Americans Abroad

The big one was a Cat 5 in 2014. Hiyan.

My house is built solid, all masonry, including the dividing walls, where in America, it would be blue board. It held up well with minor damage to that Cat 5 that hit the island as directly as any major storm in 80 years..

We are protected as the far western island with 3 other islands to our East, which is usually the path of the storm. Each protecting island has a huge, high mountain range to its West (our East). Our own island (Panay) has a mountain range to our West, which is also a protective barrier if, in the rare occurrence, the storm comes in the other direction.

I also have a large working generator, that I use now for the occasional brownouts. But it's here for the inevitable Typhoon.