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Typhoon Fengshen (Frank) & the US Embassy

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

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Notice of Typhoon from American Embassy Came Way to Late

I’m a bit disappointed regarding the embassy response regarding Typhoon Frank as it is known in the Philippines. After arriving here, I registered with the US Department of State so I would get information the Embassy considered important.

As an American expat living in the Philippines, I feel it is important to keep up with what is going on through official and not so official sources. The embassy released an alert about 24 hours after it passed through my city. It passed through other parts of the Philippines 24 hours before that. That’s a little late.

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Survivors from Sunken Princess of the Stars

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 at 11:28 am

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Philippine government officials refused to give up hope of rescuing some of the 800 people missing after MV Princess of the Stars capsized last Saturday, even as the still-roiling seas stalled efforts to get inside the vessel yesterday.

Officials of the National Disaster Coordinating Council have raised the number of confirmed survivors from 28 persons earlier in the day to 57. The confirmed dead also rose from 16 to 20.

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Philippines Hammered by Typhoon Fengshen

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 at 8:33 pm

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Typhoon Fengshen renamed Typhoon Frank in the Philippines wreaks havoc on Visayas

My first typhoon was a killer. A ferry carrying over 700 people sank, leaving more than 700 missing. Around 35 were rescued after swimming to a nearby island. They were the lucky few as they didn’t even know the island was there. They only stumbled upon it. It is though more could have been saved if the passengers had been told about the nearby Island.

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Survived The Storm, Typhoon Frank

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 at 5:51 pm

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Typhoon Frank, as the Philippines named it, was more than a lot of hot air. Not a lot of damage but power was out for two days. More to come soon, just a quick post in case someone in the states actually even knows about the storm.

My First Typhoon, Typhoon Fengshen

Friday, June 20th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

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Typhoon Fengshen

Dang this thing is still one day away and it is huffing and puffing and knocked our lights out for a few hours. It is just a category one typhoon! I can’t imagine staying around for a category 4 or 5 unless there was just no choice. And I’d have no choice if we had one here in the Philippines. That is very unlikely though.

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