Have we heard from DiscoStu yet ?

bertie

235mph winds,  worst storm ever to hit dry land !!

hope he's OK

gilby

Tis worrysome, can't imagine there's much chance of communication at the mo'

not_the_dj

gilby said:

Tis worrysome, can't imagine there's much chance of communication at the mo'

See the other thread....he checked in here earlier today. http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/5143/i-m-stuck-in-a-super-typhoon#latest

Emp_Fab

Holy shit...... news reporting 10,000 dead this morning.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24887337

bertie

feckin hell

randomhandclaps

Absolutely devastating.  It's amazing how in this part of the world we consider a couple of deaths in a storm as shocking, so how do you even account for 10,000?!

chillidoggy

I'd hate to think if he ended up brown bread that my last post relating to him was "Man-up, Stu".

Jalapeno

Yes, yes we have in the other thread .....

johnnyurq

What a tragedy, it is incomprehensible that so many have died.

I wonder will DEC at all do a campaign to help with their recovery.

chillidoggy

Jalapeno said:

Yes, yes we have in the other thread .....

That's what I was on about.

Myranda

Sooo... any news since the worst of it? Anyone hear from him?

DiscoStu

Good morning chaps and chapettes.

Got home yesterday morning and spent the day with my woman and catching up with friends.

Thank you for your concern but I was safe in Manila when the storm struck Leyte island. We managed to get out of Legazpi and move further north in time. 

My mate lives in Maasin, Southern Leyte and can't get home as he was meant to fly back via Tacloban airport, the same airport we had flown out of two days before Haiyan hit. I've given him my credit card to buy himself a flight to Cebu city then a ferry to Maasin but once he gets there he can't work as his job is internet based and he works from home. Maasin has no electricity for two months and communications are down too, so he cannot work. He may have to move to Manila. But he is alive and his friends in Maasin used his house (being concrete) as a shelter during the storm. No one died in Maasin but there is damage to property.

Tacloban on the other hand... There are no words.

I was treated with kindness and generosity by the Filipinos I met, some of whom have little in the way of wealth but who gave me accommodation along the way and fed me. A beautiful and happy people. Please find it in your hearts to show them kindness and generosity too. x

http://www.dec.org.uk

DiscoStu

To put money in to context, my mate in Maasin City earns approx equivalent of £500 per month and lives comfortably. He lives by himself, rents a modern concrete apartment with cable TV and internet, and can afford decent food and plenty of beer.

Lots of people earn half what he does, and most half again. Could you survive and feed a family on £125 per month?

For the price of a good night out you could feed a family for a fortnight. They don't immediately need electricity as they cook with bottled gas and can use candles for lighting, what they need is food and shelter. Please make a donation.