Landslide in the Phillippines; 200 dead, 1,500 missing

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Landslide in the Phillippines; 200 dead, 1,500 missing

#1 Postby Brent » Fri Feb 17, 2006 1:26 am

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11400414/

Buried a school full of students. :(
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#2 Postby southerngale » Fri Feb 17, 2006 1:31 am

Elementary school kids...this is heart-breaking. Plus hundreds of houses.

"This areas is infamous for landslides.” Is there any way not to put a school at the bottom of the mountain? :(
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#3 Postby senorpepr » Fri Feb 17, 2006 1:37 am

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The province where the landslide occurred.
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#4 Postby gtalum » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:05 am

southerngale wrote:Is there any way not to put a school at the bottom of the mountain?


Unfortunately, with the geography of the Phillippines this would be impossible.
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#5 Postby Stephanie » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:58 am

That is so sad. :(
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#6 Postby HurricaneBill » Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:03 am

Out of a village of 1857 people, only 57 have been found alive.

I worry about what typhoon season will bring. However, I think La Nina years tend to be more gentle on the Philippines.
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#7 Postby senorpepr » Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:36 am

HurricaneBill wrote:Out of a village of 1857 people, only 57 have been found alive.

I worry about what typhoon season will bring. However, I think La Nina years tend to be more gentle on the Philippines.


Well... you can look at it two way, I guess. 1) Cyclones in the WPAC should be, on average, weaker... but that's because they 2) form closer to the mainland causing more of a threat to the Philippines.
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