Divi Posted November 9, 2013 #51 Share Posted November 9, 2013 The news just gets worse and worse. Prayers for everyone affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaCat3 Posted November 9, 2013 #52 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Prayers for all those affected both directly and indirectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenseasnomad Posted November 10, 2013 #53 Share Posted November 10, 2013 My deepest sympathies and prayers to all those crew aboard HAL ships who have lost family or friends. Please know that many of us whom you have served so well over the years are thinking of you at this difficult time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LAFFNVEGAS Posted November 10, 2013 #54 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I just saw a news report that they are fearing over 10,000 dead. This is so sad. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innlady1 Posted November 10, 2013 #55 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I just saw a news report that they are fearing over 10,000 dead. This is so sad. :( OMG, Lisa. :( The last report I heard was the Red Cross predicted 1,200. It is tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaAC Posted November 10, 2013 #56 Share Posted November 10, 2013 My thoughts and prayers are with them. Just got off the Star Princess on Tuesday, they had many more crew from the Philippines than I have recalled before. So many kind people, there has to be many crew affected by this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaofami Posted November 10, 2013 #57 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I just read a weather report that they are predicting another storm by midweek to hit the same area that has already been devastated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geocruiser Posted November 10, 2013 #58 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I just saw a news report that they are fearing over 10,000 dead. This is so sad. :( OMG I read the same. Just awful http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/10/haiyan-death-toll_n_4249807.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D403836 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted November 10, 2013 Author #59 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I just saw a news report that they are fearing over 10,000 dead. This is so sad. :( East Samar has entire swaths of towns gone. I know one of our favorite stewardess' has family there, I pray they had the means to evacuate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TLCOhio Posted November 10, 2013 #60 Share Posted November 10, 2013 In today's Sunday New York Times and updated on the web within the past hour, they have this headline: "Devastation Feared Across Central Philippines in Typhoon’s Wake" with these highlights: "One of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded now appears to have devastated cities, towns and fishing villages with heavy loss of life when it played a deadly form of hopscotch across the islands of the central Philippines on Friday. Barreling across palm-fringed beaches and plowing into frail homes with a force that by some estimates approached that of a tornado, but sprawling across a huge area of this far-flung archipelago, Typhoon Haiyan delivered a crippling blow to this country’s midsection. Disorder and looting over the weekend compounded the destruction. President Benigno S. Aquino III declared a 'state of calamity' in provinces encompassing islands across the breadth of the Philippines. The declaration is devised to release emergency funds from the national coffers. But those coffers have already been depleted this year by a series of other natural disasters, most notably an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 that also struck the middle of the country four weeks ago. The first and most vocal city to cry for help over the weekend was Tacloban on Leyte Island. The typhoon left Tacloban in ruins, as a storm surge as high as 13 feet overwhelmed its streets, with reports from the scene saying that most of the houses had been damaged or destroyed in the city of 220,000. More than 300 bodies have already been recovered, said Tecson John S. Lim, the city administrator, adding that the toll could reach 10,000 in Tacloban alone. The lack of clear information about the extent of the damage raised the possibility that other areas could have been hit just as badly as Tacloban, where rescue efforts were being concentrated." Very sad. Right now, it is still hard to appreciate how badly these areas have been hit and damaged. Lots of cruise ship staff are affected and not knowing how their families in these areas are doing, surviving. Full story at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/11/world/asia/philippines-typhoon.html?hpw&rref=world THANKS! Terry in Ohio For details and visuals, etc., from our July 1-16, 2010, Norway Coast/Fjords/Arctic Circle cruise experience from Copenhagen on the Silver Cloud, check out this posting. This posting is now at 123,515 views. http://www.boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1227923 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whensdinner Posted November 10, 2013 #61 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Wouldn't it be nice if HAL donated the Walk for a Cause donations to aid the Philippines for a couple of weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted November 10, 2013 #62 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I just saw a news report that they are fearing over 10,000 dead. This is so sad. :( I just heard this as well Lisa. devastating! Roy (rafinmd) has reported that Crystal has let the crew use their phones and have tried to determine how they all are. Apparently it has been established that their families are safe on his Crystal cruise. I so hope this is true for all of the crew on HAL as well and elsewhere through the cruise industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapper1 Posted November 10, 2013 #63 Share Posted November 10, 2013 There's not much I can say that hasn't already been said here, but I have been following the news with sadness as it just seems to get worse. I send prayers for the HAL crew members and their families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandb Posted November 10, 2013 #64 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Wouldn't it be nice if HAL donated the Walk for a Cause donations to aid the Philippines for a couple of weeks? What a wonderful idea!! Hope you will officially get this suggestion to HAL. I'll bet most folks on board would donate, even if they could not do the walk. I'm sure they could work out some arrangement for those who still wanted their donation to go for cancer research (especially for those walking in memory of family members, etc.). Keep us posted if you hear back from HAL on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted November 10, 2013 #65 Share Posted November 10, 2013 We send only positive thoughts and prayers to anyone affected by this catastrophic storm. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseWhere Posted November 10, 2013 #66 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Wouldn't it be nice if HAL donated the Walk for a Cause donations to aid the Philippines for a couple of weeks? What an incredible idea!!! I sincerely hope you forward this idea to HAL!! If be hard pressed to believe that there wouldn't be a passenger that wouldn't want to support this!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtdiva Posted November 11, 2013 #67 Share Posted November 11, 2013 does anyone know if the Amsterdam managed to avoid the typhoon ? I can't imagine how those waters are affecting all onboard. We were in the South Pacific during the month of Feb, there were three storms the ship needed to avoid. The plane flight hope from Sydney was horrible. Is Nov. annually typhoon weather ? Such devastating times. Ann J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted November 11, 2013 #68 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Check Post No. 48 in this thread. sspunk answered my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlsSalt Posted November 11, 2013 #69 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Their families soon become our families, even after just one cruise. Prayers, hope and fingers crossed their loved ones are safe, sound and dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innlady1 Posted November 11, 2013 #70 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Wouldn't it be nice if HAL donated the Walk for a Cause donations to aid the Philippines for a couple of weeks? What a wonderful idea! They're going to need all the help they can get...and then some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaofami Posted November 11, 2013 #71 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Imagine how hard it must be for the crew to keep working and smiling through all of this, especially when they can't reach their families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
startwin Posted November 11, 2013 #72 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Imagine how hard it must be for the crew to keep working and smiling through all of this, especially when they can't reach their families. It must be like a living hell for them but I have faith that HAL will be doing everything it can to keep them informed and help them where necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innlady1 Posted November 11, 2013 #73 Share Posted November 11, 2013 It must be like a living hell for them but I have faith that HAL will be doing everything it can to keep them informed and help them where necessary. I hope you're right. I can't imagine what a nightmare it is for those crew on board the HAL ships...and other cruise lines as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlsSalt Posted November 11, 2013 #74 Share Posted November 11, 2013 I just heard this as well Lisa. devastating! Roy (rafinmd) has reported that Crystal has let the crew use their phones and have tried to determine how they all are. Apparently it has been established that their families are safe on his Crystal cruise. I so hope this is true for all of the crew on HAL as well and elsewhere through the cruise industry. My guess is HAL has bent over backwards finding ways to support their crew and staff members affected by this disaster. That is just the feeling one gets on HAL ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prescottbob Posted November 11, 2013 #75 Share Posted November 11, 2013 ...might want to go beyound prayers one might consider donating to Mathew25Ministries for our Filipino brethern. They are an A+ rated charity and do great work with natural disasters here in the USA and abroad getting supplies to those in need. I have nothing to do with the organization (other as a donor over the years). I'm not a big fan of some of the other over-bloated charities. I found this one many moons ago. You can also check them out out on the charity navigator web site. Here's a link if anyone is interested: http://m25m.org/page.aspx?x=d618a951-88a4-48e6-8b9c-7c70c0dee535 Be well. Bon Voyage & Good Health! Bob:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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