I have to go. There are numerous tornado s touching down here.
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At Least 6 Dead, 54 Hurt After Tornadoes Rip Through Illinois | NBC Chicago
Tornado aftermath in Washington, Illinois
Thanks for the well-wishes. I am fine. Although most of the tornadic activity was in central and southern Illinois, two tornado's struck just to the south of me. Winds here where I live were clocked at 70 mph and the rainstorms were quite robust. Officials stopped the Chicago Bears football game at Soldier Field and evacuated the players and fans. Before the game could continue later, the goalposts had to be straightened out. The winds had twisted them. Trees and power lines went down in my area, but no fatalities. The central and southern counties really got hit hard.sigpic
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Having made countless trips to the Philippines over the last 24 years there is one thing any foreigner, especially a Westerner, needs to learn. If one wants to live there, as many foreigners do, you need to learn this if you want to maintain your sanity in your years there. This is truly no joke as I have experienced it first hand myself until I was enlightened.
You only get to ask one "why" question per day. You will want to ask many "why" questions every day everywhere but to stay sane you can only ask one. This related to me by many ex-pats and boy are they ever right. So wondering why they didn't do this or do that violates the one "why" question for a day.
So if anyone is thinking of asking me why this is then remember you only get one "why" question that relates to Filipino thinking.
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Originally posted by tbm3fan View PostHaving made countless trips to the Philippines over the last 24 years there is one thing any foreigner, especially a Westerner, needs to learn. If one wants to live there, as many foreigners do, you need to learn this if you want to maintain your sanity in your years there. This is truly no joke as I have experienced it first hand myself until I was enlightened.
You only get to ask one "why" question per day. You will want to ask many "why" questions every day everywhere but to stay sane you can only ask one. This related to me by many ex-pats and boy are they ever right. So wondering why they didn't do this or do that violates the one "why" question for a day.
So if anyone is thinking of asking me why this is then remember you only get one "why" question that relates to Filipino thinking.
Are the answers to those whys based on any logic at all (assume not, due to your stay sane comment)?
No why on my side there :Dancing-Banana:No such thing as a good tax - Churchill
To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.
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Originally posted by Doktor View PostIn terms of city planning and evac response?
perhaps the phillipine govt could use less military aid and more civilian aid in terms of city planning and evac technologies.
Being able to recover quickly from disasters like this improves national security.
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