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   paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

   Super Typhoon Haiyan is headed directly there.
   
   For those who don't know, the population of the Philippines is 100,000,000 strong.
   
   According to Quantcast, 874,282 HP cookies are there. And, yes, we have many, many writers from the Philippines here.
   
   It's the middle of the night there now (this post made ~noon HP time). Hopefully, this thread can be used to discuss the ongoing situation. Who knows? Maybe this thread can even turn out to be helpful in some way.

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      DzyMsLizzyposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I hope the storm changes course!

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      jemuelOposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      The Philippines has been badly hit by Super Typhoon Haiyan yesterday. Houses, buildings and other infrastructures were badly damaged by the very strong winds and storm surges. Eastern Visayas (Leyte and Samar) and other places where the typhoon made its landfall was horribly damaged, making them isolated and impassable. No power and communications in these places as of the moment. I'm afraid that the number of deaths will increase, really horrible. I am saddened by what had happened. The typhoon victims really need help. Let us also offer our prayers.
      Here are some links about the typhoon
      http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regio … loban-city
      http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/523931/ove … hilippines
      http://anc.yahoo.com/video/abs-cbn-anch … 10442.html
      http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation … e-calamity
      

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   Earl Noah Bernsbyposted 11 years ago

   My thoughts and prayers are with our friends in the Philippines! Be well, and be safe!

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   jemuelOposted 11 years ago

   Here we go again! Super typhoon Haiyan(called Yolanda in PH) hits the Philippines. The strong typhoon has made a landfall few hours ago. It will be here in cebu, our place, before noon (Phil. time; its now 7AM). We're experiencing heavy rains and winds. Good thing that there is still source of power, I was able to make this post. Praying for everybody's safety. Thanks pdm and HP for thinking about us.

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   jemuelOposted 11 years ago

   We are now raised in public storm signal no. 4 (the highest warning/alert in phil.). Pre-emptive evacuations were made for those people living near the coastal areas. The government is now on full alert level, and has made disaster management actions to attain the goal of zero casualty. This typhoon is very strong and most likely destructive.

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      Earl Noah Bernsbyposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I hope that your government is able to attain that goal of zero casualties, jemuelO.  Take care,

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         jemuelOposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         I am really saddened by the news as I open the internet after the power has been restored since yesterday's blackout. So sad that the number of casualties and the deaths reported are continuously increasing.
         

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            Beth37posted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I missed this thread. We're so sorry for the great loss. Thank God you're safe. Thank you for all the updates.

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   paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

   "Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever observed, made landfall Friday morning in the Philippines...", http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/07/world/asi … on-haiyan/
   
   "...195 mph winds...", "...next 18 hours..."

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   tirelesstravelerposted 11 years ago

   Experiencing a typhoon is most interesting.  Have friends in the PI. Will definitely be praying.

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      jemuelOposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks God we are safe! The power has just been restored in our area(Cebu). That was the strongest typhoon I have ever experienced.

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         Earl Noah Bernsbyposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Glad you're safe, jemuelO! I, too, was saddened to hear of the loss of so many due to Yolanda.  Nature is such an awesome force.  It really makes you think about your place in the grand scheme of things.  Take care,

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   DzyMsLizzyposted 11 years ago

   Horrible, horrible, horrible!!
   From the images I've seen so far, this looks worse than Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy combined!!
   At least as bad as the Tsunami in 2011 in Japan.
   
   My heart goes out to all affected.

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      jemuelOposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I agree with you DzyMsLizzy, typhoon Haiyan was really strong, causing horrible effects and damages to properties and lives of people here. I never imagined this to happen at all.
      The primary cause of casualties was the storm surge which hit the Eastern provinces of the Philippines. The storm surge flooded the entire city and killed thousands of people including those in evacuation sites. It was like a tsunami since huge waves strike the province-totally devastating. We're just so lucky here in Cebu City that Haiyan did not make a landfall on our area and that we have zero casualty as reported, not as horrible as it is in some parts of the country-so thankful to God that we are safe, and I pray for the safety of my countrymen as the NEW Storm has entered the Philippine area of responsibility and is expected to landfall this week.
      
      Let's continue to help and pray the victims of this calamity.

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   tirelesstravelerposted 11 years ago

   What happened? Were there no warnings? We lived through super typhoon Pamela on Guam in 1776.  Winds exceeded 210 mph . 
   The weather equipment blew away after that.  There were only three human deaths.   .

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   psycheskinnerposted 11 years ago

   There were warnings but the building and infrastructure situation there is very different to most US regions and even other nearby areas given the population density, and it was one of the largest storms seen worldwide for many years.

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    Alphapxposted 11 years ago

    I am a 3 year member with Hubpages now with some of my accounts and I really appreciate your initiative as hubbers.
    
    I didn't think Hubbers at Hubpages could think us Filipinos since we are inferior of you Americans for being a third world country. But hey, thanks for this simple yet a valuable support for us.
    
    We are making drop centers around town. I heard my friends are organizing to support our fellow Cebuanos in Northern part of Cebu.

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    Alphapxposted 11 years ago

    Thank God the typhoon Zoraida did not hit again in our country after Yolanda/Haiyan. That day, I and my students prayed sincerely by writing our prayers in a paper and burn them in front of the altar which I guess very effective because the typhoon just vanished in the Pacific. Just glad it happened.

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