Weather TALK [forecasts, etc]

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si retz, mukhang hinde nagbabasa ng thread dito, basta reply sa lahat ng thread

[Retz]

oops. paki delete na lang kung may nag post na.

[badkuk]

me nagsabi sa akin na nakatakas daw mga preso sa Tacloban...and nang aagaw na ng kahit anong pagkain/gamit when you walk down the street.

Lots of people have opted to leave Tacloban while this is going on.

[shadow]

I think that's the best thing to do, kung meron naman relatives outside tacloban na pwedeng makituloy muna, umalis na muna ng tacloban mga tao

Mahirap lang magsalita eh pero I'm sure karamihan ng victims eh yun mga hinde nag relocate dahil sinasabi nila na either sanay na sila sa typhoons or takot manakawan, ngayon sinisisi naman sa slow relief operation and rescue.


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#retzing

[badkuk]

i'm still wondering how the convicts got out. Sabagay pag wala nang guwardya, anything can happen.

[vinj]

This article makes me sick

Tacloban mayor?s wife recounts ordeal | Inquirer News

Tacloban mayor’s wife recounts ordeal
By Leila B. Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
12:30 am | Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
733 27.3K 24.5K

Cristina Gonzales INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
Neither the pull of power nor the sheen of celebrity could protect anyone from the wrath of Supertyphoon “Yolanda.”
Officials of Tacloban City, which bore the brunt of the supertyphoon’s fury, were among those who escaped with only the shirts on their backs.
Having nothing else to wear, Tacloban Mayor Alfred Romualdez had to don a pair of shorts—apparently among the items looted from a department store—which someone had given him, according to his wife, Tacloban Councilor Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez.
Cristina herself had to borrow underwear and shirts from friends.
But the most horrifying experience came at the height of Yolanda’s onslaught.
An angry wind
Cristina flew to Manila on Monday to help coordinate relief efforts, bring her children over, and also quell rumors about her supposed demise.
She spoke at a press briefing in Makati City, where relief goods were being packed for the typhoon victims.
The former actress recounted how her two daughters and their househelp clung to the beams on the ceiling of their guesthouse, where they had sought shelter, as the waters raged around them. The wind had blown off its roof.
“It was a strong wind … an angry wind,” she recalled, giving a high-pitched scream to imitate its power.
Psalm 91
Cristina’s husband was inspecting a nearby resort when the water came, forcing him and his aides to retreat to a ballroom and hang from the ceiling, as the sea tried to claim them, she said.
“We almost lost him,” she said.
On the morning Yolanda struck, Cristina and her daughters, aged 10 and 14, plus the household staff, left their home facing the Pacific Ocean to seek shelter in a guesthouse farther inland.
But such was the typhoon’s strength that the water went rushing in. Her children were afraid but she assured them they were not going to die.
“I was just praying. Praying and praying and praying with my kids,” she said.
She recited Psalm 91, a prayer for protection, and sang worship songs with her children.
‘Is this a movie?’
When the water receded, the family, including their dog, a German Shepherd, walked through the debris to reach downtown.
Cristina said she had only a few scratches and rolled up her pants to show a bright red gash down her leg.
But she still reeled from the experience. “Is this a dream? Is this a movie?” she remembered thinking.
Since then, she and her husband had been helping tend to the city’s shocked residents and doing what they could to restore some semblance of order.
“Everybody was a victim,” she said. “It’s not a normal typhoon where the (social welfare department) is here to provide help because they were also victims. So who was going to help?”
Driven to desperation
This was why she was saddened by reports claiming her husband could not be located in Yolanda’s aftermath. Publicizing their efforts and having their pictures taken while helping others were not on their minds, she said.
But she said she was very grateful for the help pouring in.
As for the looters, she said many were driven to desperation because they wanted to help their families.
“They just wanted to get food for their families and to survive,” she said.
She recalled that some of the people were sharing the loot with others, for example the clothes taken from stores.
Her husband’s aides were given short pants and her husband wore one pair because he had no other clothes with him.
Blame game
“Now is not the time to play the blame game. Rather, it’s time to unite and pick up the pieces. We have to bury our dead,” Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, a cousin of Mayor Romualdez, told reporters.
The congressman said he would not take issue with President Aquino’s remark that Tacloban officials did not seem to have been prepared.
According to the lawmaker, Aquino’s remarks were probably made before he was apprised of the actual situation.
“No one, not here or abroad, could prepare for this supertyphoon, this catastrophe of unprecedented proportions,” he said.
“Everyone did as much as was humanly possible to prepare … yet no one was spared,” he added.
House resolution
Cristina said that three days before Yolanda struck, local officials had evacuated people and warned them of possible storm surges.
She said officials chose evacuation centers that were sturdy but such was Yolanda’s strength that even the hardiest houses gave way.
“Even if that happened in Metro Manila, I’m sure the same thing would happen,” she said.
In a House resolution, Romualdez urged the President to place the entire country under a state of calamity. The resolution was coauthored by other representatives.
Romualdez said a presidential proclamation was needed to control the prices of basic necessities and prime commodities and allow the grant of noninterest loans to the victims.
He also said he would push for the creation of a commission to handle relief and assistance operations in areas battered by Yolanda.
Romualdez said he could understand the looters’ frustration since many were left with nothing but there was also a need to restore order.
This has not been easy because policemen and local officials were also victims of Yolanda.
Originally posted: 5:07 pm | Monday, November 11th, 2013

I dunnot but it seems very wrong that:
- She flew to the comforts of Imperial Manila after the storm when now is the time that she should be tending to her constituents and living up to her elected duties (supposedly to coordinate the packing of relief goods... WTF).
- Her mayor husband was inspecting a resort prior to the storm???

Buti pa sila Duterte, Gordon, Roxas, Gazmin, etc...

[Monseratto]

I wonder if Apple will donate...hehehe.

Samsung Group offers $1-M aid to PH

ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 11/12/2013 11:53 AM | Updated as of 11/12/2013 11:53 AM

MANILA, Philippines - South Korea's biggest conglomerate, the Samsung Group, on Tuesday said it is offering $1 million in aid to the Philippines, which is recovering from the devastation caused by typhoon Yolanda.

South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said Samsung Group is making the donation through the Red Cross and World Vision Philippines.

At the same time, Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation is sending a volunteer emergency team to help in the relief efforts in areas heavily affected by the typhoon. The 20-member team will provide free repair of home appliances.

The Philippines has been hit hard by typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan), which is one of the strongest on record.

Several islands in the central Philippines were devastated by the typhoon, killing thousands and displacing hundreds of thousands more

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sabi sa news.. pinalabas talaga kasi binaha yung prison.. kaso nung nasa ground na.. may mga nakatakas..

i'm still wondering how the convicts got out. Sabagay pag wala nang guwardya, anything can happen.

[Retz]

Go ahead, punk. Make my day.

[LLOY]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...type=2&theater naku po. nakaka awa naman.. saw this on fb page..

[NiCe2KnowU]

Go ahead, punk. Make my day.

parang sa the walking dead :D
zombie ba yang naka green

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I think that's the best thing to do, kung meron naman relatives outside tacloban na pwedeng makituloy muna, umalis na muna ng tacloban mga tao

Mahirap lang magsalita eh pero I'm sure karamihan ng victims eh yun mga hinde nag relocate dahil sinasabi nila na either sanay na sila sa typhoons or takot manakawan, ngayon sinisisi naman sa slow relief operation and rescue.


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#retzing

Sabi nga ng boss ko naka sanayan na kasi ng mga kababayan natin na binabagyo, government will issue a warning tapos babalewalain lang. Masyado kampante at matigas ang ulo not anticipating mala delubyo na scenario.




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[Ry_Tower]

The Japs could indeed teach us all a thing or 2 about discipline.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/op...stof.html?_r=0

Naalala ko tuloy yung sa Fukushima videos. Kakabilid sila.

[roninblade]

The Japs could indeed teach us all a thing or 2 about discipline.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/op...stof.html?_r=0

Naalala ko tuloy yung sa Fukushima videos. Kakabilid sila.

they were disciplined because they have great infrastructure and emergency response capabilities so they know they'll get taken care of by the government. walang ganun sentiment sa atin since it's obvious how pitiful our government's capabilities are.

[chua_riwap]

[cardict]

they were disciplined because they have great infrastructure and emergency response capabilities so they know they'll get taken care of by the government. walang ganun sentiment sa atin since it's obvious how pitiful our government's capabilities are.

Sir I think the Japanese are disciplined people at the very start of their civilization,their leaders adhere to the strictest code of discipline that a simple mistep in governance will lead to harakiri:peace:

[Ry_Tower]

^ I agree, nasa culture talaga. Long before they became progressive ingrained na pagiging disciplined nila.

http://www.philstar.com/opinion/6660...spite-disaster
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2...-disaster.html
http://theweek.com/article/index/213...oting-in-japan

Japs are indeed just different.

Wala pa din signal afaik at maybe no electricity pa nga. Sana nga okay siya. Kaibigan ko din hindi pa nagrereply eh. Hoping for the best.

Finally nakareply na friend ko. Nasa Cebu na daw sila yesterday lang nakarating. Ang heavy nang feeling niya. Donate na lang din kami dito sa local red cross for Yolanda victims.

[marg]

Mrs. Tacloban Mayor. YUMMY!!!!!

[cardict]

Binabatikos ng KMU ang pagka padala ng police at military contingents sa binagyong Lugar sa visaya,bakit daw hindi relief goods,if there's no law and order paano madadali ang pag tulong ng gobyerno ,makikinabang ang iilang looters,libong tao ang gugutumin dahil sa ninanakaw nilang relief goods

[falken]

Binabatikos ng KMU ang pagka padala ng police at military contingents sa binagyong Lugar sa visaya,bakit daw hindi relief goods,if there's no law and order paano madadali ang pag tulong ng gobyerno ,makikinabang ang iilang looters,libong tao ang gugutumin dahil sa ninanakaw nilang relief goods

Puro reklamo lang mga iyan, di mo naman maasahan sa pagtulong.

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