Alerts for Sendong released December 14 - Y SO MANY DEAD?

Malacañang said the government relayed alerts to local government units (LGUs) on tropical storm Sendong as early as December 14.

Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) passed on information either through SMS or fax.

"Galing PAGASA magpo-project po ng track, ipapasa po sa NDRRMC to alert the local governments either… SMS sa LGU at 'yung fax. Marami pong nagtatanong kung bakit daw ho fax 'yung ginagamit. Unfortunately, isa pa rin hong pinakagamit na mode of transmission sa gobyerno ay fax machine. So nakita naman po namin 'yung mga pinadala po ng NDRRMC at ng PAGASA mismo doon sa mga local government units. Ang earliest po na nasa aming tala ay December 14," Valte said.

In view of mixed reports about the timeliness of the warnings, Valte said this would be looked into by the fact-finding group tasked by the President to find out what contributed to the massive death toll.

She said she would also suggest to PAGASA to make weather bulletins more comprehensible by the layman.

SOURCE: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/12/29/11/palace-says-alerts-sendong-sent-dec-14

WHY SO MANY DEAD IF WARNINGS WERE SENT EARLY?  PONDER PONDER. 

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