Garbage piles up on Roxas Boulevard seawall

[4Wheeler]

Garbage piles up on Roxas Boulevard seawall
Photo by Rem Zamora for ABS-CBNnews.com,08/01/2012 4:43 PM
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[SIOPAO MAN]

thus ang kasabihan, ang basurang itatapon mo, mababalik rin sa yo

[goat1230]

Now I wonder, if I give the garbage truck our trash, where do they deliver it?

[hydrangea]

um, wow! i'm at a loss for words.

[PgUp]

There is floating debris in the Pacific Ocean, the size of a small continent from the recent Japanese Earthquake. Yet isn't Japan in the front-line of the Environmental movement with the Kyoto Protocol? Isn't that ironic?


There is no need for an foreign EXPERT to help us deal with tidal issues like the MMDA announced that we are still lacking in knowledge. The Coast Guard publishes tidal charts and reveal the issues on a historical basis. The problem is there is a lack of coordination or TEAM WORK among bureaucrats. Whoever designed and constructed the sea wall should have considered available historical data.

Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of heavenly bodies on liquid surfaces or bodies of water. The highest tide is normally directly above and below the path of the heavenly body. Thus when it is FULL or NEW moon, the tidal height is higher than when the moon is moving by the side during half or quarter moon.

What happened in Manila Bay that caused the flooding is aside from the high rainfall, the gravitational pull of the heavenly bodies were strongest. Water cannot drain out of the ocean since it was sucked upward by the gravitational pull of both moon and sun. It was full moon and the Sun is closest to this area during this time of the year.

Summer Solstice occurs in June 21 yearly. At this time, the position of the sun is at its farthest point northward. Since Manila is positioned below this farthest point, the Sun will be closest our area a few weeks before and after this Summer Solstice.

[kuroihikari]

The floating debris in the ocean predates the Sendai Earthquake by years.

[jpd74]

wow ang dami ... matutuwa niya ang magkalakal ng plastic ...

[goat1230]

^hopefully, kung lahat ng basurang yan ay kalakal, sana solb na ang problema natin sa basura... madalas small fraction lang dyan ang kalakal

[istarbaks]

There is floating debris in the Pacific Ocean, the size of a small continent from the recent Japanese Earthquake. Yet isn't Japan in the front-line of the Environmental movement with the Kyoto Protocol? Isn't that ironic?


There is no need for an foreign EXPERT to help us deal with tidal issues like the MMDA announced that we are still lacking in knowledge. The Coast Guard publishes tidal charts and reveal the issues on a historical basis. The problem is there is a lack of coordination or TEAM WORK among bureaucrats. Whoever designed and constructed the sea wall should have considered available historical data.

Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of heavenly bodies on liquid surfaces or bodies of water. The highest tide is normally directly above and below the path of the heavenly body. Thus when it is FULL or NEW moon, the tidal height is higher than when the moon is moving by the side during half or quarter moon.

What happened in Manila Bay that caused the flooding is aside from the high rainfall, the gravitational pull of the heavenly bodies were strongest. Water cannot drain out of the ocean since it was sucked upward by the gravitational pull of both moon and sun. It was full moon and the Sun is closest to this area during this time of the year.

Summer Solstice occurs in June 21 yearly. At this time, the position of the sun is at its farthest point northward. Since Manila is positioned below this farthest point, the Sun will be closest our area a few weeks before and after this Summer Solstice.

Anong zodiac sign ito?

[epoymananaho]

Metro Manila <<<==== ewwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!

[PgUp]

The floating debris in the ocean predates the Sendai Earthquake by years.

Can you give an actual account-provide similar evidence that the debris had been there for years?

A news station flew in a crew to create a video report which was shown on TV. The floaters were ship containers, vehicles, refrigerators, capsized boats and other wooden debris - Japanese origin with markings on it and fairly recent due to the bright color of the paint.

People who got a boat or banca can readily tell if it is recent since salt water and sun exposure would build up barnacles and fade the paint, tarnish or rust the surfaces of these debris over time.

[ushuaia_ph]

ngayon ang best time para hakutin lahat ng basura dyan. tinulungan na tayo ng nature para ilabas ang mga basurang yan! sana mahakot lahat.

hindi yan lalabas kung walang bagyo. libre na yan o laking tipid sa gobyerno.

[xctrekker]

Maybe somebody can verify this, but I heard that the swimming pool of Sofitel got swamped with garbage carried by the raging seawater. I can imagine the facial expressions of the foreigner-guests there! Ewwwww!!! Malas talaga ng Sofitel. The last time, di ba binaha yung Spiral buffet resto nila.

[kuroihikari]

Can you give an actual account-provide similar evidence that the debris had been there for years?

A news station flew in a crew to create a video report which was shown on TV. The floaters were ship containers, vehicles, refrigerators, capsized boats and other wooden debris - Japanese origin with markings on it and fairly recent due to the bright color of the paint.

People who got a boat or banca can readily tell if it is recent since salt water and sun exposure would build up barnacles and fade the paint, tarnish or rust the surfaces of these debris over time.

http://www.sfgate.com/green/article/...sh-2518237.php

Article was from 2007. States that patch has been monitored for 10 years, so the patch was discovered in 1997. That's more than 13 years before the Sendai Earthquake.

[goat1230]

I'm wondering if anyone will be interested in cleaning this up totally... and if someone did clean up this mess, where will he/she put all the trash collected?

I'm sure recycling centers won't accept all of it.

[PgUp]

http://www.sfgate.com/green/article/...sh-2518237.php

Article was from 2007. States that patch has been monitored for 10 years, so the patch was discovered in 1997. That's more than 13 years before the Sendai Earthquake.

Maybe that is a different "patch" compared to what the recent news covered which is a spreading floating garbage debris on an area as large as a small continent that is becoming a concern since it needs monitoring (there is a public call to track its direction). It poses a danger to ship navigation and also, may eventually settle in recreational areas or public beaches along the coast.

[guessst]

sad part is kahit anong linis at hakot nila dyan ay marami parin talagang pilipinong mahilig magtapon ng basura kung saan saan kay babalik at babalik lang din ang problemang yan... "there's more trash in the philippines" talaga...

[kuroihikari]

Maybe that is a different "patch" compared to what the recent news covered which is a spreading floating garbage debris on an area as large as a small continent that is becoming a concern since it needs monitoring (there is a public call to track its direction). It poses a danger to ship navigation and also, may eventually settle in recreational areas or public beaches along the coast.

Nope. Same patch. I've been hearing news about this garbage continent since I was in college. Maybe you just found out about it now.

[gotta lick it]

tons of trash is littered in the seabed of the Philippines






this is the discovery of the BFAR when it trawlled for new marine species in the philippines

[techjunkie88]

Wala bang balak ang gobyerno na ito na gumamit ng mga incinerators like what they do in most other countries like japan, singapore etc. Hindi na sustainable na parati na lang tayo naghahanap ng lupain para tambakan ng mga basura.