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Residents carry their belongings as they wade through flood waters after a river overflowed following torrential rain in Manila, the Philippines on August 7, 2012. Half of Manila was under water on August 7, officials said, as torrential rains paralysed the Philippine capital in its worst floods since a typhoon killed more than 400 people three years ago.
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Rescuers carry a man from the rubble of a landslide in Quezon City, suburban Manila on August 7, 2012. The landslide covered four houses, and at least one person was confirmed dead in the accident, one of many in a city hit by heavy downpours and rising floodwaters.
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A resident pushes his bicycle through murky floodwaters in Quezon City in suburban Manila on August 7, 2012.
Reuters reports — Deadly torrential rains submerged much of the Philippine capital and surrounding areas on Tuesday, forcing nearly 270,000 people to flee their homes with more flooding expected in the north of the country as a tropical storm passes through the region, officials said.
"It's like Waterworld," said Benito Ramos, head of the Philippines national disaster agency, referring to a Hollywood movie about a flooded world.
Disaster officials said over half of Manila was swamped by floods as high as three meters, worsened by a high tide and the release of water from dams in surrounding provinces. Read the full story.
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Rescuers use rubber boats to transport residents evacuating from floods in Marikina City, east of Manila, on August 7, 2012.
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Stranded residents ride a rubber boat pulled by rescuers along a flooded area in suburban Marikina, east of Manila, on August 7, 2012.
Monsoon rains in the Philippines flood the capital, forcing more than 270,000 people to leave their homes and seek evacuation shelters. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
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Same ole' Philippines! Rich get Richer......No Middle Class.......Political Families! Look at the AMPANTUANS!!! The poor will suffer more. This is 2012! Wake up!
The US State Department can probably find 500,000 new immigrants here to fill half their quota for 2013.
all of them illegal
Yank - I suggest that, in 2013, you run the numbers and see if your hypotheses is actually correct.
you are one bigoted SOB- why don;t you go over there and provide assistance instead of running off at the mouth?
odb2... let them suffer for their stupidity... yes, i'm harsh... flooding is an annual event in that area... they have not learnt a thing from their past experiences... they expect the whole world to bail their a$$es out from their misery...
Can't really tell if you're just making a joke over this or not but I do want all Americans and the United States Nation to be open arms for even immigrants from phillipines. I do hope for the best of Manila, Philippines and would like this pull together quick so these families can live in peace after what mother nature has dumped in.
It amazes me the lack of compassion people have. Look at tornado alley here or along any coast line in the gulf or east coast. Year after year, these areas get hammered by mother nature and they rebuild. Since it happens in this country, it's ok. In other parts of the world the people are considered dumb for doing the same thing. Do you honestly believe the Philippine people like being flooded year in and year out? Where else should they go?
I feel sorry for these people being flooded out of their homes, but it is not like this is the first time this has happened. Every time there is a big flood like this they go back and rebuild/resettle in the exact same place once the waters have receded. Maybe they should look at moving to higher ground when they rebuild this time.
let me remind any jerk in USA that we OWE the Philippinos alot!Many civilian risked and gave life to save and shield r military and civilians during WW2 from the enemy!After the war it was US and CIA controlled "puppet" governments that "raped" the people and prevented solid infrastructure from developing.CIA back"puppets" like the Marcos government created the vast corruption still there! YET the Phillippines remains a Solid and Loyal friend to USA! We waste millions on Afganistan and Iraq and they kill our military and want us out!We dredge Iraq's ports,build roads for them now their used to kill or troops! Spend our money on a loyal friend of many,many decades!-andno i am no filippino! Scottish/Italian but i remember and will never forget the lives they saved at the great cost of their own to save and help america in WW2!
JS in SD, what an absolutely ignorant comment! .. Manila has the population of about 17 million people! I want you to tell us what hilltop 17 million people can hide form the the flooding, maybe they should all come and stay at your house?. Manila is considered to be the most crowded cities in the world and not only that but the whole half of the country has been getting torrential rains for days, many other large cities are flooded by these rains also.
Philippines gets floods continuously, but not all in one place. Its like saying Tulsa gets daily tornadoes because the news shows daily tornadoes across the midwest, your using the same analogy. Manila does not get these floods regularly. Lastly, these are some of the poorest people on the planetl, the average monthly wage foir those that have jobs in Manila is $100 month and the costs of buying anything is the same as the cost from here. But you say, no problem just let 17 million from Manila (plus maybe 40 million elsewhere) find a hill to build on?
K TRUANT...Culling of the herds should be good to combat global warming huh?
I agree Lynard, but the planet seems to be culling the wrong people...
just another normal day keep drilling, and as far as illigal imigrant give it back to the natives they knew how to treat the universe
JD & ulong - How is that different from rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina .. or the many times they have rebuilt after eartquakes in San Francisco .. or even the rebuilding that goes on in tornado ally? I find it interesting how within this one comment about the State Department and immigrants we find comments that are basically saying "damned if you do and damned if you don't". The Phillipines are made up of islands, if they aren't going to rebuild then I guess that would make them immigrants. One thing I know is that every phillipino I have ever met has been charming, kind, and polite. Wonderful people.
god loves etc..,
new orleans and manila... no comparison...
katrina was hurricane 4/5... levies gave way, ergo, flooding...
monsoon is heavy rains... storm drainages, rivers, and bays could handle the water... pile of trash/garbage and squatters/illegal settlers clogged the drainage systems, ergo, flooding...
The difference is this, these people have no choice! 30% of the population of the Philippines live on less then a dollar a day. They build shanty towns anywhere there is unoccupied land. There is a high rise shanty town right up against the fence of the airport in Manila. Unlike here, there is no welfare, no foodstamps, etc! Before you people go running your mouths maybe you should see how people in other parts of the world live! You might appreciate what you have if you did! Oh, Yank, unlike Mexicans, Filipinos just can't walk across the border to enter the U.S. illegally. My wife is from the Philippines and the crap we had to go thru to get her a visa to come here was mind boggling! It would have been easier, cheaper, and faster, to fly her to Mexico and smuggle her across the border!
these people have no choice?.... having a dozen kids without food, clothing and shelter is/was their choice...
I know of what you speak. I expect to be an ex-pat someday, and I have seen the Philippines up close and personal.
Ulong
Name me one person that had a dozen kids in the Philippines that you know of... I thought so!
Yes there are poor there, but the way you describe is way off base. Sounds like you got jilted there, maybe you have have kids there because you certainly have bitterness...
ulong pare-2293580god loves etc..,
new orleans and manila... no comparison...
katrina was hurricane 4/5... levies gave way, ergo, flooding...
monsoon is heavy rains... storm drainages, rivers, and bays could handle the water... pile of trash/garbage and squatters/illegal settlers clogged the drainage systems, ergo, flooding...
#1.14 - Tue Aug 7, 2012 1:02 PM EDT
472 millimeters of water have fallen in the last 24 hours in Manila. On top of that, it has been raining since the weekend. Katrina saw 380 mm of rain. Also devastating. Monsoon, torrential rains, hurricanes -- they're all just labels. Water is water. People are people. Tragedy is tragedy. These people are seeing more water than you've ever seen in your life. So shush and just be thankful that you're safe and dry.
you're a rich american, k. truant... G O F O R A V I S I T... which part of the 4-word missive you don't understand?
while you're at it, i suggest to swing by the squatters areas in train tracks, cemetery (niche and tomb) dwellers, and families living in a tree house outside of american embassy in roxas blvd...
maybe, you could use the data for your theses... if you know what i mean...
ophelia-turns b
you missed the point by a 500mm...
storm drainage is non existent... it is clogged... water has nowhere to go but accumulate in low lying areas...
a couple of years back, a viral video showed people riding in garbage pile to keep afloat and to survive... and after the flooding, plastic bags/garbage strewn all over the place, in underpass, overpass, high rises... etc...
Hurricanes, floods, tornadoes. They are merely a small inconvenience for humans, but a boon for animals. Warmth and water make life possible. The dinosaurs could never had existed if not for the hot climate of that time. Ask anyone if they would rather have a drought or an occasional flooding, they would choose the latter.
I doubt whether Noah's friends would agree.
Biblical hogwash.
exactly, road warrior... the dysfunctional philippine government allows shanties (illegal squatter areas) to be built along the river banks and flood control/drainage areas... the pile of trash/garbage thrown incessantly clogged the drainage...
the result >>> flooding, lost of lives and properties...
It's the dysfunctional corrupt government in central and municipalities that only cares of pocketing money and not using it to avert disaster like this. What happen to Aquino anticorruption pledge? There're no check and balances or accountability in government procedure. from corrupt senators down to barangays officials and inspectors their motto is let the people suffer. A little cash for official allows.. you can do anything.and turn a blind eye. Philippine's pathetic " elected "government never learns anything from the past.
ulong pare- So tell me where these 20 million or so of these poor people should live? Maybe all come and live at your place? Philippines is one of the most densly crowded countries on the planet. One thing about the "squatters" as you call them, many of them have jobs, but wages are so poor they can only afford to feed themselves and families but no house, The rich people in the Philippines build on the high ground, so tell me again where these people can move to...
K. truant,
why don't you go over there and figure it out yourself... and maybe, while at it, ... "so poor and no food to eat", tell them to cut back on spitting babies.
Ulong
I just come back from Manila and have since been on the phone to family & friends. Your "no food to eat" just proves your disgusting prejudices, The Filipino are of the most resilient and hard working people on this planet, and they are NOT without food, mostly they help themselves and each other which most other countries could do better at. As for your babies comment, the world would have been a much better place if you mother had that exact same sentiment.
K. Truant,
you cannot throw that conscience thingy at me... that's pure stupidity...
i'll give you a hint:
american population is approx 300M...
philippines is approx 100M...
then do an analysis/comparison in land mass, GDP, rule of law, etc...
do the math...
You obviously have not been there.... Your comparison is not only meaningless, its stupid. Go read up on the Philippines, don't just take my word for it (though I've been through most of the Philippines). Much of that land mass is uninhabitable including rice fields. Beside if people are working in the city and feeding their families why would they want to be tossed into the middle of a jungle just because your land mass analysis says so.
I guess he doesn't know much about Phillippinos. Maybe he can try to find some Americans whose lives were saved by the people of the Phillippines in WW11 and talk to them. The guy sounds like an ignorant bigot.
for decades, year-in, year-out, floods devastate the philippines... a glaring example of a dysfunctional government... philippine government has not learnt a thing from previous experiences... the corruption at all levels of the government has not subsided... once again, filipinos would not demand accountability from their elected officials but rely heavily to padre damaso (catholic clergy) for miracles!!!... no sympathy here!
ulong pare,
YOU are one heartless, illiterate, stupid @!$%#, as if a government can ward off a flood, or redirect storms. People like you shouldn't be allowed on this earth.
h engbers,
ulong pare is most likely an illegal from the Philippines who thinks he's superior than everyone back home just because he was able to sneak into the US. This troll needs to go back home and help out his/her people instead of living off US taxpayers.
botan1,
keep guessing... you do not know jacksh!t about the philippines... and to top it off, you are as ignorant as the next bloke who could not handle the truth...
Just go back home bro, we don't need your kind in the US.
i know right... you have too much numbnuts here already...
Ulong:
I see you are continuing your hate rhetoric, I've read your posts and found you know absolutely nothing about the Philippines, yes they have continuous flooding there but not in the same areas. You probably also believe that all tornadoes happen in Tulsa because CNN shows tornadoes daily on the news... so according to you everyone should move out of Tulsa.... The Philippines are over 7000 Islands and stretch over 1100 miles, that makes for a lot of low land and several different weather patterns, just because you may always see flooding there, doesn't mean the specific residents of any one area are USED to it!
K. truant,
you are absolutely right... i HATE the dysfunctional government and the millions of filipinos who continue to support the corrupt politicians and their minions... and, this is not a rhetoric...
only dumbnuts believe entirely on cnn or any media for that matter...
And only a fool would never believe anything that happens on the news..I highly doubt a reported tornado or flooding would be a false propaganda story. Its better to trust people here like you do...
Blaming the poor for the flooding is ridiculous, most cities in North America flood at one time or another, is it the poor people's fault there also?
BTW - I also watch Al Jazeera network, if what they all state is the same, can they ALL be wrong?
did i say "never believe"? really?... tighten it up bucko... you're losing it...
you watch al jazeera, does it make you an expert? my simple suggestion is "go for a visit"...
@k.truant, as to your last statement,YES!
If you believe all news media is wrong, even those that disagree with each other.. then you are right? What is your source?
I watch all the news statements and waits to see what develops, if all the channels show a country is flooding then its not unreasonable to believe so. RBondy- For the same reason you can't believe ANYTHING on the TV then you better not watch it, I'm sure your direct sources are much better. BTW - only an ass would blame the poor people for causing flooding. BTW ULONG, If the people voted in their government then you have nothing to complain about. If you would be happier in a country without a voted in government then move to China!
Move to live in China is probably better than living in US at present where crime wave is rampant and people suffered from the economic downturn. The voted government such as US functions less satisfactory and functional than the government in China.
h engbers >>> you are a dumbphuck in the whole philippine scenario... the politicians (government corruption) emptied the coffers intended for mitigating the devastations...
I've seen (been in and experienced) my fair share of natural disasters where there was massive flooding.
Manila, Bangkok, Pattaya, and Phuket to name a few.
What amazes me is how resilient these people are. In America someone builds a home on a river that spills its banks every year. The house suffers damage, possibly destroyed,and they turn around and build again on the same damn spot. Now that is stupid. The folks in manila don't have that option. The must live where they work, and it just so happens that Manila starts at sea level and rises from there. Sure they can inhabit the interior of the country, in the mountains, but being on the coast is vital for trade. Just like Galveston, New Orleans, Seattle, or Anchorage.
I think the photo on top says it all. They guy has a look that speaks volumes. "I got some wood from my house and I got my damn rice cooker, I'm starting over."
Hahahaha. The level of ignorance and stupidity in these comments is amazing. The Philipine government can do nothing to stop Mother Nature. Just evacuate, which they are doing now. Which we did for Hurricaine Katrina, that wiped out parts of New Orleans
the flooding is caused by clogged waterways due to ...1) squatters living in the drainage systems, ditches and riverbanks.... 2) mountains of trash/garbage thrown and piled up in every nooks and crannies... 3) utter disregard to the environment... 4) rampant corruption in the government. stealing every pesos in the disaster fund...
Ulong speaks the truth. Been there, seen that.
BMCM,
how'dy boats!
PNCM
ULONG
How can someone camped on a river bank flood the city, your rant IS GARBAGE and is plugging up the news feed! Sounds like you have a problem with seeing poor people and your hatred in all your posts is obvious! I bet you blame the poor for hanging out in the french Quarter for causing N.O. to flood. If you knew how to even watch the news, you would know the flooding was caused by 3 days of torrential rains, the water in some areas is over 7 feet deep. Also, all the upriver dams opened up to prevent flooding in other cities, this surge from more than 1 source converged on Manila during the downpour.
K. Truant,
again, i suggest to go over for a visit and see for yourself... for starter, you can google photos of "squatter's life in the philippines"... as a familiarization thingy...
I can Google squatter life in ANY city and get similar results, this does not result in a realistic cross reference of the people or a city... only a part of it! I have spent time much time In Manila and the rest of the Philippines. I have also spent time in Angola, Gabon and the Congo during their worst times which is much worse off so I know the difference when and what you speak of. I've seen the truly starving but that condition is not the norm in the Philippines as you refer. And again, many of these squatters have jobs and enough to eat just no permanent residences, this is common in every sprawling city. This also doesn't mean these people are any less human or deserve any less decency than any other.
K. truant,
so did you learn what are the causes of such abject poverty?
Mankind has had poverty in every country and every political system since man existed, it is something mankind will always have. You seem to blame the current government, this shows your lack of thinking. BTW - The poor didn't cause the flood and everyone suffers from it.
"nature sends deluge as it has almost every year since forever"
well, that's one way to get all of the trash and filth out of the city.....
god knows they live in filth anyways... look at it as a bath for all...
i see it as natures way to keep the population in check.... score one for mother nature!
sapper, This must be a feeble attempt at humor on your part. Nobody is that stupid and ignorant.
a squatter family or politically correct nom de guerre "illegal settler" has 6 - 12 kids per household... padre damaso (catholic clergy) do not believe in contraception but would rather see the children as beggars plowing the streets... or as a fodder for charitable contributions from the civilized world... it's their cash cow...
Ulong;
You haven't even been to the Philippines, your prejudiced generalization of the Philippines is only in your corrupt mind! You need to visit there and actually visit these areas. Philippines is mostly Catholic yes, but mostly are also EDUCATED! BTW - The Philippines look after their own more than outside donations, other countries can learn from their compassion. Sounds like you kicked out out of the Phil. whats the matter, you get caught with one of these poor young girls you hate so much?
K. Truant,
dang! a typical ignoramus rant...
go for a visit to clear up your ignorance... and do tell what you find...
Can you not read... I have spent much time there. I just returned from Manila and have family and friends still there. And what I find is NOT what you preach, not in the manner or the prevalence that you rant about. Yes there is poor there and shanty villages there, so what. That still did not cause the flooding as you so ignorantly claimed earlier. These are still people, many with jobs and still deserve the decency that everyone else is given, regardless how much less human you may think they are.
K. truant,
clap, clap, clap...good for you...
my tribe lives and breath there... and, an ardent oppositionist to the traditional corrupt government... and rejects traditional filipino way of thinking...
ulong pare,
My sympathies for the frustration you feel for the state of the country you came from. Thanks for sharing its illnesses. Now may I ask what you are doing to help resolve these problems. No problem is too great to solve no matter how small the contribution. There's always hope for everyone.
I think that no one can help them except themselves, i know my people will regard me as snob, but, it is what it is! they are the only one who can help themselves! i think that there must be a total overhaul of state of mind, culture change ... we are proud to be regarded by other culture as good people, friendly and happy go luck and we are really happy go lucky ... watch, when the flood subsides, when they get rescued, they go back to the same place and do the same thing. I think they prepare for the rescue but do not think of how to prevent the next flooding! I'm serious!
gerry_t,
to answer your question >>> i lost family members while helping to uplift our way of life, alleviate poverty and at the same time expose the corruption in the government... life is cheap in that part of paradise...
i'm not a "hero" material, a dead hero at that...
Gerry
Ulong did not come from there but he has a lot of bitterness towards the Filipino people. I DO have relatives and friends there and just returned from Manila. Don't fall for Ulong's statements, his ongoing descriptions are a very poor description of Manila. Yes there is poor people there but blaming the poor for causing the flooding of Manila is a pure evil comment and not warranted!
geez, K. truant ... now, all of a sudden you know me... really?... seriously?...
i suggest to go for a visit and see foryourself... scared to find the truth?
again, a quick google of "squatters' life in the phippines, pasig river" for starter...
Ulong
Been there done that, and as much as the documentary shows how bad things get in shanty towns it concentrates on the worst of the worse; this is still not the norm. Again name me 1 people you know of with 12 kids in a shanty town, that ignorant comment alone tells me you've never been there, the average family has 2 kids, and on average the people are not the uninformed uneducated people that you are spewing here. Your comments are degrading to the Filipino people (not just the squatters); and because I DO have first hand knowledge, obviously more than YOU DO!
K. truant,
wow... i'm impressed with your credentials...
if your lucky, i let you visit my tribe in laguna... my tribe will educate you with the real thing... and maybe, expound your so called FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE thingy...
So ThATS it, someone took your great great great great grandfathers land and you can no longer squat there yourself? you believe YOUR tribe are the only ones with rights, you are a bigoted jerk. BTW - The poor also have rights and just because the elected government doesn't bend to your demands doesn't mean they are in the wrong, maybe you are and your tribe just need to get over it.
I like how someone would say it's " Biblical hogwash" , although its flooding there as you speak. Why is it
hogwash? Because you say so? There are more accounts from accient peoples of a Great Flood, than you
people saying There is no God or the Bible is hogwash. In fact, you are fulfilling prophecy from the Bible when
you say there is no God. That strengthens my faith. Anyone can say anything, but prove it! Thanks
Big article with pictures on flooding and torrential rains. No mention of how much rain. Brilliant reporting.
I was born and raised in Manila, i know that every rainy season there will be flooding but year after year it gets worst, yes, it is mother nature, but you won't believe the devastation it brings to Manila, this is not all mother nature, my people ( and I am owing up to it) brought it to themselves! They don't take care of the environment, you will not believe how clean they are about themselves, they take a shower 3 times a day but they throw their trash everywhere! The local government allows the people to build shanties that clogs up the rivers and up in the mouintaneous area, it is all bald because of illegal logging ... there's no more trees and no one is saying anything! They have their priorities mess up! I am tired on seeing them this way!
I wish you the best at leaving soon,and going home
Dinah
I doubt there was any logging in Manila, this does not affect the height of the water they are experiencing. You are referring to erosion, this does affect countryside and destabilizes hillsides, infrastructure and such, but the amount of time one showers or tosses garbage does not affect how much rain fell this week in Manila. As for the shanty towns, people will live where they can work even though there is no housing, what is your solution to this? The government has low cost housing programs and laws to protect the squatters and the land owners, but what is your solution to those in Manila in the shanty towns?
I'm embarassed by my fellow filipinos who lambast our country as if they're not once a filipino if they consider themselves now as americans or whatever. I would like to challenge your prejudiced minds to go dumped a barrel of water in your bath tubs and see if it won't overflow. The reason there are floods was because of the amount of rain dumped in Manila for 24 hours. Having 24 hours rain nonstop is not your ordinary rainy day. Your argument that the reason why there are floods is because of clogged drainage system, why partly true, is not the real reason. If you have 24 hours of heavy rain anywhere in the world, there will be flooding! That I can assure you.
I would not live there. However, the US has the same types of problems. Areas are constantly being rebuilt where hurricanes are going to hit again and again. To these people, and to those in the coastal US, this is home.
This story has nothing to do with legal or illegal immigration to the USA or anywhere else. It is a news story on flooding and the trials to mankind in a flooding situation. Even if some Filipinos do immigrte to the USA, they usually do it legally with visas for work, education or to join family.
But i was listening to george nory last night and he was talking along with roy spencer dissing 98% of the climate scientists & global warming. But then a listener called in and asked what would happen if they were wrong. They had no answer. They talked it over during the break and after the break skipped over the question.
And why. Because if george nory, roy spencer, mr grover, the gop, & the rushbo along with the romney man are wrong about global warming and that we do nothing to defeat it, that we continue to populate the world with 1.1T people by 2090, then the world's temperature will hockey stick off the top of the million year temperature charts. It would almost guarantee that nearly every one will die and the planet would become like mars.
Obama will bring co2 emission level back to the 1990 levels and lower over time.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/07/02/us-co2-emissions-may-drop-to-1990-levels-this-year/
He is your only hope if 98% of the world's climate scientists are correct and we are experiencing global warming caused by co2.
No this is not another example of global warming, we need more coal fired power plants in China!
Couldn't remember why I put you on IGNORE, marshal...took a look at your uneducated post and remembered why. Don't have time to deconstruct your statements.
America is my home now, have been for 20 years and so are my parents and siblings. We all served in the US military from my dad to me - in fact, i am still serving, grateful for the opportunity that America gave my family. When you grow up seeing two different cultures, you have greater appreciation of both. we were brought up by my dad to live with the mantra Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country. for US born people and never been to any other countries you just don't know how lucky you guys are!
I don't know about the politics or who's to blame in all this, if anyone, and don't care. My earnest feelings are for those poor people that are suffering terribly. You can see the anguish in the faces of many of them in the photographs.
It's sad to see so little empathy from my fellow Americans. Not 1 persons offered theirs prayers or thoughts for the suffering going on. Did you people miss seeing the small childern in that boat? Unlike the spoiled americans in this country, I didn't see any masses chanting for help, but everyone out trying to help. didn't read anything about mass looting. So these 3rd world nation's people are more civilized then the Katrina victimes in USA. So, for all you christians this athiest will offer his best thoughts for the people who are suffering and make an extra donation to the Red Cross out there risking their lives to try and help.
MSNBC/NBC is and anti-Christian network. Did you expect to see a lot of Christian posts on an anti-Christian network?
Please.. by all means.. give more money to the Red Cross. Of course the charity contribution is one of the worst on record but by all means give. Personally, I give to the Salvation Army, the money the raise actually goes to help the victims.
...The immediate problem for over 1/4 milion of these people is being displaced from their lives, marginal livelihoods and the chronic poverty of their living conditions. The secondary problem will become living with molds and fungi within all that building material after the waters recede...and the story evaporates from the news.
Global Warming is like a slow motion train wreck.
This is not global warming, but a seasonal event. If you think it is global warming prove it.
Its Obama fault
reading majority of the comments here, uhm no wonder the elephant party and the donkey party don't work LOL
mitt rmoney's millions are safe... he doesn't have an offshore account in the philippines, or does he?
mitt, show your tax return!!!!!