What do you think about the typhoon Haiyan?

With global warming, it’s time to add some more levels on the current Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Instead of going up to 5, it needs twice that range.

I am in the US, and have a couple weather-related newsfeeds in my social media sites. I first heard about Hiyan approaching the Philippines on Wednesday evening. It has been covered by the news media since it made landfall. I live in the NJ/NY region of the US that was hit by “Superstorm Sandy” just over a year ago, and is still recovering. I knew that Hiyan would be more devastating than Sandy was, and I am so saddened to learn how many lost their lives, and to see the numbers rising. I hope the people in Vietnam have been given a lot of warning to evacuate from the coastal areas… it is a very scary storm. It does appear that these natural disasters are getting progressively more intense.

I happened to see the video footage of Typhoon Haiyan. Really Heart wrenching! Reports say that it is the most powerful typhoon in history. There are plenty of Filipinos working here in Dubai. All we can do is pray for the survivors and the souls of the people that were lost to this storm. Hope the casualties will not raise up.

It sounds horrendous.

It has been the main news story on the BBC today. Haiyan was a hurricane with winds as powerful as a tornado. People had plenty of warning but didn’t expect the storm surge to be as great as it was. The scale of the devastation and the death toll isn’t yet known. The BBC reported widespread looting but if you have no fresh water I don’t see why you shouldn’t pick up a few bottles wherever you can find them.

I have an online friend from another forum who lives in the Philippines. Fortunately she was far enough from the center to not suffer any serious adverse effects.

I also live in an area that is prone to hurricanes. I’ve played outdoors during Cat-1 weather (don’t try this at home, kids), and cannot imagine being in the same place as a sustained Cat-5 storm. No, thank you.

Think about it?! I’ve been watching the news about it constantly. I can hardly imagine how horrible it must be (and will continue to be) for the poor hapless souls caught up in it and I so pity them. I’m sure the global warming naysayers will discount this latest dire warning as they have all the others.

My son’s girlfriend is from the Philippines and her family is still there so this is hitting home in a real way.

I’m appalled by the human suffering and the destruction from the typhoon . I can only imagine the agony of trying to find family members , the need for water , food and shelter . Many have drowned and are injured and in desperate need of assistance . The Philippine government is overwhelmed ; the infrastructure of their society has been destroyed .
I’d like to encourage everyone to make some kind of a donation to help .

It doesn’t matter where a caring heart is on the planet, such unimaginable destruction is heartbreaking. It is the worst storm to hit land in recorded history.

People think they can tamper with weather systems, as well as ignore scientific evidence of global warming, and nothing will occur? On Friday, March 11, 2011, a Tsunami wave of gargantuan proportion slaughtered hit Japan. Is this not, along with the plethora of hurricanes and tornadoes occurring now a wake up call?

We are all connected. Debris washing up onto shore in the U.S from the Tsunami in Japan is a reminder of that. There are many levels upon which we connect with other countries to lead the lives we live on a daily basis.

We are all one species. What happens to one part of us, reverberates throughout our species like waves in a pond hit by a rock.

May all hearts join in love and support of this surreal, disorienting devastation felt by our brothers and sisters. May we know that tomorrow, it may be us in the path of nature’s wrath, and be grateful for each day that we enjoy the peace of the gentle side of this ancient deity.

Mother nature is fierce beyond comprehension. She inhabits a delicate balance of many systems. This balance has been tampered with by human ignorance, and human arrogance. I shudder to look into the future of our civilization on this planet. What’s done is done. Warnings were not fully heeded, and now there is no going back.

What could anyone think of it? It is an overwhelming loss of precious, precious life in this world.

That my spiritual beliefs strongly speak to there being no real death, only the dropping away of this physical body and moving onto greater life, does not diminish my deep compassion for these people.