# Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines with sustained winds of over 150mph **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 9, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498 "2013-11-09T11:05:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/1 "2013-11-09T11:05:10Z")
[This may be one of the strongest storms in history](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/08/typhoon-haiyan-batters-philippines). > [@](#): > > Typhoon Haiyan has hit the [Philippines](http://www.theguardian.com/world/philippines) with winds of 195mph, with experts saying “catastrophic damage” will result from what is predicted to be the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in recorded history. > Thousands of people have been evacuated and thousands more have fled their homes as the category five storm sent waves as high as 5m (15ft) ashore on the islands of Leyte and Samar in the central Philippines, overturning powerlines and leaving streets knee-deep in water. > Haiyan – the Philippines’ 25th typhoon so far this year – is expected to barrel through the archipelago close to Cebu, the nation’s second-largest city and home to around 2.5 million people. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/2 "2013-11-09T11:07:54Z")
News report is from yesterday. Probably more up to date information elsewhere. I was watching the morning news. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/3 "2013-11-09T16:18:34Z")
1200 dead in just two locations. > **[Typhoon kills at least 1,200 in Philippines: Red Cross](https://news.yahoo.com/typhoon-haiyan-flattens-houses-triggers-floods-philippines-least-011653699.html)** > > By Manuel Mogato TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) - One of the strongest typhoons ever to make landfall devastated the central Philippines, killing more than 1,000 people in one city alone and 200 in another province, the Red Cross estimated on... ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/4 "2013-11-09T16:27:36Z")
Last night’s news said gusts up to 230 mph. This makes it a so-called “super typhoon”, much like [typhoon Pamela](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Pamela_(1976)) that hit Guam in 1976, recording gusts up to 240 mph. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/5 "2013-11-09T16:35:42Z")
Do we have any Dopers in the Phillipines? ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/6 "2013-11-09T16:48:21Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Do we have any Dopers in the Phillipines? They’ve surely all been blown to Vietnam. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/7 "2013-11-09T22:32:16Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Do we have any Dopers in the Phillipines? Me, in the capital Manila. Death reports still coming in due to poor communication with the affected areas. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/8 "2013-11-09T23:05:57Z")
Stay safe, **the diego**. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/9 "2013-11-09T23:20:18Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > Me, in the capital Manila. Death reports still coming in due to poor communication with the affected areas. Best of luck. I experienced Sandy a year ago and I’m sure that was nothing by comparison but it was still quite scary. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/10 "2013-11-09T23:29:16Z")
The photos of destruction remind me of what Hurricane Ivan did to our little island back in Sept 2004. With damage to the communications infrastructure it was a couple weeks before a full assessment could be completed. Hopefully the international community will respond mightily to help the Philippines recover. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/11 "2013-11-10T01:21:27Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > They’ve surely all been blown to Vietnam. Speaking of Vietnam, the latest probability cone reports that the typhoon is headed straight to Hanoi. > **[Tropical Storm - Haiyan](http://dynamic.pdc.org/snc/prod/41058/)** > > PDC Hazard Information: Tropical Storm - Haiyan | CYCLONE ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/12 "2013-11-10T14:52:57Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Speaking of Vietnam, the latest probability cone reports that the typhoon is headed straight to Hanoi. > > [Tropical Storm - Haiyan](http://dynamic.pdc.org/snc/prod/41058/) This is just the break the Johnson administration has been waiting for. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/13 "2013-11-10T15:00:20Z")
Not good. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/14 "2013-11-10T15:08:39Z")
Stray safe, **diego**. BBC and CNN are saying it was 3.5 times stronger than Hurricane Katrina in 2005. BBC is saying it is directly comparable with the 2004 tsunami. 10,000 dead so far in one city alone. I think it’s weakened a bit after passing the Philippines, and Vietnam’s evacuated a lot of people and made other preparations. We’ll see. Should be hitting there anytime now. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/15 "2013-11-10T15:23:59Z")
I guess the silver lining is that it passed over so fast that it didn’t get a chance to dump too much rain. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/16 "2013-11-10T23:08:31Z")
Holy Moley! 10,000 estimated dead and that’s just one city. This could very well be the worst disaster in Philippine history. Before that, Taal volcano killed 11,000 a couple centuries ago. In Tacloban City, even buildings with steel trusses toppled. Cars were up-ended. The only blessing was the typhoon didn’t hold that much water so flooding and slides were minimal. But there were a lot of swells and surges in several shore areas. Thanks for the concern Dopers. I just hope Hanoians will take the cue and from us and get out of the storm’s way. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/17 "2013-11-11T02:27:18Z")
BBC says the Philippine press is already calling it the worst disaster in the country’s history. It’s going on 9:30am Monday now (Thailand and Vietnam are an hour behind the Philippines), and it made landfall on mainland Vietnam early this morning. They’ve forcefully evacuated more than 600,000 people. Looks like five deaths reported so far. But it’s weakening. I think BBC just said it’s not even a typhoon anymore. BBC also just said another system is forming east of the Philippines. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/18 "2013-11-11T11:43:39Z")
Well, this sucks. BBC was just reporting they can’t get much aid to remote areas yet, because bandits are robbing any- and everyone blind whom they can get their hands on. They’re grabbing the aid for themselves. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/19 "2013-11-11T20:40:55Z")
It’s in Vietnam now. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498/20 "2013-11-11T23:23:55Z")
Well color me lucky, I guess. I was planning on going to the phillipines to meet someone Oct-30-Nov 16th when my biz partner starting having major medical issues and I had to cancel my trip. To make it messier, I would have been going to Ormoc, which has been thoroughly smashed by the storm Its about 75 miles west of Tacloban where alot of the news shots are coming from, there is contact coming out of the area via FB and twitter, but apparently all land routes to the city are blocked and the only way in is helicopter or the badly damaged port areas. I do not know if the woman I was supposed to meet or her family is ok…she was understandably upset when I cancelled my trip so I have not had any contact since then…left text, email, FB messages but no word. Most of the area has no power and minimal cell service from one provider. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typhoon-haiyan-hit-the-philippines-with-sustained-winds-of-over-150mph/673498.md?page=2)