SUPER TYPHOON YOLANDA (HAIYAN)

[chedz.03]

Sis seven- nakakalungkot at nakakatakot ang situation nila. I hope maiparating agad ang mga tulong lalo na yung huge amount na binigay ng mga ibang bansa para mabawasan ang pag panic ng mga tao.

[ava_garde]

Imbes po sana na 'ikahiya' natin yun mga kababayan natin na nag-loot, kaawan natin sila. It only meant, they already lost hope. This is the most tragic thing that can happen.  Bukod sa  namatayan, nasiraan ng bahay, nawalan ng kabuhayan, NAWALAN na din sila ng pag-asa muli pa sila makakabangon at wala na silang bukas na iniisip. Kung di ang 'ngayon' lang nila na kailangan na nila uminom at kumain.

[simplykristine08]

While I was watching the news yesterday, I cant help but cry. Grabe ang damage na natamo ng Visayas ng dahil kay Yolanda. Dead people everywhere, hunger is one of the main problem pa. Ang dami pang barangay na hindi naaabutan ng tulong. Sana naman, lahat ng donations eh mapunta sa mga nangangailangan ng tulong.

I read one article about the mother who survived pero ang anak nya namatay. Jusko, as I was reading, hindi ko alam kung anong sakit ang nararamdaman ng nanay na yun. I never want to know.

Pati mga barangay officials na iniinterview, naiiyak na sa pagmamakaawa na abutan sila ng relief goods.

Wala ako sa Pinas and I never imagined na ganito kalala ang danyos na gagawin ni Yolanda. I started watching news 2 days ago lang ata kasi some friends were saying na grabe daw talaga at they're donating na in kind and in cash.

I donated some extra cash on Red Cross. And, my friends and I are planning din to donate used clothes, canned goods, etc kasi free shipping nito c/o LBD cito sa Dubai.

[thebratinella]

Sisses, posting a message here from the Balesin Island Club: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152527681421542&set=a.10151470785226542.388042.671966541&type=1&theater

Everyone, our Balesin Island planes are flying to GUIUAN, SAMAR. Nobody is here yet. Over 50,000 people. We need tonnes of canned goods, medicines, shirts, face masks. We are also flying missions to Ormoc and Cebu. Please keep delivering, we have the space and the planes c/o Balesin Island club and our members. Please repost! Balesin Hangar is Tramo corner Airport road across Shell Station!

[sima]

Sa sobrang lupit ng hagupit ni Yolanda, napaiyak na yung isang Filipino envoy sa UN while he was making his statement:  http://ph.news.yahoo.com/pinoy-diplomat-breaks-down-before-un-body-141847327.html

Ito lang ang hindi ko nagustuhan sa sinabi niya:

“Super typhoon Haiyan was nothing we have ever experienced before, or perhaps nothing that any country has ever experienced before,” Saño told the UN body.

Hello?!!!!  Huwag namang ganyan -- there was Katrina, yung nangyari sa Haiti, sa Japan, sa Indonesia.  Sana hindi na lang niya binanggit ito.  When nature strikes, we cannot do anything talaga.  Nature hath no fury scorned.

[scurfy]

Based on news sobrang laki ng ng pledges ng iba't ibang bansa at yung mga private individuals and organizations na nagpledge din. Sana mabalita din kung nabigay na ba sa mga nangangasiwa yung mga pledges na yun. Nakakaworry kasi ang laki na ng mga amount kung ito-total, tapos baka ilang percentage lang nung mga yun ang mapunta sa mga nangangailangan talaga... Sana mag effort ang mga receiving bodies na i-account talaga sa public yung mga pera na marereceive nila.

[simplykristine08]

^ may nabasa ako na post ni Lucy Torres Gomez na gumagawa sila ng website kung saan ipopost ata nila lahat ng donations in cash and in kind for transparency. pwede din kayang gawin yun para doon sa big donations from other countries and yung mga individual na nagdonate?

[littlemissbiatch]

Sa sobrang lupit ng hagupit ni Yolanda, napaiyak na yung isang Filipino envoy sa UN while he was making his statement:  http://ph.news.yahoo.com/pinoy-diplomat-breaks-down-before-un-body-141847327.html

Ito lang ang hindi ko nagustuhan sa sinabi niya:

“Super typhoon Haiyan was nothing we have ever experienced before, or perhaps nothing that any country has ever experienced before,” Saño told the UN body.

Hello?!!!!  Huwag namang ganyan -- there was Katrina, yung nangyari sa Haiti, sa Japan, sa Indonesia.  Sana hindi na lang niya binanggit ito.  When nature strikes, we cannot do anything talaga.  Nature hath no fury scorned.

I read the transcript of his speech, and in his defense, this statement was made in the context of describing storms and typhoons, in a summit to discuss climate change. Typhoon Haiyan is one of the strongest typhoons to ever make landfall (Category 5 vs Katrina's Category 3 when it hit land), so he is correct in saying that this typhoon is like nothing experienced before by any country. I don't think he meant to say what happened to us is more tragic than what happened to other countries, only that this typhoon is insanely strong. His speech, after all, was not made to solicit help for the Philippines; it's a call for urgent action vs climate change.

[trishevil]

My heart breaks everytime I see the condition of the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. I can't help but cry and pray for them.

[shinta]

nakaka-touch ang outpouring of support and pledges from other countries.  even my client who is Canadian, nagdonate ng $100 sakin, idagdag ko daw sa ibibigay ko sa pamangkin ko.

[summersong]

Thanks for the link, sis thebratinella. At last mau-utilize na yung runway sa Guiuan. I hope maging safe sila sa trips.

Sana ma-restore na ang peace and order sa Leyte. May balita pa na nakawala pala ang mga preso sa Tacloban City Jail.

Hindi natin masisisi ang looting ng tubig, pagkain, gamot, damit, at iba pang essentials. Kailangan nilang mabuhay, at ineffective ang gobyerno. It's another thing to steal items of 'luho', though.

Is it too much to hope na ireimburse or irecompensate ng gobyerno ang establishments na ninakawan nitong mga essentials? Kung mabilis sana silang kumilos, hindi sana na-force ang mga tao na gumawa ng hindi kanais-nais.

I think I will have to agree on the idea na na-infiltrate na ang siyudad ng mga sindikato even early on. Hindi gawain ng na-trahedya na limasin ang lahat ng laman ng mga tindahan (pati signage?).

Pansin ko lang...napakatahimik ng mga trapo.

Here's an account kung gaano kalungkot ang kalagayan ng mga kababayan natin sa Leyte:

https://www.facebook.com/elise.aguilar/posts/10202498419530093

[MisCalculus]

Hopefully, hindi ito totoo:

http://philnews.ph/2013/11/11/

So not true sis, please do not believe that article... We, inc's are known in helping others, kahit wala ngang calamities we provide aid for humanity. As much as we want to ignore, masakit yung mga reactions about that article... sobrang napaka nonsense nito. Nakakalungkot, despite of the devastation that our country is experiencing now, may mga tao na nagsasamantala para makagawa pa ng gulo.

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Moving on.... Sana yung mga tulong makarating lalo na sa mga liblib na baryo / baranggay. We are organizing since lastnight pa massive packing of relief goods, deadline namin bukas so we can transport them to leyte, asap.

Yung mga politicians natin dito, nakabakasyon pa din ata, MIA sila. Nakakaawa na panoorin yung mga officials sa leyte na iniinterview, kahit sila umiiyak din

[tinsantos10]

Regarding the article, we can't blame the investors kung umalis na sila sa Tacloban. Marami ring nawala sa kanila e. We cannot blame din the people who looted kasi hindi naman sila lahat nakatanggap ng relief goods. Pero what's sad about the looting is that kinukuha nila kahit yung mga hindi naman talaga kailangan. Tapos I've read somewhere na binebenta rin nila sa iba yung mga na-loot nila. Oh well. If I were in that situation siguro ganun na rin ginawa ko.

Anyway going to the brighter side, maraming bansa yung nagpadala na rin ng tulong. Marami ring big companies yung nagbigay ng donations like Jollibee who gave a huge amount of money + food to the victims. I just hope na mapunta talaga sa victims yung help na kailangan nila. Sana hindi kurakutin yung money donated by other countries. Maawa naman sana yung politicians sa mga victims.

[kvan]

I guess we can't really understand how they feel right now because we are not in the same situation. Looting is bad but this is a matter of life and death. We can't really compare it to Japan kasi sa kanila andun agad ang government to help. In this case, hindi lang naman government ang gustong tumulong but due to logistical challenges hindi agad makarating ang relief goods.

[seven82]

wala na akong masabi!  even times like these e madami pa ding insensitive! hangang 3rd page lang ako nabwisit na ako ng husto!

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/eat-drink-man-woman-16/now-become-10000-pinoys-uplorry-le-4453043-2.html

[solepurplelife]

Almost five days na ang nakaraan pero parang wala pa rin ganong improvement sa affected areas. More than 4B from 33 countries and international organizations ang nalikom. Sana mapabilis ang pagtulong sa mga typhoon victims. Based from the news na napapanood ko halos lahat ng lugar na nasalanta hindi pa napuntahan ng gobyerno. Sana maiayos ang sistema. 

wala na akong masabi!  even times like these e madami pa ding insensitive! hangang 3rd page lang ako nabwisit na ako ng husto!

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/eat-drink-man-woman-16/now-become-10000-pinoys-uplorry-le-4453043-2.html

Bukod sa wala silang puso wala rin ata silang utak. Nakakainis lang basahin. Kundi wrong spelling mali-mali naman ang grammar.

[tinsantos10]

Hi guys. I just want to share this: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153473044390051&set=a.10151105790920051.787734.524925050&type=1&theater

Nakakatakot na pala sa Tacloban. Kaya I really hope na may makarating na agad sa kanilang tulong kasi nagiging violent na mga tao

[shinta]

^nakakatakot. parang war zone na talaga. yung mga preso daw kasi nakawala na, pati mga npa, nakikigulo na din. inaabush pa nila yung mga nagdedeliver ng relief goods

it seems the government is downplaying the real situation in tacloban and in other affected areas. pnoy even said that people don't have to steal dahil mabilis naman daw ang pagdating ng relief goods. ilang araw na since the typhoon pero when you ask the survivors, wala silang relief na natatanggap. and that's just in tacloban. imagine sa ibang areas na badly damaged din pero di masyadong nababanggit sa news.

i was just watching a video from bbc. nakuha pang magpapogi ni mar, nagta-traffic kuno eh obvious naman na kaya niya ginagawa yun kasi kinukunan siya ng video, international media pa.

nakakainis lang that they make it seem that everything is under control when it's not.

and i don't get the singaporeans hatred for the filipinos. dahil lang ba sa poor attitude at naaagawan sila ng jobs kaya natutuwa pa sila and likened what happened to us to God spraying baygon on cockroaches. grabe, napaka-walang puso ng nagsabi nun. meron pa nagsabi na waiting to hear from the news that "there are no survivors". racial discrimination pa ba yun o talagang wala lang silang kaluluwa. and to think that their major complaint is filipino's lack of proper manners. sila, they lack values.

[nocturnalgal]

Hi guys, apologies for blasting it here but since i cant help in person for being overseas at least i can do this much for those in distress. my company is doing 1 for 1 on donations meaning if u give 100, they will make it 200, for those who are planning to give monetary contributions, pls PM me, il give u the links. We are supporting gawad kalinga and habitat for humanity. Rest assured, you will be doing the contribution directly in their websites, there are just specific  donation codes/ links so my company can distinguish which  should be doubled.Thanks!

[summersong]

For Yabu fans, here's a nice reason to dine (or take out food from) there later. Yabu will be donating 100% of their profits from all their branches today:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=615130315210115&set=a.242002515856232.64483.234592719930545&type=1&theater