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Super Typhoon Haiyan

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It hit the central islands of the Philippines. The southern island, Mindano, is almost never hit by a typhoon. The one in 2011 was a once in 25 years affair. I have a friend (former maid that worked for me in Singapore) that was hit pretty bad by the 2011 typhoon. My family helped her village and replaced 10 roofs of houses. Typical "tin" roofs get ripped right off.

This typhoon looks like it smashed the central area of the Philippines very hard.

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there's some dead body images surfacing on twitter. 10,000+ feared dead. What a shame. And weather channel only gives updates every few hours.
 
fjmeat said:
there's some dead body images surfacing on twitter. 10,000+ feared dead. What a shame. And weather channel only gives updates every few hours.
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It's a disconnect in culture and distance. It's not a whole lot different from the tsunami of Japan a few years ago. It was not real to most Americans since it wasn't broadcast as a 'big deal.'

Sad that Duck Dynasty takes precedence :/
 
If a system that size hit the us, the entire Atlantic coast would be demolished. I know meteorologists sometimes sensationalize things, but the equivalent force of an f4 tornado sitting on you for 30 minutes is simply mind blowing.
 
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Looking at the coverage on BBC. I would have thought another type natural disaster hit and not a hurricane. The devastation is severe.
 
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The guys I know in Iligan City are safe. All they had was power outages. Totally different from 2011 though. One of them was saying that in 2011 they had a hurricane in the city and the flooding hit them at midnight when lots of people were still sleeping. Imagine all the power is out and it's pitch black and no stars or moon due to the storm. And a wall of black water that you can't see is coming to you, and then you get swept in water and you're just totally blind.
 
iamwiz82 said:
It's a disconnect in culture and distance. It's not a whole lot different from the tsunami of Japan a few years ago. It was not real to most Americans since it wasn't broadcast as a 'big deal.'

Sad that Duck Dynasty takes precedence :/
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This isn't P&N so I can give kudos to the Obama administration for having a prepared response. Despite them wanting to close our bases, the Philippines has always been a good regional ally. The U.S. Military responded quickly and will be able to coordinate relief efforts as donations step up.

My local news did not cover too much on the impending hit...but they have been devoting nightly segments to the situation now. Even though locally we do not have a large Filipino community.
 
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