Zero visibility during the approach of Typhoon Reming. My family was blessed that we have a stronger house foundation located a couple of hundred away from the Basud-San Roque river.
Maximum velocity: 265kph
Philippine death toll: 720 or above (more than 300 from Bicol)
Damages: P3 billions
1. Beautifully preserved Cagsawa Ruins in Daraga withstood the strong wind velocity; 2. Ravage of typhoon ruined the well-known Cagsawa 1814 bar and restaurant near the ruins; 3. Devastated stalls selling local products near the ruins; 4. On the way to the ruins, rescuers tried to uncover possible buried bodies
5. Soccer field of Aquinas University; 6. Ginormous Boulders rolled over Brgy. Padang burying the victims; 7. Ruined dike at San Jose of Malilipot; 8. Destroyed households and livestock company building in Brgy Culliat, Daraga, Albay
9. Stripped cockpit arena in Tabaco City; 10. Blown off school roofs and cemented fence; 11. Blocked Padang-Bigaa-Arimbay road with gravel and sand; 12. Ricefield was totally covered with boulders and sand in Sto. Domingo
13. Mostly tree branches and twigs were left on the hill and its vicinity; 14. Wrecked and covered Lidong Bridge in Legazpi City; 15. Dikes were zapped in at Brgy Basud, Tabaco City; 16. We’re not in Divisoria, but in Serra Subdivision in Tabaco City
17. Whacked up doorknob at our house; 18. Finding your own way in Bacacay; 19. Strong blow of the wind caused this bus to lose control in Pawa, Tabaco City; 20. Poor dead eel in Sto. Domingo, Albay
wala akong nakitang patay na tao, hanggang amoy lang. mabuti na rin na wala. pero ramdam na ramdam ko ang lakas ng hagupit, lumabas ako para malaman kng anong meron.
after years, nakarecover na kami karamihan dito. ang dami kasi namang tumulong na mga tao from other places and nations. Nagbukas na uli yung parang coconut oil refinery dito. kasi madami na uling mga buko. 
I was there right after the typhoon to inspect our damaged stocks.
I really felt bad when I saw the devastation caused by the typhoon.
Posted by Tom at November 13, 2009, 5:23 ami remember this. this was just after typhoon millenio that hit us here in manila. i know reming was much stronger, but people here in manila weren’t really aware of that. but we, having some relatives in bicol, knew how much worse it was. diba legazpi was very much affected?
Posted by kg at November 14, 2009, 8:30 am@tom…meron sa parte ng culliat dagara…hindi maganda ang amoy ng mga ‘dead’ stocks doon. ang tagal umusad ng traffic doon kaya wala akong magawa kundi tiisin.
@kg…worst talaga. ghost town talaga. halos wala kang makitang tao sa mga lugar na nasalanta like padang of legazpi. sa centro naman tumbahan ang mga poste at puno, ang mga bahay halos na puno ng mga putik, gabundok kasi ang taas.
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alam n alam ko to…i was n deep sleep habang ngyayari to…tapos yun when i woke up my friend asked me na lumbas tapos un first time ko makakita ng mga patay na tao n sobrang dame, hays..very depressing….buti n lang mga uragon tlga mga bicolano at madaling nkrecover…
Posted by sunny at November 12, 2009, 7:55 pm