#super storm

@solgift // cont. from here

"I like the confidence, Mr. Man." It was a dumb joke--Ally didn't know his real name yet, and so she had started calling him Mr, Man in lieu of a surname--but it still made her smile so she still used it. "I have not, but no time like the present, right?"

"Super Typhoon Goni (known locally as Rolly) made landfall on 1 November, bringing 140mph winds and torrential rainfall, and became the most powerful storm to hit the country since Typhoon Haiyan (2013). Hundreds of thousands of people have evacuated their homes. The first town hit by Goni is said to have lost 90% of its homes – and with communications down, the true scale of the damage is still emerging. Tropical Storm Astani (known locally as Siony) is also approaching the region, due to make landfall on 5 November. Hopes remain that the storm will alter its path, but on its current trajectory it could batter communities already on their knees."

Typhoon Goni (aka Rolly) is "2020's strongest storm on Earth," and its not the only major storm that has recently (or is expected to hit) the Phillipines. Here's a link to a list of charities and some other ways to possibly help:

Here’s one for you DM’s that want a one-shot about preparing yourself & others, for nature’s worst!

70km/hour! at least it’s a Southeasterly- which is our ‘usual’ wind direction for big storms.  Now I'm grateful i didn’t get out and clean up yesterday’s disaster.

Still here- despite the relentless Westerly Gail that’s been howling and raging all day. The ‘wind-warning’ has ended.. except for Right Here.

“ Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 except gusting to 70 near Juan de Fuca Strait this evening.”