Eco-chic:

Not another Frank, please

By Pepin

An amateur video that shows the destructive upshots of Typhoon Frank that hit Iloilo City in 2008. Credits to glennalpino of the Philippines.

 

It was in June of 2008, when the entire region of Panay was turned into a menace zone because of the typhoon Frank. Thousands of lives were lost, and billions of properties were carried away by a fuming floodwater. It left cities and major parts of the provinces in gloom for a long time. But did it leave any regret in the hearts of the people?

Two years have passed, and a lot have been done to hinder another round of a heavy typhoon. Flood control projects were established, disaster management trainings were conducted, and people learned so many techniques on how to save their lives and properties. But until now, they hadn’t put an end to the actual causes of the catastrophe.

Illegal logging, uncouth dumping of garbage, and poor utilization of public funds to raise awareness and to build earth-friendly projects are only some of the reasons that a great flood once drowned the Panay region. And the same reasons can trigger the same intensity of tragedy when a super typhoon will come again. People in power have resumed their ghastly hobbies that destroy mother earth, and many others do not care much about what they are up to, not even the local government.

Everybody wishes that there won’t be another “Frank” to happen. But if everything is just an aspiration without action, it will definitely be a dead dream. It is time for everyone to get active and to help save the dying planet.