From Yellow to Green ... To Red!!!

From  Yellow to Green .... To Red!!! ( 11:30PM )

Originally posted:
August 6, 2012

19:00

UPDATE:

PAGASA 11:30pm advisory: RED warning(heavy-intense rains) in next 3 hours. Floods in low-lying areas, near rivers. 

It’s all over the news tonight. From Yellow to Green the signals have already switched. As a typhoon (Typhoon Haikui)  out of the Philippine’s Area of Responsibility pulls clouds filled with rain to pour its devastating droplets to fill not only the country’s capital but other province’s streets as well.

According to PAG-ASA: (If my memory serves me well)

Green Signal – Possibility of Evacuation

Yellow Signal – Possibility of Flood

Red Signal – (**Still got no idea… Definitely something much more worse**)

And from what I’ve heard tonight, we’re still in Green Signal (Metro Manila) and we’re also advised to move to higher grounds for safety. Seeing the effect of a non-typhoon to a country makes me wonder how much more could a real typhoon do?

Would it be something like ONDOY from 2009 where floods were as tall as vehicles?

For those who have no idea who ONDOY was, let me give you something I’ve heard and from what I’ve experienced during it’s reign.

ONDOY was a typhoon who visits the Philippines last October 2009 which left us with mud in our walls, useless books, worn out furniture due to flood, and unusable gadgets which was soaked during the typhoon. It all happened in a day. Rain started before dawn and before noon, water was all over houses at approximately 3 and half feet (at ours) but as I heard the news, there were other areas which was already flooded much more worse than from what we experienced.  When the clock struck at 2PM, the only view you could see from our house was its roof but the flood easily subside at the end of the day. According to the news, that rainfall was equivalent to a month of rain. ( I didn’t get the average mm per hour ) but I can assure you that it was something that left us with a picture horrible enough to leave us aware of what would happen next.

Found something about the signals!

What is the meaning of PAGASA-Yellow, Green, and Red Warningsignals? For more information on Yellow, Green, and Red Warningsignals mean, check out this graphic: 

Red Warning: More than 30 mm rain observed in 1 hour and expected to continue in the next 2 hours. Serious flooding expected in low-lying areas. Response: Evacuation
Green Warning: 15-30mm (intense) rain observed in 1 hour and expected to continue in the next 2 hours. Flooding is threatening. Response: Alert for possible evacuation
Yellow Warning: 7.5-15mm (heavy) rain observed in 1 hour and expected to continue in the next 2 hours. Flooding is possible. Response: Monitor the weather condition

Back to the story tonight, without a typhoon, we face a green signal with trash and plastics all over the streets which clogs drainage systems. Is this really all about the typhoon? Or is this all about discipline?

What do you think?

Categories: flood , ondoy , signals , typhoons