Is Luzon sinking?

[gareb]

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^^ True, daghan man gud mga abusado sa Luzon, especially metro manila. Ang mga rivers ug estero, gepang tukuran man nuon ug mga balay ug mga building.... Ang mga sapa kay gepang buhat u private fishponds...

Ambot anang mga tawhana, unsa kaha ang ilang kahimtang sa mga umaabot nga panahon.

unfortunately, i am seeing the same things around cebu.

[ghostie2472]

the recent widespread floods in luzon is not a sign of the entire island sinking. however, it is a sign that a lot of things are happening; some of which could have been addressed to prevent something like this from happening.

1.) drainage systems. the river systems mostly of the pampanga, zambales, tarlac and parts of bulacan are heavily silted because of the lahar from pinatubo. this allows them to carry less water than pre-eruption estimates. this should have been dredged a long time ago.

as the catch-basin for a number of riverine systems in the southern tagalog area, laguna lake is also heavily silted, creating problems to the eastern side of the metro namely muntinlupa and taguig.

2.) increased rainfall. with the increased intensity of storms most probably caused by global warming. while we cannot do anything about how much rain will fall, we know that something like this was happening all the more when ondoy hit. global warming is something that we can do something about too, albeit on a concerted and protracted effort.

3.) path of the storm. luzon has always been a "welcome mat" when it comes to storms, together with the bicol region and eastern visayas. we know this as a fact, and therefore should put up some measures to be prepared when storms strike.

Sad to say, reason number 1 is already happening here in cebu.

[ruji119]

myta mg ka sunud2x pa ang ingun ani hitabo sa luzon! kusog bya na mga tagalog mu daot nato! hahay

[yiennahs]

did you go to school?

[_SingleDraft_]

Yup!........

[emow]

Istoryans, Manila is really sinking... Subsidence ang tawag ana.... eventually, no matter unsa ka clear sa drainage system, ma under water gyud na ang manila... its not yet the main reason for flooding but eventually it will be...

[want2binvolve]

cuidad na wai flood control... ang budget gipanguyab pa ni Noynoy kai naproblema cya wa pa cyai First Lady...

[behemothharr]

sa amoa gani sa talisay wala jud drainage system.pagka inutil sa barangay officials!

[lestat1116]

sooner or later ang taga luzon mo balhin na dri sa visayas mainly sa cebu. so maghuot na ta dri.

[emow]

sky rocketing real estate prices in cebu.... ka notice my, daghan na mga tagalog diri? hehehe