OT Hurricane in the Philipines…

….Has destroyed my Uncle aNd his family’s house that they spent their life savings on.

Any prayers, and support is much appreciated as we work to try to get them settled elsewhere. I had plans to visit this summer. Was a truly beautiful place set right on the beach, isolated on a smaller island with about 250 loving community village folk.

The whole island has been devastated, but many locals had come to look to my uncle for help with little things, as by and large most of the locals are poverty stricken villagers and my Uncle’s wife is the mayor of the island.
. When my Grandmother was on her last days, he took her down there and then she passed. The locals camped outside and around the home in mourning for a month.
They pampered her during her last days and it showed me just how much different and so much more caring and loving of thy neighbor, many third world countries are, compared to countries like ours.
Anyhow, any help would be much appreciated.
They still have no electricity or running water.
Here is a link to some pictures on facebook of the damage aNd a gofundmelink. :

https://www.gofundme.com/f/typhoon-relief-for-craig-corp-and-family?utm_campaign=p_cf share-flow-1&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

 

That stinks OB. Hope they get what they need asap. Really sad.

 

There are no hurricanes in the Philippines, only Typhoons. I guess this was classified as a "Super Typhoon" whatever the fuck that means. Crazy.

Heard it fucked up Siargao, which was an up and coming tourist destination for surfing and ecotourism.

 

Sad to hear and I hope your family gets through this ok...monsoon season is brutal in the Philippines every year.....for houses to survive the monsoons they need to be made from concrete with very thick walls ...also...living near the beach in the subtropics is super risky...hope your family sorts it out and gets back on their feet .....wish them luck. Nature is pretty brutal in the Phillipines from monsoons or volcanic activity. I would like to mention that when I was fighting forest fires in the Sierras in the 70s that were burning neighbors homes to the ground all the locals got together and helped each other out....this happens in America as well as poorer countries.....same when twisters hit Iowa when I was a child....the farmers got together to help out.....when a windstorm crushed my neighbors car and roof here in Lane county the whole neighborhoods showed up with chainsaws to cut the tree off his house and car and
of all the natural disasters that occur on the planet....people's good sides usually shine in times of loss. Floods also find neighbors lining up to fill sandbags and do cleanup...unlike most people's thoughts on property real estate can depreciate. The house my wife grew up in in eastern Taiwan is two blocks from the pacific and has concrete walls 18 inches thick, boards and iron slats for the doors and windows and the floors are raised indoors and there's a 6" plug under every door sill so the flood waters drain out but the floors stay dry...also the roof drains are really large pvc pipe that can move a lot of water...her house has withstood monsoons and typhoons since the 1940s

 

Yeah a mod can change to typhoon if they want. Wasn't really thinking about to when i posted it.
It is messed up all over there. He moved to a the side of the island that is much less susceptible to hard impacts...
Not this time.

 

Thanks the kind thoughts. Looking to be a tough time for the family as we cancelled xmas due to a couple family members being sick, but it’s spreading its one side of the family. Another uncle not doing well close to heading to the hospital…
When it rains it pours! But what doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger!
My Uncles’family is working with the villagers and they are slowly starting to rebuild.

 

Thanks River.

i was kind of speaking of Americans on everyday life. I lived in ny during 911 aNd know first hand how we can band together during hard times. But communities and neighbors from all around the block don't typically mourn in your front yard for a month when a relative of yours passes.
Its just a different style of helping each other. As a well travelled person im sure you know what im talking about.

 

Thanks Chris. The whole community is helping each other. Slowly though. Materials are expensive and scarce with long lead times.

 

Thanks guys. Sucks big time but at least everyone is safe in the family. Not sure everyone on the island yet. Only a couple hundred people mostly in much less structurally sound buildings.

 

Damn that sucks. Glad to hear everyone is safe!

 

When someone is going through grief like this, I wouldn't nit pick about the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon.

 

Best wishes to your family O.B.. I understand the Philippines was hit hard by Covid and now to have a typhoon as well is rough.

 

Wow. Prayers, my friend.

 

OB - I hope 2022 is a good year for your family in the Philippines.