I have heard a stories about the End of the world is December 21, 2012. There are alot of people going around saying that. Some may believe it and some may don’t. But would you believe a if I told you about a Miracle that happened early this week. This was all in the papers, tvs and internet. I have seen the evidences.
The day that the Typhoon Bopha was expected to hit Palau Islands. We all heard it. We watched it unfolds in our own computer and news live on TV. The news reported that it was gathering storms right outside of Palau will hit it on Sunday. When it came it was now categorized as Super Typhoon running full speed at 155 miles per hour building up more speed.
One of the Wise Old Man from Palau perfomed a Miracle that day. He is known in Palau Islands as the “Oar” (Oius). He had gift. He performed the Miracle. I was told that he went out to the sea three times to perform his rituals in calming the sea and tried to stir the Typhoon in other direction. The Typhoon was coming at a full force straight at Palau Islands. He put a brake on that speed. When it hit Palau on Monday instead of Sunday when it was supposed to. It wasn’t Super Typhoon anymore. Palau got damaged by it, but not much considering it is small island and flat. No life loss. The Wise Old man did SUCCEED.
“It was headed right toward Palau,” said Derek Williams, a meteorologist for the U.S. National Weather Service in Guam. But at the last minute, “it just turned to the west and fortunately went south of them,” he said.
“When people stepped outside on Monday morning they were shocked to find Palau was still Palau. We really expected Armageddon. While most of the trees around the school’s baseball field had fallen, the school sustained no damage aside from the tennis court’s fence.” excerpt from..http://www.oceaniatv.net/2012/12/06/typhoon-bopha-a-personal-account-from-our-shelter/
The Typhoon Bopha barely left Palau Islands, when it got back to Super Typhoon Pablo and hit Philiphine Islands at a full force. There were lot of damages and victims.”
See the news. It is all over the news.
Here are some excerpts and links that will shed some light on my story. Born and raised in Palau Islands (Rep. of Palau) I heard stories of this wise old man (Rubak). I knew and heard about his gift, but never actually seen or obeserved it.
But while, I was gathering some informations on this Typhoon Bopha for my site in “Palau 2012″ in Facebook, I run into this amazing story. I was trying to prepare my members who lived in Palau Islands and updating my people who are all over the world what is happening back home. Most of the informations and pictures that I posted seems to back up this amazing story. I am going to share of some of it here. Some are excerpts and links from http://www.goes.noaa.gov/guam satellites, excerpts from CNN articles, OTV news and comments from members in Facebook:
“SUPER TYPHOON BOPHA FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ABOUT SUPER TYPHOON BOPHA
Date Arrived: Sunday, 02 December 2012
Time Arrived: 11:00PM
Location of Eye: Lat N6’36’ Long E 133’54’
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale: Category 5
22 Miles SSW of Angaur
Wind Speed: 155-190mph
Movement: WNW 16mph
Max Storm Surge: 18ft”
Pau EZeigler
BOPHA UPDATE as of 2am on Sunday, Palau Local time:According to Nat. Weather Service in Tiyan, Guam at 3 am, Dec. 2nd (2am Palau’s local time) the following urgent broadcast was made…..
STRONG TYPHOON BOPHA (26W) MAINTAINING INTENSITY AND MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST TOWARD KOROR…AREAS AFFECTED…
THIS STATEMENT PROVIDES INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN KOROR AND NEARBY ISLANDS INCLUDING ANGAUR…PELELIU…
BABELDAOB AND KAYANGEL AND SONSOROL IN THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU AND FOR NGULU ATOLL IN YAP STATE.
STORM INFORMATION…
AT 100 AM CHST…1500Z…THE CENTER OF TYPHOON BOPHA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 5.6 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 139.5 DEGREES EAST.
THIS IS ABOUT 370 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KOROR PALAU AND KAYANGEL.
TYPHOON BOPHA IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AND HAS INCREASED FORWARD SPEED TO 14 MPH. TYPHOON BOPHA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS SAME GENERAL MOTION THROUGH TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE STILL 130 MPH.
SITUATION OVERVIEW…
TYPHOON BOPHA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST- NORTHWEST. THE FORECAST TRACK TAKES BOPHA SOUTH OF NGULU AND ACROSS THE ISLANDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU FROM KAYANGEL IN THE NORTH TO ANGAUR IN THE SOUTH. THESE AREAS ARE AT GREAT RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS. THE TYPHOON COULD BECOME A CATEGORY 4 TYPHOON WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS AS HIGH AS 150 MPH PRIOR TO REACHING THESE ISLANDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS….KOROR, PELELIU,ANGAUR & KAYANGEL)PREPARATIONS FOR DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION THIS MORNING. TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITHIN 24 HOURS FOR LOCATIONS FROM KAYANGEL IN THE NORTH TO ANGAUR IN THE SOUTH. THE LAST MAJOR TYPHOON TO HIT PALAU WAS SUPER TYPHOON MIKE IN 1990. DO NOT
UNDERESTIMATE THE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF TYPHOON-STRENGTH WINDS. KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST BULLETINS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PREPARE A SHELTER WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND STRONG WINDS IN ADDITION TO
HAVING ENOUGH FOOD AND WATER TO LAST SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE STORM. IF YOU HAVE A CAR…TOP OFF THE GAS TANK. POWER WILL LIKELY BE OUT FOR SOME TIME. HAVE SOME CASH ON HAND FOR EMERGENCIES. SMALL CRAFT
SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
STORM SURGE AND SURF INFORMATION…
HAZARDOUS SURF OF 8 TO 10 FEET ALONG COASTAL SHORES IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 12 TO 20 FEET OR HIGHER BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THIS MAY CAUSE COASTAL INUNDATION OF 10
TO 15 FEET OR HIGHER FOR LOCATIONS THAT ARE DIRECTLY HIT.
WIND INFORMATION…
EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH NEAR SHOWERS THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE BY SUNDAY EVENING…AND TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT THE EXACT WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION… FB
Here’s an interesting read:
“But, all of that is dwarfed by its most spectacular surprise – its last minute deviation from its intended target, the Republic of Palau. No theories to date justify Bopha’s mystifying jog to the west, which ultimately set this mammoth typhoon due south of Palau. Some claim it was a high-pressure system in Japan that drove Bopha just enough west to put Palau out of total ruination, but no meteorologists have confirmed this.
Many locals say it was auspicious and that they were confident from the start that Palau would escape devastation. According to local legend there is an elderly man in Kayangel, Palau’s most northern island, who uses a giant magical oar to ward off storms. This magical weather oar, so to speak, is featured on Kayangel’s State flag. History certainly supports the notion that Palau’s land and its people have been unusually blessed.”
http://www.oceaniatv.net/2012/12/06/typhoon-bopha-what-makes-it-so-unusual/
“The air that now blankets Palau is warm, dry, still, and disturbingly ominous. Palau’s sky has reason to brood for in less than 24 hours Typhoon Bopha is predicted to make landfall on the tiny nation of the Republic of Palau with a near direct hit. This typhoon has been securing strength and intensity while at sea and is expected to be a monster typhoon with a violent entry.”
http://www.oceaniatv.net/2012/12/02/palau-is-set-to-get-lashed-by-a-one-in-a-million-typhoon/
“3-DAY FORECAST OUTLOOK*
Thanks to David Michael V. Padua and Typhoon2000.com for their excellent reports.
Saturday, December 01, 2012
Typhoon BOPHA (26W) – Update #015
for Saturday, 01 December 2012 [8:04 AM PhT]
“…Typhoon Bopha is expected to move generally west-northwest for the next 24 to 48 hours with some fluctuations in its forward speed…and this motion will continue throughout the forecast period. On the forecast track, the core of Bopha is expected to approach Western Micronesia on Sunday morning…passing south of Yap and Ulithi Islands on Sunday morning…and over or very near Palau Islands on Monday early morning, as it enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). By Tuesday morning, Bopha will be approaching the coast of Surigao Provinces.
Bopha will continue gaining strength during the next 48 hours…may be near Super Typhoon strength on Monday morning.
The following is the summary of the 3-day forecast outlook on this system..
SUNDAY MORNING: Becomes a powerful Category 4 Typhoon as it approaches the Republic of Palau…about 400 km south of Colonia, Yap Is., Federated State of Micronesia (FSM) [5AM DEC 02: 5.9N 138.0E @ 220kph].
MONDAY MORNING: At near-Super Typhoon strength as it moves away from the Republic of Palau…enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR)…about 110 km west of Koror, Republic of Palau [5AM DEC 03: 7.1N 133.5E @ 230kph].”
Here’s excerpt from CNN. By Jethro Mullen, CNN
updated 7:46 AM EST, Wed December 5, 2012…
“Palau, a tiny island nation roughly 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) east of Mindanao, had a close shave with Bopha earlier in the week as the typhoon churned past, catching some outlying parts of the archipelago.
“It was headed right toward Palau,” said Derek Williams, a meteorologist for the U.S. National Weather Service in Guam. But at the last minute, “it just turned to the west and fortunately went south of them,” he said.
“I really think they escaped the brunt of the storm,” Williams said in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, noting that Palau doesn’t usually get hit by strong typhoons.”
M y name is Sally Erungel and I was born and raised in Republic of Palau aka Palau Islands. Everything that I am putting down here are all true and were witnessed by thousands of people.
A brief background story to understand why and how I believe the Rubak. (Rubak, is a Palauan word that means old man.)
Most of all, it is a story of wise old man (we call him Rubak) in Palau Islands that performed the Miracle in stopping the Typhoon Bopha from attacking us.
“In Palau, we have our own legends. Some we scoff, disbelieve, or lost in these modern times. When I was growing up in my islands, there wasn’t any landline phones, no cell phone, no televisions and no electricty. There were like one or three cars but they belonged to foreigners.
My grandpa did some weird stuff that I just took for granted. For instance, he knew when visitors are coming in ahead of time. He would tell us to get our house ready, some important people are coming in two days. And sure enough they would show up. Or he will tell my dad, don’t go fish, there is a storm coming. And he will tell you to the exact time, when it will hit. Or he will tell my uncles, it is not the right time to go fishing, you won’t get anything. If they insisted in going, no matter how abundant our water is filled with fish, they will come with nothing.
He was a quiet man, who always sits for hours by the door (favorite seat) leading into our kitchen. He doesn’t go out. Most people came and visited him.
We have indoor tiny lizards, spiders and little animals that are always around the house. He listened and paid attentions to them. He obeserved the weather, stars, moon and nature.
My dad told me, that was how my grandpa Erungel get his news from around him and outside world. He didn’t need televsions or phones to inform him what’s happening. He had his own information center around him.
old wive’s tale… maybe…
-”back home, when someone tells you that he hasn’t seen spiders around his house. that means, be prepared! there is a big storm coming his way.”
Now, here’s a little bit of history of the Old Wise Man (Rubak) that performed a Miracle that stopped Typhoon Bopha from coming at full force.
The Wise Old man (Rubak) is from Kayangel one of the islands of Palau and located in the northermost part of Palau. If you look at the Kayangel Island flag below, you will see right in the middle of it, is an Oar. This is where the story comes from. When we first heard the news, it was supposed to hit Kayangel Island. People from NEMO in our Islands sent a warning to Kayangel to evacuate immediately. They didn’t even bother. They knew they had the Oius (oar). This was this old Rubak’s gift. He can steer the oar, anyway he wants to. And the very last minute, the Typhoon sifted and went the other way.
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lolsalair said,
December 6, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Reblogged this on Palau 2012.
sansobi said,
December 8, 2012 at 11:14 am
Hello lolsalair, Interesting story…
lolsalair said,
December 10, 2012 at 8:33 pm
Thank you..