We are NOT READY for this kind of Tsunami...

If a tsunami hits Manila Bay, Luneta Park would be destroyed and also Manila Hotel. The Philippines has emergency disaster equipment like the ones I saw near MMDA at Nagtahan. I think this equipment would be 100% ready to handle a powerful tsunami. It took several week s I guess before Metro Manila residents recovered from the impact of Ondoy. I also remember the SM Mall of Asia grounds which was once part of the ocean floor. A tsunami might destroy all the hardwork of those who developed that piece of land.

I am wondering what will happen to the Philippines if the same Tsunami hit Japan will also hit the country. No preparation at all. The water will easily enter to any are because most of the seashore are very often. We don't have any advance technology to detect Tsunami unlike Japan but still Japan lost many lives. The only thing we can do is to pray that hope it will not happened to a poor country like Philippines.

hello friend! yes friend you are right i feel so sad after saw this news.it is very big loss for Japan.so many people are gonna die.i feel so scary about thinking that how they manage their selves?in this time what can we do for them?i really want to do something for them.i really feel so bad for Japan. best of luck.

I agree with you knight. We should be careful. No amount of preparation will make certain that no lives will be lost. Thats the reason why we call calamities force majeure or and Act of God because of the unpredictable cause and the unbelievable effect. It happened in Japan and no matter how disciplined and prepared they were, they were still unable to foresee everything. Now they are experiencing an unbelievable disaster caused by the earth quake, tsunami and now a probable nuclear meltdown. It is an unbelievable chain of events. We can only hope that it will not happen again anytime soon. Especially not to a third world country like the Philippines. It took us months to recover from the damages of typhoon, a tsunami of that magnitude would be terrible.

I am just living in Pasay City and actually worrying about Manila bay if that happens. I am already bothered about the earthquake that was already updated in news. I don't know when it will happen but when I asked my Mom she told me that could be on May 21 according to the news. I could also imagine what will happen to Mall of Asia which is my favorite mall if that thing happened. (knock on the wood)

Tsunami (in Japanese language means BIG WAVE) This word derived from the huge waves that hitted Japan once upon a time ago. My opinion, tsunami is hitting every part of the world especially those living along the shores. The one that happened back in 2004 in Indonesia (remember?) have killed more than few hundreds thousands of victims which included foreigners. It's going to keep on hitting every places bit by bit, and the impact from the earthquakes will be create larger tsunami in times to come. Im sure the next coming one will be so huge that you will see the highways broken into pieces, large holes are everywhere, cars collide with each other and the falling of tall buildings and fires are everywhere. This is something I have dreamt few years ago and I hope this will not become true. Please stop war and start loving the earth.

Well I happen to attend to a disaster preparedness seminar on our office in the past and from there we were brief on our situation how prepared we are in the event a major quake happens. I think that no matter how prepared we are in when a major one happens we are really unprepared for it at all. Casualties are to happen and we should just be thankful if we are able to survive it together with our family members.

hi letran do not panic as thats the last thing we should do. I am sure your country does have some disaster equipment on hand. I know your Philippines is in danger but cool heads must prevail. I have lived here in southern California for fifty years and ha ve only seen fairly mild earthquakes so am not panickoing if it happens okay if n ot okay.Here in Gold Crest we are prepared for earthquake but I am ]not spending time worrying about it at all.

We were never ready for any kind of disasters, even for smaller ones..

hello LK, This again proves that,there is power beyond man's science and technology. No genius or smartest scientist can ever deny the fact that there is power beyond/ unseen. See how Japan's technology,awareness and even prepared for any disasters,yet they were not able to determine when,how and where disaster strike and how big damages it might caused. People must try to think and accept ..never underestimate the unseen power. If that tsunami ever hit our country,i am sure any of the 3 islands here in our country might disappear in the Philippine map. Let's be prepared,not for whatever kind of preparation,but spiritually. Have a great day dear brother

building a wall for tsunami protection is not long term because the height speed and volume of water is too much force add with the debris hitting the wall will destroy the wall so far tjere is not much man made defence against tsunami that hit japan becwuwe it is huge and hit and populates area .japan may survive the earthquake but the tsunami is too much

I heard healthy coral reefs decrease the damage of a tsunami, the healthier the coral reef is the weaker the tsunami's impact would be so manila bay is so screwed (hope it wont happen) The safest country now is Ireland (not the part of UK, the independent one) It has no more religious conflict, not in war against any country and it has not earthquakes and thunderstorms.

Tsunamis, earthquakes, nuclear explosions-- I do not think that anyone are prepared for this kind of catastrophes. Though Japan might be advanced in technology, there are still situation that we people cannot dictate and assume. That is God's work.

Its really a great disaster.... nothing can be define otherwise...

For me yes it is happened anytime so be known that unforcent occurrences may happened all the time.

if the same disaster happens in Philippines some of the island will be banished from the Philippine map for sure, as you said Japan was prepared but still part of her was swept away much more in our country which instead of wall various shanties are the foretress... see you around

hi, yes you're right, we are not yet ready for this kind of tsunami.and the only thing can we do is to pray and give attention to our mother nature. we really dont know when will attack us.

I agree but I am more interested on what we can do to preserve our lives if God forbid we ever caught ourselves in one. I know many of us still have the chills even after the devastating storm named Ondoy. However, life does need to go on but it would be better if there's no tsunami looming in the horizon. Technology has done many marvels in predicting or delaying damage caused by any waether disaster that may came our way but in my mind, I think we should exercise extra precaution and always be on alert on these kind of things. Too many devasting natural disasters have been occuring around the globe and many lives are lsot becuase of no preparation. Keep your guard up and stay positive.

Hello LK, I agree you Japan, New Zealand are just one of the country who we can say that is well prepare to a disaster like this but since this is natural one we cannot do anything about it we should be more attentive and careful when this things happens. happy mylotting

What happened in Japan is a thing from what all countries and the whole Earth must learn. You can't be prepared for what mother nature is preparing to us. Changes are happening all the time and every time will be a thing that we are not prepared for. This is the evolution of the human been and of the Earth. We learn from mistakes, from thing that we see for the first time in our life or planet's life. Who knows what is going to be next?