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Webbo
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Carefree
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Philippines
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 Posted - 12 November 2013 : 01:05:09
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| Another typhoon will pass appx 10 km south of the path of super typhoon Haiyan, arriving this afternoon. This will be the third natural disaster to hit there in less than 30 days. The rain has already begun falling there and they anticipate an additional 8 inches or more through Tacloban. |
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MaGraham
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Posted - 12 November 2013 : 01:46:25
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Originally posted by Carefree
Another typhoon will pass appx 10 km south of the path of super typhoon Haiyan, arriving this afternoon. This will be the third natural disaster to hit there in less than 30 days. The rain has already begun falling there and they anticipate an additional 8 inches or more through Tacloban.
OH MY!
Are they expecting this to be as bad, Carefree?
Praying. . .
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
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Posted - 12 November 2013 : 04:05:27
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| No. Haiyan was the strongest storm ever recorded; this one barely qualifies as a typhoon. The problem is that Haiyan already destroyed everything and this one will not give them time to begin recovery. |
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MaGraham
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 14 November 2013 : 22:21:08
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What's the latest, Carefree?
I don't have cable TV. . .
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
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Posted - 15 November 2013 : 08:40:43
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| So far, confirmed dead about 4500. More than 8000 still missing. They are burying bodies in mass graves of 1000 each. |
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MaGraham
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 15 November 2013 : 21:11:08
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Oh my! OH MY!! I had not heard any of this, Carefree!
How horrible! My mind won't even go there!
I've had to go out of town for a couple of days so my time online has been very limited and so has my Internet connection.
Prayers continue. . .
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
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Posted - 17 November 2013 : 17:29:38
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I'm glad you're getting through this, carefree. I have many fond memories of USN time spent in the Phillipines, and it was sad to hear about the destruction from this storm.
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
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Posted - 17 November 2013 : 22:27:21
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| Subic Bay, Cebu, or Cubi Point, Doug? Clark is still beautiful, they cleaned up all of Pinatubo's debris. Cebu is a mess now, due to the typhoon but Subic/Cubi weren't affected. |
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
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Posted - 19 November 2013 : 00:53:28
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Subic Bay, Cebu, or Cubi Point, Doug? Clark is still beautiful, they cleaned up all of Pinatubo's debris. Cebu is a mess now, due to the typhoon but Subic/Cubi weren't affected.
It was back in Vietnam days, I was on a frigate homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, and we made pretty much bi-monthly trips to the gulf, and always stopped in Subic for a couple days each way. We'd pick up a helo crew & some others that were based there at Cubi (one of our ship's main functions was SAR, but they apparently didn't want us steaming to and from Japan with a Helo on the helo deck).
I also got to spend a couple days in the transient motel at Clark when I'd gotten transferred and was waiting for a MATS hop to Tokyo.
Anyway, for nearly two years we had that schedule, I was feeling like the area around Subic was just another home :)
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 19 November 2013 : 06:12:10
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
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Posted - 20 November 2013 : 04:08:48
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| Was at Clark when Pinatubo erupted in 91. During my career, actually nine different locations had natural disasters while I was assigned to them. Got the impression that Mother Earth and I just weren't meant to get along. Since while I was at Minot ND, they had a seven-month long flood and since the world's most powerful storm on record hit here while I was here, it seems the streak hasn't ended. |
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AnonJr
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Posted - 20 November 2013 : 09:47:19
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*could sit and listen to Doug's stories all day*
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
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Posted - 20 November 2013 : 13:55:45
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Watch out, I have lots of sea stories ...
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
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Posted - 21 November 2013 : 00:53:39
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Know the difference between a war/sea story and a fairytale?
A fairytale starts out "Once upon a time ..."
A war/sea story starts out "No sh!t, guys, this really happened ..."
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Anyone heard from Carefree?
