11-12-2013, 03:40 AM
cbelt3 wrote:
Chiming in... very happy to hear that all of the family has survived and is generally OK. Of course the post-storm environment can be chaotic and dangerous, but I have no doubt that Rudie will rise to the occasion. You may be hosting the whole family soon !
If there's a fund site set up that we can trust, let us know !
This is our thinking also and logistics is still the main issue.
Some main roads have been opened . . . ie; Manila to Tacloban.
Tacloban to Eastern Samar via recent reports is still impassable except by motorcycle.
The main bridge San Juanico is passable but reports of active highway robbers are coming in.
The road on the Samar side of the San Jaunico Bridge is also not yet passable.
Stronger Marshall Law enforcement may be required.
Armed Stage coaches :priate:
miley_gun_sniper:We've already sent funds before the Typhoon to Lilian's Parents and sister before the Typhoon hit.
But there are no places to use it anymore except maybe Cebu that is relatively close or
Manila which is not close.
Some forum members have already sent funds to my Paypal which will be used to help
others in need.
We are thinking of hiring a van and driver to help deliver supplies or a bigger vehicle
depending on the volume of stuff we can get together.
We are mostly locked up by the logistics and communication presently.
Lilian just tried to text Tacloban and Beta-og with no joy still @ 11:39 a.m. APT
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/74569...amar-towns
More than 300 were confirmed dead in the coastal towns of Basey and Marabut, with nearly all homes and other structures--including evacuation centers--damaged by Super typhoon 'Yolanda,' the Samar Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) said.
Three-hundred eleven persons died in barangays Palaypay, Baybay, Lawaan, Loyo, Bacubak, Sulod, and Cogon, Boy Orejola of Basey's local disaster risk reduction council said. In adjacent Marabut town, 24 barangays were heavily damaged with 12 confirmed dead, said provincial staff coordinator Levi Jaboli.
All the schools in that served as evacuation centers were damaged and the Philippine Red Cross team saw people building makeshift shelters on the streets of Marabut. Those who survived either hied off to the mountains, hid in the caves, and sought shelter in the huge stone walls in the town, a Red Cross official said.
These towns need food, water, and medicines as these are as heavily damaged as Tacloban City in Leyte, which is just across San Juanico Strait, Louie Guillem of the Fire Volunteer Brigade of Catbalogan told InterAksyon.com.
The Catbalogan Fire Volunteer Brigade, together with the Philippine Red Cross, is supposed to provide manpower and water to Tacloban but was diverted instead to Basey and Marabut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juanico_Bridge