Some of the rice crop in the area have been flattened...they were there trying to harvest before it spoiled. Not sure what is planned today. I'm not sure how much of our harvest has been lost...the house is now cleaned up, and I bought a lot of insecticide to keep the bugs down.
Lolo is okay but wheezing a bit. I keep the air conditioner on "dehumidify" at night and that helps.
Brownouts on and off again...the internet connection is okay now. The good news is that the death toll in the Philippines is low, but they are expecting another typhoon or low pressure area Saturday to complicate things.
Full report HERE.
The dam release of water caused the floods nearby (release of water to prevent overtopping and dam failure...)and they worry about more rain.... Lots of local flooding near the river. If you ever visited the river, you know that it is 20 feet below the land, and wide, but when it floods, it overtops this. No, I didn't take photos.
So it is a lowgrade but widespread disaster, and recovery is expected to be fast unless the next typhoon decides to turn the wrong way.
The bad news is the loss of the crops: They were expecting a bumper harvest this year, but now a lot of farmers will go hungry and the Philippines will again have to import food.
Sigh.
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