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Posted by Webmaster on March 19, 2005, 6:47 am, in reply to "The following should undergo re-training and seminars..." Thanks for those comments. I hope the government should start now in implementing these new policies and action plans for PAGASA and PHIVOLCS: UPGRADING PAGASA & PHIVOLCS FORECASTING CAPABILITY 1. Forecasting capabilities of PAGASA and PHIVOLCS will be upgraded through improved equipment and staff development utilizing government resources and, if possible, foreign grants. Capability upgrade to focus on improved forecasting of natural hazards, such as typhoons, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. 2. Linkages and networking with foreign forecasting institutions covering the Pacific Rim and South China Sea (e.g. Hawaii, Japan, China) have to be established and strengthened to be able to source different forecasts from different places tracking the same natural hazard. Effort should be exerted to make tracking and forecasting a regional, not only a domestic, concern. 3. Completion of studies identifying places prone to geo-hazards(e.g. geo-hazard maps) and identification of potential risks for reference in land use plans and disaster management plans. 4. Compilation and analysis of databases on natural hazards to identify trends and varying levels of impact of natural hazards in different places. 5. Establishment of a rapid media-link system for real-time dissemination of information from the monitoring agencies to the media particularly during on-going disaster management operations. I think these lacks linkages with amateurs typhoon chasers like us..tsk tsk... One more thing, the NDCC as of the moment, doesn't have detailed report on AURING's passage. Where is it? Their website lacks content. --Previous Message--
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Guys, 
: I suggest :
: READING AND COMPREHENSION REFRESHER/CRASH
: COURSE - for PAGASA forecasters (for them to
: better read, understand and to inform us on
: what they are writing and publishing)
: REFRESHER COURSE ON PUBLIC STORM SIGNAL
: WARNINGS-estimation, timing and broadcasting
: (for them to know when and where to put a
: warning signal)
: BASIC TYPHOON PLOTTING AND UNDERSTANDING
: TROPICAL CYCLONES - for journalists,
: broadcasters, media practitioners and
: government agencies (for them to think twice
: before operating their machine-gun mouths
: and criticizing statements; to know how to
: do simple typhoon "basics" in case
: PAGASA becomes quite "unreliable"
: with weather bulletins and unorganized
: warning systems.
:
: and well...THEY SHOULD ALL START LEARNING TO
: CLICK THOSE MOUSES AND LOG INTO THE
: INTERNET...ITS THE 21ST CENTURY FOR #$%x&*
: SAKE! VISIT OUR WEBSITE (he hehe he he)
: ..... and for those forecasters to start
: using IODIZED SALT ha?....its better late
: than never!
:
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