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Day 36 Super Typhoon Yolanda – Odd Encounters in Seawall
It’s already the 13th of December, perilously close to Christmas. I was thinking that since it is so close, I might as well stay here in Tacloban for Christmas. In a strange twist, the typhoon has meant that I now know more people in the city of Tacloban than in most places on the planet. I already have two invitations to spend Christmas with families. …
Day 37 Super Typhoon Yolanda – Mass Grave at Basper, a Concert, and Mosquito Torment
The very first thing I did this morning (after taking a bucket bath, shaving, and battling mosquitoes) was to remove the back cover from my broken Kindle. The battery finally went dead, so I couldn’t use it to listen to music anymore. And I don’t want to throw the entire Kindle away as it is. If, by some miracle, someone were to fix it, they …
Photo Post – Basper Mass Grave in Tacloban
Many mass graves were dug in and around the Tacloban area in order to deal with the thousands of victims of super typhoon Yolanda on November 8, 2013. These particular mass graves were dug inside a public cemetery at Basper about 12 kilometers north of Tacloban City itself. I did not know what to expect when I visited this place, but I admit I was …
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 …
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 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 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 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 …