Posted on 11/10/2013 2:03:43 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
That terrible storm which hit the Philippines must have affected a lot of expats as well as the natives. Some of those expats are Freepers. Has anyone got an update so we know if they are all safe? We even had at least one Prepper living there, hope he bugged out safely. Prayers go out to all of them.
A tropical paradise there, for sure (punctuated by sporadic natural disasters).
A retirement income goes a long way there.
My brother lives in Calbayog and he and his family are okay. The only power if from small generators and fuel is hard to get but the neighborhood is okay. Folks in the Philippines are used to power outages even good weather.
I heard 147 mph winds, top, too, AND that the Global Warming folks were saying ‘worst storm in the entire universe’ to make sure that folks connected it to Global Warming. Also that it was Cat 4.
I hate lying lefties.
Do not send money to the Red Cross, but instead consider the Assemblies of God Relief Agency. Like the Salvation Army, they are a ministry, not a business!
Not true. Some northern areas remained unscathed and calls to the Philippines have gotten through there.
Another TV link for live coverage:
http://www.tv5.com.ph/live
Where can you bug out to on an archipelago?
You can head for higher ground, but that’s about it.
He is fine. I face time with him every day. His area was not affected by it.
Alex is OK too.
Yes I missed it, but I will be in Davao City on Nov 29th. That area was not affected.
Mindanao was not affected much either. Gonna be there soon.
Thanks for that info; I’m glad to hear that some areas are still able to communicate.
I have a close friend who has family there, and she has not heard from them yet.
Used to live in Spfld, Mo and they were always first on location to offer basic supplies. Great group.
Both reporting hot with maybe a little wind, no rain
I think we've been misled by reporting and a scarey map.
A typhoon is a cyclone (same thing, different name), and we know a cyclone can rip up the street and leave one side of houses virtually untouched and the other side has vanished.
Noy Noy Aquino, the Philippine President forced evacuation of about a million people that were in the direct path of Yolanda's proposed path and he had emergency supplies shipped to the areas that will be effected, before Yolanda hit.
I'm glad all our expat FreepeRs are OK, but as we knmow, Alex was supposed to be in a dangerous area and he went to a hotel. Upon returning he said he found everything OK and was a little surprized.
I think we'll probably find the deaths were the ones that refused to leave when they were told to evacuate.
Both reporting hot with maybe a little wind, no rain
I think we've been misled by reporting and a scarey map.
What are you trying to say? It wasn't too bad? Try to imagine a snake in the road that gets run over. Your SIL says the head looks fine, your momma says no problem here at the tail, but they don't go look at the middle.
Now I'm seeing on FR some are saying TV stations are reporting 55 dead, as if the death loss is greatly inflated. The official government count now is 1774 dead and rising.
http://www.rappler.com/nation/43462-ndrrmc-death-toll-monday
My wife's family is on a farm about 10 miles north of Tacloban and we still haven't heard a word from them. Her dad has a concrete house and a hill behind it so I hope that helped some.
Noy Noy Aquino, the Philippine President forced evacuation of about a million people that were in the direct path of Yolanda's proposed path and he had emergency supplies shipped to the areas that will be effected, before Yolanda hit.
Those evacuations consisted of moving the squatters and most exposed people from their huts to schools or churches, and many of those were also destroyed. It's not like they moved one million people 500 miles.
Carry on, I'll get back to trying to find word on her parents and brothers and sisters and their kids.
Apparently I’m not allowed to retort
“I think we’ve been misled by reporting and a scarey map.”-Knarf
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I just now got new text messages from friends in Ormoc City in the last few hours and it has been a few days since the storm. They have no power or water systems working. I already heard from others in the past days telling me of their loss and giving thanks to God that their families survived but they lost all.
I will quote the texts:
1st one: “Gud eve.im sory to tx u now. its emergency, i need ur help. d u see d n news @ result of super typhoon,we have no for, pls, i beg u and i need ur help as soon as possible,my house was lost2gone.”
2nd one: “as of now we have no relief goods.b’cos whole ormoc city was destroyed by yolanda.pls.help me u know me already. we have no food pls i really need ur help. i know have a good heart.”
3rd one: “U know tacloban are so many people died b’coz of tidal waves.its almost 50thousand more. hit in orm yolanda destroyed all properties.pls.i really need ur help.
Pray for Leyte...
Now for the good news.
My wife’s sister works in the UAE. She managed to get their oldest brother on his cell phone when he climbed the mountain looking for a signal. He said before the storm they all gathered at the parent’s house, except one brother who works on Samar went to Tacloban to be with his wife who works there. The storm started and the oldest brother got worried and drove his tricycle the 10 miles to Tacloban and picked up his brother and wife. They went back to parent’s house dodging downed trees and power lines in those winds. All the houses of the brothers were completely destroyed but the parent’s house was pretty much undamaged. Nobody was hurt. Some of their food stores survived but they are running out. But hey, they are alive.
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