I Have Da Powah

Ugh. At this day and age it is agonizing to go more than 24 hours without electricity or phone lines.

Typhoon Milenyo has come and gone, leaving floods, uprooted trees and collapsed electric posts/ billboard signs in its wake. Today was cleanup day, particularly with our poor mango tree, w/c had even more branches cut off in an attempt to balance the weight, 'lest it finally give up and crash unto the street below. Fortunately trees, unlike humans, can stand living like a mutiple amputee.

My day yesterday was spent keeping water from coming into my room. Strong winds and rain kept slamming into the windows. Rolled up towels were pushed into crevices while the water outside seeped into the corners that I failed to seal properly with silicone gel. If nothing else at least now I know it needs doing over.

In the afternoon that same day I drove out w/ Wilson to buy some gas for the generator (w/c I predicted--correctly--wouldn't work). Managed to take some pix of the devastation, mostly in the form of downed trees. That most of the fastfood restaurants and gas stations were closed was more of an afterthought.

Right now the phones are still out, and I'm in dire need of a showah. Also need to catch up on past downloads. Yup, I gots my priorities staight.

More typhoon related pix after the jump.