Typhoon FRANK - how were you affected?

[CVT]

Wife and myself were awake as early as 3:30AM because of the noisy wind. Somehow, the room we chose to sleep for the night in our place is not really that sound-proofed vs. the other rooms. Kids were peacefully sleeping in the other rooms. Anyway, electricity was cut-off at around 4AM (and thankfully it was restored just before the 8PM telecast of the F1 Race in France)....

Our vehicles are safely parked in our covered garage. So, not really a worry. However, the cover fixture that I put on our fence to shield a portion of the interior of our house from a couple of our neighbors' balcony/second floor was flapping wildly. It's a good thing that it never got free from the fence. I needed to restore the nylon ties later in the afternoon when the conditions were a bit better.

No damage in our little garden. No flood in the street where we live. However, outside our village, there is this perennial flood that the City Government has failed to resolve for so long.

I needed to engage our generator for the water pump, refrigerator, lighting, electric fan (no cable service - no TV), radio for the latest news, et al. It was a good thing that I "exercise" the generator every few weeks. Was able to log-in to tsikot only when regular power was restored.....

6303:fetch:

[vito corleone]

1. brown out for about 15 mins just after midnight nung sunday (siguro, they just needed to do it to restore power to a nearby area)
2. libreng water for car wash nung sunday

that's all. . .very very thankful. . .until i saw the news reports on tv. . .tsk tsk tsk

[juanarodriguez]

It felt like playing a role in the making of the 1996 action/thriller/suspense movie Twister~ with me playing the lead role instead!!! It was my first time to drive out-of-town with my son and husband (he does not drive & zero knowledge about cars) without an experienced driver sitting beside me or friends (ACP gang) or relatives within honking distance.

Anyway, the nightmare started as soon as we entered Calauan, Laguna. The worst part happened when we reached the mountainous area na uphill yung road (we took the wrong turn thanks to my husband who several minutes earlier said that “Men do not ask for direction!”). Kung kelan pa nandun kami sa uphill na road saka pa tumindi ang hangin….it felt like we were inside a washing machine literally!!! Visibility was zero and we were traveling at an ave speed of 10-15kph the whole stretch with all lights turned on and my wiper set to fastest. Even my son stopped playing his DS!!!

I did not feel nervous or scared (probably the Adrenalin rush) during the whole ordeal. The only thing I can think of during that time is to get us out of the road safely and soon! By the time we reached the main road of San Pablo City it was already sunny!!!


I thought we’ve seen the worst! Between 1am to 5am Sunday morning nagliliparan na yung mga puno. Good thing we decided to leave the resort earlier and sleep at my friend’s place instead (they own a motel with covered parking). I fell asleep shortly before 6am when everything has subsided. I woke up a few hours later and I am pretty sure we are bringing home lots of bananas courtesy of Frank!!! We left San Pablo around 430pm (Sunday) but this time we took the less stressful route going to Manila via Alaminos/Batangas. When I woke up Monday morning the only thing I can move are my eyes….my whole body aches!!!

[xircom]

Brownout from 5AM to 8PM. My worst fear was that it was like Melenyo. So this time we stayed sa house. (DUring the Melenyo, we got trapped outside by floods and fallen trees. The next day, nanganak si misis. So I was thinking, possible pala na napa-anak sya sa street during Melenyo.)

We live in a condo so may generator for corridors. At least may ilaw na pwede pumasok sa unit namin. Nakakainis lang yung unit na katapat namin. Walang tao at that time and pinasok ng water yung windows nya. So lumabas sa door and sa amin ang punta. Every hour nililinis ng janitor. Pag walang janitor, ako na nagmomop para lang di pumunta water sa unit namin. GRRR!

[usong725]

laking abala ginawa sa amin nitong bagyo na ito sa HKG vacation namin. nadelay kami ng alis papunta HKG nung Jun 22. dapat 8am alis namin ng manila pero pasado 5pm na nakaalis eroplano. tapos hinabol pa kmi ulit sa HKG. Tuesday night (Jun 24) eh umulan na sa Macau tapos lakas na ng hangin sa HKG. Jun 25 eh signal # 8. Jun 26 mahina na hangin pero umuulan parin. Yung 5 days dapat na vacation naging 2.5days na lang. haaaay!

[CVT]

laking abala ginawa sa amin nitong bagyo na ito sa HKG vacation namin. nadelay kami ng alis papunta HKG nung Jun 22. dapat 8am alis namin ng manila pero pasado 5pm na nakaalis eroplano. tapos hinabol pa kmi ulit sa HKG. Tuesday night (Jun 24) eh umulan na sa Macau tapos lakas na ng hangin sa HKG. Jun 25 eh signal # 8. Jun 26 mahina na hangin pero umuulan parin. Yung 5 days dapat na vacation naging 2.5days na lang. haaaay!

Do not fret nor worry bro.,- it is just a temporary inconvenience. At least safe kayo ng pamilya ninyo....Some of our countrymen were not that lucky (God bless their souls)....

Anyway, the nightmare started as soon as we entered Calauan, Laguna. The worst part happened when we reached the mountainous area na uphill yung road (we took the wrong turn thanks to my husband who several minutes earlier said that “Men do not ask for direction!”). Kung kelan pa nandun kami sa uphill na road saka pa tumindi ang hangin….it felt like we were inside a washing machine literally!!! Visibility was zero and we were traveling at an ave speed of 10-15kph the whole stretch with all lights turned on and my wiper set to fastest. Even my son stopped playing his DS!!!

I did not feel nervous or scared (probably the Adrenalin rush) during the whole ordeal. The only thing I can think of during that time is to get us out of the road safely and soon! By the time we reached the main road of San Pablo City it was already sunny!!!

At what time did you encounter the strong winds and almost zero visibility, in Laguna, I presume, Sis? The place where you had your 'experience' could be something like 60Kms further south from SouthMM, where we experienced the strong winds at around 3:30AM Sunday....

6303:fetch:

[usong725]

Do not fret nor worry bro.,- it is just a temporary inconvenience. At least safe kayo ng pamilya ninyo....Some of our countrymen were not that lucky (God bless their souls)....

yan na nga din iniisip ko sir. maswerte parin kami compared sa iba

[juanarodriguez]

At what time did you encounter the strong winds and almost zero visibility, in Laguna, I presume, Sis? The place where you had your 'experience' could be something like 60Kms further south from SouthMM, where we experienced the strong winds at around 3:30AM Sunday....6303:fetch:

i think it was between 200-300 pm Saturday when we experienced Frank's fury . Between 2-4am Sunday we experienced again very strong winds but that time we were at the resort already. ...had a couple of hours sleep...when I woke up we saw several trees uprooted!