Typhoon 'Frank'

My first typhoon! Not like a bunch of other people, I survived, easily. There was a lot of wind during the night, some rain, then more rain during the day. I just stayed in. Electricity was off, so I read Alice Walker essays from the 80's.

When I went out later there were a few branches down, some water, but not the flooding that some areas here and further south suffered. I did notice that when I got a load for my cellphone at a local sari-sari shop, the owner was walking in about 8" of water in her store, her floor being a little below street level. I'm sure it all blew in and she had no way to pump it out. And I'm sure that a lot of really poor people living in tacked together shacks lost a lot too. The poor just keep getting socked!

The awful tragedy of the Princess of the Stars ferry taking 800 or more down under is still unraveling. It is very unsettling, emotionally. How many lives that will affect, considering how intricately the family ties connect to economics, is staggering, I'm sure.

Thanks to all who expressed concern. Think of those who lost their lives and for their loved ones, please!

Rod