Water Shortage?

[sonjack2847]

Last couple of days has been torrential down here. Tribes people have had all their crops washed away so are onto their Barangay councillor for assistance. Drier today, so far, temperature down to around 24c. Surprisingly the electric and the Internet, using a Smart pocket wifi, appear to be unaffected.

About the same as here we had 4-5 hours of rain last night until the early hours of this morning.

[Jack Peterson]

About the same as here we had 4-5 hours of rain last night until the early hours of this morning.

 

 My grass has grown some 4 to 6 inches in as many days.  :rolleyes:  Funny ole life and Weather aye?

 

JP :tiphat:

[Gerald Glatt]

 My grass has grown some 4 to 6 inches in as many days.   Funny ole life and Weather aye?  

 

 

Just before leaving Ohio in 2005 I had to remove 12" of global warming to get out of my drive.  It's why I'm in Florida and hoping to  move to  Cebu as soon as Fe stops working.

[fred]

I`m now hearing that another 6 month drought to start September time..

[junix]

I've heard the news in February about El Niño to hit Philippines this year until end of the year.

Initially, I did not believe it because I know that when rainy season starts in June, it will go on until end of the year.

But watching the news about dams still at alert level at this time of the year, I'm starting to believe this "El Niño" phenomenon could be true.

 

PAGASA: El Nino to cut Philippine rainfall

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/06/29/15/pagasa-el-nino-cut-philippine-rainfall

[junix]

During the dry season I was connected to PLDT Internet.  I had 5 excellent months of Internet service and now it sucks.  The service keeps going out and I have to wait a while and then reset the router.

 

Not sure if the rain and the Internet are related but I miss the dry season already.

I think rain and Internet are related.

 

This becomes "normal" to us that when it rains, there's a chance that Internet goes to turtle speed.

I do not know why, but this is also what customers were telling me when I was in Singapore working for Singapore Telecommunications.

I guess a connection somewhere gets wet and affects the Internet connection.

[OnMyWay]

 

 

Does anyone capture rain water in tanks from the roofs.

 

At one time I thought the same thing and asked my Brothers in law (educated men lol). Was told "why spend the money for tanks, when" a) water is cheap from water company b) if the water goes down we still have the hand pump from the old days...and when pressed c) got the ole shrug as if to say "keep your American ideas" away from us :thumbsup:

 

 

My bro-in-law in Baguio built the ultimate water tank.  Actually it was requested and designed by the "owner" of the property, a Swiss guy who has been a close family friend for almost 30 years now.

 

Almost everyone in Baguio has water tanks.  The public water system can be spotty and sometimes they need to have the tanks filled by water trucks.  The family team built an apartment building next to the main duplex house and decided to add this water tank, to end their water problems.  And it has.

 

Their lots are at the top of a ridge.  They dug way down so that half the tank is in the ground and half above.  It is concrete block lined with an appropriate product that is made for this purpose, and safe for drinking water.  It is fed by a drainage system from 3 buildings.  It has a pump system and access to the interior.  On the top, they put a concrete deck, with a roof.  A nice place to enjoy a beer or 2 or 3.

 

So how much does it hold?  100 cubic meters!  I have no idea how much that is in gallons or litres, but it is a lot!  It filled quickly and so far has stayed full.  Bro-in-law says it could supply Baguio for one day but that might be an exaggeration.  I hope I am not there when the next big earthquake hits!  Actually they went out of their way to built the apartment building and water tank to high earthquake standards, so it could probably take a good hit.

 

I'll get some pictures of it when we are there in 2 weeks.

 

 

As promised, here are some pictures of the huge water tank!

 

Looking up the stairs, the tank is the unpainted concrete structure.

 

The deck on the top extends out a bit from the tank and has a roof.

 

Only about half the tank is above ground level, so the bottom is about 15 feet below that small section of grass in the lower right corner of the pic.

 

Here is a view from the top level of the 5 unit apartment building.  They are still working on the landscaping.  Our new drinking area will be a table on top of that rectangular area of bricks!

 

These 5 tanks are for the  5 apartments.  They can pump water from the huge tank to these.

 

Another view

 

A cute girl exploring the new walls.  They did all of the small stone walls and landscaping since we were last here in February.

 

[earthdome]

Looks like this is located up high somewhere with a good view. What is the general location?

[OnMyWay]

Looks like this is located up high somewhere with a good view. What is the general location?

 

I don't know what the area is called, but if you head out of Baguio on Marcos, about a kilometer from the traffic circle / flyover (where Kennon and Marcos intersect) there is a road that heads south.   You go down that road into the valley about 2-3 km and the go up a little ridge to their house.  It is not really that high but they have some decent views.

[earthdome]

 

Looks like this is located up high somewhere with a good view. What is the general location?

 

I don't know what the area is called, but if you head out of Baguio on Marcos, about a kilometer from the traffic circle / flyover (where Kennon and Marcos intersect) there is a road that heads south.   You go down that road into the valley about 2-3 km and the go up a little ridge to their house.  It is not really that high but they have some decent views.

 

 

Ok. Is that before or after you reach the new micro brewery when heading out of Baguio?

Edited July 27, 2015 by earthdome