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_wombat_ wrote:
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where would I take off from?

 try an airport biggrin (sorry mate)

 Try Manila Airport. Wont be much traffic there for a day or so !!!winkwink



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how can a vice president order a president ceo..?? no



-- Edited by milo on Thursday 7th of November 2013 06:29:35 PM

If it is deemed the CEO has planned to do something really really stoopid then he can be tossed into the Naughty Corner and the 2IC can take over!

Cheers Rulemaker! biggrin 



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how can a vice president order a president ceo..?? no



-- Edited by milo on Thursday 7th of November 2013 06:29:35 PM

If it is deemed the CEO has planned to do something really really stoopid then he can be tossed into the Naughty Corner and the 2IC can take over!

Cheers Rulemaker! biggrin 

 Delta18, I need a new PA are you free. biggrinbiggrin



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Not free Wombie but very cheap..lol.

Anyone on Facebook wanting to see what the storm is doing this is a good site....https://www.facebook.com/Westpacwx?directed_target_id=0

 



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just looked out the airport office window at Manila Airport,
clear as a bell.. (thru fsx and rex) hmmm

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sorry double posthmm



-- Edited by _wombat_ on Friday 8th of November 2013 12:39:58 PM

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milo wrote:

just looked out the airport office window at Manila Airport,
clear as a bell.. (thru fsx and rex) hmmm

 it is supposed to hit there sometime today



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Good luck BG, will have a Bundy and coke for you.

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Hope you're OK Ken.  Be glad to hear you got through it .

Cheers,

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-- Edited by Sheba on Friday 8th of November 2013 07:30:29 PM

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WesternPacificWeather, this is a good site to check out. It is looking horrific over there.

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http://www.westernpacificweather.com/



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OMG! That's so terrifying... hope BG is ok.

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Just saw the news on tv and I don't think Ken will be on for a while, maybe no power, he did say he maybe unable to come back later.



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Hi BG hope you came through OK.  Which Island are you on?

We have not heard from any of our friends on the Islands, but all teh family in Manila and Jala Jala (Rizal) are all ok.

I expect you will be unable to communicate for a while till they get the infrastructure pathed up again.



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Looked - and sounded - on the news - that they got a hammering up there...
The ABC report said it was the "world's worst storm"... 250 - 300kph winds... Jeez...!!!
Not long since they had a 7.4 earthquake up there too - already evacuated and living in tents because of THAT: and now, THIS..!!!
Poor buggers have precious-little to start with... Spare a thought for families who lose their loved ones...



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Good luck, Ken.

What sort of refuge/shelter do you have?

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By the look of that storm on tv I think it will be a while before Ken is able to get back online.

Wish you all the best Ken, and hope you did not suffer too much damage.



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dont think I'll fly thru that either.. good luck to all over there.

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Think this has been the biggest, hope that cellar that I hope you have was a safe spot and you're safe.

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dont think I'll fly thru that either.. good luck to all over there.

 Hey, milo when did you have that photo taken for your av? biggrin



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We have just been watching the Philippine news and it is truly terrible in the affected areas, it looks at this stage as if Tacloban city (Leyte) has coped the worst of it with both the high winds (300+ kph) and a high storm surge many meters high (reports of 5 to 10m high).

In a typhoon the light weight structures are often destroyed, but the houses built from reinforced concrete blocks fair better, with this one I am hearing of concrete block houses being flattened like a houses of cards. There are reports of areas where all structures, and trees have been raised to ground level.

Current reports put the death toll over 1200, but realistically that will only be the start.

Sorry to post such a sad and negative message. 



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Hope BG survived this ok - our thoughts are with him. I also have a friend over there at the moment working, haven't heard anything from him either. Fingers crossed.

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Hope BG survived this ok - our thoughts are with him. I also have a friend over there at the moment working, haven't heard anything from him either. Fingers crossed.

 would have no power now Jules so no way of communicating, watching the news last night and they were having problems keeping in touch with their reporters, keep thinking of Ken and how he is getting on. 



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Vietnam and Cambodia are copping it next. We don't hear a lot about what happens in other countries on our news, but like the Philippines, there's plenty of shacks in those countries that wont survive this.

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dont think I'll fly thru that either.. good luck to all over there.

 Hey, milo when did you have that photo taken for your av? biggrin

 just the other day mate, how do I look??

 I  just hope our friends are ok over their ..

oh I always say, we may think we own this planet, and the terrorists may think

they run the show , but mother nature can be the biggest terrorist of all time...cry

 

good luck every one 



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Latest ABC report I heard was 3 pm this afternoon.  They quoted at least 10,000 dead at that stage in the Phillipines.  It'll be over Laos and Vietnam by now.

Hope Ken has survived.  The Tidal Surge would have drowned a lot of people unfortunately.

We are so lucky in this country.

Cheers,

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Sheba wrote:

We are so lucky in this country.

Cheers,

Sheba.

 Amen.



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The looting has already started.  Armed gangs are hi-jacking aid trucks, no doubt for the black market.

 



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The looting has already started.  Armed gangs are hi-jacking aid trucks, no doubt for the black market.

 

 that always happens, how can people get so low.nono



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We don't have Kens' surname, or I'd try and find out if he's ok on the 1300 line.  Don't even know which Island he's on.

There has been 1 Australian confirmed dead so far, but no Name, Age, or Gender was given

Do hope he's all right.

Cheers,

Sheba.



-- Edited by Sheba on Monday 11th of November 2013 10:31:07 PM

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