go fuck yourself

A comment after Typhoon Nesat devastates the Philippines. Sure, I understand, a prayer can provide comfort to some people… but isn’t it demeaning to believe that we need to ask for forgiveness for our “sins” so that God may protect us from the typhoon? So if the typhoon does damage to the country (which it did), is it our fault because we are sinful in the eyes of “God”?

charliesaurus:

Manila Bay during the onslaught of Typhoon Nesat just a few hours ago. The waves are higher than the coconut trees!

I am in awe…

I woke up to allergies and to Category 3 Typhoon Nesat making landfall in the Philippines.

Hours before, during the “calm before the storm”, we can tell that there’s a storm approaching because of the peculiar way the winds move the treetops. I don’t know how to describe it; I just know from experience that that is the way trees move before a typhoon or a hurricane.

I think it’s the rustling of the tree leaves, which seem to go in various directions before a storm, rather than in a straight direction during a regular wind.

Now winds are blowing all around. Rains aren’t too strong, though, so I doubt this will be another Ketsana.

Just making observations before I go to work later.

(Source: wunderground.com)