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Photos – Bodies at Suhi near Tacloban Waiting to be ID’d
I did a rough count and came up with a figure of about 1,400 bodies in this field. It’s located at a government department of health office in Suhi about 15 or 20 kilometers north of Tacloban City. These were all victims of super typhoon Yolanda, which struck this area on November 8, 2013. I had spent some time with the Bureau of Fire Protection …
Day 45 Super Typhoon Yolanda – Chatting with Manny
Sunday December 22, 2013
6:55 a.m. Tacloban, Philippines
Day 45, Typhoon Yolanda
Not proofed
I was chatting with Rene yesterday, and I got another element to the houseboy’s story. Rene said that the houseboy had gone back to his room to get some of his belongings. And that was when he was trapped there. This never came up in all the times I questioned this fellow about his story, …
Day 44 Super Typhoon Yolanda – The Story of Elvis
Yesterday, was definitely what you would call a sick day. I didn’t leave the pension house the entire day and never strayed very far from the bathroom. I ate nothing the entire day, which is my usual treatment for this. I have no idea if it actually starves the bacteria out, but at least not eating denies my digestive system anything with which to make …
Day 42 Super Typhoon Yolanda – Body Retrieval in Anibong
Thursday December 19, 2013
Day 43 Typhoon Yolanda
Not proofed
– Went to fire station at 6:45 to see off the American firefighters, but they were already gone; they’d left at four in the morning to make sure of catching their c-130 to Manila
– – dropped by Hayward to have coffee and ended up having a breakfast of porridge with Manny and his wife; I liked the porridge, …
Day 41 Super Typhoon Yolanda – Walk Around Magallanes
Wednesday December 18, 2013
Day 42 Typhoon Yolanda
Not proofed
– Went for a walk to the area around Mark’s house with my camera; I walked as far as Edwin’s house and then stopped and turned around; that was long enough
– – took some great pictures of the new houses that had been built; crazy patchwork houses;
– – climbed up on top of that four-story house again and …
Day 40 Super Typhoon Yolanda – Bike Ride to Tanauan
Tuesday December 17, 2013
Day 41 Typhoon Yolanda
– Got on my bike and set off with my camera; intended to go to the coast road on the way out to the MacArthur memorial; on the way, I ran into the firefighters and Amy; I stopped and hung out for a little while as they did their work; the main site was a grassy, swampy, marshy, muddy …
Day 39 Super Typhoon Yolanda – A Day with Firefighters for Christ
Monday December 16, 2013
Day 40 Typhoon Yolanda
– Day 2 with the American firefighters; a strange day, perhaps; started out with a drive to the sports center where we just had to stand around for quite a long time at a press conference; felt like the Americans were being shown off to the press like prize show ponies; eventually escaped and drove back to the fire …
Day 38 Super Typhoon Yolanda – Mass Grave at Basper
It’s Sunday, the worst day of the week by far. I say that because they take this “day of rest” thing seriously in the Philippines, and it is the one day of the week when I always have trouble finding food and water and other things. Stores and restaurants are closed, and after the typhoon, it will be even worse.It was raining quite heavily in …