Say a prayer for the Phillipines tonight

[bobabode]

A typhoon is making landfall in the Phillipines with almost 200mph winds tonight. :( http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/thousands-move-to-safety-in-central-philippines-ahead-of-arrival-of-powerful-typhoon/2013/11/07/3c368376-477b-11e3-95a9-3f15b5618ba8_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/11/07/Foreign/Images/187265805-6241.jpg

[CarlV]

I heard about it on the radio, I sure hope everybody can get safe inland.


Carl

[Boreas]

And say a special prayer for Robbin (icenine), his Filippina wife and her family.

I hope everything's alright with them, my friend!

Bye again!

John

[noonereal]

And say a special prayer for Robbin (icenine), his Filippina wife and her family.

I hope everything's alright with them, my friend!

Bye again!

John

where you going?

:(

[BlueStreak]

One of my coworkers wife is Filipino. He says she's frantic, trying to get word on her peeps...

So far, nothing.

I've been thinking about Robbin and his wife. Heard anything, Robbin?

Dave

[icenine]

And say a special prayer for Robbin (icenine), his Filippina wife and her family.

I hope everything's alright with them, my friend!

Bye again!

John

Thanks John I really appreciate it. My wife and my in-laws are fine they are on the main island of Luzon about 400 miles north of where Leyte and Cebu are.
I just hope the authorities can get things going so the crisis does not get worse. The main island was spared.

Thanks everyone.
Robbin

Nice to see you John

If you guys are able to donate a little to the cause do so. In the Philippines most struggle just to feed their families everyday. Something like this is devastating.

[icenine]

One of my coworkers wife is Filipino. He says she's frantic, trying to get word on her peeps...

So far, nothing.

I've been thinking about Robbin and his wife. Heard anything, Robbin?

Dave

Thanks she is fine as I said.....
I will be glad when she gets back!

[bobabode]

Thanks for the update Robbin. SecDef Hagel ordered the carrier group George Washington to make all speed to Tacloban from Hong Kong! Most folks don't realize that the U.S. Navy is tasked with an amazing amount of relief all over the planet, day to day, as part of their mission. The footage that I've seen is catastrophic just in Tacloban. The wind speeds suffered there are on the order of a sustained tornado of enormous size. Couple that with a storm surge of 20+ feet above sea level.

If you can afford it, send money to the International Red Cross or Doctors Without Borders. These groups already have boots on the ground.

[JJIII]

Good to hear that your wife is OK.

[merrylander]

The pictures are terrible to see, a prayer to St. Anthony might help.

[piece-itpete]

Donated!

Sustained winds of 195 mph?? Insane! Glad your family is OK Ice.

Howdy John, don't be a stranger.

Pete

[icenine]

Good to hear that your wife is OK.

Thanks John....:)

[icenine]

Donated!

Sustained winds of 195 mph?? Insane! Glad your family is OK Ice.

Howdy John, don't be a stranger.

Pete

thanks a lot Pete.....:)

[piece-itpete]

The interviews on the ground over there are very sad. One guy in broken English said 'My heart is broken. I spent the night with children's bodies.' Even sadder after a fashion was a lady washing clothes while bawling.

Pete

[Boreas]

A profound irony in this tragedy is that it occurred during the 2013 UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw. Here is a speech by the Philippine representative to the conference, Naderev "Yeb" Saño.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SSXLIZkM3E

Twisting irony into the grotesque, this speech in Warsaw was simply an echo of the speech given by the same representative at the 2012 Climate Change conference in Doha, Qatar. It was during that conference that Typhoon Bopha, another Category 5 "superstorm" ravaged his country.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2012/dec/06/philippines-negotiator-emotional-plea-doha-climate-talks-video

John

[bobabode]

A profound irony in this tragedy is that it occurred during the 2013 UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw. Here is a speech by the Philippine representative to the conference, Naderev "Yeb" Saño.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SSXLIZkM3E

Twisting irony into the grotesque, this speech in Warsaw was simply an echo of the speech given by the same representative at the 2012 Climate Change conference in Doha, Qatar. It was during that conference that Typhoon Bopha, another Category 5 "superstorm" ravaged his country.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2012/dec/06/philippines-negotiator-emotional-plea-doha-climate-talks-video

John

Dumping carbon into the atmosphere and the resulting global warming doesn't have a thing to do with this?....Yeah, I'm not buying that line of bullshit either.:rolleyes:
Good to see you back here posting John.

[piece-itpete]

I have no doubt we're impacting the climate, but caught a bit on DW news about a climate think tank report, the list of climate changes' most impacted places was basically a list of the last year or two's worst storms. Um... there have been very bad storms before.

Kudos to the Philippines for the evac btw.

Pete