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Typhoons hit Duma - yes or no ?

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  1. paul-angie

    paul-angie Guest Guest User

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    Hi Folks.

    During the Typhoon season, does Duma get hit ?

    If so, how bad ?

    And how often ?

    Thanks.

    Paul.
     
    paul-angie, Apr 20, 2012
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    I think your thought is horribly wrong, so you should rethink your thinking, then my reply would precisely answer your question...

    ..just joking

    you are correct.... I just run out at 9:08 pm (1 minute after your post), brought my big strobes for simulating daylight, destroyed some houses, sprinkled some water, wrecked 2 ferries and made some pictures to creat and post them a 10 page thread to answer you at 9:21 ...

    so the reality is that of course all is fantastic and we never have even a drop of rain ... all kept green my the hundredthousand public urinaters...
     
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    Well, some people knew Sendong as typhoon Washi.
     
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    All I can tell you is we "used to live" in Valencia just 9 km's from Dumaguete. After the Sendong storm Dec. 17th 2011 we lost our water supply at the house from the only reservoir and now 4 months later they still do not have water. Take a drive up that way and even just west of Dumaguete and you'll see the still missing bridges, destroyed industrial complex, and houses missing. Even in Dumaguete proper there are many houses just plain "gone"missing. Take another ride to like Forrest Camp and the Tejero Road pools and you will get some idea of the typhoons this area never gets. We saw whole houses, cars, trucks floating down the river that flows right through the center of town. Oh yeah, a a number of bodies also. Bodies as in once live people.
    Then the earthquakes wiped out the bridge in Pamplona so we can't get to my in-laws house since February, unless you wade across the river and walk.
    Who told you we don't get storms here ? Some real estate sales person ?
    Anyhow good luck in your quest.
    By the way be real careful crossing the spillways. A couple of folks were on thier way to work one morning some time last year before the Sendog and they were washed off the spillway bridge truck and all. They eventually found the bodies down in the ocean. Flash floods happen very quickly from water coming down from the mountain. And it may not even be raing where you are at. Keep an eye peeled and stay alert.
    Other than that it is pretty calm here. How often ? How long is a piece of string ?
     
    Charlie, Apr 21, 2012
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    I believe we are not in the primary "typhoon alley"; that is, the majority of the typhoons come east of us and pass through Leyte and Samar and on up to northern Luzon. However, as we experienced with Sendong, if a typhoon or severe tropical storm (less wind than a typhoon) crosses Mindanao heading west instead of north, we will get hit. Sendong's damage here was from rain - flooding. Some areas were hit worse than others. Where I live we were fortunate to have no damage but a half mile north there was destruction.
    For me, I would still recommend folks to move to this area if they are considering the Philippines.
     
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    Thanks Guys.

    I need to add, that I have only been here 4 weeks, and I have no idea of the names of the surrounding areas, and I now realise that Sendong is close to here, I was not aware of that until now.

    Paul.
     
    paul-angie, Apr 21, 2012
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    Sendong wasn't even rated a typhoon it was only a tropical storm, albeit, a very wet one.

    But normally, Negros is South of the paths of typhoons.

    But we do sometimes get feeder bands from the big storms that are quite destructive.
     
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    Thanks Manzanita, very helpful information.:smile:

    Paul.
     
    paul-angie, Apr 21, 2012
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