Instant food (especially those with very long expiry dates; yes, not healthy, but…)
Drinking water.
Traditional radios. (Preferably ones that can be recharged so you can reserve your batteries for other purposes.)
Two-way radios (a.k.a. walkie-talkie).
Backpacks, belt bags.
Maps and compass. Do you also know how to read maps and use a compass?
Escape routes.
Do you know which places were marked for emergencies?
Some of the people I know also have generators, gas, and bunkers already. Yes, bunkers in the Philippines (oh, and guns, really).
Don't rely on electronic gadgets. The first things to go fast are electricity supply and communication network.
Remember there are 3 major fault lines in Luzon.
East Valley Fault System
West Valley Fault System (100+ km long; from Angat Dam to Luzon-Batangas boundary)
Manila Trench. On the West Philippine Sea, running from Northern Luzon to near Mindoro Island.
We haven't even considered the 1,200-km Philippine Fault System (which itself is major too, but we rarely hear about it). It runs from Northern Luzon to Southern Mindanao.
Then the currently unstable and volatile China issue, which, as I've talked about previously, can easily turn into a major regional or world war.
See #Makati in the attached map in the post above? That's where we live, and work.
According to the #PHIVOLCS FaultFinder app, we are only 5.2 km away (straight line) from the nearest West Valley Fault System.
I can easily run 5 km between 50 and 60 min (in 2020, I can do 5 for 35 to 40 min)). That's how close we are. (And it is my major reason why I avoid working in Taguig and Pasig, again.)
Not to mention, the type of soil underneath our cities, and liquefaction, also matter big time. (It affects the “intensity” of an earthquake, which is different from “magnitude”.)
We can't just leave. Where else should we go? Forget about the other natural disasters, earthquakes have recently occurred in places initially thought of should not have any; or at least have no recorded earthquake or oral history. It can happen anywhere.
Nakapagtala ng pinakamataas na sulfur dioxide o #SO2 emission ang #BulkangTaal para sa buong taon ngayong araw, Nobyembre 9. Base sa obserbasyon, walang nakikitang volcanic smog o vog sa bulkan.
Nananatili sa Alert Level 1 ang Bulkang Taal. Ayon sa #PHIVOLCS, ang bulkan ay may “abnormal condition and should not be interpreted to have ceased unrest nor ceased the threat of eruptive activity.”
Just great, first the super typhoon and now this 😔 And that is NOT a "slight increase".
"#Phivolcs also observed a slight increase in #SulfurDioxide emissions in the past two weeks. From an average of less than 3,000 tons per day between April 1 and May 21, the average rose to 5,360 tons per day between May 22 and June 1." #Philippines#Volcanoes
"#MANILA, #Philippines – Residents of the municipalities of Balete, Laurel, and Agoncillo in #Batangas province reported volcanic smog or #vog on Sunday morning, June 4, coming from Taal Volcano.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (#Phivolcs) said in a Sunday afternoon advisory that the vog was due to the #volcano’s 'increased and continuous degassing' or emission of gas."
"The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said in a Monday morning bulletin that there is 'current unrest driven by shallow magmatic processes,' which could lead to phreatic or steam-driven eruptions, or 'even precede a hazardous magmatic eruption.' "
"#Mayon is exhibiting magmatic eruption of a summit lava dome, with increased chances of lava flows and hazardous PDCs (pyroclastic density currents) affecting the upper to middle slopes of the volcano and of potential explosive activity within weeks or even days,” warned the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (#Phivolcs) in a bulletin on Thursday." #MayonVolcano
"Forced evacuation began on Friday according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (#DSWD), after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (#Phivolcs) raised Alert Level 3 over #Mayon." #MayonVolcano#Philippines
"#Phivolcs says #LavaFlows from the summit crater of #MayonVolcano began at 7:47 pm on Sunday, June 11. The lava flows reached the Bonga and Mi-isi gullies, 500 meters from the summit crater." #Philippines
"#MANILA, #Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (#Phivolcs) on Friday said it recorded the largest pyroclastic density current (PDC) registered since June 8 on Thursday night.
According to Phivolcs in its latest advisory, the PDC occurred at 11:18 p.m. on Thursday and is the largest seen since June 8." #MayonVolcano
"According to #Phivolcs Director Dr. Teresito Bacolcol, the current activities in #Mayon are similar to its eruption from August to November 2014.
'So kapag ganito ang tinitignan natin, it will probably take at least three months bago huminto ang activity ng Mayon,' he also said during an interview with Teleradyo." #MayonVolcano#Philippines
"#MANILA,#Philippines — #MayonVolcano’s lava flow has expanded 2,500 meters (2.5 kilometers) long through its gullies, with debris from the collapse spreading 3,300 meters away from the crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (#Phivolcs) said Tuesday." #Philippines
"Based on its Thursday 5 a.m. bulletin, #Phivolcs said that the volcano, which remains under Alert Level 3 due to 'potential explosive activity within days or weeks,' continued to display 'intensified unrest or magmatic unrest.'" #Mayon#Philippines
"Wala pa pong indication na we have to lower the alert level because as of the moment, technically, nage-erupt pa rin ‘yung volcano. It’s just that it’s a diffusive eruption pero eruption pa rin po ‘yun,” #Phivolcs Director Teresito Bacolcol said in an interview with ABS-CBN’s Sakto. #MayonVolcano#Philippines
"#MANILA, #Philippines — #Mayon had registered 102 volcanic earthquakes from 5 a.m., June 25, to 5 a.m., June 26, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (#Phivolcs) reported Monday.
Phivolcs marked this as a sharp increase in volcanic quakes at Mayon since it only logged 24 volcanic tremors in the preceding 24 hours." #MayonVolcano
"Four dome-collapse #PyroclasticDensityCurrents (PDCs) are recorded on Friday evening, June 30. #Phivolcs says TabacoCity residents reported ashfall from the PDCs."
"The #rockfall events and #PDCs were more than the 254 and 17 recorded on Saturday, respectively, while the #VolcanicEarthquake decreased significantly from the 65 logged the day before." #Philippines
"The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (#Phivolcs) said this in a bulletin released Saturday, adding that a hazardous eruption within weeks or days is still possible – hence, advising that the six-kilometer danger zone is kept uninhabited." #MayonVolcano
Mayon unrest: What could happen to the volcano in 2023? (www.rappler.com)
Phivolcs provides four eruption scenarios for Mayon Volcano, given its current state of unrest