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The Philippine Capital of Manila and most of the island of Luzon were subjected to Typhoon Ondoy, Saturday, 26 September, 2009. Much of the capital remain submerged. Some residents have been on roof tops waiting for rescue. Many are trapped without food as rains continue to pour down.
Here are some emergency numbers that you may wish to send out to your friends and family.
Rescue
Red Cross
Please send FULL ADDRESS of stranded friends/family to Senator Dick Gordon
+63 917 899 7898
+63 938 444 BOYS
Landline: 143
Mobile Phone Load Donations:: The Red Cross Rescue and Relief Operations. Send RED to 2899 (Globe) and 4483 (SMART)
MARIKINA RESCUE: +63 2 646 2436 Boats now available. Pls contact Nor Domingo/ La Salle Greenhills +63 2 920 907 290
Metro Manila Development Authority:
Landline: 136
Coast Guard:
Landline: +63 2 527 6136
National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC)
Emergency Numbers:
+63 2 912-5668
+63 2 911-1406
+63 2 912-2665
+63 2 911-5061
Help hotlines:
+63 2 734-2118
+63 2 734-2120
Senator Manuel Villar Jr., emergency hotlines for dump truck pickup and rescue
+63 917 422 6800
+63 917 241 4864
+63 927 675 1981
For rubber boat requests:
NCRPO
+63 2 838 3203
+63 2 838 3354
ABS-CBN Typhoon Ondoy Hotline:
landline: +63 416 3641
Disaster Relief
Noynoy Aquino and Mar Roxas Disaster Relief:
Drop off for relief donations at Balay Expo across Farmers Market
contact:
a. Jana Vicente: +63 9285205499
b. Clare Amador: +63 928 520 5508
from @LaTteX snap of Typhoon Ondoy:
@mlq3: How You Can Help
Mirrored in his tumblr: How you can help
You can find snaps here and more emergency numbers here also here from Sour Politics also Hearty’s Haven is mirroring the emergency numbers.
Residents are advised not to use mobile phones to avoid clogging the system but instead to send out text messages. So far, Twitter and the Internet are have remained resilient.
We will update should the numbers change. The numbers above were taken from twitter retweets.
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As I had stated earlier. Our Planet has already a worn out Radiation
Shield. This Shield protect us from Solar Storm Radiation from
the Sun. This is the effect of the GreenHouse Effect. It is a Worldwide Phenomenom. It will continue. Climate will change. Rainfall
will fall in large quantity, even in the deserts. Storms, typhoons and tornadoes will be unpredictable. We caused it by our pollutions, degradations of our planet, our wars and hatreds. The Planet Earth is only defending itself from its aggravation. If there is an action;
there is an equal or opposite reaction…
We often forget that the Earth is a dynamic system, meaning it constantly changes. Why should we expect that the Earth 10 years ago will still be the same Earth we live in today?
Planet Earth is part of the Universe and the Galaxy. The
Universe is constantly expanding at the speed of light.
If you tinker Mother nature. Mother Nature will fight
back. As the experienced in flash floods in the denuded areas of the forests.
The Earth system is designed to function well. If you
tinker it. Some forces will move in place. Same as our
galaxy and the universe. It is an alive and vibrant system.
We sympathize with our countrymen. Keep hoping, keep praying. More
natural calamities will come…
We need help in Pinagbuhatan, Pasig. Families are still trapped inside their homes. They need food and toiletries as they cannot go out of their houses due to the flood. We hope you could forward this message to those who can help since the roads are not passable. I received a text from one of the residents…
“Flood and high waters everywhere specially in Pinagbuhatan… We’re trapped inside our houses…Community houses are gone…No power and houseparents could not go anywhere to buy food. Everything is submerged.. Need food and toiletries for kids… We need help asap”
Re: Marikina Flood (typhoon Undoy) 26 Sept. 2009,
death toll in Provident Village alone:
Official( according to MCF)= 16 dead
unofficial = 58 dead
A SENATE INVESTIGATION IS IN ORDER!!!
The recent flood is the very unfortunate result of both natural and man made calamities. The release of excess dam waters was done without thinking of the consequences. it is both a criminal and insane act.
“The Angat Lake created by the Angat dam is the main potable water supply source of the Metro Manila Area. However this water when in over abundance, due to very heavy rainfall, is also the cause of widespread flooding, deaths, and accompanying misery affecting not only the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga but also the Metro Manila Area. This happens everytime the dam water reaches its maximum height and the spilled water races down through the gullies and streams to the east of the dam and this rampaging water joins the water of the Marikina river system multiplying the floodwater volume of the Marikina River system thereby causing rapid increase in the volume of floodwater in the Marikina Valley. This happens everytime very heavy rains overfills the Angat water reservoir. The solution to this problem is the construction of water diversion/power generation tunnels to divert excess water towards the east emptying into the Pacific Ocean. It will also generate power. It is not enough that the excess water is emptied into the heavily populated areas, i.e, Bulacan, Pampanga area,Marikina Valley, as it definitely will cause multiple death and destruction downstream. Diverting the excess water to the east will save so many lives as the east side is relatively sparsely populated and at the same time generate power for electricity. The Government of the Republic of the Philippines must consider this as a permanent solution to the recurring problem of flooding in the central Luzon area and Metro Manila.”
I’m sorry for encroaching into your space but I do not know where to start. Please think about the opinion I expressed above. You may freely share this thought with your friends, hoping that someday, the people criminally responsible for the release of Angat dam water, on the morning of 26 September 2009,shall face the bar of justice. An in-depth study and analysis of google maps and wikimapia maps will prove my point. Better still, a short helicopter trip tracing the path of the floodwaters will verify this matter. The evidence left by the rampaging flood water will trace it back to its source and is difficult, impossible to erase.