I'm stuck in a super typhoon!

DiscoStu

I've been on holiday in The Philippines for just over two weeks and now, with just the weekend to go before I fly home on Monday, I've been scuppered by the impending category 5 super typhoon 'Haiyan'. I'm with friends in a city called Legazpi, which tonight got shut down by the governor for safety reasons. Our morning flight to Manila has been cancelled and there's no buses in or out.

Haiyan is set to have gusts of up to 355kph is set to make landfall around 8am, then moving over Legazpi and on to Manila.

We've managed to talk a cab driver in to driving us north to a place called Naga at 3am which we hope will have travel options to Manila in the morning, but we may well get stuck there too. At least it's further out from the storm than Legazpi.

So if I don't make it, it was great kinda knowing you all!

not_the_dj

Eek, best of luck

fretmeister

Good luck mate.

PM me your address and I'll make sure your guitars go to a good home.

DiscoStu

fretmeister said:

Good luck mate.

PM me your address and I'll make sure your guitars go to a good home.

My will is actually on my kitchen worktop! Total coincidence.

Jalapeno

Best of British old chap !!!!!

Cirrus

Jalapeno said:

Best of British old chap !!!!!

Would best of British in this situation be "use indigenous population as a human shield?"

DiscoStu

It's terribly exciting!

In other news, I quadbiked up an active volcano today!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/534367_10151867558394597_1944484079_n.jpg

impmann

DiscoStu

impmann said:

Exactly!

Phil_aka_Pip

Best of, Stu. We want you back!

Jalapeno

DiscoStu said:

It's terribly exciting!

In other news, I quadbiked up an active volcano today!

Definitely Victorian attitude  ......

Imminent Typhoon danger - GREAT !  Let's quad-bike up an active volcano - what could possibly go wrong ?

ddlooping

We'll be here when you return, Stu.

ESBlonde

I thought I had a problem with wind.

Good luck Stu, see you back here in a few days.

johnnyurq

Well you did ask for a decent blowie.

Good luck dude hope it all passes you by safely. Think of when you return though you will be able to dine and drink out on the anecdotes for years.

You got the right attitude though.

Did you manage to avoid the lady-boys? 

McToot

Kite surf - that'll get you to Manilla right rapid.  A real thrilla, you might say. 

chillidoggy

Man-up, Stu!

holnrew

235mph winds...

TTony

It does look a bit more impressive than our recent "severe weather" weekend.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24846813

fretmeister

Sky are reporting 10 dead there. Anyone heard from him?

bertie

fretmeister said:

Sky are reporting 10 dead there. Anyone heard from him?

said 3 just now.............still bad......................

McToot

If our broadband goes down just because an overhead line was molested by three passing leaves, can you imagine how long it'll be before Stu gets to a 3G covered area to let us know he's still with us...