GIANT FLASH FLOOD SA MONTALBAN, SAN MATEO, MARIKINA AT METRO MANILA?

Kopya sa Pahina ni Pinoy Politika

(Kahapon lamang ay nakapulot ako ng isang lumang at punit-punit na Pahayagan ng nagtatalakay sa Posibilidad ng matinding kalamidad na tatama sa Montalban, San Mateo, marikina, Pasig at Pateros. Ninais kong ilathala dahil sa aking pananaw ang naganap na mataas na baha noong Septemver 26, 2009 ay may malaking kaugnayan dito. Hindi tiyak ang petsa ng pahayagan pero sa caricature nito ay makikita ang 10-17-98 at isang artikulo ay makikita ang 09-11-98. ilan sa nilalaman ay ang mga sumusunod kasama ang mga larawan.)

Malaking pagbaha ang inaasahan sa mga darating na buwan pagdating ng LA NINA phenomenon ayon sa Philippines Atmospheric Geo-physical and Astronomical Service Administration (PAG-ASA).

iDINAdag ng mga Scientist ng Bureau of Soils and Water Management na ang tubig na dadaloy sa ating ilog Montalban ay aabot sa 38 Million cubic meters/hour.

Higit na kinatatakutan ang kasama nitong putik na umaabot sa 145,700 Million tons na may bilis na 120 Kilometer per hour ayon sa Flood Control Office ng Department of Public Works and Highway.

Ito ay may kinalaman sa patuloy na paggiba ng ating kabundukan sa Montalban sa pamamagitan ng mga Quarry operators.

Ang Montalban River ay nasa pagitan ng Mt. Catmon at Mt. Parawagan na may taas na 475 meters at may loosen soil sa gawin gitna na kapag umulan ng 24 oras, ito ay bibigat at babagsak (big landslide and avalanche ) sa ilog na nasa pagitan ng dalawang bundok (damming effect) at magiging artificial lake anh ilog at pagnapuno ay biglang bubulwak ang tubig baha.

Nagpapasabog ng dynamite mauuga ang lupa at maaaring gumuho ang loosen soil

Bumaba ang loosen soil dahil sa pagyanig ng lupa at tumabon sa bunganga ng M0ntalban river

Ganito ang naganap noong September 26, 2009

PANALANGIN SA KALIKASAN

Banal na Espiritu ng aming Mapagmahal na Tagapagligtas,
Naririnig namin ang inyong panawagan
Sa boses, sa hinaing ng aming kapwa
Ibuhos Mo sa amin ang Inyong lakas, ang Inyong Karunungan,
Upang kaming lahat ay magkaisa sa puso't pang-unawa,
Sa pakikipagkapwa, at
Sa sama-samang Pagkilos patungo sa
Isang paghahanda sa anumang kalamidad

Na maaarung sumapit muli sa amin sa anyo ng
Bagyo, baha, lindol, na bunga at dahil
Sa mga binasag na mga Bundok
Ang mga gawain o mga binabalak namin,
Nawa, ay hindi makasira sa kagandahan
Ng Inyong Sangnilikha.
Makatunghay nawa kami ng isang MakaTao,
MakaDiyos, Maka-Kalikasang Kalutasan
Ng Pagkasira ng kalikasan ng aming bayan.
Sa tulong Mo, o Diyos, makapagtalaga nawa
Kami ng aming sarili sa pagtatangol at
Pagkalinga ng Kalikasan ng Mundong Ibabaw

Na siyang kaloob Mo sa amin ngayon
At sa mga susunod na salin-lahi. AMEN

A VOLUNTEER PAYS IF FORWARD: A love story

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By Julie M. Aurelio
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines--After he lost almost all of his belongings in the floods brought about by Tropical Storm “Ondoy” last year, this jeepney driver thought it wasn’t enough to simply thank the strangers who helped him get back on his feet.

Sonny Hernandez, 48, a resident of Barangay Nangka in Marikina City, felt it was but right to repay the generosity of his benefactors with the same acts of kindness and love he was shown when he was down and out.

BOTTLES REBORN AS BLANKETSS FOR DISASTER VICTIMS

By Ralph Jennings, Reuters

TAIPEI -- A plastic bottle thrown into a Taipei recycling bin could be reincarnated as a blanket to warm disaster victims in any of 20 countries, thanks to a unique project by the world’s largest Buddhist charity.

REUTERS" A worker stacks blankets made from recycled plastic bottles at the Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation building, Nov. 4. REUTERS

The Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation has been taking plastic bottles from the waste stream of Taipei, a city of 2.6 million, for three years to convert them into about 244,000 polyester blankets intended for disaster zones.

This week, Tzu Chi expanded its one-of-a-kind recycling effort to begin making shirts, scarves and cloth shopping bags.

GRATEFUL CITY SAYS THANKS FOR NEW START

Marikina residents pick up the pieces after Ondoy

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By DJ Yap
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:10:00 12/28/2009

MANILA, Philippine – Still reeling from the devastation caused by Tropical Storm “Ondoy” three months ago, Marikina City residents gathered Sunday to give thanks to the kind souls who helped them through a long and tragic year.

Together they prayed that the new year would bring them good tidings and that disaster shall not pass their way again.

Some 20,000 residents from three different faiths — Christian, Muslim and Buddhist — assembled at the Marikina Sports Park for a thanksgiving rally, the first such gathering since Ondoy brought the city to its knees in September, killing dozens of people and destroying billions worth of property and livelihood.

“We give thanks for the compassion we received this year. It is this compassion that can help us move on from this tragedy,” Mayor Marides Fernando told the crowd. “May no disaster of this magnitude ever visit us again,” she said.

The event was organized by the Tzu Chi Foundation, a Taiwan-based nongovernmental organization built on Buddhist teachings, in cooperation with the Marikina City government.

On Sunday, the organization led the thousands in attendance in lighting candles, offering prayers to God, Allah and Buddha.

Tzu Chi Foundation-Philippines chief executive officer Alfredo Li led the Buddhist prayer “to purify the minds of the people, to harmonize society, and that there be no disaster happen not only in Marikina and the Philippines but throughout the universe.”

The organizers said that at the height of Ondoy, Tzu Chi volunteers helped repair the city, providing food and other forms of assistance to the victims, including a cash-for-work program, in which residents were paid P400 for every day of work cleaning up the streets of garbage and debris.

In all, the organization poured in some P60 million for relief and rehabilitation efforts, Li said.

The founder of Tzu Chi, Taiwan-based Master Cheng Yen, said in a video message that people must seek to live simple and frugal lives to achieve harmony with nature and so they may be spared from disasters.

“Only when people’s minds are simple can the world be free of disaster, and we can live in peace,” she said.

Global warming

Global warming fix could threaten food chain

Researchers say plan could jeopardize oceans by introducing toxins into the food chain

An experimental plan to fight global warming could cause blooms of poisonous algae in seafood-rich stretches of the open ocean, say researchers at the University of South Carolina.

For more than 20 years, scientists have discussed whether adding iron to the sea could effectively keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by causing the increased growth of phytoplankton, a tiny ocean plant that absorbs the greenhouse gas from air.

Don't Let it Happen to Us... Let do Recycling

SAVE THE EARTH, PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT

Save the earth, save the environment

by Roger on Nov.13, 2009

How can you save the Earth ? Saving the environment is actually quite simple, when you come to think about it. It does not have to be a complex process… If you (and everyone) follow these simple tips, it will still be quite a breakthrough in helping out the Earth and the environment :

RECYCLING FACTS

GLASS

• Glass never wears out -- it can be recycled forever.
• We save over a ton of resources for every ton of glass recycled -- 1,330 pounds of sand, 433 pounds of soda ash, 433 pounds of limestone, and 151 pounds of feldspar.
• Most bottles and jars contain at least 25% recycled glass.
• Recycling one glass bottle saves enough electricity to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours.
• Most bottles and jars contain at least 25% recycled glass.

PRESS RELEASE:

Philippines urged to speak out in favor of recycling at climate meet in China

4 October 2010, Quezon City.  As government representatives converge in Tianjin, China for a crucial week-long climate meeting starting today, an environmental health and justice alliance urged negotiators from the Philippines and elsewhere to acknowledge the huge climate and livelihood benefits of recycling, and to recognize and respect informal recyclers. The Tianjin climate change conference is the last leg of negotiations before the final summit in Cancun, Mexico in November 2010.

Taking Just A Moment

Taking just a moment to put your newspaper, soda can and glass spaghetti jar in the recycling bin will save everyone years in environmental harm from production of new materials, over crowded landfills and the depletion of our natural resources.

[WASTE SEGREGATION]

A Way To Reduce, Reuse And Recycle The Garbage

By: alona Rudnitsky ... Click on author's name for more of their articles Article Source

The mounting garbage is an eyesore. But there is an even more harmful effect of the garbage - Mother Earth is grieving. Pollution around caused by your trash, which because they are thrown haphazardly without following proper waste disposal, become toxin producers that harm the environment. How many tons of garbage do people throw every day? How many people get sick because of this garbage?

GLOBAL WARMING

Tayo ang may Kagagawan, Bawat isa AY may Pananagutan

BAYANIHAN AT BOLUNTARISMO

SPREAD THE WORD

Share what you know. If you notice abundant trash in your neighborhood start spreading the word and your experience with recycling and if there isn’t already one in place strive to get a city recycling pick up program started. The fact is many of our resources as well as our Earth is not renewable and we have to start taking control of our selves beginning with the world we live in.    

Global warming is no longer viewed as a theory by scientists and has sadly become a fact. The change needed must be in your actions today in order to ensure a bright (not too hot) tomorrow.

[FACTS ON RECYCLING]

10 facts on recycling

by Roger on Feb.10, 2010

From aluminum soda cans and glass jars to old newspapers and rolled-up magazines, the most commonly recycled materials are household products and everyday items no longer of any use. Recycling not only transforms waste into valuable resources, but also benefits the environment on both a local and global level.
The effort saves energy, prevents pollution, decreases greenhouse gases and conserves natural resources.

1. Aluminum Cans

In the United States, used aluminum beverage cans are the most recycled item, but other types of aluminum are just as worthy. Siding, gutters, car components, storm window frames and lawn furniture are often overlooked recyclable items. Recycling one aluminum can saves the equivalent of a ½ gallon of gasoline or enough energy to watch television for 3 hours. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours! 350,000 aluminum cans are produced every minute! More aluminum goes into beverage cans than any other product. Once an aluminum can is recycled, it can be part of a new can within six weeks. During the time it takes you to read this sentence, 50,000 12-ounce aluminum cans are made. There is no limit to the amount of times aluminum cans can be recycled. We use over 80,000,000,000 aluminum pop cans every year. At one time, aluminum was more valuable than gold !

2. Paper

According to the EPA, recycle 1 ton of paper and save 7,000 gallons of water, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 2 barrels of oil, 4,100 kilowatt-hours of electricity and 17 full-grown trees. Overall, recycling paper instead of using new materials produces 74 percent less air pollution and uses 50 percent less water. During World War II when raw materials were scarce, 33% of all paper was recycled. After the war, this number decreased sharply. Americans use 85,000,000 tons of paper a year: about 680 pounds per person. In 1993, U.S. paper recovery saved more than 90,000,000 cubic yards of landfill space. In 1993, nearly 36,000,000 tons of paper in the U.S.-twice as much in 1980. 27% of the newspapers produced in America are recycled.

START RECYCLING TODAY

Start Today

Recycling is a very environmentally green activity; however, there are ways that you can make it greener as well as building a strong beginning if you do not currently recycle.

Many people beginning a recycling program look around and wonder what they can put in the recycling bin; there is so much information available on this site, so don't panic.

By reusing your recycled storage containers you save on the environmental impact as well. Paper and plastic bags are good for recycling storage; however, a plastic reusable bin is even better.

Be Creative

Many useful items can be made from our everyday trash; the cardboard tubes left over from paper towel and toilet paper can make useful storage containers for our extra extension cords and prevents a tangled mess in the Christmas lights.

If your going to throw these out don't just throw it in the rubbish bin, put it the recycling bin.

Baby jars can become snow globes the kids can make and give as gifts, old Christmas cards can become new hand made cards and a glass or plastic bottle along with some clear oil and food coloring and a few other common household items can become a groovy lava lamp! The possibilities are endless and instructions can be found in books and on the internet.

4000 Years

When we do not recycle at least our glass or aluminum we cost the earth in power usage, water and oil usage and landfill usage; glass takes up to 4000 years to decompose in a landfill yet can be recycled indefinitely.

RECYCLING FACTS AND THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING

Everyone today has heard of how important it is to recycle and most cities offer a recycling program, but what exactly is recycling and how beneficial is it really to us and the environment?

What are the recycling facts and benefits?

Recycling is the process of turning one products useful parts into a new product; this is done to conserve on the consumption of resources, energy and space used in landfills.

By recycling1 plastic bottle not only saves anywhere from 100 to 1000 years in the landfill but also saves the environment from the emissions in producing new bottles as well as the oil used to produce that bottle. For every1 ton of plastic that is recycled we save the equivalent of 2 people’s energy use for 1 year, the amount of water used by 1 person in 2 month’s time and almost 2000 pounds of oil.

Today the most common products in cities recycling programs are paper products, cardboard, plastic, glass and aluminum. 

Approximately 60% of our rubbish thrown away today could be recycled.

A survey was done and 9 out of 10 people surveyed said they would recycle more if it was easier.

Odd as it seems there are many people who do not realize that plastic bottles our water comes in is made out of oil. 

This is the same oil that is used to make gasoline. It's the same oil that is in such high demand and is not an unlimited resource.