Yolanda

Super Typhoon Haiyan

Biography & Memoir, Historical
Cover of the book Yolanda by Lawrence Gleason, BookBaby
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Lawrence Gleason ISBN: 9781483536361
Publisher: BookBaby Publication: August 29, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Lawrence Gleason
ISBN: 9781483536361
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication: August 29, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English
On Magallanes Street, in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, amid the wreckage, flies, mosquitoes and the stench of death, Cora Jularbal made friends with a discarded stranger, Vanessa Abordo, 34, so recently a mother of two, grocery shop employee and homeowner. The two talked, woman-to-woman, heart-to-heart, about super-typhoon Yolanda and the loss of her two children and her two-story home in the storm. She and her mother searched for her children's bodies for weeks, declining rescue from horrid conditions, and eventually found the bodies of her children in debris piles left by the storm surge. Vanessa Adorbo was one of 38 Yolanda survivors interviewed in Project Yolanda, that brought a human face to the grim statistics of those killed and displaced by the super-storm. For ten emotional weeks, Cora Jularbal introduced herself to victims of Yolanda and asked for their stories. Opening up to her were a cross-section of Northern Leyte residents, professional weather observers, police officers, fire fighters, fishermen, teachers, students, small store owners, jail guards, radio broadcasters, housewives, office workers, neighbourhood health workers, an engineer, a parish priest, C-130 evacuees, people who lost almost their entire families, and interviews detailing the last hours of those who perished, through their still-grieving relatives. Through their stories we learn what happened the week history’s first superstorm struck humanity, and what lessons there are to avoid future catastrophic loss of life should another super-storm form and strike anywhere in the world. Yolanda is the book that brings voice to the voiceless of people affected by recorded history's greatest storm.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
On Magallanes Street, in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, amid the wreckage, flies, mosquitoes and the stench of death, Cora Jularbal made friends with a discarded stranger, Vanessa Abordo, 34, so recently a mother of two, grocery shop employee and homeowner. The two talked, woman-to-woman, heart-to-heart, about super-typhoon Yolanda and the loss of her two children and her two-story home in the storm. She and her mother searched for her children's bodies for weeks, declining rescue from horrid conditions, and eventually found the bodies of her children in debris piles left by the storm surge. Vanessa Adorbo was one of 38 Yolanda survivors interviewed in Project Yolanda, that brought a human face to the grim statistics of those killed and displaced by the super-storm. For ten emotional weeks, Cora Jularbal introduced herself to victims of Yolanda and asked for their stories. Opening up to her were a cross-section of Northern Leyte residents, professional weather observers, police officers, fire fighters, fishermen, teachers, students, small store owners, jail guards, radio broadcasters, housewives, office workers, neighbourhood health workers, an engineer, a parish priest, C-130 evacuees, people who lost almost their entire families, and interviews detailing the last hours of those who perished, through their still-grieving relatives. Through their stories we learn what happened the week history’s first superstorm struck humanity, and what lessons there are to avoid future catastrophic loss of life should another super-storm form and strike anywhere in the world. Yolanda is the book that brings voice to the voiceless of people affected by recorded history's greatest storm.

More books from BookBaby

Cover of the book Sea to Sky (Vancouver Sketch) by Lawrence Gleason
Cover of the book Amazing Mission Trips by Lawrence Gleason
Cover of the book A Blade of Grass by Lawrence Gleason
Cover of the book Invading the Darkness by Lawrence Gleason
Cover of the book The Crackerjack Gang by Lawrence Gleason
Cover of the book The Complete Guide to Escorting by Lawrence Gleason
Cover of the book The Last Australian Prime Minister: by Lawrence Gleason
Cover of the book Pay Back by Lawrence Gleason
Cover of the book Tony and Me by Lawrence Gleason
Cover of the book Diving Right In by Lawrence Gleason
Cover of the book Four from Peoria by Lawrence Gleason
Cover of the book Personal Assessment: The Key to Success for Military to Civilian Career Transitions by Lawrence Gleason
Cover of the book Silent Count by Lawrence Gleason
Cover of the book The Easy Golf Swing by Lawrence Gleason
Cover of the book The Thirty Something Snap by Lawrence Gleason
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy