Millions and millions of Filipinos are living in the coastal areas here in the Philippines. Since this country is made of thousands of islands, almost quarter of the people here live from the bounty of the Philippines seas; most of them are fishermen.

I wonder what will happen to them if the prediction that the water level all around the world continue to rise abruptly because of global warming. It rained hard for about an hour yesterday here in Manila and there are places that are submerged with flood. That is how low the land is in Manila.

There are predictions that Manila will completely be submerged in water when the level of water continues to rise. And the people in the coastal areas will also be wiped out.

This is a very scary prediction. All of us don’t want this to happen but I think it is POSSIBLE to happen: that the whole Manila will be all water (like Kevin Costner’s film Waterworld) and Philippines’ thousand islands will only be a hundred. . .

Why do I say that this scenario is possible?

First, because the melting of ice due to global warming is said to increase the water level all around the world by at least 20 feet.

second, we have experienced only a few feet of water yesterday and yet areas of Manila are already submerged in flood water, how much more with an increase of 20 feet of water?

Third, there are already islands in the Philippines that are completely submerged. That’s why the number of islands in the Philippines is different during high tide and low tide. During high tide, the number decreases.

Is it too late?

I sure do hope it’s not.