A Bowl of Stupid

(Photo of sunken passenger ferry in the Philippines, photo courtesy AP)

First thing this morning, I finally got around to booking my tickets back to the Philippines, where I'll be spending the next couple of months — I leave here in about 10 days.

Then, just as I finished doing that, I read about how the Philippines just got slammed by yet another tropical typhoon — Typhoon Fengshen. According to latest media reports, it doesn't look good:

More than 700 people were missing and many feared dead from a ferry that capsized and sank as Typhoon Fengshen continued to batter the Philippines, hampering rescue efforts.

Elsewhere, 82 people may be dead from flashfloods and landslides caused by the typhoon, although only eight were confirmed, according to National Disaster Coordinating Council Executive Director Anthony Golez. More than 366,000 were affected by the storms and of them, 70,717 had been evacuated, according to an earlier report from the council.

I'm hoping to find out some more from friends on the ground there. Hopefully, they're all okay. And I send all my best wishes to those who lost loved ones, and I hope this is as bad as it gets.

Fuck.

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