In a show of appreciation, on February 8, the Philippines will launch a global “Thank You” campaign around the world to express its gratitude for the outpouring of support following the devastating effects of Typhoon Haiyan which hit three months ago. Using eye-catching images like this, and through social media, the Philippines encourages everyone to use the hashtag #PHthankyou to continue sharing their support and appreciation.

The aftermath of Yolanda's trip to the Philippines was catastrophic. It was a Category 5 hurricane for crying out loud! Tacloban City got the worst of it, eerily similar to the flash flood in Ormoc City back in November '91. However, my beloved hometown of Ormoc City was not spared.

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Here's a video I took during that fateful Friday morning of November 8, 2013.


Video on the left was taken around 7AM. We were in the eye of the storm around 8AM. The video on the right was taken around 9AM. The storm started around 6AM in Ormoc City and it ended almost 11AM. Whew! Such a looooong time! It was a helluva ride! So you can just imagine the damages it made...

Here's a longer video clip of the "2nd round" of the supertyphoon, taken after the eye of the storm passed us.



Aerial View of the damages... see HERE.

Some shots I took after Yolanda left.






















You can subscribe/follow me on Facebook and check my status for updates and read comments of people over there. Please send help if you can because right now we are running low on food and other supplies. Some people have resorted to looting and I'm afraid sooner of later with no food, people will become cannibals! Eeeekk! But that's just me having watched too many movies.

Seriously though, all of us here need a TEAM OF CARPENTERS to fix our roofs because that hurricane was a real mofo. Although I'm not complaining because even though the damage is severe, we are still thankful to be alive and in one piece. Never mind getting soaked and drenched in that storm, we still praise God that we didn't get flooded and there are no major casualties in Ormoc City. I really wish I could say the same for Tacloban. The news is just heartbreaking. :(

We pray for our fellowmen to stay strong amidst this storm (literally!) in our lives and that we will all unite in getting back on our feet and rebuild what was destroyed. We've overcome a great tragedy in '91 with 8,000 lives lost... Ormoc City shall rise again.

#BANGONORMOC!




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