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12-22-21 11:09 #14687
Posts: 3396Originally Posted by Cbea20 [View Original Post]
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12-21-21 18:01 #14686
Posts: 28Originally Posted by Cbea20 [View Original Post]
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12-21-21 14:51 #14685
Posts: 499Originally Posted by SoapySmith [View Original Post]
It was a strong hit.
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12-21-21 12:17 #14684
Posts: 1562Another explanation is that Bohol and Cebu may not have heeded evacuation orders as seriously. Many of the 6,000 plus deaths from Yolanda, centered in Tacloban, were because squatters near the Leyte Gulf waterfront did not evacuate when they should have. In part, the city didn't effectively carry out evacuation orders and many waterfront squatters may not have taken it seriously. The tidal surge was huge, washing right through the airport terminal and knocking out the control tower. I have video and photos of three Chinese freighters that were washed up on shore nearly 200 meters.
A few local governments have been exemplary in their preparedness and mitigation activities, others are far behind the curve.
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12-21-21 11:51 #14683
Posts: 1562Originally Posted by Albert9989 [View Original Post]
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12-21-21 11:46 #14682
Posts: 1562Originally Posted by Cbea20 [View Original Post]
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12-21-21 11:39 #14681
Posts: 1562Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
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12-21-21 09:49 #14680
Posts: 812Nothing has been openly stated about anything changing towards entry to the Philippines but something is going on. The public has been kept in the dark but everywhere you look businesses are working to reopen. The California Hotel in AC has been closed for a long time but they are preparing to reopen, several of the closed bars in AC and Subic are working to open again. A huge casino with a 400 room Hotel just opened on Clark, all we have is speculation at this point but since the pandemic everything has been at a standstill or complete shutdown. Now all of a sudden there is lots of activity. The Casino is Korean owned like much of AC but it wasn't built for retired expats. Inquiring minds want to know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B90GFRKeub8&t=102s.
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12-21-21 09:45 #14679
Posts: 232There was an outage, decades ago, in the USA where the eastern half of the country lost power for some days. Cell phones, a new item then, all went down, whereas the old landlines kept functioning.
Then again, I got stuck in San Francisco, though I didn't live there, during the Loma Prieta "World Series" earthquake of 1989. By city policy, all electricity was immediately shut off. I could not buy gas to drive home. At the same time, every block had a warden to go around making sure that all gas powered appliances had the gas valve turned off. SF was more afraid of fire than of aftershock.
Originally Posted by Goferring [View Original Post]
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12-21-21 08:30 #14678
Posts: 333Originally Posted by Sammon [View Original Post]
We all (or most of us) had this already.
You book the flight, they later cancel it and then you have to wait 6 Months or more for your money refund.
Its a free credit for the Airline.
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12-21-21 08:13 #14677
Posts: 2116Typhoons
Every year, for the past 10,000 years, the Philippines has been hit with Typhoons at about this time, give or take a few weeks.
So why the fuck did they look all surprised when the typhoon hit this year? Don't they plan ahead? Like have a store of water, food and medical supplies in advance? Perhaps they could tie stuff down, get rid of rubbish and screw down the roof properly before the typhoon season. Just as night will follow day, a typhoon will hit again at this time next year and they will look all surprised again.
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12-21-21 03:48 #14676
Posts: 3281Pal
Off the typhoon topic.
Philippine Airlines sent me a e mail stating hotel names plus quarantine prices for 7 days through March 2022. Also there is a schedule for flights to various countries. They will supply free three meals a day during quarantine if you fly with them from North American departure cities. I did not see any recent regulations mentioning quarantine till March in Philippine government website. Has there been a decision on this? Maybe they informed PAL about re opening with quarantine and testing.
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12-20-21 15:43 #14675
Posts: 6836Originally Posted by Goferring [View Original Post]
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12-20-21 08:46 #14674
Posts: 499Typhoon RAI or Odette
Yes, the impact is for mzny regions from siargao to north Palawan, and Bohol seems to be the most severely hitten.
Now they say 208 deaths globally but the count is increasing every day. 73 for only Bohol at this time.
Its really a huge impact and we or they still don't know the final count.
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12-20-21 05:44 #14673
Posts: 3396Originally Posted by Bushes [View Original Post]
It's standard practice when a known natural disaster is approaching to disconnect all services and utilities. The authorities are aware of the additional damage that can be done by fallen live power lines, water ingress into substations etc so they do this as a precautionary measure. These are restored when a particular trunk line or area is known to be clear or undamaged. It's not at all unusual for remote areas to have power etc disconnected for weeks.