New Facebook Page: 2nd International River Summit

A new Marikina-related Facebook Page has just been created, called 2nd International River Summit.

Created last Sept. 16, 2013, this Facebook community is described as a forum on global challenges, issues and best practices in river management, set amidst the real-life learning laboratory of the Marikina River.

As of posting there are 267 followers.  The direct URL is https://www.facebook.com/riversummit2014

Flood Alert Level Guide & Online Resources for Monitoring Marikina River & Floods

Marikina City has a four-stage alarm level system for the Marikina River:

• Alarm Level 1, when the water is 15 meters above sea level, means "warning" (babala)
• Alarm Level 2, when the water is 16 meters above sea level, means "prepare" (maghanda)
• Alarm Level 3, when the water is 17 meters above sea level, means "evacuate" (lumikas)

Stock Photo - Marikina River

These alarm levels are based on the depth of water in Marikina River (Sto. Nino). Malanday, Nangka and Tumana are considered critical areas.





Also follow these Twitter accounts for Marikina updates.

Marikina Public Information Office
PIO Marikina ‏@MarikinaPIO
https://twitter.com/MarikinaPIO

Official Twitter Account of Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA-DOST)

PAGASA-DOST @dost_pagasa
https://twitter.com/dost_pagasa

Marikina Local Government Unit
Marikina LGU ‏@MarikinaLGU
https://twitter.com/MarikinaLGU

Rescue PH
RescuePH ‏ @RescuePH

https://twitter.com/RescuePH

We coordinate with rescue units in the Philippines. Please use the hashtag#RescuePH

For regular updates on the Marikina water level, access 

http://syncsysph.com/councilmarikinagovph/data/riverlevel.html

for important information about Marikina River Water Level including rainfall in Antipolo, Montalban and other watersheds and Typhoon updates.
UPDATE: As of July 2015, the link above does not work anymore.
Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards)

http://noah.dost.gov.ph/
Project NOAH is the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) response to the call of President Benigno S. Aquino III for a more accurate, integrated, and responsive disaster prevention and mitigation system, especially in high-risk areas throughout the Philippines.

Project NOAH is also available as a mobile application on the Android platform.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ph.gov.dost.noah.android&hl=en

Message For the Mayor?

We've read comments from other threads in the blog wanting to address messages to the Marikina Mayor.  This isn't the official website of Marikina City, but feel free to leave any public messages here and we'll forwrd the link to the Public Information Office at City Hall.

Kuya Tom's Opens in Marikina

The new branch is jointly owned by Cargullo and Ruste family who are also from Marikina and Couples for Christ.

Kuya Tom's offers a wide array of food options from apetizers to inihaw and different meat dishes (pork, chicken, beef and goat).   A few of their specialties are the famous Cebu Lechon, spicy lechon ribs, and spicy beef ribs.

Kuya Tom's Marikina branch is located at #1 Katipunan St., Corner Katipunan Ext., Sto. Nino.
For delivery, contact them at 09420568018 or 09951208795.

[Photo] Aquamarine St. Flooded near Marikina Hotel

Flood starting to rise again. That's the Marikina Hotel.@ Bes House, SSS Village, Marikina instagr.am/p/ODu67Skr9f/

— loreen ordoño (@thisisstargirl) August 8, 2012

Marikina River Water Level Updates

For live updates on Marikina River water level, visit http://marikina.gov.ph/#waterlevel

It displays water levels for Sto Nino, Nangka, Montalban, Angono and Rosario
The page auto refreshes every 2 minutes for new updates.

Sample data from  http://syncsysph.com/councilmarikinagovph/data/riverlevel.html 

 As a guide, alarm levels are as follows:

• ALARM LEVEL NO. 1 – 15 METERS reference at sea level – WARNING 
• ALARM LEVEL NO. 2 – 16 METERS reference at sea level – PREPARE 
• ALARM LEVEL NO. 3 – 17 METERS reference at sea level – EVACUATE

For updates on rainfall for the areas of Antipolo, Bosoboso, Nangka and Montalban, visit http://syncsysph.com/councilmarikinagovph/data/rainfall.html

Sample data from  http://syncsysph.com/councilmarikinagovph/data/rainfall.html 

Concepcion Market Catches on Fire

Watch Marikina City Council Proceedings Online

The Marikina City Council have started streaming their proceedings live via ustream and is also available as video on demand at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/marikina-city-council. This is a good effort in the light of government transparency that these proceedings are readily available and viewable to the public online. Here is one of their latest videos as of this date of posting.
 
Live stream by Ustream