Landslide in Philipines ; is Paugie ok?

[CougTek]

I doubt Paugie has been affected in any way by this because that village didn't look like it could have internet access, but I would appreciate a little "Hi, I'm ok" from his part.

Here, I've had report that it was a village of either 1700 or 3000 persons and that so far, only 200 have been found alive in the mud.

 

[paugie]

yep, I'm here, thank you.

Appreciate the concern. Been having problems with my provider. Typing this in an internet cafe.

This latest disaster is very sad. Many kids have perished in this. Another one of the effects of indiscriminate logging in mountain regions. 3 or 4 years ago we had a flash flood in one of our central islands. Hundreds died. 2 years ago, flash flood, 2 or 3 villages disappeared. not as many casualties as this, though. there was adequate warning ang good roads enabled the residents to be evacuated.

 

[Mercutio]

Landslides, Coups...

I predict next week, the Philippines will have a Blizzard.

 

[Mercutio]

... followed by a rain of frogs.


... and then a plague of locusts.

 

[paugie]

I was planning to join one rally yesterday, but I just had to have lunch with my wife first.

They got dispersed before I could finish lunch, so even if I wanted to, there was nothing to join up with. Anyway, my 2 daughters were dead set on dissuading me from joining. So around 2p.m., I received a call asking if I could pick up the down-payment on a PC they wanted me to assemble for them. :lol:

Merc, seriously, you might have a point. I don't think the bottom has been reached.

 

[CougTek]

The bottom will be when multiple cat5 cyclons will hit your island because of the global warming later this summer. I hope you live on the west side of the Philippines.

 

[CougTek]

Bucalan is indeed a little on the west side, but the land isn't very wide on your part of the island. Let's hope my cyclone theory won't happen.

 

[Stereodude]

Bucalan is indeed a little on the west side, but the land isn't very wide on your part of the island. Let's hope my cyclone theory won't happen.

I'm pretty sure they're usually called Typhoons, not cyclones.

 

[CougTek]

I thought that it was cyclones for the Pacific and Typhoons for the Indian ocean, but thinking about it now, it could very well be the reverse.

 

[paugie]

typhoon season

Typhoon season starts in late May and usually lasts until November. But a stray typhoon can come even during December. My place is quite elevated so we don't have flooding here. But since our economic hub is Manila/

Quezon City which regularly get flooded when transport is crippled there, it usually is fruitless to commute.

Back to typhoons, we don't have the high winds associated with your cyclones (they're the same thing, just called different names) but they bring more water, overall. Every 3 years we get a "killer" typhoon. Strong winds (up to 160kms/hour) and lots of rain.

The southern island of Mindanao has better climate, very few typhoons but good rain in season.

 

[paugie]

amazing link

Thank you, Coug! Just out of curiosity, I clicked your link to Bulacan. It is simply amazing! It even had up-to-date info on my town which is Meycauayan. You might want to look it up. My barangay (barrio is the nearest term to this) is Perez.

I'd heard of Wikipedia but did not think it as comprehensive as this. Simply great.