Typhoon Frank: The Aftermath

This is what our yard looks like right now. A “war zone” after Typhoon Frank made a direct pass over Metro Manila packing winds of about 120 kph. Every time a typhoon passes, our yard looks like this owing to the mango and starapple trees we have. We have had worse storms which had these trees swaying so much that I actually stretched my hands out in prayer that they would not snap and fall towards the house!

Power was cut around 4 AM but thankfully, I had the foresight to have everyone charge their cellphones the night before. We also had our flashlights ready and the kids had done most of their homework.

The only worrisome thought was that M2 and a whole bunch of other teens had gone up yesterday to Antipolo for a 2-day retreat.  I had been communicating with their adult supervisors since last night and they had decided that it was safer for the kids to stay till around 4 PM today (expecting that the worse of the typhoon would have already passed).

Power was restored around noon and internet access about an hour later. Now, it is clean-up time. I reckon we would use up a lot of those large 40-gallon trash bags just for all these leaves. But we are all just so thankful that everyone at home is safe and no damage was done to property (ours and neighbors).

Now, I am just waiting out the time when M2 and his car pool of 3 other schoolmates come down later. The worse is over.

How did you fare during the storm?