The Great Flood of Metro Manila

Saturday, September 26, it’s manner past phrases what Metro Manila has gone by way of within the fingers of the latest storm, Ketsana. With the weird quantity of rain that Ketsana introduced, it flooded the place it by no means flooded earlier than. Water seeped into homes and in a matter of minutes, reached 30 toes. The velocity of the flood took everybody abruptly. Individuals have gone to their rooftops or their neighbor’s roofs to save lots of themselves. Wealthy or poor, everybody was caught off guard and nobody was spared on this huge flood.

Image this, it is a place the place I’ve spent 34 years of my life and by no means had I encountered such a catastrophe. That is the nationwide capital area of the Philippines. So, no matter occurred to Manila? Who’s guilty? All of us is to be blamed. Setting Secretary Lito Atienza launched a report that the trigger of the latest immense flood that submerged Manila was the clogged waterways, whereby Laguna de Bay couldn’t move water into Pasig River to succeed in Manila bay, which in flip empties out into the China Sea.

Laguna de Bay and Pasig River have grow to be Filipinos nice waste bin.

Filipinos have mercilessly thrown all their rubbish in them that after we go by any of the 2, the stench will linger. The sight of Pasig River has been unfathomable. We did destroy them and now we’re to pay. It has lengthy been a subject that the clearing of Laguna de Bay and Pasig River has been occurring for years and but nothing has occurred till now. Nature is now getting again at us. Maybe, we should always all watch Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Reality”? Only a few of us, Filipinos observe surroundings pleasant practices. How about we reduce our use of plastic wares?

Our drainage programs are clogged with plastic baggage. 1,000,000 of Filipinos might solely care much less in regards to the use of eco baggage and decreasing the use of plastics. I recommendation that we deliver our personal water bottle on a regular basis and have it refilled than purchase a bottled water. Think about the place these bottles will find yourself on the finish of the day. Refuse plastic baggage from shops. Use your personal bag. Cease shopping for little sachet packs of shampoo, whitening, chips, peanuts and many others. Begin composting. Segregate rubbish. Natural waste will be buried and transformed into compost. How about simply use an electrical fan than air-conditioning?

A little bit sacrifice would go a good distance. So, what’s subsequent? What simply occurred to us was a get up name. Allow us to all do our share of making our nation a greater place. Allow us to train the use of surroundings pleasant supplies. Be acutely aware of the surroundings. Make an effort to remember. Allow us to attempt to stress authorities and companies to take again their very own waste. Companies who use plastic packaging must be chargeable for their recycling and re-use. As Setting Secretary Lito Atienza mentioned, “God forgives. Man typically forgives. Nature by no means forgives. ”