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The Typhoon That Kept Us Missing

*Hello guys! I don’t know how to start, I’m just so happy today in the crypto realm! -* This was my original intro before the internet and our mobile network went berserk for almost 18 hours today due to Typhoon Odette. I finished writing at around 1 AM Friday and also lost internet connectivity around that time before publishing. So, I guess I just have to revise this one, and will be sharing my happy day in the cryptoverse in the next article.  You must’ve heard the bad news of another typhoon bringing havoc in the Philippines, particularly in Northern Mindanao and Southern Visayas. Thursday, I’m blessed to have my day off, but somehow I’m sad for my colleagues and some friends who have worked that day. Though the rain and the wind  wasn’t that heavy and extreme, it has been raining non stop for several hours thus flooding was persistent in the lowlands. My colleagues at work have to endure getting stuck in the city for hours while waiting for a ride to their respective homes in the afternoon, some parts of the city were flooded and public jeepneys were stuck too. Last night, while writing this article, we had a blackout. Thankfully, we were reminded beforehand to get ready, so my powerbank was fully charged the other night. At least I was able to do something productive while the power was down. I am just hoping that the 4G connection won’t be affected so I could still do some online stuff. Oh, well, that doesn’t last long enough, perhaps when the typhoon made a landfall in Cebu City, our internet connection plummets as well. The mobile networks were gone too, it was like 18 hours of disconnection from the world, no internet, no calls, no text messages, and the landline phone isn’t working up until now.   This evening (Friday) the mobile network was slowly restored, though still so slow, so far we can receive calls now, and the internet as well.  When I opened my cousin’s group chat on Messenger, we were so shocked to know that some of my relative’s houses in Bohol were badly affected by the storm. The kitchen was destroyed when a tree fell off of the roof. My aunt’s house is already old, thus the roof was blown away by the wind. Unfortunately, we still can’t contact them until now. The story was just relayed by my cousin living in Manila when he still managed to call them before the mobile network was gone.  My heart cries for all the homeless families too in the province of Surigao, this was the first landfall of the typhoon as it entered the Philippines. Then, run all over Northern Mindanao and Southern Luzon thus, affecting a lot of provinces and cities, including Cagayan de Oro, Cebu City, Bohol and Southern Leyte. I’m still not certain about Bukidnon and here in Iligan City, news has been very limited because of the damage this typhoon brings. Our only access to the news right now was from my sister living in La Union. I thank God that we’re okay here- my family, our home, and our little community were all spared from the wrath of this natural disaster by God’s grace.  May our good Lord bless the Philippines and rise strongly from this adversity. God bless us all. Thank you for reading! I'm still not certain if I could publish this one, but if I did, that means our internet is better, lol! Photo by me All Original Content

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