year in, year out -- floods

[monkey_wrench]

it's so frustrating how we continue to suffer floods every year. we're in a tropical country that experiences typhoons and monsoons -- but nothing is being done about it. palagi na lang left to chance na "sana hindi bumaha". sigh.

the japanese continuously try to make their buildings earthquake proof, the chinese made the 3 gorges damn to control their river. for us filipinos -- palagi na lang bahala na. and it's not as if the solution is hard. it stares us in the face -- control garbage, illegal settlers, mindless and irresponsible construction. pero wala. bahala na lang palagi.

sometimes talaga i really feel na wala tayo pag-asa as a people. and no, it's not just our inept government. it's our ineptness as a people.

[ghosthunter]

You are not alone in that feeling.

[jappy]

6months a year lang naman naman daw pwede may baha.
so safe na yung remaining 6months.
hehehe.
pero on a serious note, matagal na priority dapat ng government ito, atleast kahit within the metro muna.
dito kasi, pag konting ulan lang, baha na agad.

[kevin3000]

buti sana kung baha lang... yung mga daan parang moon na..grabe tinitipid kasi yung pag gawa tapos yung half nung budget kay mayor,brgy captain etc....

[jansky]

talking about
- illegal settlers : ahh.. when government act, andyan ang Comission on Human rights shielding again the settlers
- control garbage: *peoples fault, walang displina tapon dito tapon don , most likley mga illegal settlers
-mindless and irresponsible construction: oopss. let do business under the table ... again illegal settlers


bottom line is.. pag sinaktan ang squatters andyan ang Human rights comission..

[Monseratto]

Wala naman talagang flood free city. Yung goverment can only do so little, especially being poor and all those legal BS. Tignan mo lang sa Singapore... bumabaha pa rin.

[RustyXIII]

We'd be long gone before we have something remotely similar to Malaysia's SMART Tunnel. Sick man of Asia? More like good-as-dead man of Asia...

[uls]

there will be more natural disasters globally

here's what analysts at insurance companies are looking at

http://www.soa.org/files/pdf/news-20...ubble-risk.pdf

meron ba risk managers govt natin?

or bahala-na-pag-nangyari-na managers?

[junerski]

may geographical factor din kasi na mahirap solusyonan... most of NCR is below sea-level... so nagiging catch basin talaga.

on a lighter note, resilient pa rin tayong mga pinoy, nasa pacific ring of fire na tayo with all the calamities attributed to it may it be earthquakes,tsunami,typhoons.

[regaia]

buti sana kung baha lang... yung mga daan parang moon na..grabe tinitipid kasi yung pag gawa tapos yung half nung budget kay mayor,brgy captain etc....

I agree! just today kitang kita ung mga walang kuwentang daan! Grabe umulan lang tanggal agad ung aspalto!

Para hindi OT: The Metro being overcrowded is probably one of the reasons for that (sa sobrang daming tao, wala na pupuntahan ang tubig hehehe). There's just so many factors at work to produce the result - which goes to show just how bad our country is!

[Ry_Tower]

it's so frustrating how we continue to suffer floods every year. we're in a tropical country that experiences typhoons and monsoons -- but nothing is being done about it. palagi na lang left to chance na "sana hindi bumaha". sigh.

the japanese continuously try to make their buildings earthquake proof, the chinese made the 3 gorges damn to control their river. for us filipinos -- palagi na lang bahala na. and it's not as if the solution is hard. it stares us in the face -- control garbage, illegal settlers, mindless and irresponsible construction. pero wala. bahala na lang palagi.

sometimes talaga i really feel na wala tayo pag-asa as a people. and no, it's not just our inept government. it's our ineptness as a people.

The govt bureacrats don't have the balls to invest. Some people just don't know how to properly dispose of garbage.

[LeBRONghini6]

it's so frustrating how we continue to suffer floods every year. we're in a tropical country that experiences typhoons and monsoons -- but nothing is being done about it. palagi na lang left to chance na "sana hindi bumaha". sigh.

the japanese continuously try to make their buildings earthquake proof, the chinese made the 3 gorges damn to control their river. for us filipinos -- palagi na lang bahala na. and it's not as if the solution is hard. it stares us in the face -- control garbage, illegal settlers, mindless and irresponsible construction. pero wala. bahala na lang palagi.

sometimes talaga i really feel na wala tayo pag-asa as a people. and no, it's not just our inept government. it's our ineptness as a people.

IMO the biggest cause of flooding is roads that is badly designed or hindi masyado pinagisipan and yung mga basura na bumabara sa mga kanal. And those informal settlers but we can't blame them because wala nga rin naman sila malilipatan, kung meron man mas mahihirapan silang kumita ng pera. The government is doing their job in controlling and removing the garbages that was irresponsibly thrown by the "Squatters".

And this is related to our BIG POPULATION, small country

[dieselNUBI]

ganon din na iisip ko. at nakaka bad trip talaga.

what else is there left to do ? ako, nangangarap mag ibang bansa nalang. i already filed for immigration visas. just waiting to leave this country.

mag bigay pa tayo ng 10 years, 15 years, 20 years, walang improvement mangyayari. magiging mas grabe pa.

im now 30 years old. i have a 1 year and 6 month daughter. gusto ko yun anak ko makakapag laro sa park, makakapag lakad sa kalsada ng walang takot. makita kung san napupunta ang buwis. at maka kita ng magandang sistema ng gobyerno.

pag 30 years old na anak ko. ano na kaya nangyari sa pinas ?

eto lang topic namin ng pinsan ko one time, sabi ko gusto ko na umalis ng pinas. sya naman, gusto sa pinas paren, kasi masarap daw buhay dito, may katulong, may gimikan, pwede mag under the table. basta pag may pera ka, mas angat ka na agad.

ang sabi ko naman. totoo... masarap dito pag may pera ka. pero tuwing umu ulan at bumabaha. pare pareho tayong mayaman at mahirap na nag dudusa sa baha. sa sirang kalsada. sa bulok na gobyerno. pag sa ibang bansa ka tumira, hindi ka nga mayaman, pero kampante ka naman.

at sa totoo lang. ayaw ko rin na pag lumaki na anak ko at malaman nya na may opportunity pala sya na tumira ng ibang bansa at hindi ko pa tinuloy. dahil wala nang pag asa ang pinas. sana territorial nalang din tayo ng United States.

[dieselNUBI]

OT : speaking of over population. PRO RH bill ako. Sobrang daming pinoy na talaga. kumakalat na tayo sa buong mundo. mag punta ka sa ibang bansa, may pinoy na nag tra trabaho doon. nakakahiya na talaga ang pinas.

another OT : PRO Divorce ako. ALL other countries has divorce na. PINAS nalang ang wala pa. ROME has divorce. nandon si Santo Papa. pero legal doon. nag sabi si Santo Papa na okay lang gumamit ng prophylaxis condom. ang mga Arch bishop natin dito, TUTOL! ay teka. sa RH bill din pala ito.

hay sarap mag labas ng sama ng loob sa pinas. hahahahaha