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i don't mean those high-tech gizmos nor advanced infrastructures that our country could ill afford or could only open more avenues for corruption.  and that's aside from the names and faces of politicians that may be plastered on these infrastructures...  (no use ruing over that; we deserve these elected officials anyway for voting them into office.)
 


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first, the facts:

fact 1:  japan is the world’s no. 1 when it comes to disaster preparedness.  we are nowhere near that as pluto is to the sun.
  
fact 2:  the philippines, like japan, sits on the ring of fire (geologically, the linear zone of seismic and volcanic activity that coincides in general with the margins of the pacific plate - dictionary.infoplease.com).  japan sits on four fault lines, the philippines sits on five fault lines.  

1)  Marikina Valley Fault (Montalban-San Mateo-Marikina-Pasig-Taguig-Muntinlupa-S… Pedro-Binan-Carmona-Santa  
     Rosa-Calamba-Tagaytay-Oriental Mindoro)
2)  Western Philippine Fault (Luzon Sea-Mindoro Strait-Panay Gulf-Sulu Sea)
3)  Eastern Philippine Fault (Philippine Sea)
4)  Southern Mindanao Fault (Moro Gulf-Celebes Sea)
5)  Central Philippine Fault (Entire Ilocos Norte-Aurora-Quezon-Masbate-Eastern Leyte-Southern Leyte-Agusan Del Norte-
     Agusan Del Sur-Davao del Norte)

Of these, the MARIKINA VALLEY FAULT poses the greatest danger because it cuts through all the modern and progressive portions of Manila such as Eastwood, Rockwell, Ortigas Center, Bonifacio Global City, Ayala Center, and Alabang.   Also, the PhiVolcs people have warned that this fault line can move anytime because it is already "11 years late" for its movement.  (note:  this blog was written two years ago.)



fact 3:  Only the western seaboard of Luzon, including Manila, is predicted to be submerged in water.  Manila is sinking into the ocean by 6 centimeters per year because of the Marikina Fault Line.  By 2030, Manila will be like Venice, if proper measures aren't implemented.

http://blogphilippines.com/



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Koji Haga wasn't just near the tsunami that devastated northern Japan on March 11. He was on top of it. Somehow the fishing-boat captain kept his pitching vessel upright as the churning force of the wave attacked the shore, turning his coastal community of Akaushi into a graveyard of rubble and probably killing upwards of 10,000 people in the country's north. I met him barely 24 hours after he'd returned to the spot where his house once stood. Aside from the roof, which landed not far from his building's foundations, there was nothing recognizable that remained of his home. A few mementos were scattered in the kaleidoscopic wreckage: his waterlogged family albums were lodged in the axle of an upturned car, while his daughter's pink stuffed animal lay face down in the mud.

Haga ignored most of these keepsakes. His first priority was scooping up sodden rice to take back to his hungry family and neighbors, who had escaped the wave by scrambling to higher ground. Yet even as the fisherman packed the ruined grain into a sack, he displayed the fortitude and generosity that have so defined this devastated region of Japan. Haga was embarrassed that the rice was spoiled, but he invited me to take some. A neighbor had found a bottle of grain alcohol bobbing in a fetid pool. Would I like a fortifying gulp? The next day, Haga would join Akaushi's other survivors to begin the slow clearing and reconstruction of a village virtually wiped off the map. "We'll all try our best to do this together," he said, not a note of pity in his voice. "That's the Japanese way, isn't it?"  (from Aftermath: How Japan Will Recover from the Quake by Hannah Beech, Time Magazizne, Thursday, Mar. 17, 2011)

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2059454,00.html#ixzz1GviN2hO5


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Nevertheless, despite the cost and loss of life, Japan's ultra-sophisticated earthquake-and-tsunami-alert system increased the odds for everyone. Survivors I met told versions of the same story. The earthquake unleashed its fury. Then because of radio broadcasts, text messages, sirens, firemen's door-to-door calls and just plain instinct honed by years of disaster drills at school, people from towns and villages along the coast — Japan's population is concentrated in an often narrow coastal plain — immediately fled to higher ground.

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Japan is the only country on the planet with an earthquake early-warning system in place. It is also the only one with a truly successful tsunami-alert scheme — 300 earthquake sensors scattered in territorial waters that can predict the likelihood of a tsunami in minutes. Tsunami evacuation routes are posted up and down the coast. When the government says to evacuate, the Japanese people listen. (from Aftermath: How Japan Will Recover from the Quake by Hannah Beech, Time Magazine, Thursday, Mar. 17, 2011) 

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2059454,00.html#ixzz1GviN2hO5



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But even as a country waited anxiously to see what would happen at the crippled reactor site, ordinary Japanese quietly came to one another's rescue. Just hours after a fire at the Daiichi complex, Kichi Ishikawa drove deserted roads not far from the plant to deliver noodles to the needy. "I'm just doing what needs to be done," he said. "It's nothing special." For Kenichi Numata, there was little time to even explain his actions, much less process his own sorrow. After the earthquake, he and 1,600 others dashed to the airport in Sendai, the region's largest city, and watched as dozens perished in the surrounding tide of mud and debris. Numata knew that his house had been swept away by the tidal wave. But he had a self-imposed task: organizing dazed locals trying to figure out whether their missing family members might be alive. Just in the past few hours, he had told several people their kin had died. It was not an easy job. "I'm sorry," he said, bowing deeply in apology. "But I had better go back to work." (from Aftermath: How Japan Will Recover from the Quake by Hannah Beech, Time Magazine, Thursday, Mar. 17, 2011)

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2059454,00.html#ixzz1GviN2hO5



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There is a dichotomy between the Philippines and Japan. One , Japan, is non-christian and adheres to a strict secular way of life, while the other, the Philippines, is predominantly Christian (80% Catholic, and 10% Protestant). Beyond the scope of spiritual well being and practice, Japan is far more industrialized , and is above the tier in terms of technological and economic stratum, whereas the Philippines is but a third world nation that is modernizing, with limited technical abilities as compared to a first world nation like Japan.

Both nations, geographically and strategically speaking, are located within the realm of the Ring of Fire and both nations frequently experience natural calamities; Japan : Earthquakes, Tsunamis; Philippines: Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Mudslides, Volcanic eruption.

Japan was hit on the 11th of March of 2011 with an earthquake in the magnitude of 8.9, which was the highest in their recorded history since the turn of the century. The devastation, the combined effects of the hurricane, the tsunami, and the eventual communication collapse and disease spread has led to the calculation of 9,000 deaths and still some 12,000 missing. The entire city of Sendai experienced devastating hits, in its infrastructure and in its economic wing. The disruption of power grids and imports abroad has acute and chronic effects that will manifest in Japan and the Japanese people as well as the global community. The psychological as well as the sociological effects are magnanimous.

It was a miracle, truly, that the tsunami that hit Japan did not continue to the Philippines in the way that it hit Japan.

I do believe that it was the hand of God that protected the Filipino people and the Philippines. I believe that the mercies of Senyor Santo Nino and Holy Mother Mary with the prayers of the Saints in Heaven played a significant role in the protection of the Philippines and the Filipino people.


Ampo Kanunay, mga Higala.

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Kaya ba kaha nato ni... 



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Hmm, maayo diayg gawi ang maong mga sangpotanan kon maohon...



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Mangaginamos gid haw...

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