| Typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan [message #229105] |
Sun, 10 November 2013 05:44  |
Ken Burton
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Registered: January 2004
Location: Hebron, Indiana
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I have been listening to a lot of the ham radio traffic coming out of the Philippines since the typhoon hit. It sounds like the Island of Leyte and it's capitol city of Tacloban got the worse of it. The capitol seems to have good commercial communications but the rest of the Island is basically dead or severely degraded. The airport at Tacloban is open for relief workers and supplies.
I'm not picking up everything because only about 50% of what I'm hearing is in English. I have no idea what the second language is. All I know is I do not understand it.
They have got a real mess over there with lots of destruction. The last local government report was 1200 dead and climbing. Some non-government estimates are 10,000 (if you can believe the media).
I've heard no reports of the US government or military assistance but I'm only hearing s sliver of what is going on.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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