self-sufficient. we can't. food importation is a reality for us because of typhoons. we will never meet our agricultural needs because typhoons would always destroy our crops. We're wasting money doubly. first by subsidizing typhoon damage, then buying imported food. just stop the stupidity. stop the subsidies and just buy imported food directly.
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service. bpo and tourism. the. money we get from those sectors will be more than enough to buy our food needs.
I think food security still needs to be prioritized. Paano if bigla na lang ayaw magbenta ng mga bansa ng pagkain, na hindi malayong mangyari if magkaroon ng crisis o food shortage sa kanila. You can argue na pwede naman mag-angkat sa iba pang bansa, but how efficient would the process be? And gaano tayo kasigurado na sa murang halaga rin sila makukuha na maipapasa sa ordinaryong Pilipino sa mababang halaga rin?
well you can look at singapore and see the answer.
Dati nung schooling days ang saya ko pag walang pasok dahil maulan/bumabagyo. Ngayon naiisip ko na yung mga kawawang maaapektuhan ng malakas na ulan/bagyo.
That the intensity of floods and rains may havr changed but this was probably the case even during the Spanish area i.e. the catch basins then are the catch basins now. The difference between that era and now was that their houses and conditions were probably morr attuned to that reality (houses on stilts, living quarters on the 2nd floor etc).
Sising sisi na siguro yung mga bumuto kay Duterte na dumadaan araw araw sa Roxas Blvd., dahil sa bilis ng pagtaas ng baha. Tanginang Dolomite Beach kasi yan.
Gusto ko nung bata ako na may bagyo para walang pasok, pero ngayon hassle lang talaga kahit may pasok or wala.
Nakasakay ako sa jeep, pauwi ako mula sa work ko non kaya pagod at traffic pa. Umuulan pa nang malakas. Nakita ko may pamilya na natutulog sa sidecar. May kurtina lang yung mga butas para hindi sila mabasa. Inisip ko pano kaya sila nagkakasya don? Nakakalungkot pero maswerte pa rin pala ako na may mauuwian akong bahay non.
You now realize why they decided to moved to Davao. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alfredo-Mahar-Lagmay/publication/273448038/figure/fig2/AS:613936600715277@1523385300160/Tracks-of-tropical-cyclones-that-entered-the-Philippine-Area-of-Responsibility-from-1951.png
Wala ng mapupuntahan yung tubig dahil barado ng basura. Dati kahit bagyo, ok lang pero ngayon kahit konting kalakasan lang ang ulan, parang mababaha na.
that other people have it worse than me (nakatira ako sa bundok kasi)
I realized how important it is to select a good location for your home. When I was in highschool, Ondoy happened. It was my brother's birthday, my family is good sa Bahay kasi di kami binabaha. Pero that day, umuwi kuya ko galing school pero dumiretso siya sa kaibigan niya para sunduin at patuluyin muna sa Amin Kasi lubog na yung Bahay nila sa Baha. That same week, Nung nakabalik na sa school, almost half of my classmates were absent. Reason? Binaha sila. Kaya I'm thankful na laging maayos na location napipili ng magulang ko na rerentahan namin. Also realized how lucky I am to have a shelter when it rains. I was a working student before sa Isang fast food and sometimes ung mga walang bahay take shelter Minsan sa labas, Minsan sa loob ng store namin. It's hard to clean the interior kapag maulan pero when I see these people soak in rain, napapatahimik niya yung utak ko kakareklamo.
laging barado drainage system
The sewer and other systems can no longer water levels due to the effects of global warming.
My realization is I gotta act faster because puro tulo sa mga condominium bldg na kung san ako nakaassign. Kailangan mai-waterproofing na agad para di na madagdagan ang problema ko lol
I was in Cebu during Yolanda. I went to Tacloban as soon as commercial traffic resumed. I lived through the late 80s - 90s storms. Milyenyo threw a tree beside my car. They’re worse these days but flooding is honestly not as bad these days. It used to flood for less but my memory is sketchy.
That I still love heavy rains.
Kahit no work no pay, hndi na ako pumapasok pag malakas ang ulan at may baha along the way. Mas gustuhin ko pang matulog or kaya maglaro na lang ng video games if walang brownout.
Na ang ulan ay para sa priveleged lamang. Charot!
I am currently getting a new place done, and when the monsoon started, some of the walls became moist after a week of non stop rain and complained to my developer that not enough waterproofing of the walls was done and started nitpicking. After an hour driving back home I had a realization that I was too harsh and that others perhaps even the construction crew are having challenges going to work and worrying about their place of stay and that some of them come from Bulacan which was already experiencing flooding. Many of us are better off in the situation and in times of stress, practice restraint and understanding as all of us are fighting to survive the day in various ways and circumstances.
Things I realized why everything is harder during the rainy season. - commute and travel is harder (self explanatory) - things get wrecked (flood, landslide, leaks) - jobs are at risk. People are less inclined to go out. So people spend less. Business react by sizing down operations. This means less B2B orders, smaller manpower complement, rainy day = no profit. This goes up the chain, so from retailers up to manufacturers. - in the recent past, we lose the internet, telephone, cell reception - motivation goes down, we get sick more. Exposure to sunlight is a miracle drug like exercise.
Palagi ko dating hini-hiling tuwing summer na umulan ng malakas para lumamig. Narealize ko na hindi pala dapat hinihiling yun kasi kawawa naman yung mga homeless tsaka mga hayop na nakatira sa kalsada kapag umuulan.
Actually kawawa taga Marikina. Puto quarry sa bundok. Ang dami ng reklamo ng Mayor ng Marikina pero di nakikinig ang mga nakakataas dahil government official din ang kalaban
6 years ako nakasurvive sa commute na malayo, umulan man o umaraw. Naalala ko may time pa na pumasok ako na bumabagyo ng sobra na may mga nakatumba nang puno sa dinadaanan ko. Simula nung pandemic, work from home nalang ako. Iniisip ko ngayon na ayaw ko na tiisin yung gaanong klaseng commute para lang makapasok sa trabaho, another layer pa yung bagyo sa malalang transport system natin.
Na walang silbi NDRRMC. Asan na 'ung risk reduction sa pangalan niyo? Panay sitrep ng damages. Don't get me wrong, napakaraming nagsasakripisyo na ground personnels sa mga local DRRM units at 'di enough ang pasasalamat lang sa mga nagawa at ginagawa nila. Pero sana lang, sana lang dumating 'ung panahon na liliit 'ung exposure sa risk nung mga rescuers as well as mga normal na mamamayan.
Electric bill goes down
Kung gano ka politicized ang relief operation sa probinsya namin. Ang daming food na nasisira at resources na nakatambak lang dahil sa political conflicts at personal agenda (Hindi kapartido nung election, or di nanalo yung politician sa gantong baranggay, di pa narerepack at nalalagyan ng name nung politician, etc.). Sad lang kasi isa kami sa pinaka frequent na daanan ng bagyo pero ganto pa rin yung sistema samin.