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Re: NDCC, PHIVOLCS,PAGASA

Posted by dmc on March 22, 2005, 11:28 pm, in reply to "NDCC, PHIVOLCS,PAGASA"
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PAG-ASA email. Hi Dominic! Last Sep 12 I am not sure who to write to so I just tried all the emails listed in the pag-asa website (it took me long to find those). After 5 days, I got a reply from Mr. Nat "Tani" Cruz. Just try and try, and perhaps when they are not so busy, they will (or will not) reply. he he
dmc
--Previous Message--
: : Yo! yo! yo!
:
: NDCC has not been available for the
: following storms.....UNDING, VIOLETA,
: WINNIE, YOYONG and AURING.....death toll,
: casualties and damages, etc.
:
: PHIVOLCS - I kinda admire these people
: because they have a better website (than the
: 2 mentioned on the subject), more friendly
: and responsive people who answers our
: questions in their guestbook, can be
: contacted through mail, phone and email,
: user friendly...
:
: PAGASA - this website is for their loyalists
: only. No contact email for questions and
: comments, not user friendly (too
: scientifically and meteorologically
: constructed and presented), walang maganda
: na makukuha except for the weather bulletins
: and signals
:
:-P
:
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: Guys,
:
: 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--
: 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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