Robbie in and around Tacloban

Storm Surges from Typhoons in the Philippines Introduction A storm surge a coastal flood associated with typhoons. There are different things that effect the severity of the storm surge. These can include the shallowness and the orientation of the body of water to the storm path. There is more science involved but a typhoon with strong winds simply pushes the water to the shore and causes flooding. Large waves are formed by the strong winds. As these waves break, the water moving towards a beach may exceed twice the wave height before the wave actually breaks. As these waves break, the water particles moving toward the shore have considerable momentum and may run up a sloping beach to an elevation above the mean water line which may exceed twice the wave height before breaking. Typhoon Yolanda (International name Haiyan) was one of the largest storms to make land fall in history. The storm surge in the Tacloban area was huge. The size of the storm surge was not anticipa...

What is the rate of pay for the Mayweather McGregor Fight? Money earnt –the mind boggles (Australian slang) It is anticipated Mayweather will earn in access of $100 M US. Let’s round off the 10 th round to 30 minutes. So Mayweather during this fight was earning approximately $3.4 M US every minute or $56,000 US / second.   For our Filipino readers that is 170,000,000 peso a minute or 2,800,000 peso every second. This is what the public were willing to pay and now this event is part of history. It is hard to believe but if the world wide public wants a sporting event and now with pay per view these large amounts of money are possible. What will be the next event in sports to generate this amount of money is unknown but it will happen? Connor McGregor Mayweather Fight-from our Barangay outside Tacloban One could say I was tossing the coin to see whether I would pay the sum of 950 peso ($19US) to see this fight live. As mentioned in previous blogs I have no hesitatio...

Introduction In the Philippines if you are married and family are close by then when there is an event like a birthday or other celebration then they will have a party. Being a foreigner the thought is he must be rich but this is not the case A family member is having a birthday and relatives are aware. Now in Australia a normal birthday as I can remember when I was young is a simple party at home with direct family (except for your 21 st ,(a .big event). Most families in the Philippines are large. So there will be many relatives. It is virtually a snow ball effect. In this instance we are looking at 60 people in total which in western society would be a reasonably big party for a working class person. Filipinos love to eat and I don’t think you will ever get an argument in that regard. The idea and information is to put on a party at a reasonable cost and still keep everyone happy Where are we going to have the party? I go to a small Philippine beach style resort where...

Riding a Surf Board   in the Dulag Area 32km from Tacloban At times you see the locals riding surf boards in the Dulag Area but on rare occasions as the conditions must be right. This occurs in the barangay San Jose. This is a different San Jose near the airport in Tacloban and is a barangay of Dulag. The location is approximately 32 kms from Tacoban city on the highway to ‘Bay Bay” I pass this area at least twice a week on my way to Tacloban. SAN JOSE A BARANGAY OF DULAG HAS A SURF FROM TIME TO TIME BUT RARE WAITING FOR THE RIGHT WAVE SKIM BOARDING IS THE MAIN PAST TIME Most of the time the local people are into skim board riding. This also requires skill but in is an enjoyable pastime. The pass time has become so popular they opened a business style report: San Jose Skim Board Park. It seems to becoming more popular. The entrance fee is 20 peso and families can visit and rent a seaside cottage and just relax. Entrance to San Jose Skim Board Park 7 km from...

introduction On July 06 2017 around 4pm the power goes off. Brown outs are quite common but this time I could feel the house moving slightly. I thought ok a slight tremor but then thought how far away is the epicenter. An earthquake of 6.5 had happened in southern Leyte with a number of casualties which was so sad. With this tremor in the Dulag area 34 km from Tacloban     was only slight due to the distance from the epicenter so there should be no need for worry but that is not the case. This barangay is 4km inland from the sea and only a few meters above sea level. With every earthquake or tremor all should be aware of the possibility of a Tsunami. In this instance there was no tsunami alert given by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. In this barangay the cell phone signal is not good. When the brown out occurred due to the earthquake in southern Leyte we immediately started our generator and started to watch news reports This was a bit of a wakeup call as ...

San Juanico Bridge When visiting Tacloban there is one attraction that is highly recommended. The San Juanico Bridge is not very far from down town Tacloban. Travel time to the bridge is around 10 to 15 minutes. You can travel by private vehicle, jeepney or multicab. All public transport costs in this part of the Philippines are quite reasonable The San Juanico Bridge links Leyte and Samar across the San Juanico Straight. The bridge connects Tacloban city on the Leyte side to the township of Santa Rita on the Samar side. If you were planning to travel from Tacloban to Manila by road this is the way you go. The San Juanico Bridge is part of the Pan- Philippine Highway. The views are very picturesque but I would describe as quite stunning. San Juanico Bridge traveling from Samar to Tacloban Travelling from Tacloban to Samar Stunning Views from the San Juanico Bridge Information and history The San Juanico Bridge is 2.16 Km in length or in imperial 1.4miles The br...

This blog is about Tacloban and surrounding areas. I am an Australian living in a barangay (village) in the Dulag Leyte area. I have been living in this Barangay for six years and know many of the local Filipino people living here. I am not rich but try and help whenever I can. Most people in this Barangay are poor but happy. Some are farmers, farm laborers or work in Dulag or Tacloban. Filipino people are proud and that pride is shown when Manny Pacquiao takes the world stage. This time Manny fights Jeff Horn of Australia to defend his World Welter Weight title in Brisbane Australia. I purchase the pay for view and set up our flat screen TV in the car port.   All Filipino people in this and other barangays were welcome to watch the fight at my house. It is not much but a gesture to allow the locals to see the fight live. It is not the same to watch a fight after you know the result   LOCALS FROM OUR BARANGAY COME TO SEE THE FIGHT ...