@Corie Henson and @Amie Ar , I know that more than 700 miles separates you from Taiwan, but is there any indications that you might have outlying issues from Nepartak? In any case, I wanted you to know that I'm thinking about you both there in the Philippines as well as the Taiwanese people, and hoping for minimal damage. Looks like a bad one.
Thanks for your concern @ Mari North. I really appreciate it and wishing you all prayers it will pass our country without casualties. Typhoon Nepartak (called Butchoy by our local weather bureau) was currently in the Philippines area of responsibility that is why we can feel rains pouring right now. During the months from June to September, the Philippines was the so-called 'parking lot' of so many typhoons. I don't want to exaggerate and alarm you guys but sometimes really, typhoons in the Philippines is far more than the number of letters in the English alphabet! That's how many typhoons we are taking every year. So, basically we're kinda used of the coming in and out of these natural phenomenon. Some of these typhoons are so strong and so devastating like Yolanda (typhoon Haiyan which became a global alarm due to the havoc it brought us leaving thousands dead and so many families homeless. Just for you guys to know how we are taking calamities like this, here is an article I've written (during super typhoon Haiyan) for a client who own a pet food company, entitled: Pet Disaster Preparedness Guide During Calamities and Disasters Please note the photo was an actual shot during the havoc of typhoon Haiyan. See how flood waters affect our streets.
That's a good one, @Amie Ar, I liked that parking lot of typhoons. You are right, we are used to the typhoons which come and go but come to think of it, we are not really used to it, huh. Confusing eh? Every time there is a forecast of a typhoon, half of the population gets worried for sure. We used to ignore typhoons until that typhoon Glenda in 2012 (I think) toppled our mango tree. It was really a sad day and we couldn't move on. Fortunately, we were able to prop up the tree after cutting most of the branches. The tree survived and it has some fruits now, but only a few pieces. Thanks for the concern, @Mari North. So far, we are okay and the typhoon just gave us some rains, sometimes heavy but still no floods.
during the war we operated out of Subic bay and were ordered out of of there because of approaching Typhoons. we sit out there off the coast sometimes for days. also on deployments across the Pacific we had to stop and let them pass or if close enough out run them. we're hearing about all this trouble China is causing over some islands out there and the USN may be operating out of Subic again