Earthquakes, Typhoons and Volcanoes ...........

I have never experienced any of these events, but they are experienced in the Philippines as routine. When the earth shake and the typhoon roars.........

What is it like..........

A very passionate couple!

Never been in any really bad earthquakes, a number of "holy s**t what's that" tremors though. Years ago I took my son into the natural history museum, they had an earthquake demo, you stood in a supposed shop and they tried their best to simulate an earthquake. As the ground started to shake my kid with the precociousness of a kid who had been in real tremors piped up in a loud kids voice "This isn't what it's like"

Had a few small earthquakes this year, no damage apart from small cracks in the wall. It feels strange, you hear the window screens rattle and the trees moving about. Typhoons miss us because of the moutains

I would love to see and feel the power of a typhoon.
My wife says I would not

Had a few in HK, they used to shut the city down, the streets were deserted.
I would give storm chasing a go in kansas.

Super typhoon heading for central bisayas. date 16/12/2021.

Seems to be moving farther north west should miss us in the Visayas with a bit of luck. Should still get a soaking though.

Hit my in-laws in Surigoa completely flooded

Not sure that was the typhoon, raining here too, it's supposed to hit the Ph 16 December. Ph time. tomorrow.

Update on rai typhoon. looks like the eye is going to hit central Visayans. Coming straight for us. Cat 3 expecting to be a cat 4.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/west-pacific/rai-2021

Raining constant now for four hours and the typhoon is not expected till midnight.
Power outage for two hours and no sign of it getting it back on till tomorrow.
I'm worried about flooding, this home was used as a sanctuary during Sedong
typhoon 2011. The whole area was 4 to 5 feet Under Water. And just had warning from the government that a sea surge of 2 to 3 meters.

What is the difference between number two number three and number four in the typhoon cstegory

It's more or less the same as the West that use category 1-5. 5 being a super typhoon.

Malaysians know a thing or two about water:

Stayed in a couple of those in the past

Yeah, we weren't here at the time and my house was empty no tiles still being built. I could see the water mark on the walls when we got back there. My house is built about 1 meter from the ground up. It saved lives of the locals. Getting battered now very dark no power loud smashing noise I'm in the bedroom drinking rum. It's going to be a long night.