The Effect Of Typhoon Odette: And My Experience Being A Survivor Of Typhoon Yolanda 2013.

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I still clearly remember when yolanda hit Panay last 2012, that was the nightmare that I wish I could forgot. That I wish I couldn't remember, it destroyed everything..also killed a hundred of people to the places where it is most affected, especially at Leyte.


TYPHOON YOLANDA 2013

The day started nicely, the sun is brighting good and the weather is fine. I still have class this day, but in the afternoon they announced it suspended.

I still remember that it was on the month of November, I can't remember what the date is but it was November 2013. The news announced that there is a super typhoon who will entering PAR, and my dad told a story about Typhoon Romeng who were the reason why there's a flood on their province year back 90's.

Everything seems fine, everything is still good. You can feel the sun's heat that day, you will never known that it was a sign that there will be a huge tragic moment in your life that you will experience once, and the one who cost trauma to the survivors.

We watching news forecast, and we saw what happened to Leyte, I feel sad for some reason because I know it's hard for them. Not knowing that we will experiencing it too soon.

It was already 1Pm, when the wind started to blow. The electricity died 2hrs before the typhoon hit Panay.

We thought it was nothing, not until hours passed the wind was getting worst and worst not until you can hear a sound from it and it was the most creepiest sound of the wind that I hear way back then.

It all started at November, 2013. Around 2PM in the afternoon.

I am at the window, looking outside. Watching the wind dancing like a invisible hurricane that you can't see it but you can feel it.

The rain started pouring, the wind blows howling. All of the trees dancing, some of them already give-up. The rooftop at the CR was also giving up that time, the rooftop at the kitchen was totally give up and you can see them from above.

I can't help it but I cried, seeing some of rooftops were on the road already. As you hear the wind blowing and howling, you can already imagine a demon is singing.

All I can do during that time is to pray, and start hoping that there's nothing worst than that..that it will stop, and it will passed by faster that it should.

But no, during the night all you can hear is the wind, and the rooftop that's tearing apart. It leaves me awaken, a lot of questions were on my mind, if it's the end or not.

It became worst when it was already 7pm, the rooftop of the house was already tear of. My mother was crying and also the people who's inside the house.

It's a death and life situation.

I asked myself if it's time for me to die, because the house was half destroyed because of a tree who landfall in the kitchen. It was a Santol tree, idk what's the english word of santol but it was a huge tree.

All of us where on the one side where the last roof standing, praying and getting hope that it will be not destroyed because of the worst wind.

You can hear the demon is singing and laughing at the same time, you can feel death, you can feel the dangers ahead it it's still continue.

The worst part is, the another huge tree inside the house is already give up and landed into the door. If the house give-up no one can go out because the tree was landed into the door where you need to push it when you open it.

Hour's passed, the wind become weaker and that's the time where I feel relief.

When the sun was already set-up, we destroyed the door and go outside. It was a huge mess.

All of the lamp post and trees was on the ground, some house were standing and some house were not. Others were crying because of the loss of their house and some were wandering around.

I just thankgod, because no worst situation happened when the yolanda hit panay. But yeah, there's no electricity for the whole year.

The electricity cameback at October 2014 already, they can't manage to restore it soon because the 2 bridge was down.


Typhoon Odette 2021

It reminds me of what happened during typhoon Yolanda, seeing the news about what's happening to other places where the Odette landed makes me cry. I really feels sorry especially to the people who was also affected by the typhoon yolanda and affected again by the typhoon Odette. It was a triple trauma since no one wants this and no one wished for this.

Christmas supposed to be a happy Christmas. But no, I can't feel the Christmas presence. I can't feel that this year is full of enjoyment.

Some of the people will celebrate Christmas crying because of their loss. Loss of love ones, loss of home, and loss of their rights because of pandemic then typhoon. Some of them didn't manage to save their things.

Some people making them a business to make a double money, for me you should give it free since y'll affected by Typhoon Odette, there's no problem with that.

This year, people are so greedy with money.

Despite of pandemic and the typhoon, all they care is money. Money, money, money and just money.

The greediness is on the highest level where others who's also affected by the Odette making business with their items like water, food and other equipments.

For me, just give free until the world's back to normal.


Author's Note:

I wanna say thank you to @Lucifer01 , and @Adrielle1214 for the sponsorships. I really appreciate you all and to ate @Bloghound who always renewing her sponsorships. Thankyou so much everyone!

A Message ato Everyone.

  • Hi! I know it's hard to appreciate everything right now because of what happened. The Odette destroyed everything especially this Christmas season, a lot of people died and some are still missing because of the flood. Some people loss their homes, love ones and also their communication to the person who's special to them. I'm sending vitual hugs and kisses to everyone who's affected by the typhoon. And also a prayer for everyone who's suffering because of the Typhoon Odette, I wish next year will be the great year for the people who was suffering right now. Let's continue fighting, may the God blessed us. They said, there's an another typhoon who will entering PAR. I hope that this typhoon is not like Odette, may the God is listening to everybody's wishes. Godbless everyone and Advance Merry Christmas!

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Grabe din talaga yung Yolanda ate. Indeed, God is so Good. Merry Christmas Ate❣️

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2 years ago

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2 years ago

Thank you so much ate!

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2 years ago

Wala ako sa Pinas noong may malalakas na bagyo sissy kaya dikobtalaga naranasan pa, super nakakatrauma nga siguro

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2 years ago

Ay nako po sobraaa, dimo malalaman san ka lulugar dahil sa Bagyo. Halos naalala ko noon nada iisang room na kami eh

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2 years ago

Ganyan sa amin ang sitwasyon pero still thankful ,at okey naman ang lahat

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2 years ago

Oo nha po eh, sana yung bagong bagyo matunaw naman para walamg manyare na kahit ano

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2 years ago

Yes Langga I agree with you. The typhoon Odette makes me remind the typhoon Yolanda year back November 2013. It's really horrible experience and it was my first time to experience a strong wind and rain. I cried that time and my mom was really nervous also.🥺

Now another super Typhoon hit in our country same as Yolanda. There are a lot houses been wash out of the big waves and strong wind. A hardly poured rain. It's really hurt. The typhoon hit in our province and it's make a 3rd landfall in our place at Liloan, Southern Leyte.😭 I felt pity to the people who are homeless now.😭 It's really painful even my relatives their houses been destroyed already.😭

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2 years ago

Naranasan niyo rin pala yolanda ate? Juskoo kung babalikan unh mga nanyare noon nakakakilabot, mapapasabi ka nalang na thankful buhay pa tayo Ngayon

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2 years ago

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Yolanda survivor dn ako 🥰

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2 years ago

Salamat po sa bcg gift ate! Advance Merry Christmas po!

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2 years ago

Grabi din talaga yan si yolanda ee diko na gaanong tanda nga bagyo na nagdaan samin na sobrang naapektuhan kami pero meron na ding ilan. Yong sobrang lakas ng hangin at ulan na kala mo ay tutuklapin na ang bubong aguyy..buti nalang kamo di natuluyan yung samin. Tapos si Odette, balita ko mayroon na naman daw na parating. Sana lang matunaw na un 🥺

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2 years ago

Sana nga ate matunaw talagaaa, nakakaawa lahat ng masasalanta kapah nagkataon na nabuo nanamanneon, kakatapos lang ni odette eto nanaman tayo

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2 years ago

Mare sa pagbasa ko palang ramdam ko na yung trauma at feeling being in that situation. Lolo ko din nahing affected sila sa Yolanda.

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2 years ago

Ang hirap sis, jusko nakakaewan yung yolanda. Parang nakakasira ng ulo na ewan

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2 years ago

Imagine ko palang hindi na kaya😥

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2 years ago

Welcome sis, basta always have rhe fighting spirit, we are all survivor here from pandemic and typhoon, kya ibig sabhn marami pang plan so God sa atun lahat

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2 years ago

Lalaban tayo kahit matumba ng ilanh beses

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2 years ago

Dito samin kahit papano kahit malakas ang bagyo pag dating sa laguna hindi siya gaano kalakas. Pero meron padin bagyo na talagang nasalanta din angg laguna yung bagyong Ondoy puro ulan kasi siya kaya umapaaw ang laguna lake . Nakakaiyak talaga sitwasyon ngayon sa sobrang nasalanta :( ingat nalang talaga palagi at magdasal.

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2 years ago

Mahirap rin takasan baha lalo na if Biglaan e, naalala ko noon may news na may place na tinaasam bigla ng tubig. Nakakaawa, andami ring namatay.

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2 years ago

Anlakas din talaga ng bagyo na yon . Buti nalang now eh ayos na man na ata ang mga naapektuhan ng bagyo. 🤧

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2 years ago

Sana nga e, mahirap kapag hindi kasi for sure madami paring problemado o ano.

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2 years ago

Praying for those soul who left us. And dear, stay strong. I'm with you.

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2 years ago

Typhoon ondoy and Yolanda is totally devastating and monstrous typhoons, they got lots of lives, destroyed billions worth of properties and left people homeless and crying for help. Mother nature is totally unpredicted, she can ruin everything in just snap, maybe it's the product of human bad activities its the revenge of the nature to human cruelty, but sad tp say those innocent are mostly affected.

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2 years ago

Truee :( di nwrin naganda since napapalitan na ng purp factories lahat ng mga forest. Masyado nang nagiging greedy iba, di ko narin naririnig yung mga tree planting Ngayon.

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2 years ago

Oo sis di ko din malimutan yung sa yolanda. Nov 8, 2013. Subrang ganda ng panahon, mainit at maaliwalas ang langit pero bandang tanghali bigla dumilim tapos malamig ang hangin. Hanggan lumakas na ng lumakas. January 2014 na bumalik ang kuryente pero hindi pa stable tapos ang signal ganun din.

Basta palapit ang pasko palagi may bagyo. Samin palagi talaga nabagyo kahit pasko. Kaya minsan hindi maenjoy talaga. 😔

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2 years ago

Samin po oct 2014 bumalik, di agad nila naauos kasi halos nasira yung dalawang tulay. Walang madaanan, di namannsila makadaan sa ilong kasi ang lalim saka may mga dala silang pangayos ;-;

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2 years ago

Ang tagal pala sa inyo nuh, malapit din mag one year. Hirap nun. Pati pagkain dati pahirapan talaga. Dati tig limang kilo lang mabibili na bigas kada pamilya. Kaya ginawa ng parents ko, nagtanim ng kamote. Kasi yung bigas na binebenta nung time na yun puro nfa

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2 years ago

Opo ate, tapos yung mga tagameralco na nagkabit samin, nahirapan sila e. Gumamit sila ng helicopter palipad sa ground ng elemetary school dito kase may parkingan don na kakasya ung helicopter, tapos mainit oamandin araw-araw. Nakikicharge lamg kami tas may bayad na 10php kadacharge.

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2 years ago

Samin dati 15 pesos kasi subra mahal ng gas 😔 Pero ok lang atleast nakaraos tayo nun sis. Itong amin naman ngayon bagong pagsubok.

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2 years ago

Si Yolanda talaga yun di ko makakalimutan bagyo kasi sya lang nagpaiyak sa akin. Umiyak talaga ako habang sumisigaw ng tama na.

At grabe din un sinapit ng Panay Island nun. Almost 3 weeks na walang kuryente. Tapos ang tubig eh sinira na namin un metro ng tubig ara makakuha lang kahit patak patak..

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2 years ago

3 weeks sainyo ate? Hala samin mahigit months. Nov 2013 nawalan tas bumalik oct 2014, nahirapan sila irestore kasi nasira yung dalawang tulay na connected dito samin.

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2 years ago

Oo 3 weeks un, iba ibang electruc company na ang nagtulungan noon ara marestore. Naalala ko taga Tarlac pa yun nagkabit ng kuryente namin eh, hehe

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2 years ago

Samin naalala ko yung sa meralco HAHAHAHA. Tumulong na sila kase sobrang daming posteng nasira tas .agkakatabing poste pa. Pinakamatagal ata bago maayos nun isnung 1year and 5montjs fito which is sa medyo bukirin talaga, sana wag ma maulit. Sa lahat ng bagyo yun ung bagyong sobrang diko malimutan

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2 years ago

Sane beh, same..

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2 years ago