Whose to blame?

A while ago, I watched the Philippines' TV Patrol news about the cancellation of classes in Manila. The reason was due to the heavy rains that have occurred resulting for the metropolis to be flooded. Blames by the parents were being hurled to the Department of Education for the delayed announcement as regards with the cancellation of classes. The Department of Education, on the other hand, was pointing its finger to the PAGASA for not giving an early and accurate advisory as regards with the weather forecast. Of all these finger pointing between government agencies, nobody were able to see the real rootcause of the problem.

As we all know, the rainy season in the Philippines begin during the end part of May and last until around the month of December(add to that the sudden change in the weather due to the Global warming.). Every year, this cycle always occur with only a slight change in terms with the number of typhoons that have passed the country. Since the weather can be considered as a constant, we need to focus on other variables that have contributed to the flooding(which in turn resulted for the students to be sent home by their respective schools.). The main reason why the children were sent home was the presence of flood.

Flood normally occurs once there were no available drainages for the water to pass through(remember the simple rule of Fluid Dynamics?). If we try to review the drainages along the metropolis, we would notice the garbage-clogged, inadequate, outdated and poorly designed drainages. Garbage-clogged Drainages? Each citizen of the metropolis should be responsible enough to think and learn about the effects of his or her actions. Carelessness in throwing of garbage anywhere would eventually affect our comfortable living. The citizen, such as the parents, should re-think in blaming either the Department of Education or the PAGASA. Any given metropolis(or country for that matter!) will not be prosperous without the continuous support of its residents. As regards with the inadequate, outdated and poorly designed drainages, our Government officials(who were also citizens of the metropolis) should focus its budget towards the improvement of these drainages. Drainage Projects should be made under a strict monitoring so that the quality and the expected result would be achieved.

To sum it up, the citizens of the metropolis were to blame for the flooding which resulted for their children to be sent home from class...