Guest post from Jeff Ruffalo.
Editor’s note: you can donate to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts here.
CEBU, Philippines – I am a survivor.
And I have been as wounded as any person that has been raped and abused – unwanted and unasked.
To describe to you what it was to survive – and that word is not used flippantly – the Superstorm that was Yolanda (the International name Haiyan) was a descent not only into madness but a journey from the 21st Century to the 13th Century in a matter of moments.
Yolanda was a mad, evil thing that rose up out of the depths of darkness to pounce onto the islands of the Philippines and carve a path of destruction that is unlike anything mankind has ever seen.
Think of the sheer power of Superstorm Sandy that came ashore in New Jersey and pulverized one community after another.
Think of the awesome impact of Superstorm Katrina that laid waste to New Orleans.
Then …
Put both of them in a blender, mix well and dump the remains onto the southern oceans southeas…