CALAMITY & DISASTER

 THE GREAT FLOODS brought to you by double typhoons in Philippines had Filipinos rallying & protesting on the streets.

The wrath of Mother Nature is uncontrollable and unstoppable everywhere no matter how much you want to control it. The freaks of nature! Global warming as the culprit.

PHILIPPINES YOU ARE NOT ALONE when it comes to FLOODS. 

CANADA & USA received more floods than you can ever imagine! Billions of dollars loss in properties and infrastructures every time there are hurricanes, tornadoes and floods. Hundreds to thousands loss of lives too. The worst floods here in Canada happened in Alberta in Calgary many years ago and the flood receded only after 2 months. In British Columbia, almost the whole Fraser Valley and low lying flat lands were like an ocean of water. The only ones not affected were homes built on mountains and higher ground. 

In the Philippines most affected by floods are those houses built closer or near the river, lakes, beaches and rice fields. Philippines is always the island being hit by typhoons first before it hit other Asian countries. It's more like the country that welcomes the typhoon. How to control the floods in Philippines? Good question right?

How can you control typhoons one after another? Wealthy countries don't even know how. You really cannot control tornadoes, hurricanes and floods. What they can control is allowing an early warning signal for the people to PREPARE and EVACUATE THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. It would be very costly, that's why there is an EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AGENCY that provide all the help and support for those people in distress and affected by disaster and calamity.

What ENVIRONMENT CANADA's task would be the same in their guidelines for Emergency Preparedness. Ministry of Transportation also helped in the evacuation for victims of such calamity and disaster: floods, wildfires, hurricanes, earthquakes if there's any. In the US, they have 9-1-1 Call Center. 

There are too many wealthy corporations and wealthy families in the Philippines, they should allowed themselves to be used in helping their own community. HELP & RESCUE. Have that GO FUND FLOOD VICTIMS IN PHILIPPINES on facebook. You know how, right? Well, do it if you are a VICTIM.

The Government of Philippines cannot govern a "very large population" wherein only few pay their taxes. It needs HELP FROM ITS PEOPLE. During the late Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Administration there are KBL Club with officers and volunteers willing to provide help and support. Too many VOLUNTEERS. Where are they now? There were Kabataang Barangay also acting as VOLUNTEERS. When it comes to those government officials who are just sitting on their asses and not helping their fellow citizens should resign and stop their graft and corruption. Or let their salary allocated for those people who were affected by floods. Filipinos are known for voluntary works in times of calamities & disaster. They were more active in civic matters during my stay in Philippines. Students are civic minded and smart in my time especially during the Martial Law.  The only people who went on protest and rally in the 70's and 80's were students who were radicals, with communist ideology and "bulakbols." Well, it's about time that the Filipinos in Philippines should be accounted for in helping their own country. Revive the KB or Kabataang Barangay. Action speaks louder than words.

The problem in Philippines during flash floods and typhoons, many people were displaced and some of them, you wont believe are not "Filipinos." They sometimes "blend in." This kind of situation happened during the 60's & 70's. Don't know where they came from, but they looked like Filipinos but cannot speak the language Tagalog nor English. Do you know if they are "refugees" or just "illegal aliens?" I don't know if this illegal influx still is allowed in Philippines.

It is still a big mystery unsolved.