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Long Lost Cousin Search
by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Johnny Leo Green, my cousin, was always a few years older than me. I spent most of my Life, “Hearing About”, rather, than having any time with my elusive older Texan cousin.
Around The Year 2000, I got a letter from Johnny telling me he had researched the Warren and Green family history. We exchanged some emails.
“The Move”
In 2011, I made “The Move” to Leyte, Republic of the Philippines. I didn’t figure the move would end email communications with my Texas relatives, after all, it is “The 21st Century” and the globe is “Wired” for “Global Communications” to the planet.
I was wrong.
“Remote Location”
There are places on Planet Earth where there is: No Broadband Signal, No Wifi Signal, and even an analog phone line, a Ham radio signal or a Morse Code key set is almost impossible to find.
There are places on Planet Earth in 2014 where “Electricity” is still more of an idea than a working reality. I have neighbors who use candles for light after dark or they simply go to bed early.
I had no idea that a barangay on the island of Leyte in the Republic of the Philippines would be a “Remote Location”; it can be.
Tanauan, Barangay Baras was “Remote” before Super Typhoon Yolanda, so the storm does not get the “Blame.”
In 2013, before Super Typhoon Yolanda, there were homes in Tanauan, Barangay Baras, which still did not have “electricity.” It was not uncommon to see a slender bamboo pole in the jungle propping up a power line. Nor, was it uncommon to see six to 10 electric meters on a wood or concrete pole.
Super Typhoon Yolanda only made the electricity and communications systems worse.
Yolanda tossed aside power poles like broken toothpicks or slung them out across the landscape. No doubt, some of the bamboo power poles are at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
It was five months to the day that Yolanda struck before the electric company , responsible for our barangay, restored our “electricity.”
Yolanda totally “eliminated” the broadband service in my barangay. She took my broadband sensor on the long pole and slung it away. I still have some of the long useless cable.
“Wifi — The Only Game In Town.”
Like many people the “quick solution” is Wifi. I haven’t found Wifi to be that stable. I don’t like Wifi. Nonetheless, for now, I’m still doing the “Wifi” game because, literally, it is “The Only Game In Town.”
To date, I have searched the Internet and haven’t found a way to “Reconnect” with Cousin Johnny Leo.
I continue “The Long Lost Cousin Search.”
I am an October Scorpio. Scorpio is a Fixed Sign of the Western Zodiac. As a general rule, the “Fixed Signs” like to stay in touch with their families and relatives around the world. Genealogy, heraldry, family history and family ties are all important to most “Scorpios.”
My birthday and Halloween always makes me reflective to remember family and friends. Super Typhoon Yolanda, last year, emphasized the point that it is not wise to loose touch with family and friends.
If anyone knows my cousin, who worked in Port Arthur, Texas for several years, please, ask him to contact me on my “Samuel Warren” facebook page.
Look for the man in the photo in the blue United States Air Force uniform with The American Flag in the background.
Samuel E. Warren Jr. Oil Painting by FotoSketcher
I’d love to “Reconnect” with my Warren Family History and with my relatives in Texas.
Thank you.
Sam
Land: True Wealth by Samuel E. Warren Jr,
New Year, New Priorities – Land
Land:
True
Wealth
Blue Diamond
This large blue diamond made of glass came out of the Crater of Diamonds State Park Gift Shop in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. The Crater of Diamonds is one of the few diamond mines in the world that allows members of the public to try an dig a diamond out of the Land. Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
If the Land outside your window is hidden under a deep blanket of snow, then, January is not the time you will think about Land.
If monsoon rain is falling heavy outside your window and a gully of water is standing in your yard, then, January is not the time you will think of Land. 
This January 2013 Monsoon Rain Shower drips off my roof in the Philippines.
Land should be a subject that is taught in every school on planet earth. Real Estate should always be the Ultimate Business Of Planet Earth.
After all, property taxes pay for public schools from teacher’s salaries to the number of softballs stored in the gymnasium.
Real Estate should always be the “Ultimate Business Of Planet Earth” because there is only a definite amount of Land on the planet. Wars are waged for the control and ownership of Land.
The availability of Land determines where a school will be built and whether it will sprawl out along the horizon or rise upward into the sky.
The availability of a parcel of real estate will determine if it can be used for mining,farming, housing or a business.
There are no real estate offices in the Arctic and the Antarctic because the weather and environment keep the Land as giant ice cubes.
The world’s large deserts, the Sahara, Gobi and Mojave, are “wasted space” due to the extreme temperatures, but, people still try to live and thrive in these giant “Kitty Litter Boxes.”
Wars are fought for Land and the outcome decides if a student will learn his ancestor’s native customs and languages or if the child will have to learn a completely different language, culture and history.
Land is the greatest source of “True Wealth” in the world.
Food in the form of grain, vegetables, fruit and livestock all rely on Land.
Diamonds, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, opals and other precious gemstones and minerals are mined out of the Land.
Natural gas to heat your homes and schools comes out of the Land. Petroleum refined out of the Land is the fuel and lubricant for aircraft, ships and automobiles.
Late December and early January is a perfect time to think about Land. Severe winter weather in one part of the world will reveal where the snow drifts on the Land.
In another part of the world, severe winter weather will reveal Land that floods and Land where water stands.
Earth is a living planet. Plant a seed in the soil and the seed grows.
Over time, Earth decides to shift and change a section of terrain and the result is Landslides, earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis. Land changes over time.
Life’s Land Lottery
Land is crucial to human and animal Life.
Fate allows you to be born into a family, who lives on a certain piece of Land at a certain place on the planet. Your childhood will be full of stories of how you learned to live with the weather and Land.
In Life, at some point, you may decide to travel and visit other Land, close to your home or oceans away. The weather and terrain of that Land will have an effect on you as you learn to play “Life’s Land Lottery.”
Face it. You need Land to farm to raise livestock and crops to feed people. You need Land to build homes for people to live in and buildings for people to work in. And, of course, oil, minerals and precious gemstones come from Land.
Research a parcel of Land anywhere on the planet and you will discover through the years it has been fertilized by “blood.” People throughout history have fought and died for Land.
Battlefields, Boardrooms, Banks – Land Lovers
Whether the War For Land is waged on a battlefield, in a boardroom, in a bank, in a lawyer’s office, or in court, Land is “True Wealth.”
Land does not physically disappear in virtual “Enron schemes” and “electronic percentage points from day to day.”
You can stand on a piece of Land and hunker down and rub the soil between your fingers.
In Life’s Land Lottery, if you reach down and pick up a handful of dirt, then, look at the soil. Is it dark, black soil rich in vegetable matter ? Is it old red clay that sticks to and stains your fingers ?
Do tiny pebbles that fall out of the soil ? Or are you standing there with dusty, gray soil that vanishes in a breeze like cigarette smoke and you are left holding dusty sharp flint rocks in your hand ?
The geography and topography of planet Earth is exciting, but, modern man in his mundane early 21st Century virtual electronic existence has gotten to the point that Land seems to be the asphalt surface you park your car on.
Mankind believes that humans can control Land. Wrong.
Drive by an abandoned office building. If you have the chance to park and walk past an out of business building like an old gas station, notice how Mother Nature has already began her “foreclosure” procedure as the weeds and tall grass returns.
Nature has it’s own “Redistribution Of Wealth” procedures to begin to reclaim abandoned and unused Land. Step back and ask yourself, “Where did the Land and Water of planet Earth come from ?”
Boom, Boom Babylon
As a child, in school, I was taught “The Big Bang Theory.” I never bought into it.
The Big Bang Theory suggests God threw a grenade and the shrapnel became the planets and the solar system.
Who or What was God throwing a grenade at ?
God And The GTO
Another theory of life suggests, basically: Spontaneous Combustion.
Imagine. God on his back on the board-like device with the small wheels that you ease under an automobile. God is under his GTO tightening bolts and checking out the suspension.
Even The Creator Of The Universe knows Preventive Maintenance will make your automobile last longer and run smoother. Besides, God knows His GTO is a “Babe Magnet.”
After a morning of working on His “Goat”, He rolls out from under His pristine, precision GTO.
God grins at His GTO. He is proud of His wrench and ratchet work.
God stretches his masculine physique in the athletic white muscle T shirt and glances at his six pack abs in the shop mirror. He decides He needs to change His T-shirt and denim jeans before His date.
God puts His wrenches back in the drawers of His standing red tool chest. He check out His hair in the shop mirror and runs His fingers through it. His whiff of honest sweat reminds Him it is time to grab a shower, before His date.
God wipes the grease off His cheek on to the traditional pink shop rag.
He glances up at the garage clock and wipes the oil and grease off of His hands on to the shop rag. He tosses the rag in the corner. The rag lands on top of the plastic barrel full of other oily rags.
God steps out of the garage and into the house to get ready for His date. Tick tock and minutes on the shop clock pass.
Suddenly, Whoosh !
The oily rags smolder and burst into flames.
The spontaneous combustion creates Life.
The Creator Of The Universe does all the meticulous research to Create Life. Then, because God has a “Hot Date”, He just sluffs off Creation – and let’s Life “Spontaneously Com bust” into planets, galaxies and humans.
I ain’t buying the “Spontaneous Combustion” theory of Life.
Earth’s Day One
If you are looking for a “scientific”, “In The Beginning”, theory of “How Life Began?”, the explanations still seems like scientists, archaeologists and other experts are still trying to “shoehorn” mathematical equations into fairy tales.
Scientists still have different theories, but, they still seem to be scratching their heads for a theory that seems rationale.
Land is a vital component of human Life and the working answers of “Where It All Began” and “How It All Came About” is still a hodge podge of “best guesses.”
The Mother Of All Cities
I decided to find out at least if Sumer was still the oldest civilization like I had been taught in grade school.
Tradition and the religious world still suggests that “Human Life” began around the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates river.
You need water for Life to cook, bathe, shower, wash, to sail ships for travel and to transport cargo; so it is logical that Life would of began around a body of water.
However, there are many oceans and large rivers in the world.
The Mesopotamia idea may simply be that these humans learned to write and document their civilization before other humans.
It seems logical that a Universal Force ready to start Life on planet earth would have had more than one location in mind to try to “seed the human race.”
Sumer, apparently remains the best known of the ancient civilizations, but, scientists and archaeologists are also considering that humans might have been “born” at other locations on the planet at about the same time.
I discovered archaeologists are looking for “A Mother Of All Cities.”
The overall theory of the Super City is it seems scientists and archaeologists are trying to find the “Ancient New York City”.
A city that served as the global subway, rail-yard, airport, and seaport. The Super City would have been the ultimate Global Travel Agency that allowed the ancients to leave from the initial starting point to travel throughout the ancient world.
Of course, the Super City theory assumed that the city would be a “Fort Apache Complex” with high walls, battlements and defensive systems to protect the inhabitants.
An Indus Valley location and The Lost Pyramids of Caral both look like either of these cities could of been “The Mother Of All Cities.”
Scientists and archaeologists seemed surprised to find those two locations seemed more like “Five Star Hotels” or “1960s Hippie Communes” by their “utopian” facilities and their lack of traditional defensive systems.
Uncle Sam In Mammoth Skin ?
I remember the Christopher Columbus and Lief Erickson stories from grade school.
One quirk of social studies that bugged me as a kid and now as an adult is while civilizations were supposedly coming to life in Africa, China and different places around the globe, one of the largest Land masses of the planet, essentially sits “vacant.”
The huge island called the United States of America that sits between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
While the ancient peoples of earth are inhabiting other land masses and islands, this huge piece of real estate just remains uninhabited on the globe.
Granted, there was the old “Sail Off The Edge Of The Square World Fear” and there were “The Sea Serpent Stories” of giant sea monsters in the uncharted waters, but human nature shows that greed finds a way to deal with fear.
Daring, Dynamic Dove
Humankind has always had a “Global Dumb Luck Factor.”
The story of “The Flood” tells that a dove found “the dry Land.”
Set aside the religious aspect of the story, for a moment, and consider the size of the planet. The diameter of the earth at the equator is 7,926.41 miles (12,756.32 kilometers).
How long and how far would the bird have to fly to reach dry Land ?
The bird takes off into the sky and there are 360 degrees that the bird can fly. Without a compass, sextant or Global Positioning System in place, the dove finds dry Land ?
Even independent of a religious theme; what are the odds that a dove could find dry Land on a Flooded World ?
The radius of earth at the poles is 3,950 miles. The surface area of the earth is 196,939,900 miles. It seems astronomical that a dove could find dry Land.
Humankind’s Dumb Luck Factor
The majority of the ancient world is being populated with people. Alexander The Great conquers “The Known World.” Rome rises into an empire. Rome deploys her military legions around the planet.
Meanwhile, the huge Land mass of the USA is suppose to be just sitting on the globe untouched. The 2.3 billion acres of the Good Ole USA, occupies a major portion of the planet. The Creation Force Of The Universe, called God, just decides, “I’m going to keep this real estate in reserve for future generations.”
Perhaps, God decides, “Let’s see which of these humans are smart enough to circumnavigate the globe and discover this large land mass ?”
World history proves human nature is greedy and selfish. If any of the ancient races suspected there was a major chunk of real estate that had not been “claimed” then they would of set sail in a heartbeat.
Once Columbus’ discovery became common knowledge, other nations began upgrading their navies and putting out to sea. English, Dutch, French and Spanish all set sail for the New World with their flags, settlers and a sizable military contingent.
The greed, conquest and expansion of the ancient empires and civilizations of The Known World would not have knowing overlooked the 2.3 billion acres of US real estate that sits unused and undiscovered until 1492 ?
Humankind’s Dumb Luck Factor should of come into play at some point from Year Zero until 1492.
It is unbelievable that from Year Zero until 1492 a shipwreck survivor did not wash up on to the shores of The East Coast, The West Coast, or The Gulf Of Mexico.
Humankind’s Dumb Luck Factor should of at some point blew a ship off course into the United States.
At some point from Year Zero until 1492, at least one captain would of made a human error in chart computation. At least one captain would of accidentally misread the compass or sextant.
What are the chances that from Year Zero until 1492 that the captains and sailors of The Seven Seas never accidentally “ran aground” on the shores of the United States?
The archeology of the world seems to want to suggests that Uncle Sam, wears his mammoth skin, sits in his cave gnaws on a dinosaur bone and patiently waits to be discovered.
Horsefeathers !
The Rainbow Bridge
In grade school, we were taught people came over a “Land Bridge” to spread out over the good ole USA.
What are the chances an ancient race of humans, out for a Sunday afternoon stroll stumble upon a natural version of The Golden Gate Bridge?
Imagine a cave man, Grog, and his cave girl friend,Wowha, are sitting on a rock staring at the horizon.
He wants to bonk her on the head and drag her by her hair to his cave. However, Grog’s mother tells him the old barbarian ways are not always the best.
Thus, poor Grog, the cave man has to sit on the rock and grunt at his girl friend. Wowah. She sits on the same big rock and stares at the horizon. A rainbow appears and they both notice the broken ground on the horizon rises up.
They gesture and point at one another. They grunt and jump up and down.
“Wowah ! Look ! Wide rock !”
“Grog ! It is a bridge !”
She moves toward the rainbow and the bridge on the horizon. Grog still hasn’t got the hang of walking upright, so he apes along behind her.
He grunts, pats his head and rubs his stomach. Wowah shakes her head. “You always hungry. First, we cross bridge.”
Grog stares at the wide rock and Wowah is half way across the land bridge. Grog grabs his club and grunts, “Hungee. I need mammoth steak.”
Wowah stands on the other side. Grog apes on across the land bridge.
Wowah nods. “I like it here.”
She steps off to the left.
“Wait ! Where you go ?”
She shrugs at Grog. “I’m staying. I’m going to find me a cave.”
He starts to ape after her. “Where are you going,” Wowah grunts ?
“With you,” grunts Grog and points.
Wowah shakes her head No. “Find your own cave.”
Grog sits down and scratches his head. Then, he looks around and Wowah is gone. He scratches his head, rises and drags his big club behind him. He doesn’t cross back over the bridge. He apes past it.
“Got ta’ find Mammoth. Hungee.”
I thought “The Land Bridge” was a dumb idea as a kid. As an adult it still sounds like a dumb idea.
Alien Astronauts ?
In a massive cosmos, it seems hard to believe that the academic community can’t at least consider that an extraterrestrial race did their version of a “Lunar Landing” on earth. Perhaps, they just planted a flag and took off for another destination.
Then, again, maybe ancient America was a celestial rail yard, where alien ships and vessels from other planets arrived to use the planet for “Rest And Recreation,” as in “Shore Leave.”
Alien astronauts could of used earth as a ship building or repair facility. They might even of used earth as a resupply point in their exploration of the galaxy.
Earthlings like Ezekiel might of caused the alien astronauts to rethink using America and the rest of earth as a base of operations.
Perhaps, the ET astronauts just forward deployed their exploration and commerce forces deeper into the cosmos and no longer had a need for earth as a base of operations.
Earthlings went to the moon in 1969. The earthlings didn’t build a base of operations on the moon. Earthling astronauts still plan to travel to Mars and other planets and the moon is not mentioned as a base of operations.
Native Americans and Egyptians
It is interesting to note how ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes seem to have a similar taste in fashion in the sense of length of hair and a working comfortable climate sensitive wardrobe.
Maybe, Ancient Americans, Egyptians and Native Americans are the descendants of Alien Astronauts ?
At least, that would explain why Native Americans always seemed so much more laid back about Life than other civilizations.
While other civilizations were creating writing, Native Americans were passing on knowledge from one generation to the next by vocal storytelling, rather than writing it down.
Saunter Across The Border
A traditional migration theory suggests people in Central America when they found the time just gradually moved up into Mexico, Texas and got around to eventually strolling around into states like Arkansas and Missouri.
It seems impossible to imagine this huge hunk of real estate called North America just sat uninhabited on the globe while Life was supposedly spreading elsewhere around the globe in large continents like China and Russia and settling on islands in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
My curiosity got the best of me and I started researching to find out if there are any better theories about Life in Ancient America before Native Americans.
Life in Ancient America seems to remain a mystery.
Who came before the Native Americans ?
Who are the ancestors of the Native Americans ?
The Alien Astronauts shooting “touch and go” flights into and out of Roswell, New Mexico, before the arrival of Native Americans may seem extreme.
However, a Land Bridge across a river over ocean for decades or centuries seems kind of far-fetched, when you consider how quickly an earthquake or a tsunami can change terrain.
Dumb Dumb Doomsday Dudes’ Dance
Scientists and archaeologists are still searching for the clues to complete the puzzle of Life. Meanwhile, the Doomsday Dudes still dance around shouting, “The End Is Near !”
Before a New Year, there are the newspapers, magazines, TV stations and Internet sources that do “The Year In Review” to look back and do “The Predictions” of what to expect in the coming year.
Since The World Didn’t End in 2012, I wondered if the Doomsday Dudes had gotten around to trying to “Freak The World Out” with a new Doomsday Date.
Naturally. Doomsday is too good a story to let go of.
There are too many pessimists in the world to ever let the Doomsday story move to the back burner.
The major religions of the world need the Doomsday story to keep people going to church, mosque and synagogue.
If humanity does not believe that at some point God is going to “drop the hammer” and wipe out the world, then, most humans would never darken the door of their local church.
God The Architect
Consider that the Supreme Universal Intelligent Creation Entity called God took His time and did His homework in creating Life on planet Earth.
God takes the time to decide that the DNA of an earthworm isn’t that different from a human. He took the time to figure out the angle and speed of rotation of the planet.
God takes his slide rule and calculates the position of earth in space and determines that the planet needs an elliptical path and not a circular orbit.
He decides the third position is close enough to receive sunlight to sustain Life without frying it to a crisp like on Mercury or Venus.
My gut tells me God took His time and didn’t really worry about His six-day “Work Week.”
The Universal Supreme Immortal Intellect, called God, takes all this time and effort to calculate and create life. He or She does not overlook the smallest of calculation in the creation of Life and the process to sustain it. As The Supreme Architect, He works out all of these calculations for this planet and then initiates Life.
The Dumb Dumb Doomsday Dudes of planet earth try to convince people that God looks at earth like an old worn out shoe that can simply be tossed in the trash.
Horsefeathers !
Professional Planetary Precision
You are the Supreme Intellect Of The Universe and you take all this time and effort to create a planet with inhabitants to worship you. You design the life support system of the planet.
You design the physical laws and weather systems to allow the planet to recharge and renew itself. You are The Supreme Architect. You aren’t going to crumple up such a prime creation because some human or group of humans cringes under a dark sky.
After 20 Centuries and two devastating World Wars, Spaceship Earth is still rotating through the Universe.
The Dumb Dumb Doomsday Dudes don’t seem to want to grasp the concept that God The Architect built the Earth to last.
Spaceship Earth
Spaceship Earth rotates and moves on an orbit through space. It is a living vessel capable of repairing and replenishing itself.
In January, you take the time to wonder, “Where Did Life Begin ?”
In January, you ponder, “Why people felt it necessary to create civilizations ?”
In January, you consider, “Why are some people so ‘possessed’ with ‘The End Of The World’ ?”
Perhaps, you will never get “concrete” answers to these questions. If you can arrive at a solution that makes sense to your mind, then, you can appreciate the creativity of Life.
Once you realize that the Land of Spaceship Earth is a living vessel, then, you might want to make a note to take up the hobby of Earth Science.
Use the New Year to take a new approach to looking at geography, geology, weather, nature. . .and the Land under your feet.
Land is True Wealth.
Sam
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Tropical Storm Ofel
Tropical Storm
Ofel
“ Hell And High Water ”
in
The Leyte Gulf
Tropical Storm Ofel
Tropical Storm Ofel slams the waves against the sea wall below the MacArthur Landing Memorial in Palo, Tanauan, Leyte, Republic of the Philippines, Wednesday, October 24, 2012. About the time this photograph was taken the weather bureau was reporting that the storm should be centered over the Leyte Gulf. Nikon D 100 Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Leyte Landing
68th Anniversary
October 20, 1944, United States Army General Dougas MacArthur and the official party waded ashore in the Leyte Gulf to begin “The Liberation Of The Philippines.” Two Ausralian warships and warships of the United States Navy’s 3rd Fleet and 7th Fleet sailed toward the Philippine Islands to engage the Imperial Japanese Navy in “The Largest Naval Battle Of World War II “ and “The Largest Naval Engagement Of Human History To The Present” in these waters from October 23 through October 26 in “The Battle Of Leyte Gulf.” On the 68th Anniversary, the statues of the MacArthur Landing Memorial remain resolute as Tropical Storm Ofel unleashes nature’s bombardment on the Leyte Gulf. Nikon D 100 Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Today, October 24, 2012 – I had been researching and working on an article for my blog since October 20 about “The Liberation Of The Philippines” and “The Battle Of Leyte Gulf.”
I needed some photos to go with my story. I could of used file photos that I had shot, but I wanted “fresh” photos. I decided last night, come “Hell Or High Water” I was going to get the photos. I never realized at the time what an “prophetic”description that phrase would be.
At the MacArthur Landing in Palo, Tanauan on the island of Leyte, the weather unleashed “Hell,: with a muddy brown sky and murky brown water that erased the horizon and created a backdrop of a muddy brown sky and murky brown water that delivered a hail of intense hard driving pellets of rain.
The “High Water” became the vicious ocean waves that were crashing over the lower sea wall beneath the MacArthur Landing Memorial.
“Hell And High Water” arrived in the Leyte Gulf and her name, “Tropical Storm Ofel.”
In the morning, I had heard in passing about a tropical storm headed for Leyte. Typhoons in the Philippines are like Tornadoes in Missouri, you keep your eyes and ears open and stay aware of the developing weather conditions. If the weather goes bad, then, you cancel your plans for the day and do something else.
This morning, when we left Barangay Baras, on the island of Leyte, the skies were gray and everything was wet. The wind didn’t seem to be blowing all that bad around 10:30 a.m.
Tacloban City was the first stop on the itinerary. Naturally, I ran a few errands before I decided to go do my “photo shoot” at the statues in Palo.
By around noon, I came out of the Gaisano store and headed to the Santo Nino Church to pick up some flowers.
When a ship goes down at sea or an aircraft is lost at sea, people place a wreath upon the waves as a memorial tribute.
World War II, the Pacific Ocean claimed many lives during the The Battle Of Leyte Gulf. It seemed placing a wreath of flowers on the water would be an appropriate way to salute the Allies soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen who perished in that battle.
Around 1 p.m., I stepped out of the vehicle into a hard rain. In a few minutes, every stitch of clothes I had on was saturated with water. The wind was strong. I walked toward the statues and wondered, “Maybe, I should come back tomorrow.”
I raised my camera and began shooting photos. Ramon and Ranyiel sat in the van and watched my every step into the weather.
It felt like something other than rain pelleted me. It fell like hail. It made it hard to keep your head up and look into the sky.
I had left the flowers in the vehicle to concentrate shooting the photos I had on mind. The cliché “Man Against The Elements” was a reality. I was drenched to my skin. The rain fell hard.
I used the wet shirt tail of my polo shirt to wipe off the water spots on the lens. Since I always keep a UV Filter on the lens of the camera any scratches end up on a $14 filter and not the more expensive lens.
The wind off the ocean kept pushing me farther inland. Still, I managed to move around enough to take the photos I had in mind. The wind, like an insistent mother, kept trying to move me. I finally clasped a hand to the chrome railing down a few steps to work my way down the side steps, since the wind was really trying to move things.
I looked up and watched it fall. Clang! One of the tall flagpoles beside the main flagpole fell straight down and the metallic clang echoed. I walked quicker, but more cautious to the vehicle.
I spent a few minutes, wiping off the camera lens. I was soaked through to the skin. I could not have gotten any wetter than if I had stepped into the ocean in my clothes. The height and violent nature of the waves made it obvious no one would be getting out into the Pacific Ocean today.
The Battle Of Leyte Gulf from Oct. 23 through October 26, 1944 had devastated “The Enemy”, 10,000 men, 27 ships, and the majority of their aircraft.
I had not been able to get a wreath of flowers, so I looked at the small bouquet. The bouquet of flowers were all I could offer to recognize the sacrifices of the Allies, who lost six ships and 2,800 men.
With my camera and the flowers I made my way back to the statues. The crashing waves of water against the lower sea wall made it evident, no one would get anywhere near the beach or Leyte Gulf today.
I stepped back and turned to go. I noticed the platform in front of the statues. I placed the flowers on the platform.
In honor of the men of the USS Gambler Bay and the other Allies ships and aircraft that disappeared beneath the waves, I left the flowers on the platform in front of the statues.
Nikon D 100 Photos by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Once, I returned home,I logged on to the Internet to read the latest tropical storm update:
PAGASA
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
Hourly update on OFEL
At 1:00 p.m. today, 24 October 2012, Tropical Storm "OFEL" was estimated based on satellite and surface data over Leyte Gulf (10.5°N, 125.5°E).
The weather bulletin confirmed that Ramon, Ranyiel and I had been on the “front lines” of Tropical Storm Ofel unleashing her wrath on the Leyte Gulf
Sam
Weather Link
PAGASA
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/
Samuel E. Warren Jr.’s
Editor’s Note
October 24, 2012 — We returned to Barangay Baras and learned the power had went out about 10 minutes before we got home due to the storm. No problem My Dell laptop had a three-hour charge on the computer battery. I put the Compact Flash card in the card reader and while the pictures downloaded to to the laptop’s hard drive, I began writing the story.
I wrote as fast as I could and double checked some of the facts on the Battle of the Leyte Gulf. Alas before I could finish the story, the laptop flashed the warning of low power and went out a few minutes later.
October 28 2012 – The power briefly come back on around 4:30 p.m., and only lasted about 20 minutes in Barangay Baras. A transformer blew in Barangay Cameri and wiped out the power in a total of six barangays
October 29. 2012 – The power in Barangay Baras came back about 7:45 p.m.
October 30. 2012 – The copy and photos finally finished for this article I finally get to publish it – on “My Birthday.”
Sam
Christy’s Easter Egg Hunt
Christy’s Easter Egg Hunt
by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Christy Warren made Filipino History Sunday, April 8, 2012. She introduced the Easter Egg Hunt tradition to her family. The Saldana Family of Leyte hosted the First Saldana Family Easter Egg Hunt in Barangay Baras, Tanauan, Leyte.
Christy Warren shows off an Easter egg
and an Eastern egg packet
for the First Saldana Family of Leyte Easter Egg Hunt.
Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
The nieces and nephews are out of school for summer vacation. Holy Week 2012 activities were still in full swing in The Republic of the Philippines. Christy likes passing along family traditions about the holidays. Easter Eggs are an American tradition that had no significance in the Philippines. It is a fun activity for kids.
Republican President Rutherford Birchard Hayes, own children, pestered their father, the 19th president, to let them have an Easter egg hunt, which became an “Official Function” of The White House in Washington D.C., in 1878.
Rayniel Saldana and Mac Mac Roa wait for the Easter Egg Hunt to begin Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Christy had seen that American kids loved their Easter baskets and hunting for Easter eggs, so chances are Filipino kids would enjoy the challenge.
During Holy Week, Christy bought three dozen eggs for the kids to color. Then, Christy,Gilbert Roa, Pina Gempis, Vergie Saldana and Leneil Saldana put bite size candy bars into small bags to create Easter packets to go with the Easter eggs.
Master of Ceremonies Gilbert Roa, had been directed by his aunt, Christy Warren, to hide the Easter eggs the evening before. The kids had spent Saturday painting Easter eggs, so they were anxious for the Easter egg hunt.
Judylyn Gempis, Vanissa Saldana, baby, Randolph Mora, Edwin Mora, Rachel Mora, and John Paul Gempis wait for the Easter Egg Hunt to begin. Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Chrismar Roa and Ranillo Saldana wait for the Easter Egg Hunt to begin.
Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
At Oh- Dark-Thirty, which was 3:30 a.m., members of the Saldana Family began arriving for Christy’s Easter Egg Hunt. Plastic bags and an empty dog food sack filled the void of no commercial Easter baskets being available in the province.
Gilbert explained the rules at 6 a.m. Rayniel Saldana gave the benediction. After Rayniel’s Easter Sunrise prayer, Gilbert said the magic word, “Begin.”
John Paul Gempis finds an Easter Egg packet tucked inside the stacks of coconut logs. Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Rayniel and Mac Mac Roa, could well be the human incarnations of “Flash, the fastest human being alive” because they dash out to begin looking for Easter eggs.
Junea Tanahale looks for hidden Easter eggs in the front yard. Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Ranillo Saldana looks for Easter eggs in the coconut logs. Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
The adults were in a mood to watch the kids at work. Mano Bito strolled through the yard and Marife Roa strolled around the yard to make sure the kids were finding the hidden Easter eggs.
Marife Roa watches the kids hunt for Easter eggs.
Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
The Saldana, Roa, Tanahale, Mora and Gempis kids rushed around the house, into a shed and back into the house to check for Easter eggs.
Randolph and Rachel Mora pose for a photo with their Easter packets. Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Randolph Mora encourages his father, Edwin, to open the Easter egg packet.
Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
With the determined diligence of NBI and FBI agents, the kids left no nook and cranny overlooked in their intense investigation of the premises.
The hunt lasted 45 minutes and the kids found all their Easter eggs and the Easter egg packets.
Randolph and sister, Mora, examine their Easter egg packets.
Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
Then, of course, the kids were ready for the next Holy Week 2012 activity, which would involve a deployment to Pedro Bay.
Pedro Bay, of course, is the waters of the Western Philippine Sea, South China Sea, which is the waters of the Pacific Ocean, which washes upon the West Coast of the United States.
In the United States of America, across the International Date Line, The First Family of the United States of America at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, would host The White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 9, 2012, on the south lawn of the White House.
Rayniel Saldana, Mac Mac Roa, John Paul Gempis and Adrian Dolo pose with Easter eggs. Photo by Samuel E. Warren Jr.
LINKS
WHITE HOUSE EASTER EGG ROLL http://www.whitehouse.gov/eastereggroll
THE WHITE HOUSE BLOG http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog
WIKIPEDIA EASTER EGG ROLLING http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_rolling
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Christy’s Easter Egg Hunt, by Samuel E. Warren Jr., Filipino History, Sunday, April 8 2012, The Saldana Family of Leyte, First Saldana Family Easter Egg Hunt, Barangay Baras, Tanauan, Leyte, Philippines, Republic of the Philippines, Pinoy, Eastern Visayas, summer vacation, Holy Week 2012, Easter Eggs, kids, Republican President Rutherford Birchard Hayes, the 19th president, The White House, Washington D.C., Easter baskets, Christy Warren, Gilbert Roa, Pina Gempis, Vergie Saldana, Leneil Saldana, Easter packets, Mano Bito, Marife Roa, Saldana, Roa, Tanahale, Mora, Gempis, NBI, FBI, Pedro Bay. Western Philippine Sea, South China Sea, Pacific Ocean, West Coast of the United States, the International Date Line, The First Family of the United States of America, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, The White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday April 9 2012, south lawn of the White House
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