Everything is fine here in Baguio. It's true, the elevation is about 5,000 ft and that fact helps.
I don't hear anyone here mention the typhoon. It's far removed from us here. There wasn't any damage to speak of directly following the storm and it's even less of a topic of discussion here now.
There was a donation box on the counters of several local businesses here but were people donating? Doubtful. An even better question...are the proceeds going to the typhoon victims?
It's not that I don't care or that all of my friends are fat white old bastards, it's just that it's quickly fading out of mind.
There are a few downsides living in Baguio but it is insulated from many of the troubles in the Philippines. Floods, earthquakes, typhoons, terrorism...these events are rare here but common throughout the country.
The largest inconvenience here is actually parking. And that's not normally a tragedy.
Afterthought here, the internet was out for 12 hours during the storm but the electric was steady all through except for the streetlights. The sounds of corrugated steel sheet roofs were making an eerie sound as the wind blew but no one in this neighborhood had a roof fail as far as I know.