Weather TALK [forecasts, etc]

[cast_no_shadow]

Service office head namin sa tacloban died with his whole family.

40% of our employees in tacloban still unaccounted. Hopefully mga buhay pa sila.

Our HRD is looking for volunteers na ipadala sa leyte.


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[frenchtower]

The Soviets are sending over a search and rescue contingent.

[Retz]

Are there any other malls in tacloban city aside from Gaisano? wala bang SM dun?

[_Qwerty_]

may robinson.. na ransack na din daw kanina..

[lowslowbenz]

I just contacted my parents in central Negros. They are okay. Aside from the fallen trees, and usual typhoon damage (signal number 3), the roof of our motorpool was blown away. Cellular signal is scratchy pa, and electricity was just restored last night.

Thank God our house and garage withstood the onslaught.

The images I see online though are horrifying.

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^^ that's good news.

[uls]

if the government used the term TSUNAMI to warn people before the typhoon hit siguro hindi ganun kadami namatay

the govt kept using the term STORM SURGE but it doesnt have the pyschological impact of TSUNAMI

takot ang tao sa tsunami hindi sa storm surge

[chrismarte]

under state of emergency na Tacloban.

Nakita ko sa isang feeds sa FB ko, di daw nagpapasok ng evacuees ang mga taga "kapatid".

[vinj]

On a sidenote, pati yung mga Chinese invaders sa West Philippine Sea, napaatras dahil sa bagyo.

'Yolanda' kicks out Chinese from Ayungin Reef, Philippine Marines on grounded ship safe - InterAksyon.com

'Yolanda' kicks out Chinese from Ayungin Reef, Philippine Marines on grounded ship safe
By: Jaime Sinapit, InterAksyon.com
November 11, 2013 9:45 AM

BRP Sierra Madre
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InterAksyon.com
The online news portal of TV5

MANILA - Super typhoon Yolanda has sent home Chinese maritime and Navy vessels at the Ayungin Reef in Palawan, while the half a dozen Philippine Marines on board a rusting and grounded World War II-era ship are safe, a source told InterAksyon.com.

This effectively ends the standoff between the two countries some 100 nautical miles from the island of Palawan.

Ayungin is part of the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). China claims the reef is part of its territory, more than a thousand nautical miles from its nearest 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

“They’re safe,” said a senior officer of the Philippine Marines guarding the reef on board the shipwreck BRP Sierra Madre (Landing Ship Tank 57). The Philippine Marine official requested that he not be named because he is not authorized to give any statement regarding operational activities in the West Philippine Sea.

“Hindi naman sila naanod (They were not washed away),” the source added.

The source said the Chinese Navy ship, maritime ships, and fishing vessels left Ayungin two or three days before Yolanda struck the country.

“As of now, we’ve no report that the Chinese ships have returned to Ayungin. Dahil siguro may paparating na naman na isa pang bagyo (Maybe because another storm is approaching the country),” he said.

In June this year, Chinese vessels entered Ayungin and had maintained a presence in the area, as what they did in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal located in Masinloc, Zambales in April 2012.

The territorial dispute between the two countries is being heard by an international arbitration court in Hamburg.

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under state of emergency na Tacloban.

Nakita ko sa isang feeds sa FB ko, di daw nagpapasok ng evacuees ang mga taga "kapatid".

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