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#OnThisDay last year, I was in Talisay City, #Cebu with my family when Typhoon #OdettePH (Rai) hit the province and other parts of the Visayas and Mindanao, leaving a trail of death and devastation in its wake. Shared some of my experiences here: globalvoices.org/2022/01/14/typ…
I was visiting my parents and siblings in Talisay City, the suburban sprawl south of Cebu City, when Typhoon Rai struck on the eve of December 16. A power outage immediately ensued that night as strong winds felled trees and damaged homes in the neighborhood including our own.
The next days were spent cleaning up debris and clearing roads that had become impassable while securing food &necessities for our middle-class household. We got water from a neighbor's manual water pump and charged gadgets in commercial establishments with electric generators.
Aucune anticipation sur les résultats de l'enquête, mais il y a clairement un problème avec le balisage d'approche de cet aéroport. Petit #thread.
#KoreanAir #cebu
#KoreanAir #cebu
Vous avez tous vus les dégâts sur l'A330 Korean qui a effectué un atterrissage "mouvementé" à Cebu (Philippines). En théorie, de tels dégâts ne devraient pas arriver sur la trajectoire de sortie de piste suivie par l'avion. Les normes internationales de conception des aéroports 
sont conçues pour permettre aux avions d'avoir une zone "dégagée" en bout de piste en cas de sortie de piste longitudinale. En gros une aire de 150m de long au delà du seuil de piste (300m recommandés). Dans cette zone il ne doit y avoir aucun obstacle non frangible,
#TodayinHistory in 1815, the last ship of the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade, arrived in Manila. The Galleon Trade was ended by royal decree of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, bec of Spain's bankruptcy & the Mexican War of Independence. (THREAD) #PH #history
The Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade was a Spanish trading line that traversed the treacherous expanse of the Pacific Ocean for 250 years (1565-1815). This shipping line aimed to bring Asian products—silk, pearls, porcelain, gold, ivory—to Spain, while bringing gold & silver back.
In June 1565, Fray Andrés de Urdaneta, after establishing an Augustinian mission in #Cebu, plotted a course back to Mexico, at high latitude. Skipping the typhoons, the current (North Pacific Gyre) helped his ship reach Panama in 123 days. This became the galleon trade route.
#TodayinHistory in 1878, Sergio Osmeña, 4th #PH President (official roster), and 2nd President of the PH Commonwealth, was born in Cebu City. As a journalist, turned Filipino political leader, his was a long track record from PH Revolution to Post-#WWII. (THREAD) #history
Hailing from #Cebu from a wealthy Chinese mestizo family, Osmeña studied in @uscphilippines, then at @LetranOfficial where he became acquainted w/ ML Quezon, Juan Sumulong & Emilio Jacinto, and pursued Law in @UST1611official. At 1st he was sympathetic to 🇪🇸 but his views changed
He contacted Aguinaldo in Oct 1899 at the heat of #PH-US War, as emissary of Cebuanos but observed that defeat for PH was imminent. He went back to Cebu, studied English, & began participating in the American civil gov system that the U.S. est. in PH, to push for independence.
#TodayinHistory in 1521, #Magellan arrives in Zubut/Zzubu (#Cebu, #PH), and is welcomed by the "King" of this island—Raja Humabon. Relevant pages of these #incunabula (French & Italian manuscripts, c. 1522-25) by Magellan's chronicler, Antonio Pigafetta. #twitterstorians
Translation excerpt: "Sunday, the 7th of April, about midday, we entered the port of Zzubu, having passed by many villages. There[171] we saw many houses which were built on trees. On approaching the principal town the captain-general commanded all his ships... 1/
... to hang out their flags. Then we lowered the sails in the fashion in which they are struck when going to fight, and he had all the artillery fired, at which the people of this place were greatly frightened. 2/
