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• July 3, 2011, filmguy writes: I have been in and out of the Philippines since 1979 and it still amazes me the with over 7000 islands they have not figured a drainage system to get all that water to the ocean but then I am still surprised at how many filipinos don't know how to swim (like my wife)
• July 3, 2011, Jan writes: Hi Filmguy, That many Filipinos do not know how to swim is true, it amazes me as well. But they need to learn first not to throw all their garbage in the streets, canals and creeks. Those waterways will not be clogged, and no waterhyacints will grow to form an obstruction for the water to flow to the large rivers and the see. Garbage is the number 1 reason for flooding areas.

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• August 5, 2010, Dave DeWall writes: Good advice, Jan. When it rains in the Philippines, it rains! So far we haven't had a lot of problems the past year in our rural province of Guimaras, but have seen some flooding in nearby Iloilo City which has seen some major flooding.
• June 22, 2011, typhoon dodong writes: every time there's a typhoon updates i got restless. maybe because i don't wanna remember the things that happened in the past typhoons.
• June 28, 2011, Typhoon Dodong writes: Typhoons really bring big scar in our hearts and memories. That was why I decided to create my own Niche Blog - Typhoon Dodong Blog. In this blog i write all my exeriences as well as raising awareness towards this natural calamity that every year we will be facing.

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