Sorry for the delay..We lost power for about 4 hours this afternoon. I usually get ABS/CBN via my dish. But we have not been home. I am sure they are operating, as they are out of Manila. There are plenty of news feeds covering the typhoon.
I am a bit amazed that the typhoon was not more destructive in our area of Cebu. All is fine at my house. I did bicycle over there several times during the storm. There was one little stretch where I had a rough time with my bicycle into the wind. The surf did not get beyond the beach, but it was close to low tide, and the beach road is about eight feet above high tide.
REALLY appreciate your report, Al.
My ABS/CBN connection is re-running yesterdays’ (Nov 7 .. I guess almost two days ago for you) .. news
FWIW ABS/CBN/ANC isn’t showing any “horrible” destruction ,, nothing they could focus a news story on anyway,, mainly widespread power outages and comm breakdowns ,, lots of footage of people cleaning up with chainsaws and sleeping in air terminals. Northern Mindanao is OK (below AlexW) ,, I suspect the main power line might be down but the main problems associated with these storms ,,, widespread flooding ,, seems to be minimal as it moved through fast and didn’t seem to drop much rain. News commentators are already moving on to “social destruction” from storm ,, BS climate change stories and fisherman and such that cannot work and need assistance.