Day019: Haiyan Journal

Tags: Disaster Relief
Haiyan Path
Haiyan Statistics
Immediate Needs List

-conversation with mom and sister hyades-1hour, 4min,
-a free call from Texas to Leyte, compliments from AT&T.  ending of promo is on Nov 30th.
-lots of water in merida, shower 2x per day
-hot inside the house during the day
-many mosquitoes at night
-mom’s assistance at home is a 67 years old lady, nang lilia first degree of nang nita
-rice mill has priority for electricity per leyeco representative
-many rice growers are waiting for the ricemill to get back into operation
-price of rice reaching P47.00/kilo
-julious, a local businessman looking for rice supplies in the nearby island of surigao, prices from cebu are higher and scarce supply
-lots of debris to cleanup still in inner town
-no more plants at the back of the residence
-tambis at the front of the residence is still ok
-60 sacks of rice left, unmilled
-work on the floor started, i can hear from the background a tile saw cutting ceramic tiles
-roof materials arrived, waiting for workers to start roof disassembly
-mom uses oxygen concentrator from 8pm-12pm
-can call mom through dayline at 8pm phil time.
-bebs going back to cebu tomorrow
-mom going to cebu for comprehensive medical checkup on dec 6.
-mom’s breathing ok even if oxygen is from 8p to 12a
-mom talking non-stop, meaning-breathing is ok
-nelson prescribed mom a new medicine from Netherlands, nelson specialize in pulmo, he is sister amour’s husband
-overall, merida is ok.
-big heavy equipment from bicol [nothern phil] are helping clearing debris in the road
-relief good are reaching to the needy with no government intervention
-daryll, a cousin who married a mayor’s son in surigao brought 4 truck of relief good and delivered straight to the people reaching to calunasan
-bags contains 5 kilos of rice and canned goods
-mood of people in merida is getting better due to the relief effort
-mom cautioned that this is temporary because people need long term jobs and source of income