[talk-ph] To save the electronic items.

2009-09-28 Thread Michael Cole
First thing is if you cannot do anything with them straight away place into a bucket of clean water and leave there. The cleaner the better. Next is to dry them off. If you can safely remove the case do so and let drain. If you can get alcohol pour over the device, It can damage some plastics

[talk-ph] Fwd: [waypointsdotph] Red Cross Needs your help

2009-09-28 Thread Ed Garcia
message sent to waypointsdotph ... forwarding it to you guys as maybe even if you can not get the coordinates via GPS, if you know of such evacuation centers, maybe you can approximate the coordinates from maps or from our own OSM data. ed -- Forwarded message -- From:

Re: [talk-ph] [waypointsdotph] Re: Tropical Storm Ondoy: are you guys ok?

2009-09-28 Thread maning sambale
Hi, We're OK. Other's are not so lucky but our family and immediate relatives are safe. The water was so fast you don't have time to panic. Thankfully the whole family was safe. I went around just this morning to look at the extent of the damage. I went to Ed's house (indescribable).