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RED-85-Z51 · 11-08-2013, 1:46pm

Id venture, even if all is well physically, it will be a month or more before cellservice, and power is even in the first stages of recovery.

RED-85-Z51 · 11-08-2013, 1:50pm

How about bOrocay Johnny?

Knooger · 11-08-2013, 1:52pm

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Originally Posted by RED-85-Z51

How about bOrocay Johnny?

He lives in the US. Texas if I remember correctly.

simpleman68 · 11-08-2013, 2:10pm

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Originally Posted by RED-85-Z51

How about bOrocay Johnny?

Post #143 from 12pm today.
He is also in Tejas as of late, IIRC.
Scott

Knooger · 11-08-2013, 3:02pm

Here is a little good news. Sounds like they are saying it wasn't quite as severe as they thought.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/wo...ines.html?_r=0

MANILA — A powerful typhoon that ripped through the Philippines on Friday killed at least four people, officials said, but at least initially it appeared not to live up to fears that it would be a particularly catastrophic storm.

Typhoon Haiyan, called Yolanda in the Philippines, slammed into the island of Samar, on the eastern edge of the Philippines, early Friday morning and sped across the islands in the center of the country.

Some areas remained unreachable Friday night because of problems with phones, so the death toll is expected to rise. But it appeared that the speed with which the storm passed over the islands limited the deaths and damage.

The storm moved across the country at about 25 miles per hour, roughly twice as fast as Typhoon Bopha last year, which killed more than a thousand people. Having a storm move through so fast decreases the impact of rain and landslides, a major cause of deaths..

“Fortunately, this moved like a Porsche,” said Michael Padua, a senior typhoon specialist at a private forecasting group, Weather Philippines.

There were grave concerns in the days before the storm hit because the estimated high wind speeds over the ocean indicated that it could have a devastating impact on land. But on Friday, there was widespread disagreement over what the wind speeds were over land.

The alarm may have had some advantages. More than 700,000 people had evacuated their homes, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. Many were housed in evacuation centers, which could limit the death toll, according to one official.

“People were prepared for this one,” said Rene Paciente, a forecaster with the Philippine government’s national weather agency. “They were given notice and they were evacuated.”

In a nationally televised address, President Benigno S. Aquino III had told Filipinos to prepare for the worst. “Let us evacuate our homes if we are in danger zones,” he said. “For those in coastal areas, don’t venture out to sea. Let’s not risk our lives and those of rescue teams.”

Local radio and television stations reported downed power lines, impassible roads and flooding in some areas caused by surging ocean water. The city of Tacloban, on the island of Leyte, was inundated.

Before the typhoon made landfall, some international forecasters were estimating wind speeds at 195 miles per hour, which would make the storm one of the most powerful in history. But local forecasters later disputed those estimates. “Some of the reports of wind speeds were exaggerated,” Mr. Paciente said.

According to Mr. Paciente, the Philippine weather agency measured wind speeds on the eastern edge of the country at about 150 miles per hour, with some tracking stations recording speeds as low as 100 miles per hour.

The United States Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center used satellite analysis to estimate sustained wind speeds at about 195 miles per hour, with gusts up to 235 miles per hour, but that measured just the center of the storm when it was over the ocean.

“As far as satellite imagery was concerned, it indicated that this was one of the strongest storms on record,” said Roger Edson, the science and operations officer at the United States National Weather Service in Guam.

He said 195-mile-per-hour winds would put the storm “off the charts,” but he acknowledged that satellite estimates require further study on the ground to check if they were accurate.

The Japan Meteorological Agency tracked wind speeds at about 145 miles per hour.

The storm was on a path to continue onto Vietnam in the next few days, according to the United States Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Honolulu.

boracayjohnny · 11-08-2013, 3:03pm

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Any update from Angeles?

None. I suspect the power is out since I see the typhoon is tracking over the area.

boracayjohnny · 11-08-2013, 3:10pm

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Originally Posted by RED-85-Z51

How about bOrocay Johnny?

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Originally Posted by Knooger

He lives in the US. Texas if I remember correctly.

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Originally Posted by simpleman68

Post #143 from 12pm today.
He is also in Tejas as of late, IIRC.
Scott

Thanks for the concern and yes, I'm high and dry in San Antonio. My wife in Angeles, on the other hand, may be without power and getting lots of rain and probably some wind.

I have much sympathy for those in the direct path. Most of the folks there are very poor and will need a lot of assistance to even have food and water.

Rob · 11-08-2013, 3:57pm

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Originally Posted by boracayjohnny

I have much sympathy for those in the direct path. Most of the folks there are very poor and will need a lot of assistance to even have food and water.

There are some side discussions happening about this support as well.

DAB · 11-08-2013, 4:00pm

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There are some side discussions happening about this support as well.

waiting to hear Tim is ok, then i'll send some more $$ to his paypal acct. he's gonna need it, and if he doesn't, then his neighbors will.

Rob · 11-08-2013, 4:02pm

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waiting to hear Tim is ok, then i'll send some more $$ to his paypal acct. he's gonna need it, and if he doesn't, then his neighbors will.

Yes, that is exactly what we have been talking about.

I will try Tim again later this evening since it is about 5am there right now.

boracayjohnny · 11-08-2013, 4:28pm

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Originally Posted by Dixievet

There are some side discussions happening about this support as well.

Direct assistance, I like. Since I've been going in and out of the country since the mid-80s, I know involving someone in the middle only invites some or all of the money to go directly into someones pocket or bank account.

Dan Dlabay · 11-08-2013, 5:23pm

I really hope and pray that Tim and his family made it through this storm. Now this storm is going to hit Vietnam and we know people there. Hope and pray they make it out ok.

78SA · 11-08-2013, 5:53pm

Bucwheat · 11-08-2013, 7:43pm

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Originally Posted by boracayjohnny

Direct assistance, I like. Since I've been going in and out of the country since the mid-80s, I know involving someone in the middle only invites some or all of the money to go directly into someones pocket or bank account.

I'm sure the mail won't be running for awhile,how can we get money to him?

Knooger · 11-08-2013, 7:51pm

More good news, this is a post I just saw on Corvette Forum.

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Makati (Manila) was not even in the path of the storm. Sure they might have a few thunderstorm bands pass thru which is actually very common in the PI. My wife's family lives on Cebu. The eye passed within 10 miles of our Uncles place but everyone made it. Filipinos are real tough and they actually do something that Americans can learn from. They'll kill the power BEFORE a big storm hits, not letting the wind blow down live power lines that will most likely land in water. The storm was a monster though, more than anything we see in the US.

It sounds like there was a min amount of deaths from this storm (saw some reports in single digits). Filipinos will clean up, help each other to rebuild, not complain about it and smile while doing it. That is just the type of people Filipinos are.