You wouldn't believe it, 2 years in a row I'm tangled up in a Super typhoon. I'm due to fly to Manila Saturday morning, but that will be too late. Flights will have stopped. No point in looking at a bus. It's an 18 hour trip which includes 2 hours on a vehicular ferry. It probably wont run, but if it does, I wont be on it. This typhoon will hit areas along the island of eastern Samar, which bore the brunt of "Yolanda" last year. I'm on the western side of the island abeam the 6/18Z mark. That is the estimated time the eye will be in that position. In Philippine time it's 7 .02 a.m. Sunday morning, 10.02 a.m. Australian Eastern Daylight Time. This big mother will have winds of 160 knots with gusts to 195 knots. That's a strong breeze and a lot of people are sadly gonna die. Don't worry about me, I wont be one of them.....
Hopefully if I can get to Manila my flight to Melbourne leaves 3.00 p.m. Sunday. if the typhoon reaches abeam MNL by then, I'll be stuck there for a few days.
I'll keep you informed, but if I disappear for a few days it's because the power will go out, taking water, telephones and Internet with it.
Not quite as bad as that but the wind played havoc across the Nullarbor over the last few days. A Van was blown over, still attached to tug at ****lebiddy. At Ceduna we got 105 k wind with a storm and about 6 vans lost their awnings. Thankfully caravan God saved us.
The language filter got that post but if you can't work it out it is slang for a part of the male anatomy
-- Edited by NeilandRaine on Thursday 4th of December 2014 12:35:25 PM
D and D said
05:43 PM Dec 4, 2014
Batten down the hatches and take care of yourself ... hear from you after the event.
Dave
Cloak said
06:46 PM Dec 4, 2014
Take care BG hope your family avoids get's through ok... Nice people over there they don't deserve these darn things.
Glenelg said
08:26 PM Dec 4, 2014
Take care mate. Hope it's not to bad for you. Keep safe.
milo said
12:13 AM Dec 5, 2014
good luck BG..
jules47 said
07:25 AM Dec 5, 2014
Stay safe BG - and hold onto your hat!!!
Dougwe said
07:45 AM Dec 5, 2014
Hold on tight BG and don't let go mate.
I was talking to my very good mate Wombat who you know and he said to tell you to hold onto a lovely lady and don't let go
Big Gorilla said
03:39 PM Dec 5, 2014
The panic is over, for me at least. One flight a day from the Provincial City I was in, at 6.50 a.m. Yesterday 2 extra fights were put on at 12.25 p.m. and 3.45 p.m. All fully booked !! After hanging around the airport on standby, I finally got on a flight at 3.45 p.m., so now safe in a Manila hotel awaiting my flight to Melbourne Sunday afternoon. The typhoon is forecast to hit Manila Monday or Tuesday, so I'll be well gone.
This is another "Super" typhoon and will hit the areas devastated by "Yolanda" at this time last year. Sadly, I expect there will be considerable loss of life again.
Once again, thank you all for the concern and good wishes.
And Dougwe, I can assure you that I am doing exactly as Wombat has suggested !!!
Regards,
Ken.
Gerty Dancer said
04:04 PM Dec 5, 2014
Good to hear BG, Welcome back to Oz, and hope the people that are still there are ok.
frangipani said
09:23 AM Dec 6, 2014
Good to hear you'll be well gone b4 it hits., stay safe - Fran
Big Gorilla said
10:01 AM Dec 7, 2014
No sign of the typhoons effects here in Manila so expect to be flying out today to Melbourne at 3.00 p.m. Luckily I left the provincial area in time, the eye is right over the top of where I was staying. Winds are 100 knots with gusts to 125 kts. Very nasty...
You wouldn't believe it, 2 years in a row I'm tangled up in a Super typhoon. I'm due to fly to Manila Saturday morning, but that will be too late. Flights will have stopped. No point in looking at a bus. It's an 18 hour trip which includes 2 hours on a vehicular ferry. It probably wont run, but if it does, I wont be on it. This typhoon will hit areas along the island of eastern Samar, which bore the brunt of "Yolanda" last year. I'm on the western side of the island abeam the 6/18Z mark. That is the estimated time the eye will be in that position. In Philippine time it's 7 .02 a.m. Sunday morning, 10.02 a.m. Australian Eastern Daylight Time. This big mother will have winds of 160 knots with gusts to 195 knots. That's a strong breeze and a lot of people are sadly gonna die. Don't worry about me, I wont be one of them.....
Hopefully if I can get to Manila my flight to Melbourne leaves 3.00 p.m. Sunday. if the typhoon reaches abeam MNL by then, I'll be stuck there for a few days.
I'll keep you informed, but if I disappear for a few days it's because the power will go out, taking water, telephones and Internet with it.
Better make sure the beer is cold !!
Better sit back with a red BG. Stay safe....
Aussie Paul
Not quite as bad as that but the wind played havoc across the Nullarbor over the last few days. A Van was blown over, still attached to tug at ****lebiddy. At Ceduna we got 105 k wind with a storm and about 6 vans lost their awnings. Thankfully caravan God saved us.
The language filter got that post but if you can't work it out it is slang for a part of the male anatomy
-- Edited by NeilandRaine on Thursday 4th of December 2014 12:35:25 PM
Dave
Hold on tight BG and don't let go mate.
I was talking to my very good mate Wombat who you know and he said to tell you to hold onto a lovely lady and don't let go
The panic is over, for me at least. One flight a day from the Provincial City I was in, at 6.50 a.m. Yesterday 2 extra fights were put on at 12.25 p.m. and 3.45 p.m. All fully booked !! After hanging around the airport on standby, I finally got on a flight at 3.45 p.m., so now safe in a Manila hotel awaiting my flight to Melbourne Sunday afternoon. The typhoon is forecast to hit Manila Monday or Tuesday, so I'll be well gone.
This is another "Super" typhoon and will hit the areas devastated by "Yolanda" at this time last year. Sadly, I expect there will be considerable loss of life again.
Once again, thank you all for the concern and good wishes.
And Dougwe, I can assure you that I am doing exactly as Wombat has suggested !!!
Regards,
Ken.
Good to hear you'll be well gone b4 it hits., stay safe - Fran
No sign of the typhoons effects here in Manila so expect to be flying out today to Melbourne at 3.00 p.m. Luckily I left the provincial area in time, the eye is right over the top of where I was staying. Winds are 100 knots with gusts to 125 kts. Very nasty...