craftbeerlover Posted January 5 Posted January 5 Yes I know, same ole same ole... What struck me when I read the article was the following sentence, "heavy rains brought by the shear line, which may persist until Monday" They cancelled school in all of these locations, because it might rain. Why not just cancel all school for the entire rainy season? MANILA, Philippines — Several local government units have announced the suspension of classes on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, due to inclement weather. State weather bureau PAGASA warned of heavy rains brought by the shear line, which may persist until Monday, saying rainfall could be higher in mountainous and elevated areas and impacts may be worsened by earlier rains. Below is a running list of class suspensions: Bicol Region Camarines Sur Caramoan – all levels, public and private Eastern Visayas Biliran Culaba – all levels, public and private Eastern Samar San Policarpio – all levels, public and private Leyte Carigara – all levels, public and private Dulag – all levels, public and private Palo – all levels, public and private San Miguel – all levels, public and private Tabontabon – all levels, public and private Tacloban – all levels, public and private Northern Samar – all levels, public and private Samar Basey – all levels, public and private Catbalogan – all levels, public and private Daram – all levels, public and private Jiabong – primary to secondary, public and private Zumarraga – all levels, public and private Negros Island Region Negros Oriental Bindoy – All levels, public and private Manjuyod – All levels, public and private Walang pasok: Class suspensions for Jan. 5, 2026 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted January 5 Posted January 5 Despite the flood warning for all of Cebu, and even though it was raining a little bit earlier this morning, classes in the south western part of Cebu were not canceled. Wife waited until the last minute before heading to school in case they changed their minds and canceled classes. 🤣 My niece was supposed to travel back to Duma to sign up for her second semester courses, but it was postponed until tomorrow (maybe) due to a “Typhoon Warning”. Every time there’s a thunderstorm or heavy rain people here think it’s a typhoon. Cracks me up 🤣. Makes no sense to me. I’ve given up on the ridiculous way classes are canceled (three drops of rain, maybe rain or … whatever) and just enjoy the days with the wife when she is home with me. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dave Hounddriver Posted January 5 Popular Post Posted January 5 I have noticed that Philippine school buildings are often assigned as emergency evacuation shelter and temporary accommodation in the event of weather catastrophes . . but you say it is raining so no one should go there. I am really scratching my head on this one. 3 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Colsie Posted January 5 Popular Post Posted January 5 13 hours ago, Dave Hounddriver said: I have noticed that Philippine school buildings are often assigned as emergency evacuation shelter and temporary accommodation in the event of weather catastrophes . . but you say it is raining so no one should go there. I am really scratching my head on this one. Perhaps it's not about the being in the building a risk but actually travelling to school. Here in rural Eastern Visayas the rain was heavier than I've seen in quite a while with all the freshly sown rice fields underwater. The suspension of classes means that kids don't have to run the gauntlet of flooded roads, landslides and swollen rivers just to get to classes. The cancellation of classes is very last minute though and frustrating. Also, what's annoying is these bloody autonomous phone warnings, orange flood warning beep beep beep at 2am in the morning... there's so many of these damn alarms going off different phones in my place and each phone gets the same alarm at different times... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey G Posted January 5 Posted January 5 3 hours ago, Colsie said: Perhaps it's not about the being in the building a risk but actually travelling to school. Here in rural Eastern Visayas the rain was heavier than I've seen in quite a while with all the freshly sown rice fields underwater. The suspension of classes means that kids don't have to run the gauntlet of flooded roads, landslides and swollen rivers just to get to classes. The cancellation of classes is very last minute though and frustrating. Also, what's annoying is these bloody autonomous phone warnings, orange flood warning beep beep beep at 2am in the morning... there's so many of these damn alarms going off different phones in my place and each phone gets the same alarm at different times... Growing up in Eastern Samar the wife said they often had classes cancelled for weather... but it was a local decision... no phone... no warnings... in fact, no electricity... everyone walked everywhere in her town back then.... there were only 3 trikes and the closest jeepney was in the next town. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnMyWay Posted January 6 Posted January 6 9 hours ago, Colsie said: Also, what's annoying is these bloody autonomous phone warnings, orange flood warning beep beep beep at 2am in the morning... there's so many of these damn alarms going off different phones in my place and each phone gets the same alarm at different times... Those were really bad here in Zambales during the last series of storms. They send so many that they become meaningless to most people, and just disturb sleep when sleep is needed most. The warnings need to be very localized to have meaning. Perhaps done manually at the barangay level. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Mike J Posted January 6 Forum Support Posted January 6 2 minutes ago, OnMyWay said: Those were really bad here in Zambales during the last series of storms. They send so many that they become meaningless to most people, and just disturb sleep when sleep is needed most. The warnings need to be very localized to have meaning. Perhaps done manually at the barangay level. I ended up turning off my phone at night during those few days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colsie Posted January 6 Posted January 6 6 hours ago, Joey G said: Growing up in Eastern Samar the wife said they often had classes cancelled for weather... but it was a local decision... no phone... no warnings... in fact, no electricity... everyone walked everywhere in her town back then.... there were only 3 trikes and the closest jeepney was in the next town. The jeepney has gone now 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colsie Posted January 6 Posted January 6 21 minutes ago, OnMyWay said: Those were really bad here in Zambales during the last series of storms. They send so many that they become meaningless to most people, and just disturb sleep when sleep is needed most. The warnings need to be very localized to have meaning. Perhaps done manually at the barangay level. Exactly, like the boy who cried wolf...tend to automatically disregard them now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Colsie Posted January 6 Popular Post Posted January 6 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Mike J said: I ended up turning off my phone at night during those few days. I think we have about 5 or 6 phones in our place, plus an annoyingly temperamental 3yo boy and grumpy old man that doesn't like being woken up at 2am...😂 Edited January 6 by Colsie 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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