Talk:Typhoon Xangsane/Archive 1

Why this article is here
I know I'm going to get killed outright for this, but this is a notable storm, and it is in the news. There is much more information on this than there is on tropical storm lee (2005) and, although I dont know it, we need an article on it. So I created this stub which i hope to expand, and hope to encourage other editors to expand.  Jamie | C 16:00, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
 * We can expand it in userspace, in fact there's already something to base off at User:Coredesat/Typhoon Xangsane (2006). So, redirecting. – Chacor 16:12, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Sandbox
Some Viet links for you... – Chacor 16:02, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
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 * BBC link – Chacor 05:16, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Another Viet link – Chacor 05:20, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * ReliefWeb archive of Xangsane-related releases – Chacor 16:54, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll write up an impact section later. I've got work to do right now, and ReliefWeb's being slow for me. --Core des at (talk) 17:11, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Philippines preparations
-- Howard  the   Duck  10:03, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The classes and government offices in Metro Manila and affected areas were suspended.
 * Game 2 of the finals series in college basketball was rescheduled.
 * More links


 * Preparations section is done. Thanks for the help. --Core des at (talk) 08:16, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Impact and aftermath in the Philippines
Feel free to pick out the facts that can be put into the article.


 * Xangsane caused a system-wide blackout on the island of Luzon, the largest island in the country and where Manila is located. This is the first system-wide blackout since 2002. Some parts still don't have electricity up to now.
 * Blackout caused economic losses that runs into billions of pesos. Direct typhoon damage to agriculture runs into the hundreds of millions of pesos.
 * Xangsane was the worst storm to hit the capital region of Manila in 11 years when Super Typhoon Angela affected the capital in early November 1995.
 * Flights to and from Ninoy Aquino International Airport were cancelled or diverted and operations of the Manila Light Rail Transit System and the Manila Metro Rail Transit System were suspended.
 * Many cities and provinces, including Manila and the province of Bataan declared a state of calamity.
 * At least 30 billboards toppled and collapsed in Metro Manila killing several people and causing extensive traffic along EDSA, the metro's main artery. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Bayani Fernando, a long-time critic of the proliferation of advertising billboards in the Metro have pointed to the typhoon's effect as an example of the danger of the billboards. Talk proliferated among the newspaper columns against these billboards. The event prompted lawmakers to push for a ban on billboards. One senator called for the "The Anti-Billboard Blight Act of 2006" to be given priority status.

Some news links
http://newsinfo.inq7.net/topstories/topstories/view_article.php?article_id=24254
 * http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/sept/28/yehey/top_stories/maintop.html
 * http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/sept/29/yehey/top_stories/maintop.html
 * http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/sept/30/yehey/top_stories/maintop.html
 * http://news.google.com/news?hs=qC8&hl=en&q=typhoon%20milenyo%20manila%2011%20years%20rosing
 * http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=52026