Signal Number 5

I am so sad to hear about this news. I was just talking to my mom this morning pointing out how the weather here has gone much better as compared to the past few days (I live in Davao City in the south). Then, I just realized that weather forecast indicates that the super typhoon is going up north as days go on, which probably explains why weather here in our side of the country is going better while in the northern part, things are looking bleak. I am just praying that things do not turn out as worse as expected to enable the victims of Ondoy to recover.

After having 16 inches of flood, we may never know what can happen next. I have received the same text message as a matter of fact. Even though it seems that the news is being a bit exaggerated we may never know how it would really go. We just hope would could get over it, and prayers very much appreciated on this case.

It is good to tell news but news that tells the truth, we are monitoring the typhoon path right now and its 650 miles east of Samar heading NW which means it will not hit the philippines but rather heading for taiwan. Yes we will have rain in the coming days but not that much.

thanks for this information. but i just got an update from our HR manager saying that typhoon pepeng had already changed its course-- and our country is already spared of any worst effects/impact of this super typhoon. i am hoping and praying that we will be strong enough to handle what we're going through right now and faith that WE CAN OVERCOME ALL THESE NO MATTER WHAT!

Oh really? A shocking news. I hope that the typhoon will change its direction going to another path.

oh my goodness, I am so sorry for this devestation, I hope you are not near Norther Luzon. Or hope your family isn't Of course, it does not mitigate the fact that it is still an unnerving experience to be so close to. You are in my prayers and so is your country. God Bless

hello aylim14, that serves to be a warning to eachand everyone of us. we should ready everything that we need while we still have time. nothing to lose anyway. hope and pray that the direction will change. this way, we weillnot suffer from it.

I heard also that category, my friend. But we all hope that this is not happen...Because most areas is already flooded...Have a nice day!

It's not signal no.5, as signal no.4, so far, was the worst which hit the Philippines. Perhaps in international weather stations but not the Pag-asa rated it as signal no.5. Let us not make our fellowmen panic by bringing the news as they are just beginning to rebuild their lives.

Hi aylim14, Aylim thanks for the news about this Hurricane. It has not hit this Country yet but I suppose it will. We have our own Hurricane type weather going on at the moment the areas that are being hit and badly are Valencia, Murcia, parts of Catalunya powerful Rivers run here. All these provinces have been hit by flashflooding yet again. I know the Hurricanes cannot be avoided to some extent but flashflooding could be avoided in these provinces if they were only to try and put right the damage they have done. All these Provinces are surrounded by a string of beautiful Mountains and with the damage that has been allowed over so many years is helping to cause more damage to some of the most historical parts of Spain. Aylim if you did´nt post this news on here about the Hurricanes I would probably not get to know much about it as Spain treats this kind of thing as very minor news que horror as they would say here. I also get to learn more about the Philippines and its People. So for anyone coming to Spain bewarned of flashfloods in these areas in particular. Lleida is another I forgot to mention I know a lot of Philippine people come to Spain for various reasons so that also is one of the reasons I mention it here. All Provinces mentioned are in the South of Spain. Safe journey to all who come to Spain. Hope that this Hurricane loses all its Gas and diverts itself prayer is a very powerful thing too.

PUBLIC IS URGE TO PRAY AND PREPARE. ORATIO IMPERATA THE "ORATIO IMPERATA For Deliverance From Calamities": "Almighty Father, we raise our hearts to You in gratitude for the wonders of creation of which we are part, For your providence in sustaining us in our needs, and for Your wisdom that guides the course of the universe. "We acknowledge our sins against You and the rest of creation. "We have not been good stewards of Nature. "We have confused Your command to subdue the Earth. "The environment is made to suffer our wrongdoing, and now we reap the harvest of our abuse and indifference. "Global warming is upon us. Typhoons, floods, volcanic eruptions, and other natural calamities occur in increasing number and intensity. "We turn to You, our loving Father, and beg forgiveness for our sins. "We ask that we, our loved ones and our hard earned possessions be spared from the threat of calamities, natural and man-made. "We beseech You to inspire us all to grow into responsible stewards of Your creation, and generous neighbors to those in need. " Amen. "

I already experienced a category 5 hurricane so I could imagine what would be category 5 super typhoon. Let's pray and hope Pepeng would weaken by the time it reached the northern luzon.

Prayer, prayer and a lot of prayers. But as we all say "thy will be done..."

I'm from the Bikol Region and somehow I am quite thankful to God that he spared Bikol 2 times already. I hope people would be prepared before the typhoon landfalled tomorrow. May God Bless Them.

Good day to you aylim14, wow! As you said, I think it's really the most strongest storm that will hit in our country. Well, imagine signal number five? It's really ultimate storm and no longer to be called a super typhoon. I think this will surely damage a massive number of structure here in the Philippines. Imagine after the storm ondoy here we go again, we will encounter a strong storm again... How i wish this storm will be delayed for the next month, for the others who affected in the past to start and prepare more before encountering this storm weather signal number five. Well, if we have no choice but to face this storm. Let's show again the true blood of a Filipino,which is strong and became sharper in times of calamity. Then show our unity even though our one feet is on danger. I'm sure after this calamity many foreigner will admire us because of the super natural powers of being strong, as long as we are together. In addition in my opinion the message that you received is only a spam message, which is fake. As I watched the news they said that the direction of the storm is to the west and not in the north, but no matter what is the direction it. We can finish this trial here in our country.

Thanks for sharing this information. A warning has been issued here also but its not severe. I will pray for you and others. Try to get to a safe place if you can and also warn others about it. Mother nature can be very fierce and we all know this. Just pray to God that it doesn't cause too much damage in terms of life.

hello Aylim, I heard that already, and i hope it doesn't reach our place because we had already experience this sort of thing. and if it does reach us it will kill more people and loose their homes and leave more hungry that will lead to more food shortage. this is just isn't our day. so sad

Let us just pray that this super typhoon Pepeng will change it's direction. A lot of our fellowmen are still in trauma right now due to the damages done by Ondoy. Let us just hope for the best.

Oh my God with what you had shared aylim it gives me tears Oh my God people should must be warned about that as early as possible that signal number 5 can really destroy some of the small and not that concrete house in Luzon. Many people will again suffer from this upcoming calamity.The only thing we can do is to pray that the typhoon will change it's direction or even reduces it's capacity of destroying houses.

Sadly, typhoon "Pepeng"/"Parma" is similar to typhoon "Reming"/"Durian" way back in 2006. Please continue to pray that if it really must hit our country, at least everyone would be safe. We can get material things back in time but we can never get back one's life when lost. "Ondoy" have already left us with more than enough damages and losses, if we'd be hit again, only God knows what..