Super Typhoon Haiyan

[little graham]

 

[Yellow Feathers]

So it turns out that my girlfriend's brother and sister are missing in Tacloban. We're trying to find out if they're ok but there's no communication. It's absolute chaos there right now... Can't imagine what she's going through.

 

[little graham]

In Tacloban, men, women and children tread carefully over splintered remains of wooden houses, searching for missing loved ones and belongings. From the air, television footage shows trees pulled from the ground by their roots and ships washed ashore.
Not one building seems to have escaped damage in the city of 220,000 people, the coastal capital of Leyte province, about 580 km southeast of Manila.
Survivors queue in lines, waiting for handouts of rice and water. Some sit and stare, covering their faces with rags to keep out the smell of the dead.

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http://www.smh.com.au/environment/w...e-survived-typhoon-haiyan-20131111-2xah4.html​

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[Total_Juddshanks]

Don't really want to follow the coverage of this one, you know the aftermath is messy and going to get messier as the country struggles to cope.

Always feel for Filipinos, they are usually really lovely people but they just seem to have rolled a double 1 in the game of life, so much shit goes down there.

 

[Tulip]

So it turns out that my girlfriend's brother and sister are missing in Tacloban. We're trying to find out if they're ok but there's no communication. It's absolute chaos there right now... Can't imagine what she's going through.

All the best man.

 

[Doss]

So it turns out that my girlfriend's brother and sister are missing in Tacloban. We're trying to find out if they're ok but there's no communication. It's absolute chaos there right now... Can't imagine what she's going through.

Any word yet, mate?

 

[St 07]

Telstra are doing free Calls/Texts to any Philippine numbers so hopefully you can take advantage of that in your search

 

[LukasTheGreat]

It took until page 28 of The Sunday Times to even mention this, front page was Beyonce. What the ****ing ****.

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

So it turns out that my girlfriend's brother and sister are missing in Tacloban. We're trying to find out if they're ok but there's no communication. It's absolute chaos there right now... Can't imagine what she's going through.

Good luck, I wish them well

 

[Plugger35]

It took until page 28 of The Sunday Times to even mention this, front page was Beyonce. What the ******* ****.

Surprised more hasn't been made of it given the reported death toll.

It sounds like it's on a catastrophic scale equivalent to the 2004 tsunami and the Japanese tsunami last year which both got a lot more media coverage.

 

[Smiling Buddha]

Surprised more hasn't been made of it given the reported death toll.

It sounds like it's on a catastrophic scale equivalent to the 2004 tsunami and the Japanese tsunami last year which both got a lot more media coverage.

Those events both happened well after everybody had done their Christmas shopping (and advertising).

Not that I'm suggesting there is a link here. Just throwing it out there.

 

[bresker]

I was in Banda Aceh city a couple of months ago, the pics look so similar to the aftermath of the Tsunami.

Banda Aceh is pretty much rebuilt now and a thriving city once again - human beings are amazing creatures. Foreign aid helped, but the people there did the hard yards. Though many of the new inhabitants come from elsewhere, for obvious reasons.


Best of luck Yellow Feathers

 

[little graham]

Imagine when one of these things hit a nuclear reactor..

 

[Yellow Feathers]

Any word yet, mate?

Yes. Just got word that her family in Tacloban are safe. Their house was one of the only ones to survive... Looking at the photos and footage I can't fathom how anyone made it through that. I don't think I've ever been so relieved/happy in my life to hear that they survived.

Going to Tacloban on Thursday. Not sure what I'm in for but will try to help as much as I can whilst I'm there.

 

[LukasTheGreat]

Surprised more hasn't been made of it given the reported death toll.

It sounds like it's on a catastrophic scale equivalent to the 2004 tsunami and the Japanese tsunami last year which both got a lot more media coverage.

It really is shocking the amount of coverage this has received.

 

[Partridge]

Wow. A truly humbling event. We abuse this planet and take it for granted, but nature can wipe us out in a snap if it so chooses.

Prayers to those involved.

I'd rather send something useful myself.

 

[Partridge]

It took until page 28 of The Sunday Times to even mention this, front page was Beyonce. What the ******* ****.

Welcome to the modern world, and the modern disgrace that is journalism. The most important items are celebrities, gossip, celebrities, sport, presenting news like it's a sport (so you can pick a side to barrack for), celebrities and gossip.

Genuine news? Scour the internet. You will not find it on television.

 

[Righteo]

I'm not sure what your issue with the WA media is LTG, personally I reckon stories such as John Worsfold partaking in the New York marathon is worthy front page material.

In all seriousness I'm just grateful they even bother to include a World News section at all.

But yeah 10,000 people at least likely dead in the one city alone should be big news whichever way you look at it. Megan Gale's ultrasound results unfortunately have taken precedence today though.

(Currently on a free trial of The West hence knowing all this, would never actually pay for it).

 

[Doss]

Welcome to the modern world, and the modern disgrace that is journalism. The most important items are celebrities, gossip, celebrities, sport, presenting news like it's a sport (so you can pick a side to barrack for), celebrities and gossip.

Genuine news? Scour the internet. You will not find it on television.

Yep.

Watch the evening news on almost any given night, and you'll get an extended puff piece on an irrelevance like the intricacies of Orlando Bloom's love situation.

"Oh yeah, and in passing news, another 81 people died in a suicide bombing in Karachi last night."

 

[Max_very_well]

news.com.au

Here is the list of stories that appear before any mention of the typhoon:

'I EAT 10 BANANAS FOR BREAKFAST'

Crazed man headbutts moving cars

Jackie refused to wipe off blood

Whoops! Xbox One arrives too early

Perth man is the spitting image of Ryan Gosling

White supremacist finds out he's black on live TV

'She has no idea how damaging her actions were

'Stop saying I'm f***ing pregnant'

All the fun of drinking without the hangover

The stupidest suggestions from TV execs ever

This girl was adopted, then abused until she died

Girl's electric fence bum prank goes wrong

Hunger Games director takes blame for J-Law’s pixie cut

Is this boy super talented... or possessed?

Reporter discovers she has cancer after on air stunt

Geri Halliwell 'gutted' after spectacular flop

Did the mafia murder top cop?

Swearing in begins in Parliament

Atheist megachurch coming to Oz

Clive Palmer's most unusual demand yet

Voters satisfied with Shorten

Remembering mates past and present

Please don't send shoes to typhoon victims.

 

[ManWithNoName]

No? No.

 

[little graham]

How many telstra call centers got wiped out or employees? anyone know?