Super Typhoon Haiyan - Expected Nov8-9

[mangoesandkisses]

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the veco website shows the schedule.

[hanzheyteta]

For those who wants to donate water,Aqua Vitae in Baseline offers 10/liter only.

[Nefarian]

Considering the geography and topology of Tacloban: land fronting the sea and downtown area is flat. It is susceptible to storm surges(pagtaas sa dagat tungod sa atmospheric pressure coupled with wind).

Just imagine the eye of this super typhoon create a sudden drop of pressure, thus it creates a huge or big vacuum which contribute for the storm surges and high intensity winds.

I can say well-prepared ang Taga Tacloban/Giuan ani pero wala jud sila magdahom nga ingon ani kadako. There's nowhere to run. It is an inevitable tragedy na dili matabang maski prepared pa.

"The hunter becomes the hunted or the rescuer is the one being rescued"

Disaster preparedness takes time to improve. Lessons continue to be learned after each disaster, and measures continue to be refined. Even the US, with the enormous resources at its disposal, their disaster response agencies which have been well in place for decades were brought to its knees when hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. Several communities around New Orleans also suffered looting and a breakdown of law and order for a few days.

Our preparedness is far from perfect but what's important is that measures are being done to continuously improve it. Highly-elevated evacuation centers should be built near coastal areas susceptible to typhoons.

[catheeyen25]

another one is coming. and it will hit southern part of Cebu... they mentioned nga hinay but hopefully it wont create a big mess like Yolanda...

[Nefarian]

Storm Surge diagram taken from the net.



Taken from a poster:

"The eye of Yolanda is of very low barometric pressure and it came from an open ocean. And it is a known fact that as the barometric pressure goes down, a vacuum will elevates the sea level to compensate the loss of the pressure. And I think, this excess sea water (elevated-normal sea level=excess sea water) may be the culprit/contributed to the high storm surge in the area of San Pedro and San Pablo Bay Bay... How? when STY Yolanda made a landfall over Tolosa, the increase sea level that it brought from the Pacific ocean will surely flood the areas covered by the eye. However, as the eye pushes further into the mountains of Leyte, it will not be able to bring those excess sea water into the higher areas of mainland Leyte. Thus , the result would be back to your second illustration that when the 2nd half of the eyewall arrives, it pushes this excess sea water into the San Pedro and San Pablo Bay thereby flooding Tacloban City and the surrounding areas. . I believe this explains the high level of storm surge in the area..."

[battouter]

another one is coming. and it will hit southern part of Cebu... they mentioned nga hinay but hopefully it wont create a big mess like Yolanda...

uwan ra nya hangin gamay... nothing to worry about


current death toll, 1774

[cyberchrono]

uwan ra nya hangin gamay... nothing to worry about


current death toll, 1774

bai diin ka kuha anang figure nmo for the death toll

ahak ning pinoy pina ana man nga minimal ra

[Wham!]

the veco website shows the schedule.

Found the sched, dapat ra diay ko mo tan-aws ubos. Thanks!

[zilam98]

to the powers that be:

since cebu city is now the center of operations for the afflicted visayas areas, why not use all that international monetary aid to build temporary shelters in cebu city (particularly SRP area) and relocate the survivors to cebu instead? that way, aid might be given more peacefully and directly, instead of having the volunteers struggle to reach the victims? all the debris and decaying bodies in those areas will just make it uninhabitable for a while, plus there's no water, power or communications there.

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Considering the geography and topology of Tacloban: land fronting the sea and downtown area is flat. It is susceptible to storm surges(pagtaas sa dagat tungod sa atmospheric pressure coupled with wind).

Just imagine the eye of this super typhoon create a sudden drop of pressure, thus it creates a huge or big vacuum which contribute for the storm surges and high intensity winds.

I can say well-prepared ang Taga Tacloban/Giuan ani pero wala jud sila magdahom nga ingon ani kadako. There's nowhere to run. It is an inevitable tragedy na dili matabang maski prepared pa.

"The hunter becomes the hunted or the rescuer is the one being rescued"

Disaster preparedness takes time to improve. Lessons continue to be learned after each disaster, and measures continue to be refined. Even the US, with the enormous resources at its disposal, their disaster response agencies which have been well in place for decades were brought to its knees when hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. Several communities around New Orleans also suffered looting and a breakdown of law and order for a few days.

Our preparedness is far from perfect but what's important is that measures are being done to continuously improve it. Highly-elevated evacuation centers should be built near coastal areas susceptible to typhoons.

i think not just building evacuation centers at elevation, but also some distance away from the coastline. maybe NOAA can further study the relationship between typhoon strength and estimated tidal surge, that way evacuation centers can be built accordingly.

i would think forced evacuations should be implemented as well. there were some stories reported where the victims were adamant about leaving their residences, only to call authorities to be rescued during the storm. by then, the authorities were already helpless to assist them since they were victims of the storm as well

[sevmik]

Google Finder for Yolanda Victims can be accessed even without Internet access. You can send an SMS to 2662999 (Globe subscribers), 4664999 (SMART subscribers), 22020999 (Sun subscribers), or +16508003977 with the message Search person-name. For example, if you are searching for Teresa Santos, send the message Search Teresa Santos