Dramatic Update from Taal Volcano – Lightning in Ash Clouds
Dramatic Update from Taal Volcano: Just a few minutes ago Jake Afrc released a video from Taal Volcano. Lightnings in Ash Clouds.
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Taal Volcano Booooom! Philippines’ lowest Volcano cooks
Taal Volcano experienced a phreatic eruption around 1 PM on Sunday January 12th, 2020. This phreatic explosion generated a plume approximately 100 meters high. Depending of the witness’ position the steam/ash cloud looks dramatic....
Air Traffic from/to Europe – URGENT –
Air Traffic from/to Europe risks to encounter delays because of missile strike in Iraq. The FlightRadar24 screenshot at 07:00 (UTC) shows no immediate action. But the OPSGROUP distributed an urgent warning: Following the missile...
Philippines Crazy Year 2019 – Typhoons – Earthquakes and Weather
Philippines Crazy Year 2019 – Only 3 typhoons, over 12,000 earthquakes and much too dry weather in the south. A short look back on last year.
Severe Tropical Storm PHANFONE/Ursula – update
Severe Tropical Storm PHANFONE/Ursula found favorable conditions last night and did increase its strength. The central pressure went down to 985 hPa (from 998 hPa).
Good News – Tropical Storm PHANFONE/Ursula gets weaker
Tropical Storm PHANFONE/Ursula had been menacing the Philippines now for several days. The good news are that this storm is getting weaker. Currently it has a pressure of 998 hPa. Why not good news?...
Earthquakes in Southern Mindanao – a Look in the Underground
The Earthquakes in Southern Mindanao do shake now for months. This morning I read an extremely interesting article: “Four large quakes in two months jolt southern Philippines”. If you have a bit scientific reading knowledge I recommend to read the original article. For all the others I try to simplify the content. But the owner of the original content is Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ph.D.
Data Loss in the Tropics – Copy your Data to New Media
Data Loss in the Tropics can happen the same way it occurs in the temperate zones of the earth. But there are two additional enemies: heath and humidity.
Red Alert – Typhoon KAMMURI / Tisoy moves towards Philippines
People living in Catanduanes, Albay, and Camarines Provinces should now prepare the arrival of Typhoon KAMMURI / Tisoy. Beware also of heavy rainfalls.
Mactan–Cebu International Airport (MCIA) best Airport in the Philippines
Mactan–Cebu International Airport (MCIA) is finishing the transformation of the old terminal 1. While the new international terminal 2 sparkles, dust still swirls trough the domestic part. On April 23, 2014, the Department of...
2 Ferry Accidents in 3 Days in the Philippines – a dangerous coincidence?
2 Ferry Accidents in 3 Days! First the burning ferry off Dapitan port and now the capsized ferry in the Port of Consuelo on Camotes island. This must be very bad news for the...
Ghost Nets in the Philippines – a small Step to Recycling
Ghost Nets are everywhere in all our oceans. These are commercial fishing nets that have gotten lost, abandoned, or discarded at sea. Ghost nets are trapping and killing millions of marine animals including sharks, rays, bony fish, turtles, dolphins, whales, crustaceans, and birds.
Philippines Tourist Visa Regulations are getting tighter
Tourist Visa Regulations have been the easiest way to come to the Philippines. Now BI and DOJ are tightening the rules. Read what you can do before it might be too late.
Roaring Habagat – the Philippines under Siege
Roaring Habagat is keeping hostage of the Philippines. Four low pressure systems (from Tropical Storm to Typhoon Cat.1) amplify the seasonal southwestern monsoon called Habagat.
Our House Dragons had a Family Meeting today
Our House Dragons are of the species Varanus cumingi. They are also known as Monitor Lizards. Currently we have a gang of 3 of these guys living just 10 to 20 feet from our dining table on the veranda. They live in the space between the concrete wall and the bamboo cover.
OTS List of Prohibited Items – Philippines Office for Transportation Security publishes updated
OTS List of Prohibited Items — Following international standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the Office for Transportation Security issued an updated list of prohibited. These items cannot be brought or...
Dengue ‘code red’ in 5 regions – Caution: Dengue can kill you!
Dengue fever is menacing allmost all parts of the Philippines. By June 2019 the epidemic threshold had been reached. Dengue can kill you!
ADS-B helps Cebu Pacific to manage their fleet. ADS-B in action.
Basically CEB has installed ADS-B receivers on 21 airports in the Philippines.
They record flight data of an average 500 domestic flights per day. For each flight they collect about 1000 GPS positions.
Cebu Pacific uses the FlightAware FlightFeeder 7.9.2 as I do.
Philippines 9A Tourist Visa – stricter enforcement of regulations
Abuse of Philippines 9A Tourist Visa – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) found that more and more foreigners come to work here illegally. This is why holders of a tourist visa are now intensely screened when arriving.
Philippines Earthquake Review – the last 6 months
Philippines Earthquake Review – In the first 6 months of 2019 we recorded 5065 earthquakes. The big majority, 4818 were weak vibrations with a magnitude of less than 3.0. But 5 quakes were really strong with magnitudes of 6 or greater.
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