Yesterday, they said it was a holiday at Pampanga (or just Angeles City?) to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Mt. Pinatubo eruption. Yes it was 2 pm at VAB Relief Operations Center as PAF reservist at Villamor Airbase (where NAIA 3 now stands) and the skies turned dark. Many thought, as I did, that it was end of the world!? It also rained and it rained sand.
Looking back I made a speech in the class saying it was a classic case of Ji-Wei, opportunity in crisis. Yes, at the time, after the Pinatubo explosion, the lives of people of Tarlac, Pampanga, and Zambales were never the same.
At the same time we should not forget the benefits from the crisis:
l. Pampanga got bounty of lahar and white sand (they have collected zillions in quarry fees from lahar and white sand;
2. More fertile soil for farming;
3.More infra projects (benefits for contractors)
4, Pampanga planners had a clean slate for a development plan.
5. Livelihood for tourism from Mt Pinatubo tours: trekking and plane rides
There were more benefits from the explosion. The dust that circled the globe for years shielded the earth UV rays and reduced global temperatures a little bit.
Looking back I made a speech in the class saying it was a classic case of Ji-Wei, opportunity in crisis. Yes, at the time, after the Pinatubo explosion, the lives of people of Tarlac, Pampanga, and Zambales were never the same.
At the same time we should not forget the benefits from the crisis:
l. Pampanga got bounty of lahar and white sand (they have collected zillions in quarry fees from lahar and white sand;
2. More fertile soil for farming;
3.More infra projects (benefits for contractors)
4, Pampanga planners had a clean slate for a development plan.
5. Livelihood for tourism from Mt Pinatubo tours: trekking and plane rides
There were more benefits from the explosion. The dust that circled the globe for years shielded the earth UV rays and reduced global temperatures a little bit.
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