Unprepared for calamities

What happened in the city of Bogo and the municipalities of San Remigio, Medellin, Daanbantayan, Sogod, and even Tabuelan and other nooks and crannies in northern Cebu should be reminding us all over again that we really need to be more prepared, to be better organized, and to be more coordinated in all our efforts to respond, rescue, and extend assistance to the beleaguered people. Not just in Cebu but all over the Philippines.

- Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez

This same scenario has taken place every time our country and its provinces and cities are hit by calamities and disasters. But we seem to never have learned at all. Super Typhoonn Yolanda hit Leyte, Samar, and all the surrounding eastern Visayan areas in 2013 causing deaths, massive destruction, and too much damage. We never learned. Super Typhoon Pablo also hit the Philippines in 2012 causing so much suffering among our people. We never learned. Super Typhoon Thelma (Uring) devastated our country in 1991 also causing tremendous losses in lives, properties, and livelihoods. We never learned.