Everything was alright
| HE SAYS |
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| Aldrin Cardon |
Something seemed odd on Monday morning, I felt I was in a different world.
There was Gerry Baja subbing for Ted Failon on radio, and giving a fast-paced account of what’s to come with typhoon “Juan” (International name: Megi). Gerry and his crew gave his listeners all they wanted to know. And in 30 minutes of the featured news for the day, there was nothing more to ask for.
Juan was definitely making a landfall in some places up north; with maximum winds falling under Signal No. 4 — the strongest by Philippine typhoon standards, with some calling it a “super typhoon,” although weathermen say there is no such category as a “super typhoon”; and that we are ready.
Yes, we were ready. And that was odd.
Even the Pagasa did exceptionally well in providing forecasts, which it made in hourly basis on orders of President Aquino, himself. And even P-Noy did not see need to attend a conference of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) after he expressed satisfaction over its earlier brief to apprise the Chief Executive of what to expect for the day.
Even the NDRRMC is new. Okay, at least it had a new name as it was formerly called National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), which did not really had a favorable review on its performance during the dark and wet days of typhoons “Ondoy” and “Pepeng” only last year..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101020com6.html
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