Two months after we lost electricity and Internet connection for
three weeks due to typhoon Glenda, here we are again, battling the flood
caused by typhoon Mario. It’s been 15 years since I settled here in
Batangas and this 2014 is the most devastating year concerning natural
disaster.
The whole Metro Manila is shutdown and the Philippine Stock Exchange has to suspend its operation citing security reasons. Unless people believe about climate change and do something about it, we will continue to experience this kind of calamity.
Everyone is affected when electricity is out. Even staying at home working online is annoying because the Internet connection is intermittent and nobody can establish a clear signal over skype. I was about to close a couple hundred dollar deal with the customer this morning when I lost my internet connection and I was not able to get back at him in the next 45 minutes – so I just lost $198.00 in writing project.
It is understandable that we are facing a natural disaster but sometimes, the government has its fair share of the cause of this problem. Electrical lines are poor and a little wind can lead to total power black-out.
At the time of this writing, 90% of Metro Manila is already submerged. Although there is no reported deaths yet (I hope not), property damage is expected to cost millions of pesos. In some places, people are climbing to their house roofs asking for rescue. Imagine what happened to those home appliances inside when you can see nothing but roof.
There is no safe place in Philippines. The whole country is in the path of tropical storm. Whether you are in Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, only time can tell when a super typhoon hits you.
Suspending stock trading is not a joke. It’s like the whole country’s economy stopped for hours. Airports, seaports, and other transportation companies needed to hold their cargo for safety precaution. Delays alone can cause billions of pesos of damages especially when supplies to manufacturing companies are delayed.
Young kids who are not allowed to go to school will have to make-up school days after so, they can’t enjoy most of their vacation time. The Manila flooding is not expected so PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration) is partly to be blamed for not providing accurate details about possible heavy rainfall.
This typhoon is expected to leave the Philippines tonight but we can’t sure yet if there is another after this – perhaps in the next couple of days.
The whole Metro Manila is shutdown and the Philippine Stock Exchange has to suspend its operation citing security reasons. Unless people believe about climate change and do something about it, we will continue to experience this kind of calamity.
Everyone is affected when electricity is out. Even staying at home working online is annoying because the Internet connection is intermittent and nobody can establish a clear signal over skype. I was about to close a couple hundred dollar deal with the customer this morning when I lost my internet connection and I was not able to get back at him in the next 45 minutes – so I just lost $198.00 in writing project.
It is understandable that we are facing a natural disaster but sometimes, the government has its fair share of the cause of this problem. Electrical lines are poor and a little wind can lead to total power black-out.
At the time of this writing, 90% of Metro Manila is already submerged. Although there is no reported deaths yet (I hope not), property damage is expected to cost millions of pesos. In some places, people are climbing to their house roofs asking for rescue. Imagine what happened to those home appliances inside when you can see nothing but roof.
There is no safe place in Philippines. The whole country is in the path of tropical storm. Whether you are in Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, only time can tell when a super typhoon hits you.
Suspending stock trading is not a joke. It’s like the whole country’s economy stopped for hours. Airports, seaports, and other transportation companies needed to hold their cargo for safety precaution. Delays alone can cause billions of pesos of damages especially when supplies to manufacturing companies are delayed.
Young kids who are not allowed to go to school will have to make-up school days after so, they can’t enjoy most of their vacation time. The Manila flooding is not expected so PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration) is partly to be blamed for not providing accurate details about possible heavy rainfall.
This typhoon is expected to leave the Philippines tonight but we can’t sure yet if there is another after this – perhaps in the next couple of days.
Another Typhoon, Another Flood, Another Business Disaster
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