Super Typhoon Pepito

Huge typhoon with 15m storm surges - large waves of water flooding the coastal towns:

Stay safe

Thank you, fortunately we're on the west coast of Leyte which doesn't, normally, get hit too hard.

Yes, a possible doomsday event for my wife too... fortunately in the end, as normally happens here, it was a bit of rain and wind.

But it does highlight some underlying problems PAGASSA have: 1 They communicate in a way that most Filipinos cannot understand and 2 They're prediction model is poor and 3 I assume, and I'm sure @Mattecube will correct me if I'm wrong or being too cynical , most of the people who work there probably didn't get their jobs on merit.

Never assume!
However I will correct you, it's PAGASA not PAGASSA I bet your kicking yourself now for your poor communication in this instance

How CNN have reported it

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/16/asia/super-typhoon-man-yi-philippines-intl/index.html

Picking me up on typos now eh

No we never assume... that's one of the positives - we have no alternative but to monitor things ourselves using Zoom Earth and Windy !

Lighten up, it's worth it