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We've been able to talk to SIL just north of Manila .. no affect at all from Yolanda ... and Mama in Bolila, central eastern shore of Mindanao, no affect from Yolanda
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.

“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...