I went Christmas shopping today.
Lots of crowds in the open air shops and in Besco, the department store next door that sells lots of cheap Chinese stuff that doesn't last long but hey, it's cheap. (for good quality, you pay more at the mall).
I also got some used polo type shirts for Kuya: He is XL men, and that means either spending a fortune or keeping an eye on the used clothes stores here to find one his size. Not a lot of XL men (or XL Women for me) in the regular stores.
Internet was out last night (fixing the line since it popped back on at 8am
The typhoon missed us but I gave some money to the cook, whose family in the Visayas lost their house. I haven't heard if Joy's family there had damage: They lost their house in a typhoon a couple years ago.
December typhoons are not common, but they do occur, as the US Navy found out in 1944.
and no, it's not global warming.
| Rank | Typhoon | Season | Fatalities | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nina | 1975 | 229,000 | [5] |
| 2 | July 1780 Typhoon | 1780 | 100,000 | [6] |
| 3 | July 1862 Typhoon | 1862 | 80,000 | [7] |
| 4 | "Swatow" | 1922 | 60,000 | [5] |
| 5 | "China" | 1912 | 50,000 | [5] |
| 6 | "Haiphong" | 1881 | 23,000 | [8][9][10] |
| 7 | "Hong Kong" | 1937 | 10,000 | [5] |
| 8 | Joan | 1964 | 7,000 | [11] |
| 9 | Haiyan | 2013 | 6,352 | [12] |
| 10 | Vera | 1959 | >5,000 | [5] |
Joy went to Bulacan for a feeding program/giveaway in the morning and then plans to go to Manila to try to get my renewed ID card. Well, at least they aren't asking me to travel down there to pick it up as they did before covid.
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