Hindi Lang sa pelikula, “storm chaser” technology bibiga tuwing bagyo

   
Kung akala ninyo sa Hollywood lamang makikita ang eksena ng mga “storm chaser:, kamakailan ay ibinahagi ni Department of Science and Technology Secretary Mario G. Montejo ang plano nitong magbuo ng isang grupo upang mas palakasin ang kakayahan ng Kagawaran sa weather monitoring and forecasting.

Ang impormasyon ay ibinahagi ni Sec. Montejo sa ginanap na Mindanao Cluster Science and Technology Fair sa SMX convention Center, Lanang, Davao City.
“Last year, we started the storm chaser technologies or the mobile radar to be deployed near the areas where the typhoon will hit… for additional weather monitoring for incoming weather disturbances,” pahayag ni Sec. Montejo.

Dahil na rin sa pagbabago ng panahon na nagdudulot ng mas malalakas na bagyo katulad na lamang ng Bagyong Pablo na tumama sa Mindanao na isang category 5 na bagyo. Ang bagyong Pablo ay mayroong lakas ng hangin an hanggang 280 km/h haya naman mahalaga ang bawat impormasyong makukuha mulsa sa storm chaser.
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Storm Surge and Yolanda lesson to learn

Storm Surge and Yolanda

 

Reading the news about storm surge and how people in affected areas  repeatedly says that it is a tsunami  makes me wonder , is technicality important in a would be catastrophe?   In a twitter post By Mahar Lagmay “Kung sinabi namin na may tsunami sa 100 sites, nagtakbuhan ang mga tao, at hindi nangyari, ano sasabihin ng tao?”  As per Mr. Mahar Lagmay, who heads the government weather information dissemination website Project Noah, the storm surge warning is accurate although people are unfamiliar within.

To be fair with PAGASA the forecast is accurate but everyone was overwhelmed with the power of the storm. Everyone underestimated the storm.