“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.
I hope no one misunderstands me ... my comments have been about the reports of 10,000 dead ,,, not the obvious massive property loss.
I donated to an 800 number abs/cbn flashed on their screen (for US givers)