It came 4 hours late. At the time of the predicted closest approach, it was not even raining. People thought it had missed us and went out to dinner.
It was a very minor typhoon. It blew down my papaya plants and killed some flowers. We have a typhoon, tsunami, and earthquake proof house with ceramic floors and reinforced concrete walls and roof. The power was out for about 24 hours
Other than that there were no big issues.
I am somewhat upset at the forecasters however because we were being told up until Sunday afternoon that this typhoon would have 250 mph winds and kill 100’s. They created quite a bit of panic. It was a minimal typhoon. They should not miss a prediction by that amount or the closest approach time
it’s not just the winds, but the rain and storm surge. We live inland, but often the rivers flood, especially with run off from the mountains north of here, and when they have to open the irrigation canals to prevent the dams from failing.
Our house is also concrete, and on high ground and we have our own water pump and generator (actually two: A large one and a small backup one). We had ten days without electricity and water after one large typhoon, and all the neighbors came here to fill up water jugs and to recharge their cellphones.
but bad predictions can be dangerous:
another time, we almost lost our granddaughter who went to a concert in Manila, since the small typhoon was predicted to be south of Manila... it changed course, and so halfway home later that night, the high bridge was covered with water, so they stopped at a 7-11 type grocery store that was on high ground. Alas, it wasn’t high enough: After two hours, the river came up, so they went into the store, and then an hour later, were forced to spend the night on the roof of the store.
thank God we had a good mature driver who knew not to try to drive over the bridge and who got her out of the car and then onto the roof on time. But she lost her computer, and the car/pickup truck cost a lot to fix.