Typhoon Phanfone - Ursula (18 Dec 2019)

[colemanlee 21,437]

Just now, Irenicus said:

You guys always seem to be dead center.

Actually most of the time they go North of us...this is the first halfway significant storm to hit here since Yolanda...lots of LP's but few Tropical storms or better

[Greggy 37]

Signal 3 now in Northern Cebu, heavy rain bands but calm again now.

Unfortunately Ursula is scheduled to arrive at the same time as high tide so storm surge will be an issue

[SkyMan 23,722]

[newtocebu 1,488]

Merry Christmas to all

Hope everyone fared ok

Anyone in the Catbalogan area care to comment on the conditions 

My wife's family is on Daram Island and we are getting reports of major devastation

[newtocebu 1,488]

We have just had some good news - everyone is accounted for and ok

The village didnt fare too well though

The first pic is whats left of the pier at Astorga, and pics two and three are whats left of the family home. 

 

[SkyMan 23,722]

We just had a long soaking rain and not much wind in Lilo-an.  How did folks in Samar/Leyte and northern Cebu, Negros get on? And Merry Christmas.

Edited December 25, 2019 by SkyMan

[shadow 18,483]

1 hour ago, SkyMan said:

We just had a long soaking rain and not much wind in Lilo-an.  How did folks in Samar/Leyte and northern Cebu, Negros get on? And Merry Christmas.

I don't think it has really effected Northern Negros much yet, as far as Southern Negros, so far it has remained overcast and almost dead calm, with just a few sprinkles overnight. Just in the last 15 minutes the trees have started to move a bit.

[shadow 18,483]

This pic from Iloilo;

[shadow 18,483]

Daanbantayan;

Meanwhile, in Dumaguete the clouds burned off. We attended a friend's Christmas party on the beach, a gorgeous day it has been down here!

Signal #1 is now lifted in Negros Oriental.

[Jawny 4,617]

The storm came in full force just about dusk, yesterday.  By the middle of the night, the storm seemed to have passed.  We slept through most of it.  No damage nearby, but electricity is down since early yesterday evening.  Going on 24 hours now.  We were told the Ormoc city area had a lot of damage, so power is down until they are able to check conditions and power up again.

[+to_dave007 5,914]

Lot of rain in Tuburan last night..  not much wind.. small branches down only.   sunny skies most of 25th..  Power down at 7am..  restored by early afternoon.

[Jawny 4,617]

We are now into the second day of brownout from the storm.  The following was provided by the local electrical COOP...

JUST IN: Baybay City is currently in total blackout. No timeframe was provided as to when the power supply will be restored. | via NGCP

LEYECO IV ADVISORY: As of today, 6:15pm ang atong tibook Baybay area nakasinati ug power interruption. No advice yet from NGCP as to the status. We will post updates as soon as there is any.

Earlier, naay kuryente ang Gaas Baybay substation tungod sa pagtransfer sa load temporarily from NGCP Ormoc ngadto sa NGCP Maasin Substation, however, ang NGCP Maasin naka experience ug overloading, hence, the power interruption.

Hangtod karon ang NGCP Ormoc Substation padayon ang pag-ayo sa linya aron makahatag na sila ug supply sa kuryente sa tibook coverage area.

Alang sa kasayuran sa tanan. Daghang salamat.

 

Rumors are spreading about an extended brownout period, many days, weeks?

[Paddy 1,434]

Tisoy - passed to the north of us - power out for 105 hours. Globe cellular networks out for 2 weeks (3 weeks for 3 and 4G)

Ursula - passed to the south - power back within 12 hours (1 area of Masbate reporting 50 power poles down). Globe cellular networks back in about 8 to 9 hours. 
It was quite mild and peaceful up here at the bukid this afternoon but still a bit wild down at the beach (about 10 mins drive).

Merry Christmas to you all. 

[Jawny 4,617]

No sooner did I post the info and the power is back on!

[Soupeod 7,422]

Storm had heavy winds and waves crashing over the house, we just got power back in Ormoc.