Bracing for Yolanda

[islander]

Philippine Coast Guard personnel inflate newly acquired rubber boats for deployment to the Bicol region which is expected to be directly hit by supertyphoon ‘Yolanda’. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

[islander]

The newly-acquired rubber boats following blessing ceremony Wednesday at Philippine Coastguard in Manila, in preparation for the onslaught of super typhoon Haiyan which is expected to make a landfall in central Philippines this weekend. NIÃ'O JESUS ORBETA/INQUIRER

[islander]

Residents of Legazpi city in Albay province, south of Manila, are evacuated on November 7, 2013 ahead of a super typhoon that was strengthening in the Pacific Ocean. Authorities warned Typhoon Haiyan, with wind gusts exceeding 330 kilometres (200 miles) an hour, could cause major damage across a vast area of the central and southern Philippines when it makes landfall on November 8. (Charism Z. Sayat/AFP/Getty Images)

[islander]

PANIC BUYING OF SUPPLIES. A mall in Cebu. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/Eloise Daniot

[hubag bohol]

CALBAYOG CITY. Workers offload sacks of rice to be repacked as relief goods at the Calbayog City Hall compound in preparation for Typhoon Yolanda on November 7, 2013. (Gerwin Babon)

[islander]

Filipino residents sleep on the floor at a gymnasium turned into an evacuation center in Sorsogon City, Bicol region, Philippines, on Nov. 7. / Kit Recebido, epa

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LIGHT SHOPPING. Grid-rechargeable lights and battery-powered flashlights sold like hotcakes as the public prepares for super-typhoon Yolanda, which the weather bureau says will hit the Visayas regions hard. (Sun.Star Cebu Photo/Allan Cuizon)

[Lollapalooza]

I keep on watching updates in ANC, CNN and GMA news from time to time... Nag absent ko karon..

[islander]

beyond contact na intawon ang akong mga kagupa sa cebu ug bohol, loll.  kahilakon na ko.

[islander]

it's now dark in manila.  i mean, the clouds are gathering.

[islander]

beyond contact na intawon ang akong mga kagupa sa cebu ug bohol, loll.  kahilakon na ko.

mobile phones nilang tanan puro error in connection.

[Lollapalooza]

Prayers lang gyud Madam CJ... I tried contacting my relatives as well and also Engr. Votives, no reply nor call from them.. Prayer is all I can offer now..

[islander]

thanks, loll.  i'm not alone when it comes to contact blackout after all.

[islander]

no power, no mobile phone contact gyod diay pa ang cebu, loll.