Nature vs Man - 1:0

Today I experienced my first typhoon. Weather forecast was saying that a typhoon was going to hit Manila today. Schools, public institutions and companies were shut down for a day. It started to rain heavily the evening before. When I woke up in the morning it was still raining heavily. I decided to work from home and kept doing so until the power was cut off and internet access with it.
So I had plenty of time to admire the forces of nature unleashing their wrath. Strong wind joined the rain. It was similar to strongest storms I saw in Poland. Then wind and rain became stronger. It looked like a wall of water coming from the sky. When I thought it's the worst it can get... it got worse ;-)
Wind was very strong (I don't know how fast but looked like way above 100 km/h). For the first time in my life I saw rain "falling up" for moments, due to wind turbulence. Roof tops and other parts of buildings were flying around like in "Day after tomorrow". My balcony door was shaking so strong and noisy that I was afraid it's going to break.
Then around 5 PM it quieted down. I went out to buy some food and candles (power was still down) but all the stores were closed. I found just one place open running on power generator. Candles were out of stock ;-)
There was no single street without fallen trees (entire trees not just branches). No wonder they killed the power...
I had just one impression after. It was morbidly impressive to watch how nature "kills" entire 17 million population city just in half a day. Manila was practically out of operation this day. Offices and stores were closed, people stayed inside and even traffic disappeared (this is weird for this city ;-).
Locals told me that this typhoon was just moderate. Sometimes there are 3 of them coming in a row and the "fun" lasts for a week. I think I got a taste and don't want to see more ;-)