Typhoon is here

[starshadow_rivaulx]

And I am doing the laundry. There's a roof over the washlines, so at least the clothes will get an airing, if not sunshine. If I wait till the storm blows out, then I will have a mountain's worth of washing to run through the machine.

In other news: reconfigured my workspace. Printer works like a charm again. DVR is under the TV/monitor now. When repaired monitor gets back, I'll stow it as a spare unit. Having had it fixed twice, am antsy about using it on a long term basis.

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[regisjr.livejournal.com]

Hope you stay safe and dry.

[cindyg.livejournal.com]

We are both safe and dry, thanks! But holy wow, the waves that went over the Manila Bay seawall were something to behold - it was almost like watching a tsunami roll in. The Sofitel seawall broke, and now the swimming pool area is part of the Bay. Their spanking new "must be seen to be considered high society" restaurant, Spiral, also flooded; chest-deep, they say. Guests being evacuated, but no fatalities.

The seawall was destroyed in many places. One hospital shifted all its ER patients around as they saw the water rising on the boulevard outside; thankfully all the scheduled operations were completed before the water started creeping in! Their spokesperson said they were only going to keep the labor and delivery rooms open, because babies, yeah? At least they had a contingency plan in place and were evacuating the ICU patients to hospitals with working generators - theirs had to be shut down on account of creeping floodwaters.

The US Embassy went underwater. @__@ I do believe that it was waist-high down at that end of the boulevard. We are going to take ages to dry out, and there's a new weather disturbance on the way in. We are praying very hard that it turns back out to sea...away from Japan, also. That's one sharp U-turn, but Japan doesn't need the aggravation as well.

[albatoudilandau.livejournal.com]

Lol. Sell it off while it's still working!

[cindyg.livejournal.com]

Nah, I want to get my investment back. :) Better than having to buy a new monitor if the current one ever needs *knock wood* fixing.

[sharona1x2.livejournal.com]

I hope the typhoon won't be too bad for you. Please stay safe!

[cindyg.livejournal.com]

We are both safe and dry, thanks! But it is a *mess* out there. I need to call the maintenance crew to pull out some stuff; and while they're here, I can use the manpower to shift some furniture. I do hope they are all right, most of them live in flooded areas. @__@

Holy wow, the waves that went over the Manila Bay seawall were something to behold - it was almost like watching a tsunami roll in. The Sofitel seawall broke, and now the swimming pool area is part of the Bay. Their spanking new "must be seen to be considered high society" restaurant, Spiral, also flooded; chest-deep, they say. Guests being evacuated, but no fatalities.

The seawall was destroyed in many places. One hospital shifted all its ER patients around as they saw the water rising on the boulevard outside; thankfully all the scheduled operations were completed before the water started creeping in! Their spokesperson said they were only going to keep the labor and delivery rooms open, because babies, yeah? At least they had a contingency plan in place and were evacuating the ICU patients to hospitals with working generators - theirs had to be shut down on account of creeping floodwaters.

The US Embassy went underwater. @__@ I do believe that it was waist-high down at that end of the boulevard. We are going to take ages to dry out, and there's a new weather disturbance on the way in. We are praying very hard that it turns back out to sea...away from Japan, also. That's one sharp U-turn, but Japan doesn't need the aggravation as well.

One thing. In all the videos of people in the evacuation centers, you see all these babies and small children smiling. And something in me just gets all indignant at the notion of some people that this country doesn't need a way to pause population growth. There's not nine months between some of those siblings, augh!

[sharona1x2.livejournal.com]

Now I'm extra glad that you and your family were safe during the worst of it. I hope you don't have to go through this again any time soon. *hugs*

[hushdawg.livejournal.com]

Ugh, just commuted to work in the typhoon today, a half hour late and soaking wet through three jeeps... What a mess.

Then I get here and half the people aren't in the office which means most of the work can't get done. Oh well, at least I'll get paid for all the difficulties!

[cindyg.livejournal.com]

You. Went. To. Work. *mind boggles* Though if the jeeps were running, I don't see why you wouldn't have tried, at least. And as you say, you'll get paid for actually making it through the office.

Hubby and parents were supposed to have a visit to the eye doctor after lunch. But at 10am, the wind was howling down our street, power was out, and the RAIN. Plus, I know for a fact that the section of dela Rosa and Pasong Tamo where the clinic is located, looks like a Venetian canal, and I'm not driving through THAT under any circumstances.

In other news, the horn on one of the family cars went and died. I have to schedule a service check for that ASAP. *sigh*

[hushdawg.livejournal.com]

I went to work because if I don't go to work I don't get paid. Thanks to the lovely anti-"foreigner" laws in this country I can only be hired as a consultant in the telecommunications industry which means I'm paid on the basis of each day I actually work. No benefits, no vacation, no sick days.