Related: South Asian Seas Calm
Slow Saturday Special: Boston Globe Photo Shop
Slow Saturday Special: Philippines Can't Float
This next item appeared on their website but never in the web version or printed paper. That is why I call it invisible ink.
"US troops help Philippines as storm toll rises" by Oliver Teves, Associated Press Writer | October 10, 2009
Residents wade through floodwaters as they go on with their daily business at Dagupan city, Pangasinan province, north of Manila, Philippines Saturday Oct. 10, 2009. Rescuers struggled through mud Saturday to clear mountain roads after dozens of landslides that buried villages and cut off towns in the rain-soaked northern Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
MANILA, Philippines --The U.S. military trucked in supplies and marshaled helicopters and Navy ships as the Philippines struggled with the aftermath of back-to-back storms that have left more than 600 dead.
After pulling six people from landslides late Thursday and early Friday, Filipino rescuers said they remained hopeful of locating more survivors in the stricken north of the country, but retrieved only bodies on Saturday. With roads blocked and bridges washed away, the Philippine government's resources have been stretched thin. Officials have asked U.S. troops in the country for an annual military exercise to extend relief operations.
One wonders why the Globe wouldn't cover this offensive, and I think the next quote sums it up:
"A measure of normalcy returned"
Yeah, I found that quote in the Glob!
Troops from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, based in Okinawa, Japan, had just finished rescue and cleanup work around the Manila, which experienced the worst flooding in over four decades after Tropical Storm Ketsana dumped record rains Sept. 26. That disaster displaced about 1 million people and killed 337 in the capital and surrounding provinces. More than 287,000 remain in evacuation centers.
Then Typhoon Parma struck Oct. 3 and has lingered as a tropical depression for about a week, also over the main northern Philippine island of Luzon. It has dumped more heavy rains, triggering floods and landslides that have killed at least 276 people, most of them in the last two days. It has displaced about 170,000 people.....
You know, the kind of stuff the racist Zionist press wouldn't care for you to know. The yellow man's suffering is insignificant. Now the poor, poor Jews, on the other hand, we never quit hearing about them.
Marine Capt. Jorge Escatell, a U.S. military spokesman, said the U.S. troops were weary but still enthusiastic for their humanitarian mission.
Just like the wars, right?
"This is what we trained for," he said. "We are tired ... but it's well worth it, especially when you see the smile on the children's faces when we come to people that need medical attention or just need some kind of support."
THAT is what MILITARIES should be used for!
Rescuers are still searching landslides for survivors. Among the six pulled out alive on Thursday and Friday was a 17-year-old boy who was buried in his home in Baguio city. Five others were found in Mountain Province, regional civil defense official Olive Luces said. More bodies were pulled from under tons of mud and rocks Saturday, but no survivors, she said.
I can only conclude the Globe does not care or think this is worthy of "news" coverage.
Benguet Gov. Nestor Fongwan told ABS-CBN television his province needed more embalmers and caskets for the large number of dead. Mayor Artemio Galwan of La Trinidad township in Benguet province said at least 78 bodies have been recovered there. He appealed for shovels and other tools as well as portable spotlights to allow volunteers to continue digging at night....
And this was cut from the my local (which did pick up the piece):
With large expanses of land still under water, officials say the natural disaster will have a major impact on farm production. Galwan said the rains and landslides devastated crops in his area, regarded as the country's "salad bowl" for its vegetable farms and strawberry fields.
So not only have ENTIRE VILLAGES been wiped out, but the FOOD BASE has, too. That means STARVATION on top of SUFFERING!
WHY IGNORE, Glob? We just a bunch of dumb rubes, huh?
Rains have subsided in most areas and water was receding Saturday from low-lying provinces south of the Cordillera region, but much of the rice-growing province of Pangasinan, northwest of Manila, was still submerged.
Just above they said it had been raining for days.
In the provincial capital of Dagupan, flood water was about waist-deep.
Oh, I'm sorry, readers, I didn't link that one. I suppose I overlooked that as the Glob was running me in circles.
To be fair, the Glob DID cover a portion of the story on Monday (in a brief):
"Philippines toll rises above 600" by Associated Press | October 12, 2009
Residents gathered yesterday on the rooftop of a partially submerged house in Rosales. (Erik De Castro/ Reuters)
Look familiar, America?
Yeah you wouldn't want to jog memories and trouble the elitist mind on a Sunday with this, would you, Glob? Especially with all the lying war propaganda to push.
BAGUIO, Philippines - American military helicopters ferried tons of aid yesterday to a northern Philippine mountain region facing shortages of food, gasoline, and coffins after back-to-back typhoons killed more than 600 in the country.
Four Marine CH-46 helicopters flew to Baguio city, which along with nearby provinces was devastated by storm-triggered mudslides that have blocked three key access roads to the area, isolating the upland region in recent days. Workers with bulldozers partly cleared one road, allowing cars but not relief trucks to pass, a disaster-response agency spokesman said.
The US military was responding to a request from the Philippines to help deal with the aftermath of two major storms since Sept. 26. Tropical Depression Parma blew out of the country’s mountainous north late Saturday, allowing US troops to start airlifting food aid to Baguio. About 700 Marines and sailors were on hand to help out, said Marine Captain Jorge Escatell, a US military spokesman....
That's the best counterterrorism I ever saw!!
While the weather has cleared, the city of more than 300,000 people faced dwindling food and gasoline supplies.
Is this why the Globe finally reported it?
And does ALL THIS sound "NORMAL" to you?
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo flew in by helicopter yesterday to check the situation.
President Gloria Bush?
Gasoline was being rationed, and residents have been urged to stay calm after panic-buying emptied several stores of canned goods, disaster-response officer Olive Luces said. In nearby
--more--"
