A STATEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
July 4th 2008 06:00
I would have waited for Tuesday (July 8, 2008) to write about this post as I normally do other things on weekends. But Tuesday is still four days away and, I thought that if anyone would be interested to help, the sooner I post this the better.
If you have ever heard of the famous “Ati-atihan Festival” in the Philippines, this is where it came from: the town of Kalibo, Aklan. The following pictures are from Kalibo. But no, these pictures are not about the festival.
These are about the effects of Typhoon Fengshen (locally known as “Frank”) which pounded the mid-section of the country with 170Kph winds last June 26, 2008. More than a hundred deaths have already been counted for the whole country to this point and the list is expected to grow longer as it also sank a ferry boat carrying some 800 passengers off Sibuyan Island in Romblon.
Both Kalibo and Sibuyan are in the same path of Typhoon Fengshen in the Philippines. Only a few of the passengers had been rescued and the bodies that couldn’t be found are just washing into the shorelines.
But that sensational part of the story has already been published many times over, so let’s get on with the pictures that were sent via MMS. I don't recall seeing these in the papers.
If you want figures of the damage here is a copy of an earlier message as sent via text:
Partial mdcc report re: tropical cyclone frank as of june 27 at 10am affctd brgys -16 w/ 65886 population (13465 households); # of families affctd 8189; # of prsons affctd 34026; # of families evacuated 1354; # of evacuees 5577; # of casualties 103- 4 dead 99 injured; houses totally damaged 3171; houses partially damaged 4148
Note: mdcc is Municipal Disaster Coordinating Council.
If any of our readers came from this town or province, you may want to check with your relatives as many of them didn't have means of communications until lately. Or, if for any reason you would like to help, please get in touch with their local Chief Executive, Kalibo Mayor Raymar A. Rebaldo. Their mobile numbers are as follows: 09202860188 and 09099437243. Please remove the first zero (0) digit and add 63 prefix to the numbers if you are calling from outside the country.
In his initial call for help, Mayor Rebaldo said they needed medicines, food, potable water, communication equipments, etc.
Before starting to write this post, I sent an SMS to somebody I know in Kalibo and asked about the last time they had this kind of experience. The reply came back saying never before have they had anything like it.
If you have ever heard of the famous “Ati-atihan Festival” in the Philippines, this is where it came from: the town of Kalibo, Aklan. The following pictures are from Kalibo. But no, these pictures are not about the festival.
The Municipal Building and grounds of Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines
Both Kalibo and Sibuyan are in the same path of Typhoon Fengshen in the Philippines. Only a few of the passengers had been rescued and the bodies that couldn’t be found are just washing into the shorelines.
But that sensational part of the story has already been published many times over, so let’s get on with the pictures that were sent via MMS. I don't recall seeing these in the papers.
These are the Public School buildings in Kalibo, Aklan
If you want figures of the damage here is a copy of an earlier message as sent via text:
Partial mdcc report re: tropical cyclone frank as of june 27 at 10am affctd brgys -16 w/ 65886 population (13465 households); # of families affctd 8189; # of prsons affctd 34026; # of families evacuated 1354; # of evacuees 5577; # of casualties 103- 4 dead 99 injured; houses totally damaged 3171; houses partially damaged 4148
Note: mdcc is Municipal Disaster Coordinating Council.
They were trying to get this man to safetly
If any of our readers came from this town or province, you may want to check with your relatives as many of them didn't have means of communications until lately. Or, if for any reason you would like to help, please get in touch with their local Chief Executive, Kalibo Mayor Raymar A. Rebaldo. Their mobile numbers are as follows: 09202860188 and 09099437243. Please remove the first zero (0) digit and add 63 prefix to the numbers if you are calling from outside the country.
In his initial call for help, Mayor Rebaldo said they needed medicines, food, potable water, communication equipments, etc.
Here's how it looks in another part of town
Before starting to write this post, I sent an SMS to somebody I know in Kalibo and asked about the last time they had this kind of experience. The reply came back saying never before have they had anything like it.
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Comment by Lilla
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A terrible thing to happen.
Personally, I cannot see why some of the top Fortune 500 companies (like Minsota and BHP) aren't pouring some money into helping these people, can you?
Lilla ...
Comment by Market Newbie
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BHP I heard has some mining interests in this country, but i cannot tell if they already sent help or if they are interested at all in sending any help. Maybe it is too far from their tenements to matter. As to those other companies, maybe their eyes are fixed somewhere else.
But I wouldn't really know who already extended help to them. I am just one of those trying to help Kalibo by bringing their plight to the world.
Thanks, for straying this way.
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Unless, of course, that's what you want to happen to this little chapie here.
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