Tropical Storm Conson Hits Manila

Ian told me that a tropical storm was heading our way. This was about a week ago. I checked the weather and it was reporting that it would hit land around 9pm that night with wind speeds of 78-95 mph. I was told this was a weak one.

At around 7pm, the rain hit manila and the sky covered with clouds. Over time the clouds changed diection as the storm dragged over manila.

At 9pm the electricity went off. It had already been off before for twenty minutes, but this time it did not come back on. With no air conditioning, I jammed the door open. I didn’t want to open the windows as they could have been ripped off or smahed.

I managed to fall asleep sweating. I woke up at around 1am to a very loud sound. I went out onto the balcony to see what the noise was. To my supprise, there was a tin roof blowing down the street.

The only recording I got was before the storm really hit. Once it had hit, I did not want to take my camea outside in case it was hit with some flying debris.

The next morning, the streets were filled with parts of trees. The entire outside of my house was splattered with pieces of leaves from the trees. I have never seen anything like it, but with around 22 storms hitting Manila every year, I expect to see much worse storms.