How Geography Doomed The Philippines

The Philippines has a unique geography which makes it a very unique place. The geography of The Philippines has also done more to hurt the nation than to help it. What makes this geography so bad? Is The Philippines Doomed?

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0:00 The Philippines
0:45 History
3:22 The People
5:42 Geography
7:49 DOOMED
12:02 Wrap Up

[thegren]

Living in the Philippines i never realised how having a typhoon hit us every 10 weeks or so was a natural disaster i just saw it as stronk rain

[jasatotakouzeno]

I never realized this living here in the Philippines all my life, but seeing natural disasters almost MONTHLY is apparently not a normal thing globally. Just shows how much natural disasters we get relative to other places

[reeth]

I love the tiny detail of the flag flipping during wartime!

I don't think most people caught that but during peacetime we have the blue side on top while we have the red on top during wartime

[lexfox]

I live in south Louisiana we deal with seasonal flooding with most of the land being below sea level and hurricanes are devastating.
But I cant imagine dealing with the earthquakes and volcanoes and landslides on top of everything we deal with.
This video has been very informative

[HaydenLycoris]

In the Philippines it's pretty normal for people to say things like:
"It's just another typhoon, it's fine"
"Another year, another flood!"
"Our countries drowning again"
"Did you guys feel an earthquake or something?"
"How many times have they rebuilt this place?"
Or even
"Damn, there's so many news about burning buildings again this year"

And funny enough, I thought those were all pretty normal for every country to experience every year.

[micomiranda]

As a Filipino, I would argue that it's not the actual geography that doomed us, it's the lack of planning and structure to maximize our geography that doomed us. I honestly believe we have a great geo. First of all we are strategically located on a major trading route. If you would look at the map we are the gateway of asia in the pacific and located near one of the most vital choke point which is the south china sea. But we have failed to capitalize on our geographical positioning. Second, I agree that cagayan river pale in comparison w/ other significant river in the world like nile, yellow, missisipi and rhine to name a few. But historically it was the Pasig river that became the center of commerce. But today the river is basically a stagnant creek due to neglect of both government and citizen. If only it was developed as a main waterway to facilitate trade easier since it goes trough most industrial complex and cities and goes out of the manila bay having easy access to the south china sea. It could have given our economy a major boost. I would even include pampanga river as well. But basically the earlier politician had no understanding of what perfectly situated rivers can do for an economy since most Filipinos are dumb and keeps on voting politicians that are dumb and corrupt. And lastly, the thing about the typhoons and and volcanism is just a sorry ass of an excuse. Look at japan, they basically get the same number of storm and gets hit by earthquakes more frequently and with higher intensities but they have the third largest economy in the world and we have more natural resources than them. The difference is that japanese people are well educated and have a great sense of honor and they care. Unlike most of my countrymen who are oblivious, gullible and will believe everything they'll see in social media.

[modifymodify]

I remember my parents telling me that the pinatubo eruption was so bad that in manila and its surrounding provinces had 2 days of pitch black darkness due to the ash-fall, it also caused global temperatures to drop by 1°C because of the sheer amount of sulfur it emitted to the atmosphere. The only reason that the sky cleared was because a strong typhoon came in just 2 days after the eruption thus sending the ash to the south china sea through strong winds, but unfortunately it also caused massive flooding of mixed sulfuric ash and rain waters to residential areas all through the sea, it is said that it increased coastline distances by around 10 to 100 meters within the western part of the capital island.

[enneiviv]

I'm a Filipino. I don't want anything bad to happen to any country in the world.😭😭😭

[robertdelrosario]

I saw the words "Geography", "the Philippines", and "Doomed" in one sentence and I immediately agree.

[anjan]

Although Philippine didn't have much shared identity back in the past. Modern science has proven that almost all tribe/ethnicies in the Philippines speak the same branch of Austronesian languanges that is Phillipine languages. I myself am not from Philippines but my home ethnicity speaks a Philippine languange. I wish the best for Philippine people and their country from Indonesia

[robfrancis]

With all these natural disasters, they had developed to one of the most resilient and carefree people i have met. I love the filipinos.

[link]

I was shocked to see so many Filipinos in the Philippines going about their business.
The biggest issue I have with the Philippines is that once you are in the country its kind of hard to leave, as if they make you feel so comfortable that you don't want to go home

[Mockermay]

I experienced Typhoon Haiyan and I swear that is only one that tear the roof of my house

[PsyWasHere]

Damn, being a Filipino, I didn't know having a typhoon/earthquakes/[insert a natural disaster] broadcasted weekly or daily is a thing people don't experience much. I always thought it's just normal to have a childhood where when there's a new typhoon discovered in the news you're just like "damn, another typhoon? What are they gonna call that this time?".
Glad to know

[Razhor]

ah yes, The Philippines, that one guy that has an identity crisis

[justaway]

9:55 What's even more chaotic is when a volcano and a typhoon tag-teamed to produce devastating results. Happened on 2006 with Typhoon Durian. Earlier eruption from Mt. Mayon a year ago deposited large amount of ashes near the summit. So when Typhoon Level 4 Durian landed on the Bicol Region, entire villages are buried under. And its not just mudflow, they came with freaking huge ass boulders. I believe the biggest I have seen is 6 ft. More or less. The rain hits so hard that a freaking chasm was carved out of the volcano's body, adding more fuel for the mudflow and creating a new water ways for it, meaning that previous advisories became obsolete and caused a lot of casualties. The rain also took out a huge and very noticeable chunk from the Mayon's summit, damaging its perfect cone.

[Pootaatooo]

Being culturally separated makes the experience of exploring the country really fun

[heylarrylorain]

living in the Philippines myself, about 20 typhoons annually is normal :D was wondering why hurricanes cause major MAJOR panic and distress to the west and had just realized in this vid that 20+ typhoons every year ain't normal in other countries

[artfreakguy]

You know, I always found it a bit 'weird', when I see news from abroad, being very worried about a coming typhoon on their country, when only a 'super' typhoon (in my mind) was the only one to be really wary about.

But then I realized that getting around 5-7 typhoons a year was only 'normal' in my country. I thought our neighbors had it as much as well (taiwan, malaysia, thailand, indonesia, etc.) Apparently they don't get it as frequently as we do?! That was news to me! And now 1-2 'super' typhoons are expected yearly moving forward.... so yeah, that's fun.

[CarloHofilena]

Not only its geography, it has been doomed because of its politics and government!