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oh-oh, i need time to digest this...

sa imong paminaw, ug ang imong paminaw labaw pa sa hanap.  upat mi nga vocal.  ang uban wa na lang mosulod tawon.  nahinumdom ka ni vhinz nga unang nairitar nimo?  oh, and there are many more, even if i have to base it only on the pms i got.  and don't you call us the minority relative to the posters here.

lingaw-lingaw ra ning ato?  nimo ra uy, kay ikaw ray nalingaw sa imong kaugalingon.  one thing with your madness is that you do not only promote it, you also want to infect others. 

ayaw angina ang ginoo aning imong kalaki uy.  tinuod, ang tarong nga tawo nga himatjon paayonan.  ang balikwaot ug utok mas maayong ilubong nga buhi.     

Quote from: islander on October 19, 2013, 11:07:45 AM
it's not easy to wake up in the morning, make a cup of coffee, log on to tb, and be confronted by all his posts, mostly of the same things in different boards, deliberately placed in such a way that they're up front such that one has to make extra effort to avoid them if one doesn't want to start one's day with the wrong foot.

athlete's foot to boot.

wa ko moingon nga ang imong gibalikbalik ang imong donations for the quake victims, nyor.  it's your donations for just about anybody else.  you yourself said that you self-promote so you have to tell the world about it. 

you're getting irritated?  how long ago were some of us already irritated, exasperated, nauseated by you, and yet you gave more and continue to give more of what is irritating, exasperating, and nauseating about you?

[Another personality I met was] Gardy Labad the “indefatigable champion of Visayan Culture, a seven-time FAMAS Award winner and Hall of Fame Awardee for music.” He is the current project director of LIHOK Bisaya and the recently concluded TANGHALAN, a NCCA-National Committee for Dramatic Arts Theater Aesthetic Review project that encompasses Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and Metro Manila. He is regarded as a theater-pedagogue par excellence.

-FROM A DISTANCE By Carmen N. Pedrosa
January 24, 2010
http://www.philstar.com/opinion/543010/noynoy-and-future-cronies

she's interested only in one shark tooth, as her pendant.

hof, i'm out of here.  so sorry.  most of my family/clan members have actually been at it since the day after quake.  those who are somewhere else have sent money, those who are right in bohol are physically doing what needs to be done, like delivering bottled water and food and medical supplies. 

they update me on what they're doing, like my sister who spent the whole day lining up in pharmacies just to purchase splinters and big elastic bandages.  it turned out that even the purchase of medical supplies is limited, she can only buy a maximum number of 3 from every pharmacy.  so she had to make the rounds.

her daughter specifically asked for these, as many as possible, because these were needed in her treatment of victims and the hospital had ran out of these particular supplies.     

uy, ikomparar na man kang janet napoles.  unsa man ni, binilyon?  kinahanglan mo-register sa SEC? 

di tuod ni pugos, pero nganong gi-hijack na man ni nimo unya i-post pag apil akong ngan sa imong buot-buot nga numbering of donors?

Quote from: StevenRan on October 19, 2013, 03:15:05 PM
you do not have to reply to my posts islander. kong lod-on ka, ngano mang mo basa man ka

wa tawon ko magkugi no?  imo man gong ibabag, tuyoon gyod nga maalinggatan, a very juvenile strategy, including hijacking some threads, ayaw na lang ta... 

labaw ka pang gabalikbalik, di lang sa goodbye kundi bisag bahin sa imong kaugalingon.

Quote from: StevenRan on October 19, 2013, 03:48:46 PM
balong  $100
islander  ?
hubag bohol ?

stop starting another turn-offing gimmick here, okay?  nagsugod na pod ning thread ug panimahong tae tungod nimo.  just give; what the rest do is none of your fackingface business.  understand?

i came across this in a broadsheet here, hof, in an article about gardy labad.  a good lead:

How to help Bohol

FOR ASSISTANCE in Bohol’s heritage rehabilitation work, please direct inquiries and aid to Fr. Ted Torralba at 0917-3040103 or Fr. Val Pinlac at 0917-6209988. For relief aid, please contact the following: for Loon, Reigh Monreal 0919-4842779; for Maribojoc, 0920-7495843 (Maryanne Jabines) or 0928-5078279 (Mayor Jun Evasco); for Baclayon, 0926-2055360 (Lovely Mayor’s office); for Loboc, 0946-1722194 (Nerea Jimenez of the Loboc Children’s Choir); or call the landline of the Governor’s Mansion 038-4113573.

http://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=76342.0#.UmMazFNi2KE

How to help Bohol

FOR ASSISTANCE in Bohol’s heritage rehabilitation work, please direct inquiries and aid to Fr. Ted Torralba at 0917-3040103 or Fr. Val Pinlac at 0917-6209988. For relief aid, please contact the following: for Loon, Reigh Monreal 0919-4842779; for Maribojoc, 0920-7495843 (Maryanne Jabines) or 0928-5078279 (Mayor Jun Evasco); for Baclayon, 0926-2055360 (Lovely Mayor’s office); for Loboc, 0946-1722194 (Nerea Jimenez of the Loboc Children’s Choir); or call the landline of the Governor’s Mansion 038-4113573.

THEATER artist and cultural worker Lutgardo “Gardy” Labad

He has used the power of social media to appeal for help, not only for emergency supplies for those affected by the quake, but also for the sites of the centuries-old churches and other damaged heritage buildings to be kept secure, to allow cultural workers enough time and space to assess the damage and collect important remnants.


BOHOL’S Antequera, Cortes and Maribojoc Cultural Collectives, formed and trained by Labad, performing at the CCP National Theater Festival 2012

“Let’s do a program for trauma and site assessment,” he exhorted at one point. “This can be a defining moment for all of us. The destruction revealed the level of fragility and vulnerability of our ecology and culture. We need to unite our ranks to address these challenges.”

more at http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/131991/gardy-labad-grieves-for-his-beloved-bohol#ixzz2iDKwIpTp

Tireless advocate

Labad has long been a tireless advocate for the preservation of Bol-anon culture and heritage. A noted musical composer and theater artist, he has directed most of his energies in the last few years helping develop the tourism programs of his home province, centering on its buffet of cultural treasures from historic, well-preserved churches to native food, crafts, music, dance and entertainment harnessed for eco-cultural activities such as the Abatan River Community Life Tour.

“We wanted to get back home as swiftly as we could, but we were prevailed upon to stay because we needed to accomplish our commitments to the Filipino community here in Dubai,” said Labad in an e-mail.

“I rushed to Facebook and and saw the first pictures of the devastationâ€"first, Loboc Church, then Baclayon, Maribojoc, Loon, all pulverized to the ground. I wept. It is not only the damage to physical structures that was devastating. It’s the damage to the soul and heartâ€"our history, our values, our heritage,” said Labad.

“The years of conservation work, all gone to naught,” he added. “The work of national cultural agencies, especially the efforts of Fr. Ted Torralba, who facilitated the documentation of our ecclesiastical heritage, leading to their declaration as national landmarks and national cultural treasures. So much beauty, so much artistic magnificence wiped out in an instant.”

Gardy Labad grieves for his beloved Bohol

By Amadís Ma. Guerrero
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Saturday, October 19th, 2013

It was 6 a.m. in Dubai when Lutgardo “Gardy” Labad first heard the worrying news. He was up early to prepare for a drama workshop he was conducting for the OFW community there. A cousin of his texted that a strong earthquake had struck Bohol, and that the floor in their ancestral house had cracked.


IN FRONT OF Baclayon Church, and by the altar of Loboc Churchâ€"two centuries-old churches, among the oldest in the Philippines, heavily damaged by the earthquake that struck Bohol this week. “Bohol lost the material symbols of its inner life, its soul and spirit,” says Labad. “These churches were landmarks and icons of our deepest beliefs and spirituality. The cultural genius behind these monuments revealed our people’s innate artistry, our determination to build structures for our faith, our creative adaptation to our climate and our sense of history.”

dugang sa luod, loll, hahaaay, salamat wa nay linog.

balik na sad ta sa luod.  kanang claim nimo nga naay masuya, kinsa god tawoy nasuya uy?  unsa man gyoy angay kasuyaan nimo?  makairitar lang gyod ka to the max. 

your self-promotion does the opposite of your intention.  self-promotion tuod, but the self that you're promoting gets derided instead.  and if you don't care about how others feel about the pictures you post, like those of barely clad women, then why should you care about what others call you? 

cute, cute dogs, truly.  and they look healthy, with normal blood pressure and educated enough to know when they're in trouble.   

However a critic of Copp has stated that this was a rescue exercise rather than an experiment. Additionally the exercise did not simulate the lateral movement of earthquakes, instead causing a pancake collapse which are more common in areas of extremely poor construction and rare in developed countries so these results are highly misleading.

Testing

In 1996, Copp claims to have made a film to prove this methodology and to have recreated a model school and home, filling them with 20 mannequins. The buildings were collapsed by earthmoving equipment that knocked the supporting pillars out. Half the mannequins were in 'duck and cover' positions and the others in what Copp calls the 'triangle of life' positions. When Copp and his crew re-entered the building after the blast, they calculated that there would have been no survivors among the mannequins in 'duck and cover' positions, as against 100% survival for those hiding in the triangles beside solid objects. Copp is categorical about the importance of this technique, saying "Everyone who simply ducks and covers when buildings collapse is crushed to death - every time without exception."

A peer-reviewed article analyzed and compared both methods in detail, considering their application, the extent of people who are under the coverage, simplicity in transferring concepts, and the probability of reducing casualties and damage in developing countries such as Iran. It argued that "Drop, Cover and Hold on" was useful advice for people who experience smaller earthquakes without total building collapse, which is the vast majority of earthquake survivors. It found that the "Triangle of life" could be a better strategy during larger earthquakes in buildings with a skeleton (wood or concrete) during a building collapse, but acknowledged the possible problems of large objects shifting and crushing the person from horizontal movement, and the triangle method is also difficult to teach and communicate. Neither strategy was useful for the majority of the population in rural Iran because of the mud-brick architecture which has no structure. Based on the simplicity of teaching and the fact that 12,000 times more people are affected by smaller earthquakes and injured, they concluded that duck and cover is still regarded as a better option for people during an earthquake.

Also, given that there are no warnings for earthquakes, you are more likely to be injured trying to move during an earthquake rather than immediately seeking a safe space by furniture, or near an interior wall, not doorways, as they are often not structural. Different architectural standards in different countries mean that the best strategy for earthquake survival could also differ, however for the U.S., "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" is recommended.

Criticisms

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Triangle of Life is a misguided idea about the best location a person should try to occupy during an earthquake. Critics have argued that it is actually very difficult to know where these triangles will be formed, as objects (including large, heavy objects) often move around during earthquakes. It is also argued that this movement means that lying beside heavy objects is very dangerous. Statistical studies of earthquake deaths show most injuries/deaths occur due to falling objects, not structures.

Officials of many agencies, including the American Red Cross and the United States Geological Survey, have criticized the "Triangle of Life" theory, saying that it is a "misguided idea" and inappropriate for countries with modern building construction standards where total building collapse is unlikely.

Theory

According to Copp's theory, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside tends to crush them, but the height of the object that remains acts as a kind of roof beam over the space or void next to it, which will tend to end up with a sloping roof over it. Copp terms this space for survival as the triangle of life. The larger and stronger the object, the less it will compact; the less it compacts, the larger the void next to it will be. Such triangles are the most common shape to be found in a collapsed building.

Triangle of Life
From Wikipedia

The Triangle of Life is a controversial theory about how to survive a major earthquake, typically promoted via viral emails.

The theory advocates methods of protection very different from the mainstream advice of "drop, cover, and hold on" method widely supported by reputable agencies. In particular, the method's developer and key proponent, Doug Copp, recommends that at the onset of a major earthquake, building occupants should seek shelter near solid items that will provide a protective space, a void or space that could prevent injury or permit survival in the event of a major structural failure, a "pancake collapse", and specifiably advises against sheltering under tables.

Spread the word and save someone’s life… The entire world is experiencing natural calamities so be prepared! ‘We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly.’

In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul, University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did ‘duck and cover,’ and ten mannequins I used in my ‘triangle of life’ survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions, relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover.

There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the ‘triangle of life.’ This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in the USA, Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.

http://www.amerrescue.org/

American Rescue Team Internationalis said to be the World’s most experienced rescue team and disaster management-mitigation organization.

http://thegobetween.wordpress.com/

9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns fall directly across them.

10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.

7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different ‘moment of frequency’ (they swing separately from the main part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads â€" horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn’t collapse, stay away from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building is not damaged.

8 ) Get near the outer walls of buildings or outside of them if possible â€" It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.

5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.

6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!

3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.

4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on the back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.

TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY

1) Most everyone who simply ‘ducks and covers’ when building collapse are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.

2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a bed, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.

If you are inside a vehicle, come out and sit or lie down next to it. If something falls on the vehicle, it will leave an empty space along the sides. See below:

Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them â€" NOT under them. This space is what I call the ‘triangle of life’. The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the ‘triangles’ you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building.

EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP’S ARTICLE ON ‘THE TRIANGLE OF LIFE’

My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world’s most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.

I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years, and have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters.

The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene â€" unnecessary.

Where to Go During an Earthquake

Remember that stuff about hiding under a table or standing in a doorway? Well, forget it! This is a real eye opener. It could save your life someday.

Save your life with “The Triangle of Life”

If you live in an area that does not normally have earthquakes, then you should read this whole article and share it with your children, friends and family.

“Triangle of Life”:  Simply by looking at the following self-explanatory photos, you can learn more than in a thousand words about how to protect yourself during a major earthquake. In light of the earthquake in New Zealand and Japan, we should be aware of the escape route when earthquake happens.


In light of the earthquake in New Zealand and Japan, we should be aware of the escape route when earthquake happens.

another tip for earthquake emergency protection that seems to contradict the one provided by the CDC.  compare and judge for yourself.

Triangle of Life: Earthquake Tips

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Melissa Leath   

Might I Add: As a pre-statement, before you read this post, I want you to know that this article was written by someone else. I am not advocating that it is the only way to avoid danger during an earthquake, but I certainly think it is important to be aware of all possible actions to take to keep yourself safe. Keep your Intuitive Abilities sharp, so you can use them when in a dangerous situation.

so your standard is hubag, eh?  everything starts and ends with hubag, eh?  poor you.

it is as if he's deliberately nettling everyone here who disagrees with him.  frankly, i'm still amazed at how this bratty clown has been tolerated for so long after a good number of complaints from some of us.

logging on to tb now is like going inside the massive church of notre dame, playfully avoiding the look of those gargoyles staring down at you, but knowing just the same that somewhere is quasimodo ready to ring the church bells if only to break your eardrums. 

it's not easy to wake up in the morning, make a cup of coffee, log on to tb, and be confronted by all his posts, mostly of the same things in different boards, deliberately placed in such a way that they're up front one has to make extra effort to avoid them if one doesn't want to start one's day with the wrong foot.

his insistence that he's right in everything he does here; i won't hesitate to say that the quality of the posts here, and necessarily that of this website, has been compromised because of the quality and sickening frequency of his rants and yarns about his money, hatred, vitamins for his eyes, himself---all topics repeated ad nauseam that are beyond funny, they would steal the laughter out of the heart of a canonized gorilla.

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on October 19, 2013, 06:27:48 AM
kini si balong, puro ra ni iya jaga-jaga. what i know dili ni siya modumot. kining iyang mga estorya lingaw-lingaw lang para maghatag ug pakatawa. nothing serious. he is a good man. ug tinuod pud nga generous ni siya sa mga tawo sa Maribojoc ug ubang lungsod sa Bohol. i haven't met him pero mao ni ang nakuha nako nga information from a pastor's wife nga taga Maribojoc, Bohol silingan ni Balong.

noted, mol.  and it's not for us to question his charitable leanings.  he may have the means, fine.  it's his gimmicks that get in the way of his charity.  what i cannot understand is how he makes endless yarns and sickening announcements, nauseously repeated, of his bruited donations.  that's not funny, so no one is laughing.

Quote from: StevenRan on October 19, 2013, 04:36:48 AM
mawala na unta ko human sa kalag kalag, pero curious ko aning announcement ni islander. huwat lang ko nov. 19

there will be none.  hubag is still very much around.  don't clutch at straws as reason enough for more rants coming from you.

Quote from: islander on October 18, 2013, 08:02:55 PMBohol and Cebu have sinkholes just waiting for heavy rains and floods or earthquakes to collapse and swallow entire towns.

and now we're being told that our sinkholes can swallow entire towns?  heaven forbid!

Winter Park, Florida

Washington County, Texas


Milan, New Mexico


Mulberry, Florida

sample u.s. sinkholes:


Aurora, Colorado


Austin, Texas


Indianapolis, Indiana

Quake power

Phivolcs describes an Intensity VI quake to be very strong where some people lose their balance and motorists feel like driving on flat tires.

An Intensity VI quake can move heavy objects or furniture and can cause cracks on wall plaster, Phivolcs said. It can also cause slight damage to very old or poorly built houses and structures and trees are noticeably shaking.

Magnitude is the measurement of the energy released at the source of the earthquake while intensity quantifies the strength of shaking produced by the temblor.


http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/

Verification

Soriano said one of the two Phivolcs teams deployed to Bohol had been tasked to verify the existence of the uncharted fault line, apart from making a hazard assessment in the province.

As of noon Thursday, Phivolcs has recorded 1,328 aftershocks, 27 of which were felt.

The strongest was 5.5 magnitude, which occurred at around 7:37 a.m. on Thursday.

The tremor had a depth of focus of a kilometer and had its epicenter at 18 kilometers northwest of Tagbilaran City.

An Intensity VI tremor was felt in Tagbilaran City; Intensity IV in Dumaguete City and Lapu-Lapu City as well as in Sibulan town in Negros Oriental province.

An Intensity II tremor was felt in Maasin, Southern Leyte province, and Mambajao, Camiguin province.

Uncharted fault line

Meanwhile, Phivolcs science research assistant Karl Vincent Soriano said the movement of the East Bohol fault may not have actually caused the powerful quake that jolted vast areas of the Visayas as well as portions of Southern Luzon and Mindanao on Tuesday.

“Based on our records of aftershocks, the movement of a different and unmapped fault system possibly triggered the 7.2-magnitude earthquake,” he said, adding that the fault system is somewhere between the towns of Sagbayan and Catigbian in Bohol.

“Our initial report that it was likely triggered by the East Bohol fault was based on our map of active faults. This fault system is not yet charted,” Soriano said, adding that limestone areas are extremely difficult for geologists to map.

He explained that limestone is easily weathered so geologists find it difficult to trace previous signs of ground movement that have been “erased.”

Citing MGB records, Paje said the Chocolate Hills were formed 15 million years ago under water.

The movement of water against coral and limestone shaped Chocolate Hills, he said.

The MGB, Paje added, is verifying the report of a sinkhole somewhere in Cebu that ruptured following Tuesday’s earthquake.

According to the US Geological Survey website, “sinkholes are common where the rock below the land surface is limestone, carbonate rock, salt beds, or rocks that can naturally be dissolved by groundwater circulating through them. As the rock dissolves, spaces and caverns develop underground.”

Solid limestone

Asked how much of Cebu and Bohol was made of limestone, Paje said the two provinces were almost entirely of solid limestone.

“Bohol’s base is limestone and coral,” he said.

Paje cited some areas of Chocolate Hills in Bohol, the topsoil of which had collapsed.

“The white that appeared is solid limestone. If you would look closely, what was shed off was the topsoil and grass,” he said.

“It is more than 50 percent complete for the two provinces. The sinkhole mapping has already been completed in Baguio City. It was previously supposed to be due by the end of 2014 but the MGB committed to finish the geohazard mapping within the first quarter of next year,” he said.

Paje said, however, that the local governments of Bohol and Cebu are “very much aware” of the existing sinkholes.

“[A sinkhole] is always a danger so it is important to identify where it is in an area,” Paje told the Inquirer.

He said sinkholes already existed in most areas of Bohol, Cebu and Baguio City, but were still not apparent.

Vacuum

In a lay person’s view, he said, a sinkhole is a visible, deep depression on the ground. But in geology, “It is a vacuum beneath the ground or top soil waiting for an occurrence (earthquake or heavy rain) to rupture.”

Paje said he had ordered the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) to expedite the geohazard mapping, specifically of sinkholes, in the provinces of Bohol and Cebu.

Bohol, Cebu residents warned vs giant sinkholes

By Jeannette I. Andrade
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Friday, October 18th, 2013

Bohol and Cebu have sinkholes just waiting for heavy rains and floods or earthquakes to collapse and swallow entire towns.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Thursday the 7.2-magnitude earthquake was possibly caused by the movement of a fault line that remained uncharted because of the limestone base of Bohol.

Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said the provinces of Bohol and Cebu, along with Baguio City, had foundations of solid limestone, which had been weathered and carved out naturally through a long period of time, making it prone to sinkholes.

quake, quake go away.
we don't need you any day.

lord, please bless bohol and cebu and the philippines.

there are too many deaths due to the earthquake in bohol now, even internet deaths sound morbid. 

i can imagine.  pikoy pay imo. 

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 18, 2013, 05:25:54 PM
Cool it, Madame. As to my identity, maybe you're right, maybe not. I simply mean to say that I won't be doing 50 posts a day until some idiot expires. Who knows, it might be soon...

then let this idiot be.  you've had your fun anyway.  take a rest if you must, just don't leave for good, kind sir. 

who cares what you can or cannot take.  we all know his break is not because of you anyway.

oh, my god.  the names are out.  this is now very real.  lord, have mercy.  may they rest in peace.  christ, have mercy.

ingna siya, gahuwat tang tanan.

sum-ol.  parehaon gyod nimo ning tb sa imong website nga gilangaw ug nahanaw tungod nimo.  bagaang manoy uy.

regards pod niya, loll.  ingna lang siya nga mahimong i-ignore ning usa ka tigols.  kun mosulod siya, it could only mean that he's not sacrificing all because of one.  viva, pikoy!

what heat?  you think your rants deserve his attention?  don't ever believe your self-importance, meyn.  your threats would be the least of his reasons, if at all.  so, shaddap, meyn.

wow!  whew!

you owe us an explanation at least, bai hubs.  we will settle for your temporary break, if that is what you need.  busy, etc, etc.  but since i am worse than our resident idiot, i'll give you a month.  if we hear nothing from you after a month, I WILL REVEAL WHO YOU ARE.  i'm sending you a pm of the draft of my revelation.  convince me that it's not true.  d-day: november 19.

remember, i'm worse than an idiot.       

hoy, naguba na imong hometown.  pangora na didtog kwarta, puslan mang balik-balik kag estorya bahin ana dinhi.

Quote from: Lollapalooza on October 18, 2013, 08:48:01 AM
unya karon mohawa na siya? Malipayon na ka? basin sa sunod laing TB Members na sad imong bugawon dire kay wa ka ka uyon nila? you're the one who ruined your friend's forum site... looked at your posts all about hatred, threatening a person, mga ngil-ad nga hulagway sa mga babae... PERVERT, MANIAC, KRIMINAL that's who you are based on your posts and oh yeah, IDIOT...

he is, he is.

Quote from: StevenRan on October 18, 2013, 08:56:28 AM
i dont care what you call me. i have warned him so many times. i dont want to be called an IDIOT. hubag bohol persists in his idiocy. tell your friend to be prepared for MORTAL KOMBAT.

Quote from: StevenRan on October 18, 2013, 08:59:31 AMi have to admit i am my worst enemy. i hate myself. nobody loves me because i am an IDIOT

you are, you are.

Quote from: diablo on September 19, 2013, 08:36:11 PM
WAY SOKOD SA BAWAS

Quote from: balong on September 20, 2013, 01:47:36 PM WAY SOKOD SA MAWOS

hahaha!  this is what i believe is real evolution.  first, naalkansi.  next, nanimahong ginamos de valencia.  

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 17, 2013, 09:03:33 PM
I don't want it coming to a head like this, at this point. But tell me, you want this idiot instead of me? You all want me to leave TB in favor of this pervert? Believe me, I have the whole world before me. There will be no love lost.

this kind of head does not have to be.  we don't have to make a choice, please.  we can simply ignore one and enjoy the other.  you know the trend, bai hubs.  and just like lorenz, we hope both of you can think of better things.  if one is beyond any appeal and reason, we know the other is not.  you are the other one on which we pin our hopes for more sense.  i will bombard you with PMs and make all possible noise ad nauseam until you come back.  you will not be able to sleep well, okay?

what has this thread come to?  i hope this is not contributory to bohol's earthquake.

what are you trying to say, bai hubs?

Quote from: taga tigbao on October 16, 2013, 01:40:08 PM
Ipalajo intawon Guinoo! Pamati ra ba naho dili lig-on ang building nga dii tua among opisina!

high-rise tawon among residence, bai tigs, because it's the most practical way to avoid manila's grinding traffic to and from the banana republic's office.  mao nga natarantada kog samot diri.  labi na nga patuo kog mga madre nga known as visionaries who said that such a major earthquake is not an if but a when.  better to be prepared.

Damage

A total of 2,066 houses were damaged (605 totally / 1,461 partially) in Bohol and Cebu.

The increase in the number of damaged houses was due to the late report in some parts of Bohol and in Minglanilla, Cebu

20 bridges and 4 roads are still not passable in Bohol.

A total of P75,150,000 worth of damaged roads, bridges and flood control were reported in the Provinces of Cebu (P17,650,000) and Bohol (P57,500,000).

http://www.gov.ph/crisis-response/updates-cebu-and-bohol-earthquake/

Status of lifelines as of October 17, 2013

75% of power supply in the Province of Bohol has been restored.

Power supply in the following areas in the Province of Bohol is expected to be restored within 2-3 days:

Maribojoc, Antequera, Cortez, Loon (part)

Carmen; Sagabayan, Batuan, Bilar

Tubigon, Calape, Loon (part), Inabanga, Clarin, Catigbian, Balilihan, San Isidro

Status of seaport and airport operations

All seaports in Cebu are now operational

Tagbilaran Bohol seaport is still closed to cargo vessels

All airport operations resumed since October 15, 2013

count me in, hof.  i'll wait for the details.

yes, hof.  the coast guard is using fast crafts and helicopters, other government agencies are coordinating their relief operations, the private sector is pitching in, PAL and cebu pacific are offering free flights for relief cargo to and from bohol.  it is just to be expected that not everyone can be reached the soonest much as we want to.

their reason for their monday schedule was they're timing it with a similar activity in the US.  give me a break.

the promise of goodies was more than what they really were, as it turned out.  the real purpose was their "pahayag" (evangelization).  INC "pahayag" aims for an audience, the more, the merrier.  it doesn't matter if the audience is composed of the unwilling and the surprised. any audience is already an accomplishment.  imagine that multitude.  they must be patting their backs now.

and all the trouble for 3 kilos of rice, 3 tins of sardines, and 3 packs of noodles per bag of goodies.  free, fine.  anything that's free is a blessing.  the sad part was in the "invitation", one-on-one by INC members to non-INC ones, the never-say-never kind the persistence of which is sometimes enough for one to give in just to silence a pest.

potable water is being brought to san isidro town from cebu.  lord have mercy.

another message i got through a cousin:

Boholanos! Since many roads and bridges are not passable and are still in danger because of the aftershocks, helicopters are the only way to distribute food and medicines. Please tell your families, relatives and friends who are in those affected areas to put marks of help on their roof for rescuers to know. Please help me spread this info guys. Thanks!

the photoshopper must have had a terrible nightmare for doing this.  may his tribe decrease.

haaay, salamat.  gikapoy na intawon ang luzon ug baha.  please, lord.

One report said a couple of churchgoers were inside when the church collapsed.

The Loon church, constructed in 1853 (although the parish was established in 1753), was said to be the most beautiful of the 19thcentury churches in Bohol. It was made from “finely cut coral” based on the design of Domingo Escondrillas, a government engineer.

Among its heritage features are carvings of Biblical text on its columns.


http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/

He said they were waiting for aid from the national government and donor groups, especially ready-to-eat food for the evacuees who fear returning to their homes because of aftershocks.

In addition to the casualties, the Church of the Nuestra Senora de la Luz Parish (Church of Our Lady of Light) was completely destroyed. Pictures of the church, now reduced to rubble, have been circulating online, showing the extent of the devastation caused by the quake.

“The church was totally flattened. There is no more church in that area,” Chatto said.

Earlier reports said 18 were found dead while a number of people remained trapped inside the Congressman Castillo Memorial Hospital in Loon after its building partially collapsed during the earthquake.

“There are search operations in certain areas where we have been receiving (reports) of people (left buried) that needed to be retrieved like in Loon,” Chatto said.

The governor also said damaged roads and bridges had cut off the towns of Loon and Maribojoc from Bohol’s capital Tagbilaran.

Loon town in Bohol hardest hit by quake

By Kristine Angeli Sabillo
INQUIRER.net, Radyo Inquirer 990AM
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

MANILA, Philippines â€" With 20 people dead and a centuries-old church reduced to rubble, Loon town was the hardest-hit by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that shook Bohol on Tuesday morning, Governor Edgar Chatto told Radyo Inquirer 990AM.

“In terms of casualties, Loon (was the most affected),” Chatto said of the biggest town, with a population of more than 40,000, under the 1stdistrict of Bohol.

“Our record now is 20 (fatalities) but because individuals are still being retrieved (the number) may rise to 30,” he added.

my nephew's answer, lorenz:

Auntie, i dont really know her personally...i also shared this post from my fb friends...generally, they asked help to reach for maribojoc town because it is isolated...i guess the persons/group that needs to be contacted are the lgus and the red cross...

looks like your best contact is your aunt at dilg.

ahihihihi, arang likoa na man ni...

yes, hubag was the asp.

no, i wasn't cleopatra.  my name was cleopakquack, a peasant singing "the hills are alive" somewhere in austria when there still was no austria.  i was free of politics and politicians, obviously.

i just did the next best thing, lorenz.  i asked my nephew for the contact number or email or whatever radar of this person asking for help so i can pass it on to you.  then you can take it off from there.  it's up to you.   

meanwhile, i'll let you know whatever it is that i may hear or read, lorenz.  when it comes to churches, the best receiving agency would still be the diocese of tagbilaran, i suppose.  or the parish itself.  those churches have to be rebuilt to its original form, come what may.  heritage philippines is starting to make plans, i gathered somewhere.

sorry, lorenz.  i don't know this person.  i believe though that he/she must be young for sending a message like that.  let's just hope that he/she reads this thread and make contact.

from a nephew in cebu from whom i got the first news (in 3 minutes' time) about the earthquake.  he passed this on, and i'm passing this on here, too:

A message is from Peebles Lim: (Needs help in Maribojoc,Bohol)
Kung knsa man mkreciv ani nga msg pls pls. Na.a nay kuryente sa ubang dapit. .pls pkitel sa gma or a.b.s nga isolated na ang maribojoc d na mi mkadung tagb or lo0n bkoz of landslyds and br0ken bridges.wla na mi pgka0n,tubg og ubng gamit.dghan kau patay dri we rily nid relief guds.maribojoc n0w is a ghost town.dugay man mu abot ang relief guds fr0m gov't ma0ng mangau lng mi tbng sa media.tnx!

i read the following from a niece who's now in the US:

Dear friends,
Thank you for your concern, your thoughts and your prayers. My family in Bohol is safe, although still terrified. They spent the night outdoors, as did most of the people of the island, for fear of aftershocks that are still occurring. Many lives were lost, and 400-year old stone churches turned to rubble. I will let you know if there is a good way for those of us who are far away to help out with the rebuilding.