{"id":16582,"date":"2025-10-13T05:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T05:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=16582"},"modified":"2025-10-19T11:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:01:03","slug":"fighting-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=16582","title":{"rendered":"<i>Fighting back?<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fromwhereIstand4-1024x465.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13134\" style=\"width:840px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fromwhereIstand4-1024x465.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fromwhereIstand4-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fromwhereIstand4-768x349.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fromwhereIstand4-1536x698.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fromwhereIstand4-1170x532.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/fromwhereIstand4.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>JUST recently, we Dumaguete\u00f1os were jolted by a mild but unsettling earthquake. It was short, and thankfully, no major damage was reported in our city. But that sudden shift underfoot reminded us of a truth we often ignore: nothing is ever truly still, especially not in a country like ours, where nature is always in motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While we were fortunate, others nearby were not. In Cebu province, the same earthquake caused serious destruction. As the hours passed, the news grew more heartbreaking \u2014 damaged infrastructure, lost homes, and lives cut short. The death toll continues to rise, and with it, the grief and uncertainty that so many families are now forced to carry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even before we could fully come to terms with that, another strange sight appeared \u2014 not on the ground this time, but on our screens. A video began circulating of a small tornado twisting its way across a quiet part of the Visayas. It wasn&#8217;t large, but it was surreal. A scene so rare for our part of the world that it felt both mesmerizing and ominous, as if nature were trying to tell us something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then came the flood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Luzon, footage emerged of a violent flash flood ripping through a landscape with terrifying force. Towering trees were uprooted and carried downstream like twigs. Homes \u2014 entire structures \u2014 were swept away in an instant. The raw power of it was chilling. You could hear it in the voices behind the camera: fear, helplessness, disbelief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And through it all, a question kept echoing in my mind: Are these just isolated events? Or is Mother Nature sending us a message?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve always known that the Philippines is a hotspot for natural disasters. We sit on the Pacific Ring of Fire, right in the path of typhoons. Earthquakes, floods, landslides \u2014 they\u2019re not new to us. But recently, it feels like they\u2019re becoming more frequent. More intense. Less predictable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Science has been warning us about this. Climate change is not a distant threat \u2014 it\u2019s here. Rising global temperatures are changing the way the weather behaves. Warmer oceans supercharge typhoons. Shifting rainfall patterns cause longer droughts and deadlier floods. Human activity \u2014 deforestation, poorly planned development, pollution \u2014 makes things worse, weakening the natural defenses we once relied on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But beyond the science, there\u2019s something more. Something emotional. Almost spiritual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because when disaster after disaster hits \u2014 when the ground shakes, the skies twist, the rivers overflow \u2014 it\u2019s hard not to feel like something deeper is happening. Like nature is trying to restore a balance that we, as a species, have disrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s not anger we\u2019re seeing. Maybe it\u2019s a kind of rebalancing. 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