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Global warming renders the Philippines as Asia’s tornado alley

By bluepanjeet on Aug 19, 2008 in Gaea Watch

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Last August 14 at approximately between 3pm and 5pm, a series of tornado formed in the vicinity of Los Banos Laguna which was witnessed by thousands of students, civilians and even nuns and priests during the ravage of the angry twister. This is the Nth time that the Philippines experienced tornadoes which is becoming more and more frequent as years go by. According to Pagasa, it is only common that tropical climate such as ours would experience such phenomenon. By scientists all over the Globe think otherwise because the Philippines has never been a “tornado alley”. If ever the Philippines has encountered tornadoes in the past, it was for sure an isolated case and very much rare, spanning years before it happens again. But as we approached the third millennium, more and more cases of tornado formation has been reported, sursprising occuring at an average of 4 tornadoes a month. Actual reported and documented cases of tornadoes recently happened aside from Los Banos were in Mactan (August 8, 2008), Sultan Kudarat (June 12, 2008), Lingayen, Pangasinan (June 5, 2008), and Southern Leyte (May 21, 2008).

here are actual videos of the tornado in Los Banos, Laguna last Aug 14. 2008. Watch carefully how the funnel develops. It’s like watching a Hollywood movie live!

Haven’t you noticed that its already rainy season here in the Philippines yet the temperature is so high that you almost swear we are still in the summer season. We are in a major climate change. And if this will pursue, the scene in the movie “The Day after Tomorrow” in which LA was struck by tornadoes, would probably become a reality here in our country if we don’t do anything to help the atmosphere regain its former balance. If you happened to watch the documentary film of Al Gore called “An Inconvenient Truth”, you would understand in lay man’s term why we are experiencing extreme heat.

As the ozone layer thins in the atmosphere, the heat from the sun that is filtered by the ozone layer are not released iun the space, thus trapping the heat here in our atmosphere causing global warming. This my dear friends is what we call the “green House effect” wherein heat is trapped causing various climate changes such as cyclones, storms, hails, melting of the ice caps in the polar regions and now tornadoes.

The heat today is so intolerable that even dogs bark when they are exposed to the sun as early as its first rising. Before we used to say that the early morning sunshine is healthy for the skin, but I dare you to expose yourself in the sun as early as 6 am and yopu would feel the burning sensation on your skin. Usually animals are the first one to notice changes in the environment. Dogs bark and cows moo incessantly when earthquakes is about to strike. But in this case, the barometer for global warming are the dogs who used to lie down before in the heat of the sun to warm their bodies during the early morning sunrise. Unfortunately, they cannot anymore tolerate the ehat of the sun even in the early hours of the day. Even cases of skin cancers increased due to the ultraviolet rays that enters in our ozone-stripped atmosphere.

So what is the correlation of the tornadoes and global warming? Simple. As the air becomes warmer and warmer here on land and sea, the tendency of the water to evaporate becomes high. When water evaporates, rain clouds are formed and when they bumped into each other, thundercloudes are produced. As the Cool air from these thunderclouds starts to mix with the warm air on land and see, they begin to revolve and move, causing friction in the air thus creating tornadoes.

If you can’t imagine what I am saying, here is a diagram below to show you how exactly tornadoes are formed.

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If unnatural heat will continue to build, the Philippines will virtually become Asia’s tornado alley. Millions of lives will be at risk since we are not accustomed to tornadoes and people here are not equipped with tornado warnings, to say more, majority have no capacity to build their own underground shelters. The only way to lessen the heat is to discontinue the use of carbon emitting appliances and vehicles, restore water sheds, reforestation of jungles and mountains and a firm law that knows no one, even the big fishes. During a face off with a tornado, our concrete homes, no matter how sturdy they may be, are no match for the power of nature. So act now. Stop smoking. Plant trees on your backyard, get involved and maybe you won’t get the chance to go to OZ.







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  2. By Mahalia on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    it’s really scary. natamaan ng tornado ang bahay namin habang nasa loob kami. 6 months kaming homeless.

    Mahalias last blog post..Where the Garden Grows

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    bluepanjeet reply on August 20th, 2008:

    Ow? pano kayo nakaligtas? di ba kayo pumunta sa shelter? It’s a magnificent sight to behold but when it starts to twirl and touches the ground, thats where hell breaks lose. Its scary since its very unstable and very unpredictable.

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  3. By Josef Bergmoser on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    ano ba bluep, wag mo kaming takutin. at kailangan ba talaga may “stop smoking” pa sa huli? hahaha ;-)
    nga pala, nagagamit ko na ng ayos yung musicwebtown mo. puro music tuloy ang nilalagay ko ngayon ;-)

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    bluepanjeet reply on August 20th, 2008:

    hahaha oo pare, lam mo ba na the carbon that we emit from smoking contributes to the Global warming? and the butts we throw on the garbage are non-biodegradable?

    ayos. By the way, when you click the link of the song, may lalabas sa firefox na “this site is prohibited” chenes. ignore it. just copy the link and paste it on the code. then preview. pag tumugtog, ayun ayos na.

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  4. By Mahalia on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply

    Nag-upa ang insurance namin ng isang apartment habang under-construction ang bahay. Blessing ang tornado sa amin, para tuloy kaming may bagong bahay na walang bayad, except higher insurance rates. Homeless lang dahil wala ulit kaming gasinong mga gamit. Nagpost ako ng response article sa aking blog.

    Mahalias last blog post..Tornado

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  5. By caryn on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

    hi! i just wanted to say that this is a very good blog you’ve got going here ;-)

    i agree that we should take global warming more seriously. that is the responsibility of developed countries, because the developing countries, such as the philippines, will ultimately suffer if they don’t.

    caryns last blog post..Kyoto: Kyoto station

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  6. By iRonnie on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply

    may background music pa talaga ang video…

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  7. By haze on Aug 24, 2008 | Reply

    Good post BPJ, not just posting what happened but explaining how it could affect us! I think we should do our share to protect our environment so the nature will be more kind to us. I am fed up seeing PIGS around ! Wow puede ka ng Science Prof ;) !

    hazes last blog post..Please keep them away

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  8. By K on Aug 24, 2008 | Reply

    Wag naman sana. Although I’ve seen ipo-ipo many times in the past sa probins like these, hindi naman nakakatakot, nakaka amuse lang tingan.

    Anything can happen, kahit prepared tayo, kapag nag-alboroto na ang Mother Earth, we can’t hide but we can at least scream, hehehe.

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