Category Archives: Philippine Weather

Disaster on Disaster Management Again

Looks like the Aquino administration have hatch another zero or failed management again instead of gaining a star on regards to disaster management and its goal of “zero casualties” through poor preventive management of Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and PNoy’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) to prevent the disastrous effects of forthcoming effects of typhoon Sendong on the southern part of the Philippines, as it shows apparently on the news the havoc and casualties it has inflicted especially on Cagayan De Oro city Philippines and Iligan city Philippines which have repeated their poor and incompetent management on the previous large flooding on the Luzon or northern part of the Philippines due to typhoons Pedring and Quiel that has happened earlier this same year 2011.

But National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) undersecretary Benito Ramos have categorically denied they lack on informing the Mindanao people and preparing for the coming of typhoon Sendong but the Mindanao people themselves lacks the initiative to move and heed their early warning.

However, according to the first bulletin posted by National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), their warning post was just posted hours ago or less than 24 hours before typhoon Sendong attack northern Mindanao while the residents of Northern Mindanao are fast asleep without any “pre-emptive evacuation” or actual warning from the local government of Mindanao to their residents. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said they will not move unless they have a “cue” from Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA),thus they pass the burden of blame on Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) if in any case the Filipino people will be enraged with the poor management and incompetency of National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) just like their master from Malacanang who loves to play blame game rather be responsible and accountable for whatever happens in their sphere of management.

But Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) have transfer the blame to their own policy or they are just following their policy of raising a storm signals at least 36 hours before the storm hits the bull’s eye, though there are already warning from Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) of the US Navy that they have tracked a super typhoon headed on the Mindanao part of the Philippines, five days or four days before Sendong hits Mindanao between December 16-17.

Yes, this Aquino administration can break any known legal proceedings just only to satiate its administration and its believer’s obsession and insanity to persecute and incarcerate former Philippine president and now Pampanga representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo without any solid concrete evidence, but they cannot break their own policy just for the sake of the safety of the Mindanao people. What a “fucking” governance this Noynoy have! And instead of admitting their own mistake and incompetency, they resort of playing blame games which is indeed so annoying and could raise one’s blood pressure thinking that these incompetent government officials just waste taxpayer’s money by their incompetency and hypocrisy.

Will the Filipinos just bear the growing incompetency and blatant hypocrisy of Aquino administration upon knowing that Aquino and his officials were being paid by people’s money to serve the Filipino nation?

Even the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of US have forecasted nearly a week the course of Sendong before it hits the Philippines but the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is fast asleep in picking up this urgent information that could somehow save lives if they just heed the international forecast.

Pinas Wet 2011?

PAGASA Wet Forecast

Can you feel the blow of the wind nowadays in the Philippines? Windy and cold, is not it? Perhaps on other regions in the Philippines, there is an episodic rain. Now this kind of weather currently in the Philippines seems to have connection with what the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has forewarned and reported recently.

Yes, recently the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) announced that the first quarter of 2011 will be rainy due to La Nina and northeast monsoon winds that will bring rains and cloudy skies in the Philippines particularly on Southern Luzon Philippines, Eastern Visayas and Northeastern Mindanao skies.

Rain

Rain

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) expected this weather conditions from January up until May 2011, thus, as early as possible the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) already warned residents of the affected region about the impending flashfloods and landslides that will be caused by this weather condition to avoid calamities and tragedies to happen. More flood related problems will arise, as the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) forewarned next year due to La Nina if the government will not do something to combat the expected weather disturbances. Thus, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) strongly urged local governments, especially those expected region that will experience the worst, to prepare this 2011 weather forecast by setting up community-based Flood Early Warning systems (FEWS).

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)’s Flood Early Warning system(FEWS) is a warning systems that monitors and gathers rain data and river behavior wherein it provides timely warnings to communities about impending floods, thus saving lives, livelihood and properties. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) will provide training support of course to selected groups that will be tasked to operate FEWS on every barangays of every local government in the said affected regions in the Philippines.

Typhoons in the Philippines

Why the Philippines is considered a Typhoon Pathway

The Philippines is considered a favorite path of most typhoons or tropical cyclone in the Pacific region of the globe, but up until now there is no definite answer why weather forecasters in the Philippines hold this statement. For some says because the Philippines is surrounded with the waters of the Pacific sea being a group of islands or an archipelago, thus it could be a reason why most typhoons pass through it.

Typhoons in the Philippines

Typhoons in the Philippines

Mostly, a tropical cyclone is develops when a heat pressures a still waters which creates a circling winds and water with volts of thunder and lightings. The heat stirs up the atomic molecules on the water which perhaps creates lightings and thunders, and force or pressure of the heat imparted on the waters produces a cyclone effect. Where the heat does came from? Probably either from the heat emitted from the rays of the sun or from earth’s inner heat. And these heat sources when it levels up, it put pressures on the status or condition of the atomic molecules of the water or it agitates the atomic molecules of the water.

The Day after a Philippine Typhoon

The Day after a Philippine Typhoon

Therefore, if tropical cyclone develops on large bodies of water like seas and oceans, this could be the reason why the Philippines are a favorite gateway of most Pacific typhoons. But however, this is only my own hypothesis, yet the closest reason why local weather forecaster considers the Philippines as “daanan ng bagyo” or typhoon pathway.

Climate Seasons in the Philippines

No more Balanced Climate Seasons in the Philippines

Climate seasons was said to be varying depending on what location on the globe your country reside; some have two seasons only like in the Philippines but some have more than two.

Usual Climate Seasons in the Philippines

Usual Climate Seasons in the Philippines

Actually, if one is a keen observer, there are only two standard seasons, namely when the sun is out up there at its best which is called summer season, and when the sun is too shy to shine which is called cold season or in some other countries it is called winter season where it rains snowflakes; and there is no more than two. The only reason why some have seasons like autumn and snow time because of temperature changes during the cold seasons or hot seasons in a specific country that experiences more than two climate seasons.

But in the Philippines is said to be in the equator of the globe, experiences a balanced tow climate seasons; not too hot summer season and not too cold season. However, because of global climate changes, the Philippines too no more experienced the standard or balanced climate seasons the Philippines used to experience.

Rainy Season in the Philippines

Rainy Season in the Philippines

For recently (I thought it was March- June 2010),the Philippines experience heat wave up to 39 °C hot, similar to other countries who experiences the same and more than two climate seasons. Philippines summer season have become too very hot and not normal anymore as compare to past summer seasons back then. But Philippines’ cold season is still on normal range as well as the Philippines typhoon months is still not out of sync, because the Philippines never yet experience snow or heavy downpour of ice or frozen rain drops because its cold season become too very cold.